• Introduction
• Voter-Nominated Offices
  • Federal Offices
  • State Offices
• Nonpartisan Offices
  • Judicial Offices
  • School Offices
  • County Offices

Introduction

This page lists offices with filing fees that are up for election in the June 2, 2026, Statewide Direct Primary Election. Filing fees are nonrefundable and must be paid before a candidate can take out nomination petitions. Filing fees can be fulfilled in two ways:

• Paying via check
  • Checks for federal and state offices should me made out to the California Secretary of State's Office
  • Checks for judicial and county offices should be made out to the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office
• Collecting signatures in lieu of the filing fee
  • The period for collecting sigs in lieu for the June 2, 2026, Statewide Direct Primary Election, is December 19, 2025, through February 4, 2026
  • Valid signatures will be counted toward the filing fee on a pro-rata basis

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Voter-Nominated Offices

Under the California Constitution, political parties are not entitled to formally nominate candidates for voter-nominated offices for primary elections. A candidate nominated for a voter-nominated office at the primary election is the nominee of the people and not the official nominee of any party at the following general election.

A candidate for a voter-nominated office shall have his or her party preference, or lack thereof, reflected on the primary and general election ballot, but the party preference designation is selected solely by the candidate and is shown for the information of the voters only. It does not constitute or imply an endorsement of the candidate by the party designated, or affiliation between the party and candidate. No candidate nominated by the voters for any voter-nominated office shall be deemed to be the officially nominated candidate of any political party. However, parties may list the candidates for voter-nominated offices who have received their official endorsement in the County Voter Information Guide.

All voters may vote for any candidate for a voter-nominated office, provided they meet the other qualifications required to vote for that office. The top two vote-getters at the primary election advance to the general election, even if both candidates have specified the same party preference. No party is entitled to have a candidate with its party preference participate in the general election unless such candidate is one of the two highest vote-getters at the primary election.

Federal Offices

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State Offices

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Nonpartisan Offices

Under the California Constitution, political parties are not entitled to nominate candidates for nonpartisan offices at the primary election, and a candidate nominated for a nonpartisan office at the primary election is not the official nominee of any party for the office in question at the ensuing general election. A candidate for nomination or election to a nonpartisan office may not designate his or her party preference, or lack of party preference, on the primary and general election ballot. The top two vote-getters at the primary election advance to the general election for the nonpartisan office.

Judicial Offices

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School Offices

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County Offices

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