Hayward: who represents it, and who is running
California General Election (federal and state offices) consolidated with the City of Hayward General Municipal Election (Mayor; Council Districts 1 and 6) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects city: Mayor (at-large) and Council Districts 1 and 6 - the first district-based Hayward council elections (Districts 2-5 follow in November 2028; the four at-large members elected in 2024 serve to 2028). U.S. Representative for CA-14 (the only district covering Hayward); Governor (open seat) and other statewide offices; State Senate District 10 (open; seat vacant) and Assembly District 20, both covering City Hall and the whole city. Hayward Unified School District Areas 2 and 4 and Hayward Area Recreation & Park District Areas 2 and 4 are also on the ballot (not captured). No U.S. Senate seat is up in California in 2026..
Holding office12
the sitting council
On the ballot13
5 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Hayward is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): California's 14th congressional district (City Hall, 37.6713, -122.0855; the whole city on the current 120th Congress / 2026 map) — Aisha Wahab (Democratic)
1
Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Salinas Elected | Mayor → Running | Independent | Alameda County Registrar of Voters | |
| Tom Wong | Mayor Running | Independent | Alameda County Registrar of Voters |
2
Councilmember — District 1
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Syrop Elected | Councilmember → Running | Independent | District 1 | Alameda County Registrar of Voters |
| Brian M. Schott | Councilmember Running | Independent | District 1 | Alameda County Registrar of Voters |
3
Councilmember — District 6
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Roche Elected | Councilmember → Running | Independent | District 6 | Alameda County Registrar of Voters |
4
Councilmember
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Andrews Elected | Councilmember | Independent | At-Large | Alameda County Registrar of Voters |
| Daniel Goldstein Elected | Councilmember | Independent | At-Large | Alameda County Registrar of Voters |
| Francisco Zermeño Elected | Councilmember | Independent | At-Large | Alameda County Registrar of Voters |
| Ray Bonilla Jr. Elected | Councilmember | Independent | At-Large | Alameda County Registrar of Voters |
5
Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Newsom Elected | Governor | Democratic | Office of Governor Gavin Newsom | |
| Steve Hilton | Governor Running | Republican | Alameda County Registrar of Voters | |
| Xavier Becerra | Governor Running | Democratic | Alameda County Registrar of Voters |
6
State Assembly Member — AD-20
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liz Ortega Elected | State Assembly Member → Running | Democratic | California State Assembly | |
| Patricia Muga | State Assembly Member Running | Republican | Alameda County Registrar of Voters |
7
State Senator — SD-10
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda R. Price | State Senator Running | Republican | Alameda County Registrar of Voters | |
| Scott Sakakihara | State Senator Running | Democratic | Alameda County Registrar of Voters |
8
U.S. Senator
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam B. Schiff Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | @unitedstates congress-legislators (CC0), legislators-current.json | |
| Alex Padilla Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | @unitedstates congress-legislators (CC0), legislators-current.json |
9
U.S. Representative — CA-14
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aisha Wahab Elected | U.S. Representative → Running | Democratic | U.S. House of Representatives | |
| Melissa Hernandez | U.S. Representative Running | Democratic | Alameda County Registrar of Voters |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Sitting municipal officials from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters 'Elected Officials' page (alamedacountyca.gov/rov_app/electedofficials; robots.txt disallows only a few unrelated paths; page script dated 'Updated - 03/30/2026'): Mayor Mark Salinas (2023-2026); Councilmembers Ray Bonilla Jr., Francisco Zermeño, Daniel Goldstein, Angela Andrews (2024-2028), Julie Roche and George Syrop (2023-2026). The City Council page (hayward-ca.gov/your-government/city-council, read 2026-10-23) lists the same seven and names George Syrop Mayor Pro Tempore. All six councilmembers were elected at-large; no other city office is elected (the Registrar lists only Mayor and Council).
- District elections: the City Council page says Council approved district-based elections on 2024-10-08; six districts, with Districts 1 and 6 first elected in November 2026 and Districts 2-5 in November 2028; the Mayor stays at-large. Sitting members are therefore shown with seat 'At-Large'; Syrop is running in District 1 and Roche in District 6.
