# Anaheim City Council, District 2 Carlos A. Leon is running uncontested for Anaheim City Council, District 2. Full ballot at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person holds your district's seat on Anaheim's 6-member district-elected City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside the citywide-elected mayor. The term is four years. - Jurisdiction: City of Anaheim - 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/anaheim-council-2 - 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: October 6, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 91 out of 100 (Very strong), across 6 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Carlos A. Leon** — Incumbent A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Only one candidate qualified for City Council District 2. Incumbent Carlos A. Leon appears unopposed for a second term -- so this contest is settled and your vote here does not change the outcome. This person holds District 2's seat on Anaheim's 6-member district-elected City Council, alongside the citywide-elected mayor. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land-use decisions in west Anaheim. The term is four years. With no opponent, the useful question is not who to choose but what the officeholder has done and what to watch next. An unopposed return means accountability for this seat over the next four years runs through public meetings and constituent contact rather than through the ballot. ## Carlos A. Leon The incumbent, elected to District 2 in November 2022 and serving as Mayor Pro Tem for 2026. A lifelong west Anaheim resident and the son of Mexican immigrants, they attended Mattie Lou Maxwell Elementary, Dale Junior High, and Magnolia High School locally. They hold a bachelor's degree in public policy and political science from UC San Diego, with a minor in business from the Rady School of Management, and previously worked in business development for Contoural Inc., an information-governance consulting firm. They represent Anaheim on the Orange County Transportation Authority and the OC Mosquito and Vector Control District, and serve as a board member of the nonprofit Youth Leadership America. They name homelessness, affordable housing, youth programs and entrepreneurship, small business, public safety, and neighborhood revitalization -- streets, sidewalks, and parking -- as their priorities for District 2. **Strengths:** Regional-agency experience (OCTA, OC Mosquito and Vector Control) alongside Leon's council seat, plus a personal biography rooted in the district they represent. **Trade-offs:** Running unopposed means their record faces no organized counter-argument this cycle. **Keep in mind:** Leon's stated priorities come from the city's biography. Their campaign-finance filings are not verified here; see Financial info. ## Sources 1. [OC Registrar of Voters — Contest/Candidate Proof List, General Election 11/3/2026 (169 contests, 430 candidates filed)](https://ocvote.gov/fileadmin/user_upload/data/candlog/GEN2026/candlog.pdf) 2. [City of Anaheim -- Elections page (anaheim.net/2917): confirms the Nov. 3, 2026 General Municipal Election fills the Mayor (at-large) and City Council Districts 2, 3, and 6, each a 4-year term, and names Ashleigh Aitken, Carlos A. Leon, Natalie Rubalcava, and Natalie Meeks as the incumbents in each of the four races, each "eligible for re-election"](https://www.anaheim.net/2917/Elections) 3. [City of Anaheim -- 2026 Candidate List: names all nine qualified candidates across the four November 2026 races, including each candidate's stated occupation (Sharief: "Doctor/Businessman"; Rodriguez: "General Manager"; Renteria-Garcia: "Nonprofit Development Director") and flags each incumbent](https://www.anaheim.net/3321/2026-Candidate-List) 4. [Orange County Register (Laylan Connelly et al.) -- "Candidate fields take shape for City Council elections in Orange County": independently confirms Anaheim's roster and contest status across all 34 OC cities that held filing -- "Incumbent Ashleigh Aitken is facing challenges from Alfredo Rodriguez and Imran Sharief for the mayoral seat and Elia Renteria-Garcia is going up against Natalie Rubalcava for the District 3 seat. Incumbents Carlos Leon and Natalie Meeks are unchallenged for districts 2 and 6"](https://www.ocregister.com/2026/08/14/candidate-fields-take-shape-for-city-council-elections-in-orange-county/) 5. [City of Anaheim -- Mayor Pro Tem Carlos A. Leon (official biography): District 2, elected Nov. 2022; a lifelong west Anaheim resident and son of Mexican immigrants; BA public policy and political science, UC San Diego; represents Anaheim on the OC Transportation Authority and OC Mosquito and Vector Control District](https://www.anaheim.net/2314/Mayor-Pro-Tem-Carlos-A-Leon) 6. [League of Women Voters -- Vote411 voter guide, 'City of Anaheim City Council Member, District 2' race (statewide All Races list): each candidate's self-submitted ballot designation and campaign contacts, plus answers to the League's questions -- 'If elected, what are your top 3 priorities?', 'What background, experience and/or education qualify you for this elected office?' and 'What is your position on the use of Flock cameras or similar devices?'. No answers were on file at capture. Capture in data/nov-2026/sources/vote411/anaheim-council-2.json.](https://www.vote411.org/plan-your-vote) ## The rest of the ballot Anaheim City Council, District 2 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. Vote or Else builds the full list for any California address and breaks down each contest the way this page does, with no account and without storing the address: https://voteorelse.com/ ## How to cite this page Vote or Else, "Anaheim City Council, District 2 — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/anaheim-council-2 (sources last retrieved October 6, 2026). Link the canonical page above rather than this Markdown file. Coverage is updated as the race develops, so quote it with its retrieval date.