Review note: Lisa Diaz Nash's own campaign site (lisaforsanmateo.com): identifies her as the sitting District 1 councilmember and full-time officeholder (city email ldiaznash@cityofsanmateo.org listed), her platform (street/pothole repair, 911 and fire/paramedic response, traffic and bike/pedestrian safety, clean parks and public spaces); footer publishes FPPC ID 1483665 and Taso Zografos's own campaign site (tasoforsanmateo.com): describes him as a San Mateo County business leader and community advocate with more than 40 years building companies at the intersection of technology, infrastructure, and public service; platform (safe neighborhoods, traffic management, affordable housing, fiscal responsibility, essential services); publishes no FPPC ID this session could find; its navigation still promotes 'Write in Taso!' messaging, treated as stale leftover copy given his confirmed printed-ballot qualification per the county roster and the city's own candidates page may have more bias because they are advocacy voter guides compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.
- smcacre.gov (opens in a new tab)San Mateo County ACRE -- Roster of Candidates, Qualified Candidates Only, November 3, 2026 General Election (CFMR009), dated 2026-08-25: the county's own certified candidate list, naming all seven qualified City of San Mateo City Council candidates across Districts 1, 3, and 5, their filed occupations/ballot designations, and qualification dates, each flagged 'On Ballot: Yes, Vote for 1'
- cityofsanmateo.org (opens in a new tab)City of San Mateo -- official '2026 City Council Candidates' page (cityofsanmateo.org/4305): lists all seven qualified candidates for Districts 1, 3, and 5 in the order set by the county and Secretary of State's August 13, 2026 randomized-alphabet drawing, and confirms the November 3, 2026 election date
- cityofsanmateo.org (opens in a new tab)City of San Mateo -- official 'Meet Your Council' page: names Adam Loraine (District 5) as Mayor, Nicole Fernandez (District 2) as Deputy Mayor, and Lisa Diaz Nash (District 1), Danielle Cwirko-Godycki (District 4), and Rob Newsom Jr. (District 3) as the remaining council members
- cityofsanmateo.org (opens in a new tab)City of San Mateo -- official 'District Elections' page: the city moved from at-large to five City Council districts starting in November 2022; Districts 1, 3, and 5 were elected in November 2022 and are up again in November 2026, while Districts 2 and 4 were elected in November 2024; council members must live in the district they represent
- en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia's San Mateo, California article -- confirms the council-manager government structure, the five-member City Council's staggered four-year terms, and the city's population (105,661 at the 2020 census; a 103,337 Census Bureau estimate as of July 1, 2025)
- cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)This dataset's own documented record of a dedicated, unsuccessful attempt to retrieve campaign-finance filings for all seven City of San Mateo City Council candidates: California's Cal-Access filer search (cal-access.sos.ca.gov) returned only an Incapsula bot-detection interstitial for every query attempted this session (via both WebFetch and direct curl), with no live browser session available in this worktree to work around it. Documents the absence of a reachable financial-disclosure source for these seven candidates, not any of their actual finances.
- lisaforsanmateo.com (opens in a new tab)Lisa Diaz Nash's own campaign site (lisaforsanmateo.com): identifies her as the sitting District 1 councilmember and full-time officeholder (city email ldiaznash@cityofsanmateo.org listed), her platform (street/pothole repair, 911 and fire/paramedic response, traffic and bike/pedestrian safety, clean parks and public spaces); footer publishes FPPC ID 1483665
- tasoforsanmateo.com (opens in a new tab)Taso Zografos's own campaign site (tasoforsanmateo.com): describes him as a San Mateo County business leader and community advocate with more than 40 years building companies at the intersection of technology, infrastructure, and public service; platform (safe neighborhoods, traffic management, affordable housing, fiscal responsibility, essential services); publishes no FPPC ID this session could find; its navigation still promotes 'Write in Taso!' messaging, treated as stale leftover copy given his confirmed printed-ballot qualification per the county roster and the city's own candidates page
Last updated September 1, 2026.
City of San Mateo
San Mateo City Council, District 1
This person would represent one of San Mateo's five council districts. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land-use decisions. San Mateo has about 105,600 residents. The term is four years. The council picks its own Mayor and Deputy Mayor each year. They are not elected separately.
Incumbent Lisa Diaz Nash was first elected to the District 1 seat in November 2022. She is running for a second term. Business executive and engineer Taso Zografos is challenging her.
The winner serves a 4-year term on San Mateo's City Council. The council has five district representatives. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. The city has about 105,600 residents. San Mateo moved from at-large to district elections in 2022. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are chosen each year by the council from its own members. Neither is elected separately. Council races have no primary. Diaz Nash and Zografos go straight to the November 3 ballot.
Diaz Nash describes herself as a full-time councilmember. She centers her campaign on core city services. Those include street and pothole repair. She also names protecting 911 response and fire and paramedic staffing. She adds traffic safety for bikes and people on foot. Clean parks and public spaces round out her list. Zografos is a business executive and engineer. He has more than 40 years running companies. He frames his campaign around fiscal oversight. He wants an independent financial review. He wants to cut what he calls wasteful spending. He also names public safety and traffic congestion. He backs affordable housing for teachers, nurses, and young families.
Lisa Diaz Nash
Lisa Diaz Nash works full time as the District 1 councilmember. Her campaign site says nothing about her career before the council.
Taso Zografos
Taso Zografos calls himself a San Mateo County business leader and community advocate. He has more than 40 years building companies in technology, infrastructure, and public service. His site does not name his current employer or business.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.