Two Elk Grove-based Elected Officials Continue Campaign Tradition
Every Elk Grove mailing address received junk mail featuring campaign messaging in the last few days
As 2025 comes to an end, Elk Grove voters received the first of what will be duplicated throughout 2026. Seeing as 2026 will be an election year, officeholders have started their reelection campaigns in the last couple of days, using a platform that has become an end-of-year Elk Grove tradition.
That junk mail was the annual Town Planner calendar. Within that mailer were reelection advertisements from Sacramento County District 5 Supervisor Pat Hume and Elk Grove District 2 City Councilman Rod Brewer.
Hume, an Elk Grove political fixture for a quarter of a century, is starting his campaign for a second four-year term on the Sacramento Board of Supervisors. As it relates to the calendar, Hume placed his reelection ad for six months, which did not change.
Brewer purchased a premium upper-right corner position for all 12 months. Additionally, Brewer changed his message from congratulating graduates in May to publishing his phone number.
Hume and Brewer were both elected to their respective positions in 2022 to fill an open seat. Both were in competitive races.
For the District 5 Sacramento County Supervisor position to fill the seat vacated by long-serving Don Notolli, Republican Hume narrowly defeated Democrat Jaclyn Moreno. There is currently no known challenger for Hume for the June 2026 primary.
Brewer, who succeeded Hume in Elk Grove's District 2, defeated two challengers in 2022. Although Brewer has no declared challengers for the November 2026 election, depending on the status of the controversial District 2 Summer Villas project, an opponent from the city's rural area could enter the race.
The placement of the political advertisements has become something of a tradition for Elk Grove elected officials like Hume and Elk Grove District 3 Councilman Kevin Spease, who have used the calendar in the past. Even though wall calendars persist in the digital age and Elk Grove elected officials support them, their effectiveness as campaign devices is questionable, given that most are tossed in the recycling bin upon receipt.
