Modesto City Council District 4 · Nov 3, 2026
Nick Bavaro
Candidate for City Council District 4 (incumbent)
Nick Bavaro, the incumbent, is running for Modesto City Council District 4 in the Nov 3, 2026 election, unopposed.
Mail ballots start going out · Mon, Oct 5, 2026
TodayModesto City Council member for District 4, first elected in November 2022. He served as a trustee on the Empire Unified School District for twenty years and on the Modesto Planning Commission for almost four years.
- Occupation (from candidate statement)
- Modesto City Councilmember
Nick Bavaro is unopposed in District 4 because no one else filed before the deadline. The Modesto Bee · Aug 7, 2026
Where Nick Bavaro stands: positions on the record
Protest mask ordinance3 sourced positions
Voted yes on an urgency ordinance revising the city's restrictions on specified items during public assemblies (passed 7-0, Dec. 2025).
Council voteModesto City Council minutes, Dec. 2, 2025 · Dec 2, 2025
as reported by The Modesto Bee
Said public safety outweighs any legal challenge to the ordinance.
“If there’s a lawsuit, so let it be”
Own statementThe Modesto Bee · Dec 4, 2025
Voted yes on expanding the Meyers Nave legal services agreement to include litigation and trial counsel, up to $349,500 (passed 6-1, April 2026).
Council voteModesto City Council minutes, April 7, 2026 · Apr 7, 2026
Data centers1 sourced position
as summarized in the official council minutes; not a direct quote
Said at the Aug. 11, 2026 council meeting he would support a moratorium only if data center companies challenge the city's position that its code does not allow them.
Own statementModesto City Council minutes, Aug. 11, 2026 · Aug 11, 2026
General Plan update1 sourced position
Voted yes on selecting staff's preferred land use alternative for the Comprehensive General Plan Update (passed 5-1, April 2026).
Council voteModesto City Council minutes, April 28, 2026 · Apr 28, 2026
What Nick Bavaro said vs. how Nick Bavaro voted
Protest mask ordinance
In their words
Said public safety outweighs any legal challenge to the ordinance.
Dec 4, 2025 ·as reported by The Modesto Bee ·The Modesto Bee · Dec 4, 2025
On the record
Voted yes on an urgency ordinance revising the city's restrictions on specified items during public assemblies (passed 7-0, Dec. 2025).
Dec 2, 2025 ·Modesto City Council minutes, Dec. 2, 2025 · Dec 2, 2025
Voted yes on expanding the Meyers Nave legal services agreement to include litigation and trial counsel, up to $349,500 (passed 6-1, April 2026).
Apr 7, 2026 ·Modesto City Council minutes, April 7, 2026 · Apr 7, 2026
Also running for City Council District 4
No one else is running for this seat.
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