CITY OF HAYWARD TRANSITION TO DISTRICT-BASED ELECTION SYSTEM BEGINS WITH OPENING OF CANDIDATE NOMINATION PERIOD
The City of Hayward formally began the transition to a district-based election system with the opening on Monday of the nomination period for candidates to pick-up and file paperwork to run for Mayor, District 1 Councilmember and District 6 Councilmember in the Nov. 3, 2026, Hayward general municipal election.
The upcoming election is the first being held under the new district-based election system for City offices established by the Hayward City Council in 2024.
Under the system, Hayward’s Mayor continues to be elected at-large by citywide vote, but Councilmembers making up the rest of the City’s seven-member legislative body will be elected by voters who reside within their respective geographic districts, starting with Districts 1 and 6 on Nov. 3, 2026.
Councilmember seats representing Districts 2, 3, 4 and 5 will be up for election in November 2028. The elected terms of offices of Mayor and Councilmember remain four years under the district-based system.
https://hayward-ca.gov/discover/news/jul26/city-hayward-transition-district-based-election-system-begins-opening-candidate