Richmond, California · November 3, 2026
Your November decisions
Choose Richmond's next mayor and decide on a proposed $120 million fire-station bond. Follow the public record behind the choices: campaign money, council decisions, and what happens next.
This guide covers Richmond municipal decisions. Your ballot also includes other contests; use the county's official voter guide for your full ballot.
AI-written explanation, checked against the official sources linked below.
The choices
Mayor: Ahmad Anderson or Claudia Jimenez
The city certified these two candidates for the runoff after the June primary. The same resolution declared Cesar Zepeda, Doria Robinson, and Soheila Bana elected in council districts 2, 3, and 4; those are not additional November runoff races.
Official record · checked September 6, 2026 · City Resolution 119-26, July 21
A $120 million fire-station bond
The council placed borrowing for fire-station improvements on the ballot. The resolution requires two-thirds voter approval. Approval would authorize borrowing repaid through property taxes; it would not mean the construction was already delivered.
The final county ballot designation is still being checked here. Use the official voter guide for the complete ballot wording.
Official record · checked September 6, 2026 · City Resolution 143-26, July 28
Follow the fire-station story →Reviewed updates
Safe Richmond Neighborhoods reports two receipts totaling $45,000
AI-written; checked against linked sources · published Sep 6, 2026 · version 2
The committee named “Safe Richmond Neighborhoods supporting Ahmad Anderson for Mayor 2026 sponsored by the Richmond Police Officers Association” (FPPC 1490887) reported two receipts: August 31, 2026: $20,000 from North Coast States Regional Council of Carpenters Power PAC (FPPC 1463224). September 2, 2026: $25,000 from Steamfitters Local 342 PAC (FPPC 890268). These two entries total $45,000. Names and sponsorship wording are reproduced as filed. This is the sum of these entries, rather than the committee’s full fundraising total. The forms do not show how this money was spent or identify the donor PACs’ original funders.
- Form 497 Part 1 · filing 217338356 · Official record · Aug 31, 2026
- Form 497 Part 1 · filing 217386509 · Official record · Sep 3, 2026
Safe Richmond Neighborhoods reports $50,000 August 24 receipt
AI-written; checked against linked sources · published Sep 6, 2026 · version 2
The committee named “Safe Richmond Neighborhoods supporting Ahmad Anderson for Mayor 2026 sponsored by the Richmond Police Officers Association” (FPPC 1490887) reported receiving $50,000 on August 24, 2026 from International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers, Local 549 PAC (FPPC 962367). The sponsorship wording and contributor name are reproduced as filed. This receipt went to the named committee. The form does not show how the money was spent or identify the donor PAC’s original funders.
- Form 497 Part 1 · filing 217287603 · Official record · Aug 25, 2026
Follow the money
A donation goes to a campaign. Independent spending pays for activity supporting or opposing a candidate outside that campaign. Transfers between committees can fund later spending, so adding all three together would count some money twice.
These are subtotals of the source reports indexed here, not complete fundraising totals. Gross cash receipts and signed adjustments are shown separately; their sum is net reported receipts. A negative adjustment does not by itself establish a refund. These figures cover reported activity in 2026. Outside-spending figures require an explicitly identified November 3 election and support or opposition. Recent earlier or unidentified-election activity appears separately below.
Ahmad Anderson
Candidate committee · FPPC 1481105
- Gross cash receipts indexed · 2026
- Paper reports not indexed
- Signed adjustments to receipts
- Paper reports not indexed
- Net reported receipts indexed · 2026
- Paper reports not indexed
- Independent November support
- No published matching records
- Independent November opposition
- No published matching records
Loan values, noncash contributions, separately reported refunds, and outgoing transfers are excluded from these receipt subtotals. Missing records do not mean zero activity.
Read this committee's indexed records →Claudia Jimenez
Candidate committee · FPPC 1488504
- Gross cash receipts indexed · 2026
- $68,918.00
- Signed adjustments to receipts
- No indexed adjustments
- Net reported receipts indexed · 2026
- $68,918.00
- Independent November support
- No published matching records
- Independent November opposition
- No published matching records
Loan values, noncash contributions, separately reported refunds, and outgoing transfers are excluded from these receipt subtotals. Missing records do not mean zero activity.
Read this committee's indexed records →What the source coverage includes
Richmond, California · calendar-year 2026 records. The dates below describe the activity window searched, not the period covered by every filing.
- netfile · F460A: partial · checked Sep 6, 2026 · activity window searched from Jan 1, 2026 through Sep 6, 2026. Richmond, California NetFile electronic records only; paper filings and disclosures filed solely with other agencies are not included. Activity dates define this calendar window; this is not an election-specific or campaign-to-date total. Latest non-superseded source records were requested. Signed adjustments, loans and noncash values remain separate.
- netfile · F460C: partial · checked Sep 6, 2026 · activity window searched from Jan 1, 2026 through Sep 6, 2026. Richmond, California NetFile electronic records only; paper filings and disclosures filed solely with other agencies are not included. Activity dates define this calendar window; this is not an election-specific or campaign-to-date total. Latest non-superseded source records were requested. Signed adjustments, loans and noncash values remain separate.
- netfile · F496P3: partial · checked Sep 6, 2026 · activity window searched from Jan 1, 2026 through Sep 6, 2026. Richmond, California NetFile electronic records only; paper filings and disclosures filed solely with other agencies are not included. Activity dates define this calendar window; this is not an election-specific or campaign-to-date total. Latest non-superseded source records were requested. Signed adjustments, loans and noncash values remain separate. Form 496 Part 3 reports newly received funding; it is not independent spending and is reconciled with other receipt reports when exact and unique.
