Santa Clara’s citywide Mayor and six Council districts sit within a charter-city tradition dating to 1951. LCP helps bring your campaign to life with websites, signs, printing and coordinated direct mail. Municipality: City of Santa Clara · Santa Clara County. Incorporation: 1852; City Charter adopted in 1951. Representation: Citywide Mayor and six district Councilmembers. Terms: Four years; two consecutive terms maximum for Mayor and Councilmembers. Santa Clara is a city in Santa Clara County with a council-manager government. The Mayor is elected citywide, Councilmembers are elected by district, and the City Clerk administers municipal elections. A charter city with nineteenth-century roots. Santa Clara’s official Mayor and Council page places incorporation in 1852 and adoption of the City Charter in 1951. These two milestones help explain its municipal history. The City operates under a council-manager form of government. Its Council is the legislative body responsible for citywide policy, with authority defined by the Charter and constrained by state law. The elected Council sets policy and the appointed City Manager handles administration. One citywide office, six Council districts. The Mayor is elected at large and Councilmembers by district. Both serve four-year terms, and the Charter limits each to two consecutive terms. The official Council page identifies Districts 1 through 6 and links to the City’s district-finding resource, giving a direct route from general city information to a resident’s particular representation. Office wording should therefore distinguish “Mayor” from a numbered Council district. For a civic directory or candidate information page, verify the district against the official lookup and carry the exact office description into navigation labels, captions and printed proofs. A Santa Clara mailing address alone is not a district designation. The municipal election contact and the County’s role. The City Clerk’s 2026 General Municipal Election page identifies the Mayor and Council Districts 2 and 3 for the November 3, 2026 ballot. It provides the nomination process, candidate statements and election-specific campaign finance information. Those details belong to the named election cycle, rather than an undated calendar reused in later years. Santa Clara County’s candidate guidance expressly directs city candidates to their respective City Clerks; the Registrar’s Candidate Services Division handles school and special-district candidates. The City also explains that the Registrar determines the estimated optional candidate-statement fee. Keeping these responsibilities separate makes a resource page useful without presenting county procedures as a substitute for municipal nomination instructions. Public records and a useful civic directory. The Mayor and Council resource links the City Charter, Council meetings and district lookup. These provide a clear starting point for following municipal decisions and finding the right elected representative. Santa Clara County’s candidate guidance links officeholder information, city-clerk contacts and a district lookup. For school or special-district offices, use the County’s Candidate Services resources alongside the district’s own boundaries. Campaign materials across six districts. LCP helps coordinate a candidate website, mailers, walk pieces and signs. We can create artwork or prepare your existing files, with the confirmed office and district carried consistently across every format. Share your approved copy, photographs, disclosure wording, quantities and delivery needs. We send proofs for your review before production. Before you brief us on a Santa Clara project. Identify whether the publication concerns the citywide Mayor or a numbered Council district. Provide confirmed facility names, reservation details and accessible arrival information for recreation events. Supply approved text, cleared images, disclosures and format requirements as one consistent production brief. What Local Campaign Pros can produce for Santa Clara campaigns. Campaign direct mail: Postcards, letters and folded mailers designed, printed and mailed to the addresses you approve, with postage and mail-house handoff planned in. Lawn signs and walk pieces: Yard signs, stakes, door hangers and walk cards sized for your district, using the name, office and ballot designation you confirm. Campaign printing: Palm cards, flyers, envelopes and event pieces, proofed before anything goes to press. Websites and text artwork: A simple candidate website plus matching graphics for texts and email, built from the same approved copy and photos. How a project gets started. Approved content: Your name as it will appear, the office, a photo and any copy you have approved, including a candidate statement if you file one. Office and boundary confirmed: The exact office, district or seat, checked against the official election source for this place. Quantities: How many signs, pieces or mail addresses you need. We help estimate; you approve the final counts. Artwork and proofs: We design or adapt artwork and send proofs. Nothing prints until you sign off. Production schedule: We plan print and mail dates backward from the official deadlines and election dates you confirm. Is the Santa Clara Mayor elected by a Council district? No. Santa Clara elects its Mayor citywide. The six Councilmembers are elected by district. When did Santa Clara incorporate and adopt its Charter? The City records incorporation in 1852 and adoption of its City Charter in 1951. Who handles nomination information for a Santa Clara city office? The Santa Clara City Clerk administers the municipal election. County candidate guidance directs city candidates to their respective City Clerks. Where can I look up my Santa Clara Council district? The City’s Mayor and Council page links its district-finding resource and current Council directory. Santa Clara County also provides a district lookup for other election jurisdictions.