On Nov. 6, Palo Alto voters will decide on new members of the City Council and Board of Education in addition to four local measures that seek to raise the hotel tax, cap health care costs, limit the terms of school board members and fund school district construction projects.
Over the past six months, the Palo Alto Weekly has been reporting on each candidate, hosted a debate and weighed the pros and cons of each local issue on the ballot. In the links below, we've compiled a list of our stories to serve as a guide for voters with Election Day fast approaching. This article will be updated as more stories are posted in the coming weeks.
OUR ENDORSEMENTS
City of Palo Alto
• Editorial: Filseth, DuBois and Cormack for City Council
• Editorial: Yes on Measure E hotel-tax increase
• Editorial: No, no, no on Measure F
Palo Alto Unified School District
• Editorial: Ken Dauber, Shounak Dharap for Palo Alto school board
• Editorial: Yes on school term limit Measure Y
• Editorial: Yes on school bond Measure Z
Beyond Palo Alto
• Our editorial recommendations (Positions on candidates, ballot measures and state propositions)
• Editorial: Karen Holman for Midpeninsula Open Space District Board
• Editorial: Re-elect Sheriff Laurie Smith
EDITORIAL COVERAGE - THE CANDIDATES
• Election 2018: Council contenders (Candidate profiles)
• Video: Palo Alto City Council candidates debate on Oct. 3
• Webcast: Palo Alto City Council race
• Webcast: Meet the Palo Alto City Council candidates
• Video: City Council candidates weigh in on housing
Pat Boone:
• Pat Boone (profile)
• Behind the Headlines - Meet Pat Boone (biographical interview)
• Behind the Headlines - An interview with Pat Boone, City Council candidate (endorsement video)
• Article: Former TV reporter Pat Boone enters Palo Alto's council race
Alison Cormack:
• Alison Cormack (profile)
• Behind the Headlines - An interview with Alison Cormack, City Council candidate (endorsement video)
• Behind the Headlines - Meet Alison Cormack (biographical interview)
• Article: Alison Cormack joins City Council race
Tom DuBois:
• Tom DuBois (profile)
• Behind the Headlines - An interview with Tom DuBois, City Council candidate (endorsement video)
• Behind the Headlines - Meet Tom DuBois (biographical interview)
• Article: Tom DuBois seeks second term
Eric Filseth:
• Eric Filseth (profile)
• Behind the Headlines - An interview with Eric Filseth, City Council candidate (endorsement video)
• Behind the Headlines - Meet Eric Filseth (biographical interview)
• Article: Eric Filseth to seek second council term
Cory Wolbach:
• Cory Wolbach (profile)
• Behind the Headlines - An interview with Cory Wolbach (endorsement video)
• Behind the Headlines - Meet Cory Wolbach (biographical interview)
• Article: Councilman Cory Wolbach to run for re-election
Campaign financing
• Article: Sizable independent expenditures factor into Palo Alto election - Nov. 5, 2018
• Article: Four council candidates raise more than $50,000 each - Oct. 26, 2018
• Article: While raising large sums, council candidates talk of spending limits
• Article: Wolbach, Cormack lead council race for campaign cash - Sept. 28, 2018
• Article: Wolbach, Cormack take fundraising lead - July 31, 2018
Palo Alto school board
• Video: Palo Alto school board candidates debate
• Article: Election 2018: Shaping students' futures (Candidate profiles)
• Webcast: Palo Alto school board race
Stacey Ashlund:
• Article: Stacey Ashlund (profile)
• Video: Endorsement interview with Stacey Ashlund
• Article: Special-ed advocate to run for school board
Christopher Boyd:
• Article: Christopher Boyd (profile)
• Article: School board candidate misrepresents his STEM program
• Article: Newcomer joins Palo Alto school board race
• Video: Endorsement interview with Christopher Boyd
Ken Dauber:
• Article: Ken Dauber (profile)
• Video: Endorsement interview with Ken Dauber
• Article: Two declare candidacies for Palo Alto school board
Shounak Dharap:
• Article: Shounak Dharap (profile)
• Video: Endorsement interview with Shounak Dharap
• Article: Two declare candidacies for Palo Alto school board
Kathy Jordan:
• Article: Kathy Jordan (profile)
• Video: Endorsement interview with Kathy Jordan
• Article: Parent announces school board candidacy
• Article: Committee forms against school board candidate - Nov. 2, 2018
Alex Scharf:
• Article: Alex Scharf (profile)
• Video: Endorsement interview with Alex Scharf
• Article: Recent Paly graduate to run for school board
Campaign financing:
• Article: School bond measure raises $130K - Oct. 29, 2018
• Article: Jordan, Dauber maintain campaign fundraising leads in school board race - Oct. 26, 2018
• Article: Jordan ahead in school-board campaign fundraising - Sept. 28, 2018
