The Santa Clara County School Boards Association is holding a FREE Candidate Workshop for school board member candidates on Saturday, June 20 from 9 AM to Noon at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, 1555 Berger Drive, Building 2, San Jose, 95112.

Please register at this link: SCCSBA Candidate Workshop

Please forward this registration link to anyone interested in running for school board in the November 2026 General Election.

The SCC Registrar of Voters will conduct a presentation on everything required to run for school board office in the November General Election, and the SCCSBA will also have a panel of experienced school board members who will discuss how to run an effective school board campaign.

Best regards,

Bonnie Mace, Executive Director
Santa Clara County School Boards Association
1290 Ridder Park Drive, MC 202 | San Jose, CA  95131
(408) 406-4974

execdirector@sccsba.org | www.sccsba.org | Follow on Facebook: SCCSBA | Twitter: @SCCSBA

On Thursday, May 7, 2026, the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee took the following actions:

• Adopted
  • Resolution Supporting End to Nuclear Moratorium in California
  • Resolution Supporting State Budget Action to Address the Impacts of H.R. 1 on California Counties
• Endorsed
  • Measure A
  • Measure B
  • Measure C
  • Measure D ( prior action )
• Heard
  • Updates from endorsed candidates
  • Officer and Director reports
  • Club reports

Are you running for a local office in 2026, or considering it? Do you expect to work on a local campaign? Are you just curious?

The Santa Clara County Democratic Party and these Clubs:

Avalanche Democratic Club
Bay Area Hindu Democratic Coalition
Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley
Democratic 21st Century Club
Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)
Democratic Club of Sunnyvale
Peninsula Democratic Coalition
Silicon Valley Democratic Club
Silicon Valley Young Democrats
South Asian American Democratic Coalition of Silicon Valley
South County Democratic Club

Invite you to attend a presentation on “Communications for Candidates”.

SCCDP Communications Director John Comiskey will cover the basics of formulating your message and getting it out to voters. The presentation will consist of basic communication skills for first time and novice candidates, campaign volunteers, and others. More experienced attendees are welcome. 

Better candidates will run better campaigns, resulting in better office holders being elected. 

The presentation will be given the third Thursday each month from February through April from 7 PM until 9 PM. Those dates are 6/18, 7/16, and 8/20. The presentation is the same each time. You do not need to attend more than once.

The presentation will be given in person at the SCCDP headquarters at 2901 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 110, San Jose, CA 95128.

If you would like to attend, please, register by selecting this button:

If you have questions, email communications@sccdp.org.

If you know of someone who is running for local office, please, feel free to forward this information to them.