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Rancho Cordova City Council, District 2

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City of Rancho Cordova

Rancho Cordova City Council, District 2

This person holds your district's seat on Rancho Cordova's five-member City Council. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. An appointed city manager runs daily operations. The Mayor and Vice Mayor are not elected separately. Those two positions rotate every December among the five council members. Colleagues choose who fills them. Only District 2 and District 5 are up this cycle. Districts 1, 3, and 4 were last elected in 2024. They are not up again until 2028. The term is four years.

Only one candidate qualified for Rancho Cordova's District 2 seat. The candidate is Elliott Stevenson, an attorney and Planning Commissioner. The race is settled, so your vote here will not change it.

Rancho Cordova's City Council has five members, one per district, each serving a 4-year term. The Council sets city ordinances, the budget, and land-use policy; an appointed city manager runs day-to-day operations. The Mayor and Vice Mayor are not elected directly -- the two roles rotate annually each December among the five sitting councilmembers, chosen by their colleagues. Only District 2 and District 5 are up this cycle; Districts 1, 3, and 4 were last elected in 2024 and return in 2028.

With no opponent and an open seat -- the sitting Mayor chose not to seek another term here -- the useful question isn't who to pick but who is about to take the seat and what they've said about it. Stevenson was nominated to the Planning Commission by Gatewood himself, the outgoing District 2 councilmember, following the city's practice of matching each Planning Commissioner to the councilmember from their own district.

Elliott Stevenson

Stevenson is unopposed for the open District 2 seat. Their ballot title is Planning Commissioner, City of Rancho Cordova. They are a California attorney and a JAG Officer in the State Guard. Councilmember Garrett Gatewood, who is leaving this seat, named them to the Planning Commission.

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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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