Review note: Jagadish "Jag" Nagendra's own campaign site for Folsom City Council District 3: his engineering career, civic-service record, and platform and Sarah Aquino's own campaign site for Folsom City Council District 3: her framing of her record as the incumbent Councilwoman/Mayor, her priorities, and her 2026 California Woman of the Year honor for Senate District 6 may have more bias because they are advocacy voter guides 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
- sarahaquino.com (opens in a new tab)Sarah Aquino's own campaign site for Folsom City Council District 3: her framing of her record as the incumbent Councilwoman/Mayor, priorities (public safety, local economy, fiscal stewardship), and her 2026 California Woman of the Year honor for Senate District 6
- jagnagendra.com (opens in a new tab)Jagadish "Jag" Nagendra's own campaign site for Folsom City Council District 3: his engineering career (Principal Engineer, California Dept. of Water Resources; founder of an industrial-automation firm in Bangalore before immigrating to the U.S. in 2000), civic-service record, and platform
Last updated September 1, 2026.
City of Folsom
Folsom City Council, District 3
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.
Sarah Aquino holds the District 3 seat on the Folsom City Council. She faces challenger Jagadish "Jag" Nagendra. Whichever candidate gets the most votes on November 3 wins. There is no runoff.
This person holds District 3's seat on Folsom's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. They also appoint the city manager who runs day-to-day government. Folsom's council picks its own Mayor and Vice Mayor each year. It draws both from its five district members. Voters do not choose a separate citywide mayor. The term is four years.
Aquino is running on continuity and access for residents. She points to giving out her personal cell phone number. In 2021 she worked a shift as a restaurant server. She did it to draw attention to the city's service industry labor shortage. Nagendra is a first-time candidate. They run on a 35-year engineering and program management career. They also cite more than a decade of civic volunteering. Fiscal responsibility and government transparency are their central themes.
Sarah Aquino
Sarah Aquino is the incumbent. Her ballot title is Councilwoman, Small Businesswoman. She lists public safety and a strong local economy as priorities. She also lists careful use of tax dollars. State Senator Roger Niello named her California Woman of the Year in 2026. The award was for Senate District 6.
Jagadish "Jag" Nagendra
Jagadish "Jag" Nagendra has been a Principal Engineer since 2012. They work at the California Department of Water Resources. They were born in Bangalore, India. They moved to the U.S. in 2000 and settled in Folsom. Their platform centers on fiscal responsibility and smart economic growth. They also run on government transparency.
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