# Adelanto Mayor Compare records and positions simply between Ronald Beard, Gabriel Reyes, or Stevevonna Evans for Adelanto Mayor at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person is Adelanto's directly elected, citywide Mayor. They preside over City Council meetings. The Mayor also votes as a full member of the five-person council. That council is the Mayor plus four at-large Council Members. It sets city laws, the budget, and land use in this Mojave Desert city. The term is four years. Adelanto has been a charter city since 1992. All five council seats, including the Mayor's, are elected citywide rather than by district. - Jurisdiction: City of Adelanto - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/adelanto-mayor - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: August 31, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 89 out of 100 (Strong), across 8 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Ronald Beard** — Customer Service Representative - **Gabriel Reyes** — Mayor / Business Owner · Incumbent - **Stevevonna Evans** — Councilwoman A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Incumbent Gabriel Reyes faces sitting Councilwoman Stevevonna Evans -- a rematch of their 2022 race -- and repeat candidate Ronald Beard on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Adelanto's directly elected Mayor. Whoever gets the most votes wins outright -- there is no primary or runoff. This person is Adelanto's Mayor, elected citywide by voters. They run City Council meetings and vote as a full member of the five-person council. That council is the Mayor plus four at-large Council Members. It sets city ordinances, the budget, and land use. The term is four years. Day-to-day operations run through an appointed City Manager. Adelanto has been a charter city since 1992. Reyes has been Mayor since at least 2018, based on his own campaign finance filings. He is seeking another term. Evans is a sitting at-large Councilwoman, re-elected to their own council seat in 2024. They are running to move up to Mayor. This is their second try, after they challenged Reyes for the office in 2022. Beard has run for Adelanto office at least twice before without winning, in 2018 and 2022. This is their third attempt. ## Gabriel Reyes Gabriel Reyes is Adelanto's incumbent Mayor. His campaign-finance committee's own filing history traces back to a 2018 Form 410, meaning he has run for Mayor in at least 2018, 2022, and now 2026. His filed ballot designation is "Mayor / Business Owner." In December 2023, after a gang-related brawl at an Adelanto park near the high school, Reyes told the City Council he wanted enhanced park security, stressing "the imperative need to ensure the safety of children at these parks," per Victor Valley News Group's reporting -- City Manager Jessie Flores responded by promising an action plan at the council's next meeting. **Strengths:** Roughly eight years as Mayor, more citywide executive experience than either opponent. A dated, documented case of responding to a real public safety incident in office. **Trade-offs:** No independent news coverage of his broader record was found. His most recent Form 460 filing is on schedule. But the public copy is redacted, so no dollar total is confirmed. **Keep in mind:** Nearly a decade in the Mayor's office is a long tenure. Weigh that against the continuity and institutional knowledge it represents. ## Stevevonna Evans Stevevonna Evans is a sitting at-large Adelanto Councilwoman, re-elected to their own council seat in November 2024 (2,801 votes, per the city's own roster) -- a seat that isn't up again until 2028. Their filed ballot designation for this race is "Councilwoman." This is their second bid for Mayor: campaign-finance records show a "Committee to Elect Stevevonna Evans - Mayor 2022" (originally opened via a 2018 committee filing) alongside a separate, freshly registered 2026 Mayor committee. They also have an older, unrelated campaign-finance record from a 2019-2020 run for San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors. **Strengths:** Evans currently serves on the council, so they have recent, sitting municipal experience neither opponent has. They also have a record of running for higher office, including a prior countywide bid. **Trade-offs:** No independent news coverage of their council record or this campaign was found. Their fresh 2026 Mayor committee has filed no disclosures, so this race's fundraising is unconfirmed. **Keep in mind:** Evans gives up nothing by running. Their own council seat is not up until 2028. A loss here would not cost them the seat they already hold. ## Ronald Beard Ronald Beard is a candidate for Adelanto Mayor whose filed ballot designation is "Customer Service Representative." Victorville Daily Press headlines show Beard has run for Adelanto office at least twice before without winning: a September 2018 candidate profile ("Beard seeks proof of Adelanto's financial status, payouts to residents in latest pitch") and a September 2022 roundup naming them among that year's mayoral and council field -- the article bodies themselves weren't reachable in this pass, so only what each headline states is used here. **Strengths:** Multiple