Council Districts 1 and 3 Head to November Ballot
Napa’s general municipal election on Nov. 3 will fill two four-year council seats under district voting.
NAPA: Napa voters will elect two members of the City Council on Nov. 3, 2026, with council seats for Districts 1 and 3 on the ballot, each for a four-year term.
The city holds general municipal elections in November of even-numbered years. The council is made up of one mayor and four councilmembers elected by district.
Napa moved to district-based council elections in 2020 under Municipal Code 1.10.010. The election sequence put Districts 1 and 3 on the ballot in November 2022, and the council completed its redistricting process on March 8, 2022, adopting Ordinance O2022-005, which re-adopted the district map established with the move to district elections.
Districts 1 and 3 were last on the ballot in November 2022, and this year’s vote fills the same two seats for new four-year terms, so the winners will serve through November 2030. Candidate information for the November general election is published in the Napa County Election Division’s candidate guide, which lists filing periods, key dates and ballot-order rules for the races on the ballot.
Key dates
The county’s nomination period for the November general election ran July 13 through Aug. 7, when filing fees, nomination papers and declarations of candidacy were due. Where an incumbent did not file by Aug. 7, the filing period was extended to non-incumbents through Aug. 12. The Secretary of State conducted the randomized alphabet drawing for ballot order on Aug. 12.
The write-in candidate filing period runs Sept. 7 through Oct. 20. Vote-by-mail ballots can be mailed starting Oct. 5. Oct. 19 is the 15-day close, the last day to register and receive a ballot by mail; voters who register after that date must go to the elections office or a vote center. Election Day is Nov. 3.
Voters who miss the Oct. 19 deadline still have a path to the ballot box. California’s conditional voter registration runs Oct. 20 through Election Day, allowing eligible residents to register and cast a provisional ballot at the county elections office or a vote center.
The November contest continues a busy stretch for Napa voters, who approved the one-cent Measure G sales tax in November 2024 and cast ballots in the June 2026 statewide primary earlier this year.
Napa County is a mail-ballot county. Voters can confirm their council district and find candidate information through the city clerk’s office at City Hall, 955 School Street, which can be reached at 707-257-9503, or through the county registrar of voters.
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