[Contra Costa, CA]

Late Feb 2026. As many positions were up for elections and many had no candidates even filing.

Early in March 2026, I had ran a campaign that more than 65% elections in bay area go unchallenged lets put our names if you have 1% interest lets talk i will add the remaining zeros.

The County Clerk Role is very important, as why did the county clerk did not sound alarm when the candidates were filing.

We now have Pratima Sonavne, running for the county clerk role. We do have an opportunity here to have someone who is interested in truly engaging the community to bring the trust in the Clerk Recorder Office.

County Auditor Controller was in extension when Deepika Naharas stepped in to challenge the deputy auditor controller, so in short if you are voting for Deepika your vote counts and you still have her opponent, Peter Kurumbi as a Deputy Auditor Controller. She has many interesting solutions to offer but voting for her opponent Peter Kurumbi means giving him extra power to appoint Dy Auditor Controller in the office which has not seen a leadership change for 30 years.

County Assessor, here there are three candidates, Kismat Kathrani, Nick Spinner and Vince Robb, here too Vince Robb is Dy Assessor so there is no reason to vote for him if you want him in office. If you vote for someone other than vince. Since there is no forum held by any organization there is very hard choice. If i am looking for truly outsider I will pick Kismat, as Nick has been part of the same county office ecosystem which is not related with Assessor office.

Superior Court Judge, there are twelve superior court judge position out of which only one has an opponent.(11 had no challenger). Voting in Valery Polyakov sends a strong message to the establishment that people voice and choice matters.

The main point that i want to bring to people's notice is League of Womens Voters in Alameda where as Contra Costa County League of Womens Voters have said there is lack of funds.

A Unique Opportunity:

Since only third of people vote in primaries and most of these roles will be finalized, so this is the only unique windows to step up and vote where our voting power is multiplied due to low participation.

More reason to vote, check what our participants have to say in the Youth Democracy contest.

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