Candidates for two countyy supervisor seats and a recall effort aimed at Supervisor Ignacio Velazquez are all on the June 2 primary ballot. This is a montage of campaign signs and promotional material.

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Two supervisorial seats and a recall election on the June 2 ballot will determine the balance of power on the San Benito County Board of Supervisors for the next two years. Since last year, the candidates and committees involved have spent more than $140,000 on campaign events, mailers, signs, surveys, signature collection and attorney fees.

BenitoLink reported what the candidates have raised this year. This update adds what they raised in 2025 and what they have spent so far, covering the races for the District 3 and 4 supervisorial races and the recall of Supervisor Ignacio Velazquez in District 5. The District 3 and 4 seats are four-year terms; Velazquez’s term ends in 2027 if he successfully fights off the recall effort.

County Supervisor District 3: Mindy Sotelo vs. Peter Hernandez

Sotelo

The incumbent supervisor has received most of her funds this year. Although she made a $100 loan to her campaign in 2025, her campaign has since raised more than $45,000. The bulk of her expenditures have also come this year. Last year she spent more than $2,300 on a website and a mailbox, but since then she has spent more than $18,000, largely on a campaign survey, social media videos, yard signs and hosting campaign events.

Hernandez

The former San Benito County supervisor has raised and spent far less than Sotelo. Since last year he has received more than $2,700 in donations and spent nearly $2,600, more than half of it on filing fees with the county elections department. He spent just over $1,000 on rack cards, lawn signs and a website.

County Supervisor District 4: Angela Curro vs. Roxanne Stephens

Curro

The incumbent leads the race in contributions, many of which were received last year. She began the year with more than $53,000 in donations and, as of the last filing, has received nearly $70,000 in total. Curro has spent more than $51,000 on campaign strategy consulting and surveys, social media videos, a website, signs and events.

Stephens

Hollister Mayor Roxanne Stephens reported receiving more than $8,000 in contributions. She has not reported any expenditures.

Recall of Supervisor Ignacio Velazquez

Safer San Benito

The group seeking to oust Velazquez has received more than $57,000 since last year. More than half of that money—$32,000—was spent last year hiring a firm called Plain Dan Solutions to collect the signatures required to place the recall on the ballot. This year the group has spent more than $7,000 on a fundraising event and campaign paraphernalia.

Stop Developers, Say No to Recall of Supervisor Ignacio Velazquez

The anti-recall committee has received more than $33,000 in contributions since last year, more than half of it—$18,000—in loans from Velazquez himself, and has spent almost the same amount. The bulk of those expenditures have gone to attorney fees. The committee has paid more than $18,000 to The Political Law Group, whose founding partner Nicholas Sanders represented Velazquez in his effort to halt the recall by suing county Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters Francisco Diaz. The rest has been spent on mailers, signs and other campaign paraphernalia.

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