| Office | Candidates |
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| Mojave Air and Space Port District Board At-large (Special) | Diane Barney Diane Barney is running in a special election to the Mojave Air and Space Port District Board At-large in California. Barney is on the ballot in the special general election on November 3, 2026. Click here to view Ballotpedia's local election coverage in California by county in 2026. Diane Barney has not yet completed Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey. If you are Diane Barney, click here to fill out the survey. Source: Ballotpedia (secondary source) Campaign FacebookPersonal LinkedInBallotpedia profile (secondary source)No campaign site found James David Crocoll James David Crocoll is running in a special election to the Mojave Air and Space Port District Board At-large in California. Crocoll is on the ballot in the special general election on November 3, 2026. Click here to view Ballotpedia's local election coverage in California by county in 2026. James David Crocoll has not yet completed Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey. If you are James David Crocoll, click here to fill out the survey. Source: Ballotpedia (secondary source) Ballotpedia profile (secondary source)No campaign site found |
| Antelope Valley-East Kern Water District Board Division 1 | Lynn Robert Barnes vs. Drew Mercy |
| East Niles Community Services District board of directors Vote for 2 | Nicholas Hernandez Jr., Sally Ruiz, Larry White |
| Indian Wells Valley Water District Board At-Large Vote for 2 | Teresa Dampier, L. Scott Hayman, Stan Rajtora, David Saint-Amand |
| Kern County Board of Education Trustee Area 3 | Anastasia Hopper vs. Mary Little vs. Regina Velasquez |
| Kern County Board of Education Trustee Area 7 | Jeanine Adams vs. Ernest Bell Jr. vs. Lori Cisneros |
| Kern Valley Healthcare District Board At-large Vote for 2 | Deborah Hess, Gene Parks Jr., Tawnya Torgl, Ants Uiga |
| West Kern Water District Board At-large Vote for 2 | Sheri Black, Barry M. Jameson, Scott Niblett |
| Bakersfield City School District Board of Education Trustee Area 2 | Mike Harvey vs. Dylan Pearson |
| Bakersfield City School District Board of Education Trustee Area 4 | Laura Guerrero-Salgado vs. Michael Herrera |
| Beardsley School District Governing Board Vote for 3 | Ken Berckes, Blake Bowser, Gina Davis, Monte Gardner |
| Delano Joint Union High School District, At-large Vote for 3 | Arthur B. Armendariz, Miguel A. Duran, Valerie Gorospe, Chad Martinez, Alexis Ortiz, Larry Smith |
| Delano Union School District, At-large Vote for 3 | Ignacio Ayon Albino Duran Albino Duran is running for election to the Delano Union School District, At-large in California. Duran is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. Click here to view Ballotpedia's local election coverage in California by county in 2026. Albino Duran has not yet completed Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey. If you are Albino Duran, click here to fill out the survey. Source: Ballotpedia (secondary source) Ballotpedia profile (secondary source)No campaign site found Sunshine Nelmida Cendana Hernandez Juan Jose Madrigal Irene Martinez Marcela Martinez Efrain P. Rodriguez |
| Di Giorgio School District school board Trustee Area 2 | Amalia Ojeda Amalia Ojeda is running for election to the Di Giorgio School District school board Trustee Area 2 in California. Ojeda is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. Click here to view Ballotpedia's local election coverage in California by county in 2026. Amalia Ojeda has not yet completed Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey. If you are Amalia Ojeda, click here to fill out the survey. Source: Ballotpedia (secondary source) Ballotpedia profile (secondary source)No campaign site found Theresa Vietti-Herrera |
| Edison School District school board Trustee Area 3 | Robert Ruckman vs. Toby Tootle |
| Fairfax Elementary School District Board of Trustees Trustee Area 5 | Vanessa Marquez Alma Rios Alma Rios is running for election to the Fairfax Elementary School District Board of Trustees to represent Trustee Area 5 in California. Rios is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. Rios was a member of the Fairfax Elementary School District Board of Trustees At-large in California. Rios assumed office in 2018. Rios left office on December 9, 2022. |
| Greenfield Union School District (Kern County) school board Trustee Area B | Hortencia Cabral vs. Geniece Trevino |
| Greenfield Union School District (Kern County) school board Trustee Area D | Fernando Pimentel vs. Mike Shaw |
| Greenfield Union School District (Kern County) school board Trustee Area E | Monica Lopez vs. Sandra Saldana |
| Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 1 | Salvador Arias vs. Derek Tisinger vs. David Wescott |
| Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 4 | David Adamson vs. Bill Mell vs. Kathy Scrivner |
| Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 5 | Bryan Batey vs. Michelle Shaw |
| Lakeside Union School District (Kern County) school board Trustee Area 3 | Lilla G. Malich vs. Russell Grant Robertson Jr. |
| Lakeside Union School District (Kern County) school board Trustee Area 5 | Alan T. Banducci vs. Sean S. Ceallaig |
| Lost Hills Union School District, At-large Vote for 3 | Edgar Hernandez, Jeanette Pimentel-Villasana, Angelica Soto, Rosario V. Velasquez |
| Maricopa Unified School District, At-large Vote for 3 | Kristin Blanco, Barry W. Lindaman, Breann Morse, Stacey A. Oglesby |
