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Candidate profile

Peter Ortiz

Nonpartisan · California · 2026

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City of San Jose, City Council, District 5California · 2026Santa Clara County sample ballot
Top priorities
  • Preserving and building affordable housing with strong renter protections
  • Lowering the cost of living and expanding economic opportunity
  • Infrastructure improvements and environmental quality

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Ortiz is the sitting San Jose City Council member for District 5, first elected in 2022, per the campaign site. He previously served on the Santa Clara County Board of Education and the Mt. Pleasant School Board, and worked in policy and nonprofit roles, per the campaign site. He was raised by a single mother in a working-class East San Jose family, per the campaign site.

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