prior runs suggest sustained interest in city affairs and some name familiarity from past cycles. **Trade-offs:** No committee or financial disclosure of any kind was found under their name. No independent profile or platform statement beyond the 2018 headline's brief description was found either. **Keep in mind:** Two earlier unsuccessful runs, in 2018 and 2022, are context for weighing a third. That is not disqualifying on its own, but it is worth knowing. ## Sources 1. [San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters -- "Offices Up for Election, November 3, 2026, General Election" (the same document as sb-offices-up-2026, a different section): the "City of Adelanto" section lists exactly two offices, each a 4-year term -- Mayor (1 seat) and Member, City Council (2 seats, no district number given).](https://uploads.rov.sbcounty.gov/ROV/Elections/2026/1103/Report_OfficesUpForElection.pdf) 2. [San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters -- statewide "Report_CandidateList.pdf" candidate-filing report (the same document as sb-candidate-list-2026, a different section): the "City of Adelanto" section (pp. 114-117 of 249) names three qualified 2026 Mayor candidates -- Ronald Beard, Gabriel Reyes (flagged Incumbent), Stevevonna Evans -- and three qualified City Council candidates for two at-large seats -- Amanda Uptergrove (Incumbent), Angelo Meza (Incumbent), Jayshawn Johnson -- each with their filed ballot designation, "Last Updated: 8/28/2026."](https://uploads.rov.sbcounty.gov/ROV/Elections/2026/1103/Report_CandidateList.pdf) 3. [City of Adelanto -- City Clerk's elections page: states two seats are up in November 2026 (Mayor, 1 seat; City Council Members, 2 seats; both 4-year terms), the nomination period (July 13-August 7, 2026, extendable to August 12 if an eligible incumbent doesn't file), and names "Mayor Gabriel Reyes and Council Members Angelo Meza and Amanda Uptergrove" as the three sitting officials eligible to run again.](https://adelantoca.gov/city_hall/city_clerk/elections/index.php) 4. [City of Adelanto -- City Hall leadership roster: names the sitting five-member council -- Mayor Gabriel Reyes, Mayor Pro Tem Daniel Ramos (re-elected Nov. 5, 2024, 3,181 votes), and Council Members Amanda Uptergrove, Angelo Meza, and Stevevonna Evans (re-elected Nov. 5, 2024, 2,801 votes) -- confirming Ramos's and Evans's own council seats are on the OTHER half of the staggered cycle (next up 2028), not this ballot.](https://adelantoca.gov/city_hall/index.php) 5. [Wikipedia -- "Adelanto, California": incorporated as a city Dec. 22, 1970; became a charter city in November 1992; names Gabriel Reyes as the sitting Mayor, independently corroborating the city's own roster.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelanto,_California) 6. [City of Adelanto's own NetFile-hosted public campaign-finance portal (aid=ADE, distinct from the county-wide aid=SBD portal used elsewhere in this file), queried by name via its own QuickNameSearch/filings-by-filer API for all six 2026 candidates: Gabriel Reyes's "Committee to Elect Gabriel Reyes - Mayor of Adelanto 2026" has filed Form 460s continuously since a 2018 Form 410, most recently 2026-08-24 for the Jan-June 2026 period (the portal's own downloadable copy of that filing is itself redacted -- every page's text layer reads literally "REDACTED," so no dollar total could be read); Stevevonna Evans has a "Committee to Elect Stevevonna Evans - Mayor 2022" (opened via a 2018 Form 410, filed through a 2022 Form 501) and a separate, fresh "...Mayor of Adelanto 2026" committee with zero filings yet; Ronald Beard has no committee under aid=ADE or aid=SBD; Amanda Uptergrove has filed only short-form FPPC 470s (Feb. 2024, July 2025), none specific to 2026; Angelo Meza's 2026 committee has zero filings, and his 2022 committee's three Jul-Dec 2022 Form 460 reports were filed nearly three years late, in Sept. 2025; Jayshawn Johnson has no committee under either agency ID.](https://public.netfile.com/pub2/?aid=ADE) 7. [Victor Valley News Group -- "Adelanto Mayor Urges Enhanced Security at Parks Following Weekend Gang Riot": after a gang-related brawl at an Adelanto park near the high school, Mayor Gabriel Reyes told the City Council he wanted enhanced park security, stressing "the imperative need to ensure the safety of children at these parks," with City Manager Jessie Flores promising an action plan at the council's next meeting.](https://www.vvng.com/adelanto-mayor-urges-enhanced-security-at-parks-following-weekend-gang-riot/) 8. [Victorville Daily Press -- two headlines confirming Ronald Beard has run for Adelanto office before: "Candidate Profile: Beard seeks proof of Adelanto's financial status, payouts to residents in latest pitch" (Sept. 16, 2018) and "Several candidates battle for mayoral, council seats in Adelanto" (Sept. 12, 2022, naming Beard among the field); both confirmed via Google News RSS's own structured metadata -- the article bodies themselves could not be read (vvdailypress.com is not fetchable directly in this pass).](https://www.vvdailypress.com) ## The rest of the ballot Adelanto Mayor is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. 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