- vote.santaclaracounty.gov (opens in a new tab)Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters -- the "City of Santa Clara" List-of-Officeholders page: confirms Mayor, City Clerk, and Chief of Police are elected at-large and City Council is six district seats (1-6), each a 4-year term, and shows Mayor Lisa M. Gillmor, District 2's Raj Chahal, and District 3's Karen Hardy all up for "NEXT ELECTION" in 2026, while Districts 1, 4, 5, and 6 (Albert Gonzalez, Kevin Park, Sudhanshu "Suds" Jain, Kelly G. Cox) aren't up again until 2028. A live fetch of the county elections domain 403s in this pass; retrieved instead via a Wayback Machine snapshot dated 2025-09-10.
- sanjosespotlight.com (opens in a new tab)San José Spotlight -- "Four candidates face off for two Santa Clara council seats" (Maryanne Casas-Perez, Aug. 20, 2026), read in full via a Wayback Machine snapshot (a live sanjosespotlight.com fetch 403s in this pass): confirms both District 2 seat candidates (Yvonne Inciarte, Kimberley Williams, running for the seat held by term-limited-out Raj Chahal) and both District 3 seat candidates (Eric Crutchlow, Kyle Madej, running for the seat Karen Hardy is vacating to run for mayor instead of seeking re-election), with ages, backgrounds, platforms, and a direct on-record quote from each.
- netfile.com (opens in a new tab)City of Santa Clara's own NetFile-hosted public campaign-finance portal (aid=CSC), queried directly by name via its own QuickNameSearch and filings/byCandidate JSON API (reverse-engineered from the portal's own downloaded JS bundle; this bundle version keys on aid/candidateId/agencyCode params, not the byFilerId variant an earlier pass in this file documented for a different NetFile bundle version), with each available candidate's Form 460 downloaded directly via the portal's own CampaignDocuments/download endpoint (one, Kathy Watanabe's, a scanned image PDF with no extractable text layer, read by rendering it to an image and reading the figures directly). Mayor's race: Watanabe reported $15,362.54 in total contributions ($10,362.54 monetary, $5,000 in loans) against $6,222.63 in expenditures, ending cash $9,139.91; Kertes reported $12,422.80 in total contributions ($950 monetary, $11,472.80 in loans -- per Schedule B, all of it loaned by Kertes to himself) against $11,462.80 in expenditures, ending cash $960.00 and $11,472.80 in outstanding debt owed to himself; Ferraris's committee, formed July 7, 2026, reported $0 in contributions and $0 in expenditures for the Jan.-June 2026 period; Hardy's committee has registered but filed no Form 460 yet; Park has no 2026 mayoral committee or filing on record at all (only a routine 2025 annual Form 470 tied to his existing District 4 officeholder committee); Wiltberger has no committee registered under any name searched. District 2: Inciarte has registered a committee but filed no Form 460 yet; Williams has no committee registered at all. District 3: Madej has registered a committee ("Madej for City Council 2026") but filed no Form 460 yet; Crutchlow has no committee registered at all. None of this is evidence of any candidate's final fundraising totals for the cycle -- it documents exactly what could and couldn't be confirmed as of this retrieval.
Last updated August 31, 2026.
City of Santa Clara
Santa Clara City Council, District 2
This person would hold one of six seats on the Santa Clara City Council. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. Santa Clara is a Santa Clara County city of about 128,000 people. The city also has a separately elected, citywide Mayor, also on this ballot. Five other district Council members also serve. The term is four years, with a two-term limit.
Two candidates are running for Santa Clara's open City Council District 2 seat. They are Yvonne Inciarte and Kimberley Williams. The seat was vacated by term-limited incumbent Raj Chahal. Whoever gets the most votes wins outright. This is a plurality election, not ranked-choice.
This person would hold Santa Clara's District 2 seat on the City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use in this Santa Clara County city of about 128,000, alongside a separately elected, citywide Mayor (also on this ballot -- six candidates are running for that open seat) and five other district Council members. The term is four years, with a two-term limit.
District 3 is also open this cycle (see that contest); Districts 1, 4, 5, and 6 -- held respectively by Albert Gonzalez, Kevin Park (also a 2026 mayoral candidate), Sudhanshu "Suds" Jain, and Kelly G. Cox -- aren't up again until 2028. This seat is open because Raj Chahal, its incumbent, is term-limited out; unlike District 3, no sitting councilmember chose to give it up.
Yvonne Inciarte
Yvonne Inciarte, 37, is a first-generation college graduate who grew up in District 2. She has been a Santa Clara resident for a long time. She was director of intergovernmental strategy for Rep. Ro Khanna. Her platform centers on housing affordability, public safety, fiscal responsibility, infrastructure, and economic growth. On the city's budget deficit, she says the council needs to make hard choices. She wants to protect parks, services, and community programs.
Kimberley Williams
Kimberley Williams, 48, has lived in Santa Clara more than 18 years. She has spent roughly a decade working with local schools and parent groups. Her platform centers on education, housing, parks, transportation, infrastructure, and neighborhood safety. She also wants to repair the city's relationship with the San Francisco 49ers. She calls Levi's Stadium a city asset both sides should make work for residents.
Your pick
A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.