- netfile · F460B1: partial · checked Sep 6, 2026 · activity window searched from Jan 1, 2026 through Sep 6, 2026. Richmond, California NetFile electronic records only; paper filings and disclosures filed solely with other agencies are not included. Activity dates define this calendar window; this is not an election-specific or campaign-to-date total. Latest non-superseded source records were requested. Signed adjustments, loans and noncash values remain separate. Schedule B1 records may include loan balances and activity; these values are not treated as cash contributions or net new borrowing.
- netfile · S496: partial · checked Sep 6, 2026 · activity window searched from Jan 1, 2026 through Sep 6, 2026. Richmond, California NetFile electronic records only; paper filings and disclosures filed solely with other agencies are not included. Activity dates define this calendar window; this is not an election-specific or campaign-to-date total. Latest non-superseded source records were requested. Signed adjustments, loans and noncash values remain separate. Form 496 rapid reports only; periodic 460/461 independent spending is not yet included. The form has no election-date field.
- netfile · F497P1: partial · checked Sep 6, 2026 · activity window searched from Jan 1, 2026 through Sep 6, 2026. Richmond, California NetFile electronic records only; paper filings and disclosures filed solely with other agencies are not included. Activity dates define this calendar window; this is not an election-specific or campaign-to-date total. Latest non-superseded source records were requested. Signed adjustments, loans and noncash values remain separate.
- netfile · F497P2: partial · checked Sep 6, 2026 · activity window searched from Jan 1, 2026 through Sep 6, 2026. Richmond, California NetFile electronic records only; paper filings and disclosures filed solely with other agencies are not included. Activity dates define this calendar window; this is not an election-specific or campaign-to-date total. Latest non-superseded source records were requested. Signed adjustments, loans and noncash values remain separate.
Recent indexed activity (8)
Cash contribution reported received
$600.00 · Marilyn Langlois
Reported to Claudia Jimenez for Mayor of Richmond 2026
Activity: Jul 31, 2026 · Election not identified in this record
Official filing · retrieved Sep 6, 2026 · Read source filing
Cash contribution reported received
$900.00 · Marilyn Langlois
Reported to Claudia Jimenez for Mayor of Richmond 2026
Activity: Jul 29, 2026 · Election not identified in this record
Official filing · retrieved Sep 6, 2026 · Read source filing
Cash contribution reported received
$1,000.00 · William Schwimmer
Reported to Claudia Jimenez for Mayor of Richmond 2026
Activity: Jul 26, 2026 · Election not identified in this record
Official filing · retrieved Sep 6, 2026 · Read source filing
Cash contribution reported received
$1,000.00 · National Union of Healthcare Workers Candidate Committee for Quality Patient Care and Union Democracy
Reported to Claudia Jimenez for Mayor of Richmond 2026
Activity: Jul 23, 2026 · Election not identified in this record
Official filing · retrieved Sep 6, 2026 · Read source filing
Cash contribution reported received
$2,500.00 · Doria Robinson for Richmond City Council 2026
Reported to Claudia Jimenez for Mayor of Richmond 2026
Activity: Jul 23, 2026 · Election not identified in this record
Official filing · retrieved Sep 6, 2026 · Read source filing
Cash contribution reported received
$100.00 · Will Kleinhenz
Reported to Claudia Jimenez for Mayor of Richmond 2026
Activity: Jun 21, 2026 · Election not identified in this record
Official filing · retrieved Sep 6, 2026 · Read source filing
Cash contribution reported received
$50.00 · Leigh Lyndon
Reported to Claudia Jimenez for Mayor of Richmond 2026
Activity: Jun 17, 2026 · Election not identified in this record
Official filing · retrieved Sep 6, 2026 · Read source filing
Cash contribution reported received
$10.00 · Will Kleinhenz
Reported to Claudia Jimenez for Mayor of Richmond 2026
Activity: Jun 15, 2026 · Election not identified in this record
Official filing · retrieved Sep 6, 2026 · Read source filing
Who is behind a committee? A filing can identify a union, company, or another committee as a contributor. That relationship is evidence about the reported transfer, not proof of influence over a vote. An independent committee is not automatically “dark money”; some disclose their donors, while other records stop at an organization whose original donors are not publicly identified.
How these records are counted and checkedDates to save
Late contribution and independent-expenditure reporting runs August 5–November 3. A filing deadline is different from the last date of activity it covers.
First pre-election campaign reports due
Covers July 1–September 19.
Early voting begins
County ballot mailing begins no later than this date.
Regular voter registration deadline
Conditional registration remains available October 20–November 3.
Second pre-election campaign reports due
Covers September 20–October 17.
Election day
Polls open 7 a.m.–8 p.m. Conditional registration is still available.
Official record · checked September 6, 2026 · California election dates
Official FPPC schedules: candidate reports · independent spending reports
Lo esencial, en español
El 3 de noviembre, Richmond elegirá entre Ahmad Anderson y Claudia Jimenez para la alcaldía. También se propone autorizar $120 millones en bonos para mejorar las estaciones de bomberos. Esta guía cubre las decisiones municipales; consulte la guía oficial del condado para ver su boleta completa.
La votación anticipada comienza el 5 de octubre. La fecha límite de inscripción ordinaria es el 19 de octubre; la inscripción condicional sigue disponible del 20 de octubre al 3 de noviembre. El día de las elecciones, las urnas abren de 7 a. m. a 8 p. m.
Explicación redactada con IA y cotejada con las fuentes oficiales anteriores el 6 de septiembre de 2026.
Información electoral oficial del condado →