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The November 2026 election: the money so far
Districts 1, 3, and 5 vote this November 3. Candidate filing closed August 7, 2026 — the seven candidates below have all qualified for the ballot per the City Clerk’s candidate filing status report.
| Candidate | Own committee raised, 2026¹ | IEs reported in support² | IEs reported against² | Money behind the candidacy | Sources (Form 460) |
|---|
 Mike Kozlowski
District 1 · incumbent | $7,223.00 | $22,411.92 | — | $29,634.92 | Jul 1–Sep 19 460 (217483618); nothing reported through Jun 30 |
 Chad Vander Veen
District 1 · challenger | $5,360.24 | — | — | $5,360.24 | Jan–Jun + Jul–Sep 460s (217086072, 217487277) |
PKPaul Kerfeld
District 1 · challenger | $5,245.00 | — | — | $5,245.00 | Jul 28–Sep 19 460 as amended (217487577) |
 Sarah Aquino
District 3 · incumbent | $13,223.49 | $30,900.34 | — | $44,123.83 | Jul 1–Sep 19 460 (217513042); $0 through Jun 30 |
 Jag Nagendra
District 3 · challenger | $15,165.78 | $3,839.12 | — | $19,004.90 | Jan–Jun + Jul–Sep 460s (217101200, 217500839); incl. $1,500 self-loan |
 Anna Rohrbough
District 5 · incumbent | $11,537.00 | $10,174.95 | $9,174.96† | $21,711.95 | Jan–Jun + Jul–Sep 460s (217004543, 217475280); incl. $1,000 self-loan |
 Justin Hurst
District 5 · challenger | $15,390.00 | — | — | $15,390.00 | Jan–Jun as amended + Jul–Sep 460s (217510155, 217509993); incl. $10,000 self-loan |
| 2026 independent expenditures reported to date | $67,326.33 | $9,174.96† | $76,501.29 | |
¹ Form 460 Summary Page Line 5, Column B (calendar-year total through September 19, 2026, the close of the first pre-election period), self-loans included. ² Every Form 496 filed in these races through October 15, 2026, itemized in the ledger below. † Reported as filed. The committee’s October 15 report on Anna Rohrbough (filing 217642982) marks the Oppose box; its three other 2026 reports on her mark Support, and this report’s cumulative total continues that support figure, so the box is likely a filing error. No amendment has been filed. This site reports what the filing says and will update if one is.
First independent expenditures of the 2026 cycle: on September 14, 2026, the Committee for Home Ownership, Sponsored by North State Building Industry Assoc. (FPPC ID 782240) — the homebuilder committee whose mass-mail spending appears throughout the 2022 and 2024 ledger entries below — e-filed the cycle’s first three Form 496 reports: $1,000 of polling “for advertising decisions” (expenditure date September 11, 2026) in support of each of the three incumbents on the ballot — Mike Kozlowski (filing 217426350), Sarah Aquino (filing 217426422), and Anna Rohrbough (filing 217426441). Each report also itemizes the committee’s own recent contributors (Form 496 Part 3), readable in the archived filings. As with every independent expenditure on this site: these are made, by law, without the candidate’s involvement, and no candidate controls or is responsible for them.
October: the mail and digital spending has started. Between October 8 and 10, 2026, three committees e-filed seven more Form 496 reports. The NSBIA Committee for Home Ownership reported mass mail supporting each of the three incumbents — $9,174.95 for Anna Rohrbough (filing 217604009), $9,714.04 for Mike Kozlowski (filing 217604064; the committee e-filed an identical second report three minutes later, filing 217604096, carrying the same cumulative total, which this site counts once), and $10,625.17 for Sarah Aquino (filing 217604082). The Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber PAC reported $8,650 in polling and web spending supporting Sarah Aquino (filing 217626127). And the Fire Fighters Local 522 PAC — the union committee that appears in the 2022 and 2024 ledger entries below — reported its first 2026 spending: $3,839.12 supporting Jag Nagendra in District 3 (signs, voter data, a mailer and social media; filing 217606893, filing 217626119) and $1,983.80 supporting Mike Kozlowski in District 1 (filing 217626107). Reported independent spending in the 2026 cycle now stands at $46,987.08 — $41,164.16 from builder and chamber committees, $5,822.92 from the firefighters’ union PAC. Each report also itemizes the filing committee’s own recent contributors (Form 496 Part 3), readable in the archived filings. As with every independent expenditure on this site: made, by law, without the candidate’s involvement.
October 15: a second mailer for each incumbent. The NSBIA Committee for Home Ownership e-filed three more Form 496 reports on October 15, 2026, each a mass mailing: $9,714.08 for Mike Kozlowski (filing 217642935), $10,625.17 for Sarah Aquino (filing 217642955), and $9,174.96 on Anna Rohrbough (filing 217642982 — filed with the Oppose box marked; see the note under the table). That brings this one committee to $62,028.37 across the three incumbents this cycle, and total reported independent spending in the 2026 races to $76,501.29. Each of the three reports also itemizes six new contributions to the committee received October 8–14, totaling $22,634, on top of the six received September 22–October 5 reported earlier — all from homebuilders, land and engineering firms, a Lincoln city council committee, and a Sacramento policy committee, itemized by name in the archived filings (Form 496 Part 3).
Pre-election money reports are arriving now: the first pre-election Form 460 of the cycle — covering July 1 through September 19, 2026 — was due September 24, 2026. All seven candidates’ reports were e-filed September 21–24 and are reflected in the cards below. The second pre-election statement, covering September 20 through October 17, is due October 22, 2026.
