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Bell Gardens city, CA 2026 Elections: Candidates & Races

Last updated: October 17, 2026. Unofficial information. Confirm with your official election office (California Secretary of State — Elections). Report an error. Census sources are on the sources page.

Census facts

Place name
Bell Gardens city
State
California
Census GEOID
0604996
County
Los Angeles County County source
2020 Census population
39,501 Population source
119th Congress district names
  • Congressional District 42
What these district names mean

2026 general election candidates

U.S. House contests follow the 120th block assignment.

Governor

  1. Xavier Becerra — Democratic
  2. Steve Hilton — Republican

United States Representative District 41

  1. Linda Sánchez — Democratic
  2. Mitch Clemmons — Republican

Source: California Secretary of State, certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election · accessed October 17, 2026

Local races

These local contests are for the November 3, 2026 general election.

Citywide offices and city measure titles below are copied from the official list linked for this county. Candidate names are copied in the order printed on that list.

Member of the City Council

  1. MARCO BARCENA — NON PARTISAN
  2. MIGUEL DE LA ROSA — NON PARTISAN
  3. SAMUEL PEREZ — NON PARTISAN
  4. FRANCIS DE LEON SANCHEZ — NON PARTISAN
  5. JORGE O. VERDIN — NON PARTISAN

Measure W: Shall the measure permitting the City of Bell Gardens to sell the Bell Gardens Municipal Water System to the Golden State Water Company be adopted?

The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk final list of qualified candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election lists these countywide offices. Names are copied in the order printed on that list. County measure titles are copied from the county measures list, in the order printed there.

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Office No. 064

  1. RHONDA A. HAYMON — NON PARTISAN
  2. MARIA GHOBADI — NON PARTISAN

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Office No. 065

  1. ANNA SLOTKY REITANO — NON PARTISAN
  2. JUSTIN ALLEN CLAYTON — NON PARTISAN

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Office No. 087

  1. DAVID DEJUTE — NON PARTISAN
  2. ANTHONY (A.J.) BAYNE — NON PARTISAN

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Office No. 131

  1. DONNA TRYFMAN — NON PARTISAN
  2. DAVID ROSS — NON PARTISAN

SHERIFF

  1. *ROBERT G. LUNA — NON PARTISAN
  2. ALEX VILLANUEVA — NON PARTISAN

Measure A: LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHARTER AMENDMENT REITERATING GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATION OBLIGATIONS AND ESTABLISHING IMPARTIAL BINDING ARBITRATION FOR CERTIFIED PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEE DISPUTES

Measure E: PROPOSED COUNTY CHARTER AMENDMENT. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ETHICS COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET ALLOCATION CHARTER AMENDMENT

The candidate list also includes district, school, and special-district contests. It does not identify which places are in each of those districts, so those contests are not copied here.

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