2020 Election Archive

General Municipal Election Details

The next General Municipal Election in Redwood City will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Under Redwood City’s new district elections system, voters will only elect one Council Member for the City Council based on the district in which they are registered to vote. City Council seats in districts 2, 5, and 6will be up for election in November 2022. Voters in districts 1, 3, 4, and 7 will not be voting to elect a Council Member during that election.

The following seats are held by the Council Members whose current at-large terms will end in November 2020.

• District 1: Vacant
• District 3: Janet Borgens
• District 4: Vacant
• District 7: Alicia Aguirre

The following seats are held by the Council Members whose current at-large terms will end in November 2022.

• District 2: Giselle Hale
• District 5: Diane Howard
• District 6: Diana Reddy

*The November 3, 2020 General Municipal Election was the first by-district City Council election. As the current Councilmembers serve the Redwood City community at large, the vacant seats in districts 1, 3, 4 and 7 are considered new seats which no one has yet filled.

Contact and Questions

For Municipal Election questions, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (650) 780-7220 or by email at paguilar@redwoodcity.org.

For City related information, please contact the City Manager's Office at (650) 780-7000 or by email at mail@redwoodcity.org. 

LIST OF QUALIFIED CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES

*Candidates appear in alphabetical order, as randomly drawn by the California Secretary of State on August 13, 2020.

**Candidates who have agreed to abide by the voluntary campaign expenditure limits or who have paid the candidate statement fee pursuant to Resolution 15850, are allowed a 400-word unedited candidate statement. The opinions and statements set forth are those of the candidate to whom they are attributed and do not reflect the City’s official positions on issues addressed in the statements. The candidate's statement is not a City endorsement of any candidate's candidacy, and the information is submitted to the voters by the City as a service to assist voters and for informational purposes only.

The following candidates have agreed to abide by the voluntary campaign expenditure limits, which are outlined here.

Click on a candidate's name to view their candidate statement. Statements appear in the form submitted by the candidate without editing, proofreading, or spell checking by the City Clerk. The opinions and statements set forth are those of the candidate to whom they are attributed and do not reflect the City’s official positions on issues addressed in the statements. The candidate's statement is not a City endorsement of any candidate's candidacy, and the information is submitted to the voters by the City as a service to assist voters and for informational purposes only.

*Candidates and their statements appear in alphabetical order, as randomly drawn by the California Secretary of State on August 13, 2020. The opinions and statements set forth are those of the candidate to whom they are attributed and do not reflect the City’s official positions on issues addressed in the statements. The candidate's statement is not a City endorsement of any candidate's candidacy, and the information is submitted to the voters by the City as a service to assist voters and for informational purposes only.

The following candidates have NOT agreed to abide by the voluntary campaign expenditure limits listed above, or do not otherwise qualify for inclusion on the list of candidates who have agreed to abide by the limits.

Click on a candidate's name to view their candidate statement. Statements appear in the form submitted by the candidate without editing, proofreading, or spell checking by the City Clerk. The opinions and statements set forth are those of the candidate to whom they are attributed and do not reflect the City’s official positions on issues addressed in the statements. The candidate's statement is not a City endorsement of any candidate's candidacy, and the information is submitted to the voters by the City as a service to assist voters and for informational purposes only.

*Candidates and their statements appear in alphabetical order, as randomly drawn by the California Secretary of State on August 13, 2020. The opinions and statements set forth are those of the candidate to whom they are attributed and do not reflect the City’s official positions on issues addressed in the statements. The candidate's statement is not a City endorsement of any candidate's candidacy, and the information is submitted to the voters by the City as a service to assist voters and for informational purposes only.

Enforcement of Voluntary Expenditure Limits

Candidates who agree to limit campaign contributions and expenditures but subsequently violate the ordinance shall, within seventy-two (72) hours of the City’s knowledge of the violation:

1. Have notice of the violation forwarded to a newspaper of general circulation for publication
2. Have notice of the violation posted on the City’s website
3. Have notice of the violation posted at a reasonably accessible location at City Hall
4. Result in the removal of the 400-word written candidate statement from the City’s website, unless a fee is paid in which case the statement will then be relocated below statements from candidates that agree to voluntary expenditure limits, in accordance with Section 2.154(D)

To report a suspected violation, please contact the City Clerk’s office at 650-780-7220 or by email at paguilar@redwoodcity.org.