Election 2026
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Sanitary board incumbents on track to keep seats over Turnacliff
Incumbents Mark Fitzgerald, Peter McIntosh and Patrick Walravens will win Richardson Bay Sanitary District board seats over challenger John Turnacliff in early Nov. 3 returns.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Saghezchi, Waterfield top Strawberry Rec race; Teese leads for third seat
Incumbents Sohrab Saghezchi and Sarah Waterfield will win Strawberry Recreation District board seats, and Chair Peter Teese leads for the third in early Nov. 3 returns.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Twillman set to keep Strawberry Rec two-year seat over Hawkins
Appointed incumbent Doug Twillman will win a two-year Strawberry Recreation District board seat, with 68.3% to Aliza Hawkins’ 31.7% in early, unofficial Nov. 3 returns.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Measure Z leading with 84% as Paradise Cay weighs dredging tax
Paradise Cay’s Measure Z, extending the parcel tax that pays for canal dredging, had 84% support in early returns Nov. 3, above the two-thirds it needs.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Elward leads Assembly race; billionaire tax trails statewide
Jackie Elward led Eric Lucan for the peninsula’s Assembly seat in early Nov. 3 returns, while Proposition 40’s billionaire tax trailed statewide and in Tiburon and Belvedere.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·
Ghaffary and Pasarell Tsai will win Reed seats as Godfrey, Antani battle for third
Mike Ghaffary and Shelby Pasarell Tsai will win seats on the Reed Union School District board of trustees, and Lina Godfrey led fellow challenger Krupa Antani by 16 votes for the third seat in early election-night returns.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·
Teacher-backed challengers ahead in Tam Union board race’s first count
Valerie Wynn, Brian Sutherland and Joy Scully Koo led the Tamalpais Union High School District board race in preliminary Nov. 3 returns, with President Cynthia Roenisch fifth.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·
Ryan, Hornbrook and Defever will win Tiburon council seats
Jack Ryan, Chuck Hornbrook and Kathleen Defever will win the three Tiburon Town Council seats on the ballot after early election-night returns put them ahead of Faris Jafar and Alice Fredericks in the five-way race.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·
Reed’s $115 million Measure O topping 55% bar in early returns
Reed Union School District’s $115 million Measure O bond had 58.5% support in early, unofficial returns Nov. 3, above the 55% it needs to pass.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·Nemzer holds wide margin in Marin Board of Education’s Area 5
Tiburon resident Marilyn Nemzer led challenger Avery Lieberman in early, unofficial returns for the Marin County Board of Education’s Trustee Area 5 seat.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·
Tiburon, Belvedere, Strawberry voters are weighing eight local contests, four local measures
Five candidates for three Tiburon Town Council seats and four for three Reed Union board seats head the peninsula’s Nov. 3 ballot, with six other races and four measures.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Late filings show who’s paying for Tiburon council, fire, school races
Alice Fredericks raised the most from donors among Tiburon Town Council candidates in the last pre-election reports, while Kathleen Defever outspent the field with a loan.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ and KEVIN HESSEL ·Tiburon Town Council candidates differ on parks funding, term limits, Flock, AI
Tiburon Town Council candidates split on private park money, term limits and AI in follow-up interviews, but all five were open to a hearing on Flock cameras.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·
Assembly Democrats Lucan, Elward agree on policy, spar over outside money
Assembly candidates Eric Lucan and Jackie Elward agreed on most policy at a Sept. 30 forum but sparred over millions in outside money in the 12th District race.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·
State Senate candidates Connolly, Gibbs clash over taxes, housing, homelessness
State Senate candidates Damon Connolly and Tief Gibbs split over Marin’s childcare tax, homelessness and a statewide tax measure, but both vowed to rein in state housing laws.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·
Tam Union board member Kevin Saavedra resigns day after restraining order, stays on ballot
Tamalpais Union High School District board member Kevin Saavedra resigned Oct. 9, a day after a judge’s restraining order, but stays on the Nov. 3 ballot.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Tiburon Town Council hopefuls talk traffic, finances, housing at Ark forum
Tiburon Town Council candidates mostly agreed at a Sept. 29 forum that residents should help oversee town finances but split on Flock cameras, housing sites and park funding.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·
Tamalpais Union board hopefuls split over trust, budget at forum
Seven candidates for three Tamalpais Union High School District board seats split over whether the board has lost community trust, at a Sept. 28 forum in Larkspur.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Open governor’s race, billionaire tax top California ballot
Peninsula ballots carry an open California governor’s race, 14 state propositions including a one-time billionaire tax, and an open Assembly seat.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Watch the 2026 Tiburon Town Council candidates forum
Watch all five candidates for three Tiburon Town Council seats at The Ark's Sept. 29 forum, moderated by the League of Women Voters of Marin.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·
