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Folsom City Council, District 5

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City of Folsom

Folsom City Council, District 5

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.

Incumbent Anna Rohrbough faces challenger Justin Hurst for Folsom City Council District 5. The most votes on November 3 wins. There is no runoff.

This person holds District 5'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 from its five district members. Voters do not choose a separate citywide mayor. The term is four years.

Rohrbough is running on a term's worth of specific work. That includes a Homeless Outreach Team, fire-department restructuring, and budget-oversight measures. Rohrbough's message is following data over public pressure. Hurst is a first-time candidate for this office. They already sit on the city's Planning Commission. They are running on housing affordability and rebuilding city fiscal reserves. Their platform is explicitly tied to the progressive Project Plenty organizing network.

Anna Rohrbough

Anna Rohrbough is the incumbent Vice Mayor. Their ballot title is Incumbent. They point to public-safety work, including a Homeless Outreach Team and more police staffing. They also cite budget oversight. They credit it with keeping the city within budget and above its reserve targets.

Justin Hurst

Justin Hurst has lived in the Folsom area all their life. They have degrees from UC Davis and CSU Sacramento. They are a government-relations manager at the California State Association of Counties. They are also a Folsom Planning Commissioner. Their platform centers on affordable housing, fiscal responsibility, and infrastructure funding.

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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.

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