San Ramon Filing Deadline Passes for Mayor and Two Council Seats

San Ramon’s nomination-paper filing period for the Nov. 3, 2026, general election closed Friday, Aug. 7, at 5 p.m., setting the next stage of the city’s municipal election for the mayor’s office and two City Council seats.

The City of San Ramon identified Council Districts 2 and 4, along with the mayor’s office, as the three open positions in the election. The filing period began July 13, giving prospective candidates more than three weeks to submit nomination papers before the regular deadline.

What the deadline changes

The deadline establishes the point at which the city can move from accepting regular nomination papers toward determining the ballot lineup for the November election. The city’s notice, however, does not list the people who filed by Aug. 7.

That means the filing deadline alone does not confirm which candidates qualified, whether any contest is uncontested, or what the final ballot will look like. The list of offices open for election is confirmed; the candidate roster is not included in the approved city information.

The positions have different geographic scopes within the city. The mayor’s office is listed alongside Council Districts 2 and 4, rather than as a single citywide list of council seats. The city’s notice does not provide additional details about the terms, candidates or campaign field.

Possible extension

San Ramon’s election notice also identifies a possible extended nomination period. If the applicable condition is met, that period would close Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.

The extension depends on incumbent filings. The city information supplied for this report does not confirm whether the condition applies, and it does not say which incumbents, if any, filed by the regular deadline. Residents should therefore treat Aug. 12 as a possible follow-up deadline, not as a confirmed extension.

The distinction matters because the Aug. 7 deadline is the regular closing date, while the Aug. 12 date is conditional. Until the city confirms whether an extended period is active, the final set of candidates cannot be inferred from the election notice.

November election remains ahead

The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. The filing deadline does not decide the outcome of any of the three races; it marks the close of the regular nomination-paper period and begins the next phase of the election process.

For San Ramon voters, the immediate local issue is which candidates will ultimately appear for mayor and Council Districts 2 and 4. That information is not contained in the city update used here. The approved notice instead provides the dates, the offices and the possible extension deadline.

Questions about candidate filings are directed to the San Ramon City Clerk’s office, which the city identifies as the contact point for election-filing questions. The next known date in the city’s notice is Aug. 12, if the conditional extended filing period applies, followed by the scheduled Nov. 3 general election.