The General Municipal Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 in Coronado will have residents voting for two, four-year city council seats. Those two are currently being held by councilmembers Carrie Downey and Kelly Purvis, who are both eligible to run for re-election.<\/p>\n
For anyone considering filing their candidacy there are some important dates approaching.<\/p>\n
Monday, July 13th, marked the opening of the period in which nomination petitions are being accepted by the City of Coronado. Any prospective candidate must circulate a nomination petition and receive a minimum of 20 (maximum of 30) valid signatures as verified by the Registrar of Voters to qualify for inclusion on the November ballot.<\/p>\n
Nomination petitions will only be accepted through August 7 and must filed with the City Clerk\u2019s office before 5 p.m. on that day. If an eligible incumbent does not file nomination documents by the close of the nomination period on Friday, August 7, 2026, the filing period will be extended through Wednesday, August 12, 2026 for non-incumbent candidates pursuant to Elections Code Section 10225.<\/p>\n
Additionally, to be eligible as a prospective candidate, you must be a citizen of the United States of America and a resident and registered voter in the City of Coronado.<\/p>\n
Prospective candidates can also receive their information packets with the nomination petitions and all other required forms at the City Clerk\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
Candidates must make an appointment with the office to set up a time to do so and can contact the City Clerk\u2019s office at 619-522-7320 to do so.<\/p>\n
There are also three trustee seats up for election to the Coronado Unified School District. Those three are currently being held by trustees Alexia Palacios-Peters, Malachy Sandy and Scot Youngblood, all three of whom are eligible to run for re-election.<\/p>\n
Candidates for school board must file at the San Diego County Registrar of Voters (at sdvote.com<\/a>). Filing is open from through August 7. A five day extension (through August 12) will commence if an incumbent does not file for reelection.<\/p>\n Also on the 2026 ballot will be the following local-specific measure:<\/p>\n R-4 Multiple Family Residential Zone Height Measure<\/p>\n The Coronado City Council called the election and ordered the following measure placed on the November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election ballot by Resolution 2026-28, adopted May 19, 2026.<\/p>\n A Resolution Calling And Giving Notice Of The Holding Of A General Municipal Election To Be Held On Tuesday, November 3, 2026 For The Election Of Certain Officers As Required By The Provisions Of The Laws Of The State Of California Relating To General Law Cities And For The Submission To The Voters A Question Relating To A Ballot Measure That, If Approved, Increases The Permissible Height Of \u201cMultiple Family Development\u201d In The City\u2019s R-4 Multiple Family Residential Zone From The Existing Maximum Of 3 Stories (With A Maximum Height Of No More Than 35 Feet) To A Maximum Of 4 Stories (With A Maximum Height Of No More Than 42 Feet)<\/p>\n The Coronado Eagle & Journal will aim to cover what is important to all of us. Our editorial section will focus on the local candidates as they have an opportunity to answer questions posed to them in our Candidate\u2019s Forum (starting weekly on Sept. 9th, and running for 8 weeks, one quesion per week) during the run up to the 2026 election.<\/p>\n Also, beginning with the issue of July 17th, we will continue a tradition that started in 1988: political letters to the editor during the election will cost 10 cents per word in the Coronado Eagle & Journal.<\/p>\n This modest fee reflects the position that many of these letters are advertising a particular candidate or issue and charging allows us to print all of these letters. This way, everyone has their say. Paid letters will be logged in and will be published in the order submitted.<\/p>\n In deciding whether the letter you are writing is a paid political announcement or not, remember if you write that candidate A is the person for the job … it is a paid letter. The same goes for a ballot measure. When you write about, in support of, or in opposition to, a measure (or candidate) facing public vote, it is paid.<\/p>\n Further details and information regarding the upcoming General Municipal Election, including further prospective candidate information regarding campaign regulations, financial disclosure information, guidance on political signs in Coronado, and more, can be found on the City of Coronado website at https:\/\/www.coronado.ca.us\/1120\/2026-Election-Information<\/a><\/p>\n VOL. 116, NO. 29 – July 22, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The General Municipal Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 in Coronado will have residents voting for two, four-year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[20304,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-410044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-coronado_city_news","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}