Escondido: who represents it, and who is running
California General Election (federal and state offices) consolidated with the City of Escondido General Municipal Election votes on 2026-11-03. It elects city: Mayor, Council Districts 1 and 2. U.S. Representative CA-48 and CA-50 (2026 map); Governor (open seat) and other statewide offices; State Senate District 40 (open); State Assembly District 76; San Diego County offices and school/special-district trustees (not captured). No U.S. Senate seat is up in California in 2026..
Holding office13
the sitting council
On the ballot16
4 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Escondido is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): California's 48th and 50th congressional districts both cover part of the city, on the 119th Congress map and on the 2026 map (City Hall: CA-50 on the 119th map, CA-48 on the 2026 map) — Darrell Issa (Republican)
1
Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dane White Elected | Mayor → Running | Independent | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters | |
| Elias Velazquez | Mayor Running | Independent | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
2
Councilmember — District 1
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consuelo Martinez Elected | Councilmember | Independent | District 1 | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
| Tanner Horsley | Councilmember Running | Independent | District 1 | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
| Vanessa Valenzuela | Councilmember Running | Independent | District 1 | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
3
Councilmember — District 2
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Garcia Elected | Councilmember → Running | Independent | District 2 | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
| Anthony DiMartino | Councilmember Running | Independent | District 2 | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
4
City Treasurer
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Shultz Elected | City Treasurer | Independent | city-wide | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
5
Councilmember
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Garcia Elected | Councilmember | Independent | District 3 | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
| Judy Fitzgerald Elected | Councilmember | Independent | District 4 | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
6
Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Newsom Elected | Governor | Democratic | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters | |
| Steve Hilton | Governor Running | Republican | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters | |
| Xavier Becerra | Governor Running | Democratic | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
7
State Assembly Member — AD-76
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darshana R. Patel Elected | State Assembly Member → Running | Democratic | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters | |
| Carrie S. Espinoza Villanueva | State Assembly Member Running | Republican | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
8
State Senator — SD-40
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian W. Jones Elected | State Senator | Republican | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters | |
| Kristie Bruce-Lane | State Senator Running | Republican | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters | |
| Mara Elliott | State Senator Running | Democratic | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
9
U.S. Senator
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam B. Schiff Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters | |
| Alex Padilla Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
10
U.S. Representative — CA-48
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Issa Elected | U.S. Representative | Republican | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters | |
| Jim Desmond | U.S. Representative Running | Republican | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters | |
| Marni von Wilpert | U.S. Representative Running | Democratic | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
11
U.S. Representative — CA-50
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Peters Elected | U.S. Representative → Running | Democratic | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters | |
| Steve Cohen | U.S. Representative Running | Republican | County of San Diego Registrar of Voters |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Sitting city officials from the San Diego County Registrar of Voters 'Directory of Public Officials' (dated 3/2026): Mayor Dane White (2022-2026), Council District 1 Consuelo Martinez (Deputy Mayor, 2022-2026), District 2 Joe Garcia (2022-2026), District 3 Christian Garcia (2024-2028), District 4 Judy Fitzgerald (2024-2028), City Treasurer Douglas Shultz (2024-2028, elected). City Attorney, City Clerk and City Manager are appointed. escondido.gov was not opened (the county directory sufficed); changes since March 2026 would not show. No city photos recorded.
- City 2026 cycle: Escondido holds its regular municipal election in November of even years (ROV directory). On the November 3, 2026 ballot: Mayor (White vs Elias Velazquez), District 1 open seat (Tanner Horsley vs Vanessa Valenzuela; Martinez not on the list), District 2 (Joe Garcia vs Anthony DiMartino). Districts 3, 4 and the Treasurer are next elected November 2028. City offices are non-partisan: party null / partyShort 'None'.
- Candidates: County of San Diego Registrar of Voters 'Candidate List', November 3, 2026 General Election (report R740.03, run 2026-08-28 4:17 PM); every name used shows Qualified for Ballot = YES; ballot designations as printed; no addresses, phones or emails copied. The CA Secretary of State file host was not fetched (robots.txt 403 seen earlier). No contest used here is unopposed.
- Districts: Census TIGERweb polygon for Escondido city (place 0622804) sampled on a 150x150 grid (8,970 points inside the city): 2026 map (120th Congress) CA-48 3,384 / CA-50 5,586; 119th Congress map CA-48 4,919 / CA-50 4,051; every point in SD-40 and AD-76 (2026 lines). City Hall by coordinates (33.1224, -117.0868): Census geocoder gives CD-48 (120th), SD-40, AD-76; the 119th polygon puts that point in CA-50. Slivers narrower than ~0.12 km could be missed. tigerweb.geo.census.gov answers robots.txt with a WAF 'Request Rejected' page and geocoding.geo.census.gov with 404; both are public Census query services.
- Federal: Issa (CA-48) and Peters (CA-50) are both listed as sitting members because both 119th-Congress districts cover part of the city. Issa is not on the county's November list; CA-48 (2026 map) is Jim Desmond (R) vs Marni von Wilpert (D). CA-50: Peters (D) vs Steve Cohen (R). Senators Padilla (2023-2029) and Schiff (2025-2031) from the ROV directory; not up in 2026. Federal and state officeholders taken from the ROV directory rather than house.gov / senate.ca.gov / assembly.ca.gov to save requests; photoUrl left null.
- State: Governor Newsom (term-limited, 2023-2027) - open seat Xavier Becerra (D) vs Steve Hilton (R). SD-40: Brian W. Jones (R, 2022-2026) is not on the list - Kristie Bruce-Lane (R) vs Mara Elliott (D). AD-76: Darshana R. Patel (D) vs Carrie S. Espinoza Villanueva (R). Only City Hall's legislative districts are listed; the grid found no other in the city.
- standsFor is null for everyone (candidate statements not read). Robots: sdvote.com disallows only /voters/ (not used). No terms accepted, no logins, nothing requested. Write-ins and primary losers excluded. No street address recorded anywhere.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-29. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.