State Senate District 10 Candidate Forum
- Livable Sunnyvale scheduled a California State Senate District 10 candidate forum for May 6 at Sunnyvale Community Services, giving voters an in-person and Zoom chance to hear from candidates before the June 2 primary. - The race is for an open Silicon Valley and East Bay seat now held by Senator Aisha Wahab, who is running for Congress, with six certified primary candidates listed for District 10. - Mail ballots start going out by May 4, two days before the forum, and the top two finishers advance to November’s general election. (sos.ca.gov)
Livable Sunnyvale has set a May 6 candidate forum for California State Senate District 10, less than a month before the June 2 primary. (livablesunnyvale.org) (sos.ca.gov) The event runs from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Sunnyvale Community Services, 1160 Kern Ave., and Livable Sunnyvale is also offering a Zoom feed and Wordly translation. (livablesunnyvale.org) District 10 covers Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Fremont, Hayward, Newark and Union City, plus parts of San Jose and nearby unincorporated communities. (sd10.senate.ca.gov) The seat is open because Senator Aisha Wahab, a Democrat elected in 2022, is not on the June 2 Senate ballot after launching a run for Congress. (sd10.senate.ca.gov) (ballotpedia.org) California uses a top-two primary, so every voter sees the same field and the two highest vote-getters move on to the November 3 general election, regardless of party. (sos.ca.gov 1) (sos.ca.gov 2) Ballotpedia’s current District 10 list shows six certified primary candidates: David Cohen, Anne Kepner, Raymond Liu, Carmen Montano, Scott Sakakihara and Aisha Wahab, with Wahab marked as not making the ballot. (ballotpedia.org) Among the active candidates, Cohen is a San Jose councilmember, Montano is Milpitas mayor, Sakakihara is a Union City councilmember and Navy Reserve officer, Kepner is a West Valley-Mission Community College trustee, and Liu is a Fremont councilmember. (electdavidcohen.com) (carmen.vote) (electscott.com) (ballotpedia.org 1) (ballotpedia.org 2) The timing gives voters a narrow window. County officials begin mailing ballots by May 4, and secure drop boxes open May 5, one day before the Sunnyvale forum. (sos.ca.gov) That makes the forum one of the last organized chances for District 10 voters to compare candidates side by side before ballots start arriving across the district. (livablesunnyvale.org) (sos.ca.gov)
