r/Cupertino

Eight candidates are vying for the three available seats. But in an unusual political move that has come to define the race, three have chosen to run as a slate. The slate, dubbed “Cupertino Together,” shares a central political platform, website, and funders and is asking those who would vote for one candidate to vote for all three in a political gambit meant to capture the majority of City Council seats. 

Meanwhile, three other candidates have joined in an alliance that would preserve the political leanings of the current majority, which leaves two outliers who have presented themselves as independent thinkers.