For the first time in more than three decades, Santa Clara County voters will see an open race for an assessor in November — and four candidates are in the running.

Larry Stone, the longtime assessor who was first elected in 1994, announced earlier this year that he’d be vacating his seat in July before his term is up in 2026. The county is required by its charter to hold a special election instead of appointing a permanent replacement, and Greg Monteverde, who previously was the assistant assessor, is serving in the interim.

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The assessor race is one of two countywide elections on the Nov. 4 ballot. Voters will also decide whether to approve a five-eighths-of-a-cent sales tax increase to offset the impact of recent federal cuts on the county’s budget, which is known as

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