Review note: Chad Vander Veen's own campaign site for Folsom City Council District 1: a 23-year Folsom resident and Kiefer Consulting senior consultant, his "Trust. Transparency. Follow-Through" platform, and his local volunteer record may have more bias because it is an advocacy voter guide compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.
- elections.saccounty.gov (opens in a new tab)Sacramento County Voter Registration & Elections — Roster of Candidates, November 3, 2026 General Election
- web.archive.org (opens in a new tab)City of Folsom — City Councilmembers directory (archived via Wayback Machine, Jan. 1, 2025 snapshot; folsom.ca.us itself 403s direct fetches): District 1 Councilmember Mike Kozlowski, District 2 Vice Mayor Justin Raithel, District 3 Mayor Sarah Aquino, District 4 Councilmember Barbara Leary, District 5 Councilmember Anna Rohrbough
- web.archive.org (opens in a new tab)City of Folsom — City Councilmembers directory (archived via Wayback Machine, Feb. 15, 2026 snapshot; folsom.ca.us itself 403s direct fetches): names, districts, terms ("Current Term ends November, 2026" for Kozlowski/D1, Aquino/D3, and Rohrbough/D5; "...2028" for Raithel/D2 and Leary/D4), and contact info for all five sitting councilmembers, with Raithel shown as Mayor and Rohrbough as Vice Mayor
- chadforfolsom.com (opens in a new tab)Chad Vander Veen's own campaign site for Folsom City Council District 1: a 23-year Folsom resident and Kiefer Consulting senior consultant, his "Trust. Transparency. Follow-Through" platform, and his local volunteer record (Little League, PTA, city Arts & Culture and Architecture Review commissions)
- web.archive.org (opens in a new tab)Gold Country Media (The Folsom Telegraph) — "Q&A: Meet your 2022 Folsom City Council candidates, 7 vie for 3 seats" (archived via Wayback Machine): Mike Kozlowski's own account of his background — elected to the council in 2018, prior utility commissioner, Master's degree in Architecture, AIA member, SACOG and Greater Sacramento Economic Council board seats, and 2008–2022 Vista del Lago High School track and field coach
Last updated September 1, 2026.
City of Folsom
Folsom City Council, District 1
This person holds your district's seat on Folsom's City Council. The council has five members. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. They also appoint the city manager who runs day to day government. The council elects its own Mayor and Vice Mayor. It picks them from its five members each year. There is no separate Mayor of Folsom contest on this ballot. The term is four years.
Three candidates are running for Folsom City Council District 1. Incumbent Mike Kozlowski faces challengers Chad Vander Veen and Paul Kerfeld. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright. There is no runoff.
This person holds District 1's seat on Folsom's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use, plus appointing the city manager who runs day-to-day government. Folsom's council elects its own Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its five district members each year rather than voters choosing a separate citywide mayor. The term is four years.
Kozlowski is running on two prior terms of institutional experience and a specific record of regional funding wins through their seat on the Sacramento Area Council of Governments board. Vander Veen, a first-time candidate, is running largely on a deep local volunteer record across Folsom's schools, sports leagues, and city commissions, with a detailed platform built around fiscal transparency and neighborhood-level fixes. Kerfeld's campaign could not be independently characterized in this pass beyond their filed occupation.
Mike Kozlowski
Mike Kozlowski is the incumbent. They were first elected to the council in 2018. They hold a Master's degree in Architecture. They also served as a Folsom utility commissioner before that. Since 2008 they have coached track at Vista del Lago High School. They spent 10 years of that as head coach.
Chad Vander Veen
Chad Vander Veen is a 23-year Folsom resident. They are a senior consultant at Kiefer Consulting. Their platform focuses on fiscal responsibility, honest budgeting, housing affordability, and traffic safety. They have volunteered as a Little League coach. They also served on Folsom's Architecture Review Commission.
Paul Kerfeld
Paul Kerfeld's occupation is listed as Retired on the county's candidate roster. No campaign website or news coverage was found for Kerfeld. No other biography was found either.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.