• Article: Fundraising has yet to start in earnest for school board race - July 31, 2018
EDITORIAL COVERAGE - PALO ALTO ISSUES
• Article: Spending soars on Palo Alto's health care ballot measure - Oct. 31, 2018
• Webcast: Behind the Headlines - Election Measures E and F
• Article: Hotel execs brace for battle against Measure E
• Article: Opponents gear up for battle over health care
EDITORIAL COVERAGE - BEYOND PALO ALTO ISSUES
City of East Palo Alto
• Article: East Palo Alto Council candidate finances outstrip competitors - Oct. 31, 2018
• Webcast: East Palo Alto Election 2018
• Article: East Palo Alto council candidate, city employee get into altercation - Oct. 12, 2018
• Article: Seven contend for East Palo Alto council seats (Candidate profiles)
• Article: East Palo Alto's Measure HH seeks housing, job training funding
Ravenswood City School District
• Article: Meet the Ravenswood school-board candidates
• Video: Ravenswood School Board Candidate Interview - Brooke Crosby
• Video: Ravenswood School Board Candidate Interview - Stephanie Fitch
• Video: Ravenswood School Board Candidate Interview - Julian Garcia
• Video: Ravenswood School Board Candidate Interview - Marcelino Lopez
• Video: Ravenswood School Board Candidate Interview - Laura Nunez
• Video: Ravenswood School Board Candidate Interview - Ana Pulido
• Video: Ravenswood School Board Candidate Interview - Nicole Sbragia
• Video: Ravenswood School Board Candidate Interview - Tamara Sobmehian
• Article: Ravenswood school board slate raises $4K - Oct. 30, 2018
• Article: District vendors donate $35K to Ravenswood school board race - Oct. 10, 2018
• Article: Candidate withdraws from Ravenswood school board race - Oct. 4, 2018
Regional/County:
• Article: Scharff and Holman wage expensive contest for open-district seat - Oct. 31, 2018
• Article: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District board of directors - Ward 5 seat
• Article: Smith and Hirokawa to face-off in sheriff's race in November
State:
• Video: All the 2018 California propositions, each explained in one minute
Events:
• Upcoming: Election events for Palo Alto voters
• Recap videos: Recordings of League of Women Voters election-education events in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties are available on the Midpeninsula Media Center website.
Voting Information:
• Early-bird voting opens in Santa Clara County
• Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters
• San Mateo County elections office
In Santa Clara County, registered voters can cast a ballot at the Registrar of Voters' Office starting Oct. 9 and at early voting early centers beginning Oct. 27. The last day to register to vote in the general election is Oct. 22 and can be completed online at registertovoteca.gov.
For selected collections of our election coverage, visit the Weekly's Wakelet pages for city and school district board candidates and measures in Palo Alto, in addition to races and measures in East Palo Alto and Ravenswood school board.
Stay on top of the results on election night at PaloAltoOnline.com, where up-to-date results will be posted as ballots are counted, or follow our live election coverage on Twitter.
Comments
Charleston Gardens
on Oct 16, 2018 at 9:42 am
on Oct 16, 2018 at 9:42 am
Bump this for visibility.
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College Terrace
on Oct 30, 2018 at 5:46 pm
Registered user
on Oct 30, 2018 at 5:46 pm
Thank you for providing all the above information. This is not a criticism, but I would have loved to see a ( ) showing how much $ each candidate has loaned his/her own campaign and another ( ) showing how much $ each candidate has received from contributors outside of Palo Alto.
These things matter. I was flabbergasted today to read on p3 of the Daily Post that candidate Scharff has loaned himself $121,500 in his peculiar effort to win a seat on the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District board. That's nuts! It is also more than 20x what others have contributed to his campaign. Even if I didn't know that Karen Holman is endorsed by all the members of that board and that she has been a steward of the environment for decades and that Scharff is aligned with development (particularly commercial) the funding of his campaign tells a story of its own. We will never see improvement in government as long as candidates can win by buying name recognition. Let's not let that happen here; this seat is important to our open space and it should go to a true environmentalist.
Gunn High School
on Nov 3, 2018 at 2:26 pm
on Nov 3, 2018 at 2:26 pm
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