# San Pablo City Clerk

Dorothy Gantt is running uncontested for San Pablo City Clerk. Full ballot at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. San Pablo's City Clerk is a separately elected, citywide office. The term is four years. The Clerk keeps official city records and prepares Council agendas and minutes. The Clerk also runs city elections and campaign-disclosure filings.

- Jurisdiction: City of San Pablo
- Election: November 3, 2026 California general election
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- Sources last retrieved: September 7, 2026
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## On the ballot

- **Dorothy Gantt** — Incumbent

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

Incumbent City Clerk Dorothy Gantt is running unopposed for a full term; they were the only candidate who qualified by the filing deadline.

San Pablo's City Clerk is a separately elected, citywide office with a 4-year term. The office keeps the city's official records. It prepares City Council agendas and minutes. It also administers city elections and campaign disclosure filings. Day to day clerk operations run through an appointed Deputy City Clerk.

No one else filed FPPC paperwork for City Clerk this cycle. The city's own Notice of Offices and Nominations confirms that. So does its '2026 Campaign Docs Combined' filings bundle. That makes the office uncontested rather than merely unopposed by omission.

## Dorothy Gantt

The incumbent, seeking their first election to a full term after being appointed City Clerk in January 2021 (their appointed term runs through November 2026). A San Pablo resident since December 2009, Gantt brings 40 years of clerical experience from the medical field -- as a hospital department supervisor, a physician's-office manager, and a billing clerk. Gantt's community roles include chairing the city's Advisory Committee on Aging and the Senior Center Advisory Board, managing the Senior Center's Bingo program, sitting on the Measure Q/K Citizens Oversight Committee, and a 2018-2021 term on the Planning Commission; they have also served on the Contra Costa County Advisory Council on Aging.

**Strengths:** Nearly five years of hands on experience already in the office. They also have a long record of San Pablo civic committee service before their appointment.

**Trade-offs:** This will be their first time facing voters directly for this office. Their tenure to date rests on a 2021 council appointment, not an election.

**Keep in mind:** With no opponent, this race functions as a retention question rather than a comparison between candidates.

## Sources

1. [Contra Costa County Elections Division -- "Positions Up for Election, November 3, 2026, General Election": the only county-section contest in the document is County Board of Education Areas 2, 4, and 5 (under Schools) -- no Board of Supervisors, row office, or Superior Court seat appears anywhere, consistent with both Supervisor seats up this cycle (Districts 1 and 4) having been decided outright in the June 2026 primary](https://www.contracostavote.gov/wp-content/uploads/26Nov03_PositionsUpForElection.pdf)
2. [City of San Pablo -- "Notice of Offices and Nominations" (signed Aug. 6, 2026 by Deputy City Clerk Casey Erlenheim, under Elections Code Sec. 10224.5): confirms three offices on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot -- Two (2) Members of the City Council, One (1) City Clerk, One (1) City Treasurer, each a 4-year term -- and names the four incumbents furnished nomination papers: Rita Xavier and Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado (each listed as "City Councilmember," not Mayor), Dorothy Gantt (City Clerk), and Viviana Toledo (City Treasurer)](https://www.sanpabloca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/19100/2026-08-05-CITY-OF-SAN-PABLO-NOTICE-OF-OFFICES-AND-NOMINATIONS)
3. [City of San Pablo -- "Notice of Election" (City Clerk Dorothy Gantt, published July 1, 2026): independently confirms the same three offices -- Two (2) City Councilmembers, One (1) Treasurer, One (1) City Clerk, each a 4-year term -- for the Nov. 3, 2026 General Municipal Election, plus the nomination period (July 13-Aug. 6, 2026) and Elections Code Sec. 10229 uncontested-office procedure](https://www.sanpabloca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/18928/NTC-2026-11-03-ELECTION)
4. [City of San Pablo -- "2026 Campaign Docs Combined" (45-page PDF bundle of every 2026 candidate's FPPC filings, linked from the city's own Elections page; several pages are scanned images read visually, no extractable text layer): the only source found with an actual candidate roster. Shows a four-candidate City Council field -- incumbents Rita Xavier (Form 501 filed July 17, 2026) and Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado (Form 501 filed Aug. 5, 2026), plus challengers Caden Cotton-Blake (Form 501 filed March 10, 2026; Form 410 committee opened March 2026, amended July 2026, reporting $2,896 in contributions and $566 in expenditures for Jan.-June 2026 on his Form 460) and Anna M. Villalobos (Form 501 filed May 28, 2026; her Form 700 lists her occupation as Records Secretary, American Postal Workers Union) -- and confirms City Clerk Dorothy Gantt (Form 501 Aug. 3, 2026; Form 470) and City Treasurer Viviana Toledo (Form 501 July 29, 2026; Form 470; Form 700 disclosing real property in Yuba City) each drew no opponent](https://www.sanpabloca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/19105/2026-Campaign-Docs-Combined)
5. [City of San Pablo -- official City Clerk page for Dorothy Gantt: a San Pablo resident since Dec. 2009, 40 years of clerical experience in the medical field, appointed City Clerk January 2021 with a term ending November 2026, and community roles including chairing the Advisory Committee on Aging and the Senior Center Advisory Board](https://www.sanpabloca.gov/157/City-Clerk)

## The rest of the ballot

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