- Municipal candidates: City Clerk 'Candidate Information' page (hayward-ca.gov/your-government/elections/candidate-information, 'Updated: August 7, 2026') and the Registrar's Candidate List search (alamedacountyca.gov/rov_app/candidatelist, the page's own form: election 'General Election - 11/03/2026 (Official)', race status On Ballot, candidate status Filing Completed; retrieved 2026-10-23). They agree: Mayor - Mark Salinas, Tom Wong; District 1 - George Syrop, Brian M. Schott; District 6 - Julie Roche (unopposed, '1 Filing'). The Registrar's 'Incumbent' flag is N for every Hayward filing, so incumbency comes from the Elected Officials list. Next municipal election after this one: November 2028 (Council Districts 2, 3, 4, 5).
- standsFor for the five municipal candidates quotes their own candidate statements as published on the City Clerk's Candidate Information page. City of Hayward Terms (hayward-ca.gov/terms, read before any content page) say 'All material on the City of Hayward Website (content, logos, graphics, and images) is property of the City and no person or entity may duplicate, upload, republish, modify, transmit, post or distribute or mirror the City's information on a non-City server without the expressed written permission'. For that reason no City-hosted photo (council portraits, candidate photos) is linked; the quotes are short excerpts of the candidates' own words - Jim may want to review them against that clause.
- District coverage: Census geocoder (geocoding.geo.census.gov; robots.txt is 404) at City Hall (matched at 37.6713, -122.0855) gives CA-14, SD-10, AD-20. A 13x13 grid (lat 37.58-37.70, lon -122.18 to -121.98) kept 83 points inside 'Hayward city': all 83 in CA-14 (120th Congressional Districts), SD-10 and AD-20 (2026 State Legislative Districts). So one House district, one Senate and one Assembly district cover the whole city.
- Federal: CA-14 Aisha Wahab from https://www.house.gov/representatives ('14th Wahab, Aisha D'), cross-checked with the CC0 @unitedstates legislators-current.json (W000832, term start 2026-09-02). Photo linked from clerk.house.gov (HTTP 200; robots.txt 404). Senators Padilla and Schiff from the same CC0 file; senate.gov not requested.
- Candidates (federal and state) are from the Alameda County Registrar's list for the same election (CA-14: Melissa Hernandez D, Aisha Wahab D; Governor: Xavier Becerra D, Steve Hilton R; SD-10: Linda R. Price R, Scott Sakakihara D; AD-20: Patricia Muga R, Liz Ortega* D). The California SOS Certified List of Candidates (certified 2026-08-27) is the statewide authority and is recorded as candidateList, but was NOT fetched by this agent as instructed (its file host answers robots.txt with 403); the Fremont record, which read it, found CA-14, Governor and SD-10 identical to the Registrar. AD-20 was not cross-checked against the SOS list.
- State: Governor Gavin Newsom from www.gov.ca.gov/about/ (robots disallows only /wp-admin/). SD-10 is VACANT per www.senate.ca.gov/senators ('Member Vacant, District 10'); no person row. Assemblymember Liz Ortega (AD-20) from www.assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers. Both legislature robots.txt files are standard Drupal and allow these pages.
- Privacy: the Registrar's candidate list prints campaign mailing addresses, phone numbers and emails for some candidates; none were copied, only the campaign websites listed. No terms accepted, no logins, nothing requested or emailed; one User-Agent throughout; no host blocked this agent.
- Not done: county offices, measures (the City's Notice of Election also mentions a Measure), Hayward Unified School District and HARD races, other statewide offices.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-23. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.
- Alameda County Registrar of Voters — Candidate List, General Election 11/03/2026 (Official), race status On Ballot, candidate status Filing Completed 8
- Alameda County Registrar of Voters — Elected Officials, Hayward (page script dated 'Updated - 03/30/2026') 7
- @unitedstates congress-legislators (CC0), legislators-current.json 2
- Office of Governor Gavin Newsom — About 1
- U.S. House of Representatives — Directory of Representatives 1
- California State Assembly — Assemblymembers 1