| McFarland Unified School District school board Trustee Area 1 | Jim Beltran vs. Tim Gonzales vs. Ermelinda Ozuna vs. Vidal Santillano |
| McFarland Unified School District school board Trustee Area 4 | Joana Martinez vs. Jorge Mendoza |
| Norris School District Board of Trustees Area 5 | Don Bertrand vs. Nik Boone vs. Denice Gary-Pandol |
| Panama-Buena Vista Union School District Board of Trustees Area 5 | Linda Garcia vs. Elynor Cherie Olgin |
| Richland School District school board Trustee Area 5 | Tony Aguirre vs. Samantha Saldana Avendano |
| Rosedale Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees Area 2 | Joshua Porter vs. Patricia Young |
| Rosedale Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees Area 3 | Michael Pulte vs. Laurel Sheffield |
| Sierra Sands Unified School District school board Trustee Area 2 | Jessica Allen vs. Emily A Robinson Garver |
| Sierra Sands Unified School District school board Trustee Area 3 | T. Chad Houck vs. Tim Johnson |
| Southern Kern Unified School District school board Trustee Area 1 | Mario Gutierrez vs. Joel Mackay |
| Southern Kern Unified School District school board Trustee Area 2 | S. Hepburn vs. Adrienne Rendon |
| South Fork Union School District, At-large Vote for 3 | Karrie Bunting, Brian Cain, Michael D. Morgan, Lisa Stephens, Daures Stephens |
| Standard Elementary School District school board Area 2 | Cheri Ancheta vs. Scott Furtak |
| Taft City School District school board Trustee Area 2 | Les Clark Jr. vs. Michael Jewell |
| Vineland Elementary School District school board At-large Vote for 3 | Tiffany Gonzalez, Edelmira Gonzalez, Jennifer Najera Amaya, Francisco Segura Jr., Alejandra Segura |
| Wasco Union Elementary School District, At-large Vote for 3 | Joseph Blanchard, Juan Lopez, Jesus Vicente Luna, Pete Arturo Ramirez, Ernie Sanchez |
| Antelope Valley Community College District Governing Board Trustee Area 2 | Newton Chelette vs. Ricardo Ortega |
| Bear Mountain Recreation and Park District Board At-large Vote for 2 | Rebecca Bullard, Ivan Juarez, Jesus G. Perez, Francis Vega |
| Bear Valley Community Services District Board At-large Vote for 3 | Martin F. Hernandez, Warren Jaul, Don Johnson, Stephen Samuelian |
| Kern Community College District Governing Board Trustee Area 1 | Kyle Carter vs. Wesley Crawford Sr. |
| Kern Community College District Governing Board Trustee Area 2 | Paula Bray vs. Christina Scrivner |
| Kern Community College District Governing Board Trustee Area 3 | Paula Dahl vs. Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg vs. Douglas Thompson |
| Kern Community College District Governing Board Trustee Area 5 | John Corkins vs. Juan Figueroa Jr. |
| Kern County Water Agency Division 4 | Tamara Johnson vs. Mary Parada |
| North Kern-South Tulare Hospital District Board At-large Vote for 3 | Joe Aguirre, Brian E. Franks, Robert Herrera, Jose Sandoval, Silvia Soto |
| Arvin City Council At-large Vote for 3 | Gabriel Garcia Jose Luis Garcia Jr. Lissette Medina Nora Perez Susanna Reyes Anabel Rubio Anabel Rubio (also known as Quintino) is running for election to the Arvin City Council At-large in California. Rubio is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. Click here to view Ballotpedia's local election coverage in California by county in 2026. Anabel Rubio has not yet completed Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey. If you are Anabel Rubio, click here to fill out the survey. Source: Ballotpedia (secondary source) Ballotpedia profile (secondary source)No campaign site found |
| Bakersfield City Council Ward 1 | Eric Arias vs. Mercy Peña |
| Bakersfield City Council Ward 3 | Cassie Bittle vs. Kathryn Halling vs. Seth Hewett vs. JC Llamas vs. Pedro Naveiras |
| Bakersfield City Council Ward 4 | Ryan Crowl vs. Bob Smith |
| Bakersfield City Council Ward 7 | Manpreet Kaur vs. Angie Valdez |
| California City City Council At-large Term ends 2030 (Special) | Dawn Ferguson vs. John Fisher |
| California City City Council District 1 | Jeanie O'Laughlin vs. Karina Perez vs. Ron Smith |
| California City City Treasurer | Keith Middleton vs. Inishia White |
| Mayor of California City | Isaac Barcelona vs. Marquette Hawkins |
| Delano City Council At-large Vote for 2 | Elizabeth Arteaga-Gonzalez, Carlton M. Lennon, Liz Morris, Mario Nunez Jr. |
| Maricopa City Council At-large Vote for 2 | Malinda Adams, Richard W. Albright, Virgil Bell, John Crump Jr., Cory Morse |
| McFarland Recreation and Park District Board Area 3 (Special) | Victor Oropeza vs. Eriz Perez |
| Mayor of Ridgecrest | Jeremy Vaughan vs. Megan Washington |
| Ridgecrest City Council At-large Vote for 2 | Tammy Bouyer, Lawrence C. Gaceta, John P. Gorman, Debilyn Kinzler, Brenda Licitra, Ron Strand |
| Rosamond Community Services District Board At-large Vote for 3 | Jose Hernandez Jr., Alfred Wallis, Gregory C. Washington, Rick Webb |
| Shafter City Council At-large Vote for 2 | Malachi Gonzales, Dusti McDaris, Gustavo Olvera Jr., Cathy Prout, Nelson Salinas, Dale A. Scadron, Rafael S. Zamudio |
| Shafter Recreation and Park District Board Area 2 | Alicia Garces Avendano vs. Rafael U. Zamudio |
| Stallion Springs Community Services District Board At-large Vote for 2 | Ben Dewell, Bill Siverson, Jeff Stock |
| Taft City Council At-large Vote for 3 | Josh Bryant, Jeremy Gregory, Bob Leikam, Dennis Schertz, Ron Waldrop |
| Wasco City Council District 1 | Gilberto Reyna vs. Aubrey E. Wimberly |
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