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Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, District 1

This person is one of five supervisors who govern Sacramento County. They vote on the county budget. They also oversee public health and social services. They set land use rules for unincorporated areas.

No candidate won a majority in June's four-way primary for Sacramento County's 1st District. Flojaune Cofer led with 45.6%. Eric Guerra followed with 29.4%. The two advance to a November 3 runoff. They beat Deborah Ortiz at 15.3% and Tim Riley at 9.7%.

The winner joins Sacramento County's five-member Board of Supervisors for a four-year term. The board sets the county budget. It oversees public health and social services countywide. It controls land use in unincorporated areas outside the county's cities. That is separate from, and alongside, the Sacramento City Council.

Neither candidate is the incumbent. This is an open seat. The choice is generational and institutional as much as it is ideological. Guerra is a 15-year sitting city councilmember with a City Hall governing record. Cofer is a public-health epidemiologist and first-time county candidate. She nearly won the Sacramento mayor's race two years ago. Both have run and lost countywide before. Guerra ran for state Assembly in 2022, and Cofer for mayor in 2024. Each is trying to turn a runner-up's coalition into a win.

Flojaune Cofer

Flojaune Cofer is an epidemiologist and senior policy director at Public Health Advocates. Her platform covers three areas. She wants to shield residents from harmful federal policy changes. She wants to prevent housing displacement and homelessness. She also wants to pair clean energy investment with union jobs. In 2024 she ran for Sacramento mayor. She narrowly lost to Kevin McCarty, 50.5% to 49.5%.

Eric Guerra

Eric Guerra has served on the Sacramento City Council since 2015. He represents District 6. His campaign focuses on housing production, homelessness, and public safety. He ran for state Assembly District 10 in 2022 and lost.

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