District 1Seat on ballot
Mike KozlowskiIncumbent · qualified for the ballot August 7, 2026 (City Clerk filing log) · filed 2026 candidate intention August 14, 2026 (Form 501, filing 217239396), accepting the city’s voluntary expenditure ceiling · redesignated his existing committee as “Mike Kozlowski for Folsom City Council 2026” (FPPC ID 1401622) for the District 1 race by Form 410 amendment, received by the Secretary of State August 12, 2026 (filing 217348562) · NSBIA Committee for Home Ownership reported $1,000 in polling in his support, September 2026 (Form 496, filing 217426350) and $9,714.04 in mass mail in his support, October 8 (filing 217604064; duplicate report 217604096) and another $9,714.08 in mass mail, October 15 (filing 217642935) — $20,428.12 from this committee so far · Fire Fighters Local 522 PAC reported $1,983.80 in his support — signs, social media, graphic design, voter data — September–October 2026 (filing 217626107)
IncumbentBuilder/chamber IE support (2022, 2026)Union IE support (2022, 2026)
Chad Vander VeenChallenger · filed candidate intention June 1, 2026 (as Hans C. Vander Veen, filing 216860908) · committee reported $4,779.24 raised July 1–September 19, 2026 — $4,199.24 itemized (individual donors at or under the $150 cap, plus $250 from two political clubs, each itemized on the filing) and $580 unitemized — bringing 2026 fundraising to $5,360.24, with $3,192.11 cash on hand (pre-election Form 460, filing 217487277; Jan–Jun: filing 217086072)
PK
Paul KerfeldChallenger · filed candidate intention July 27, 2026 (Form 501, filing 217086227) · committee “Paul Kerfeld Folsom City Council 2026 District 1” (FPPC ID 1494115) reported $5,245 raised July 28–September 19, 2026 — $245 in contributions plus a $5,000 candidate self-loan — with $2,368.47 spent and $2,876.53 cash on hand (pre-election Form 460 as amended, filing 217487577)
District 3Seat on ballot
Sarah AquinoIncumbent · filed 2026 candidate intention June 23, 2026 (Form 501, filing 216924827); committee “Sarah Aquino for Folsom City Council 2026” (FPPC ID 1492692) reported $13,223.49 raised July 1–September 19, 2026 — her first money of the cycle, after a Jan–Jun statement showing nothing raised — all itemized donors individuals, with $7,761.68 spent and $5,461.81 cash on hand (pre-election Form 460, filing 217513042; Jan–Jun filing 217093044) · NSBIA Committee for Home Ownership reported $1,000 in polling in her support, September 2026 (Form 496, filing 217426422) and $10,625.17 in mass mail in her support, October 8 (filing 217604082) and another $10,625.17 in mass mail, October 15 (filing 217642955) — $22,250.34 from this committee so far · Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber PAC reported $8,650 in polling and web spending in her support, October 2026 (filing 217626127)
IncumbentBuilder/chamber IE support (2022, 2026)
Jag NagendraChallenger · committee reported $8,873 raised Jan–Jun 2026 — $6,950 itemized from individual donors, $900 from political clubs, professional associations, and union locals (each at or under the $150 cap), and $1,023 unitemized — with $5,798.88 spent, $1,500 in prior candidate self-loans outstanding, and $9,751.64 cash on hand (Form 460, filing 217101200; 2024 candidate intention 214425394) · then $4,792.78 more July 1–September 19, all itemized donors individuals, bringing 2026 fundraising to $15,165.78 including the $1,500 self-loan, with $12,540.04 spent this year and $7,803.26 cash on hand (pre-election Form 460, filing 217500839) · Fire Fighters Local 522 PAC reported $2,839.12 in his support — signs, voter data and a mailer, September 25–October 7 (filing 217606893) — and another $1,000 in social media, October 8 (filing 217626119): $3,839.12 so far
Union IE support (2026)
District 5Seat on ballot
Anna RohrboughIncumbent Vice Mayor · committee reported $11,537 raised in 2026 through September 19 — $10,537 in contributions plus a $1,000 candidate self-loan — with $5,417.91 cash on hand; itemized donors in the July–September period include three organizations ($400 combined) — one of them a PAC whose independent spending appears in the 2024 ledger below — as itemized on the filing (pre-election Form 460, filing 217475280; Jan–Jun, itemized donors all individuals: filing 217004543) · NSBIA Committee for Home Ownership reported $1,000 in polling in her support, September 2026 (Form 496, filing 217426441) and $9,174.95 in mass mail in her support, October 8 (filing 217604009), then a further $9,174.96 mass mailing on October 15 reported with the Oppose box marked (filing 217642982; cumulative $19,349.91 — see the note under the 2026 table)
IncumbentBuilder/chamber IE support (2026)
Justin HurstChallenger · filed candidate intention Jan 21, 2026 (Form 501, filing 215517034); committee reported $11,500 raised Jan–Jun 2026 — $1,500 in contributions (itemized donors: nine individuals and one political club) plus a $10,000 candidate self-loan — with $9,306.21 cash on hand (Form 460, filing 217127273, as amended 217510155) · then $3,890 more July 1–September 19, all itemized donors individuals, bringing 2026 fundraising to $15,390 including the $10,000 self-loan, with $5,109.68 paid out and $2,097.75 in unpaid bills this year, and $10,280.32 cash on hand (pre-election Form 460, filing 217509993)
