Campbell Union School District Election 2026: Miller vs. Vora in Area 4, Krow-Lucal vs. Chandra in Area 5
Two incumbents on the Campbell Union School District board face challengers on Nov. 3: Chris Miller against Mohit Vora in Trustee Area 4, and Sam Krow-Lucal against Vartika Chandra in Trustee Area 5. A third seat was decided without an election.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
Tree-lined University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto on a sunny morning. Photo: Brian Sterling / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Three of the five seats on the board of the Campbell Union School District are up this year. The K-8 district enrolled 6,183 students in 2023-24.
Trustee Area 1
The race was canceled because incumbent Richard Nguyen was the only candidate. He wins without appearing on the ballot.
Trustee Area 4
Chris Miller (incumbent)
Mohit Vora, listed as Parent/Technology Executive
Trustee Area 5
Sam Krow-Lucal (incumbent)
Vartika Chandra
Board terms are four years. Trustees are elected by area, so you will see only the race for the area where you live.
This explainer summarizes the candidates' own statements and published reporting. It does not endorse anyone.
How to vote
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Polls and vote centers close at 8 p.m., and mailed ballots must be postmarked by Election Day and arrive within seven days. You can check your registration and ballot status at sos.ca.gov/elections. California lets you register and vote the same day at a vote center.
Sources
This article is an original summary based on the following reporting. We encourage readers to visit the original sources for full coverage.
The day's Bay Area housing, business and neighborhood news, plus the world headlines that matter, in one short email. Free, and you can unsubscribe anytime.
We use your email only to send the Brief. Details in our privacy policy.
Mayor Dan Furtado, 82, faces business owner Joe Brenner in District 3; Planning Commission Chair Davis Fields faces 21-year-old Joseph Guardado for an open District 4 seat; Daraius Sorabji is unopposed in District 5.
Three of Fremont's six City Council seats are on the Nov. 3 ballot: a 2022 rematch in District 2, an appointed incumbent defending District 3, and an open District 4 seat after Yang Shao's second term ends.
Two incumbents and three newcomers are running for three at-large seats on the Saratoga Union School District board. Keeping families in the district is the common theme.
In Petaluma Joint Union High School District Trustee Area 3, parent and HR consultant Laura Holmes faces family physician John Garcia. Both are newcomers.
In Petaluma Joint Union High School District Trustee Area 5, newcomers John La Bare and Sarah Seitchik Sebastian are running for a first term on the Petaluma City Schools board.
