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Antioch City Council, District 1

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City of Antioch

Antioch City Council, District 1

This person would hold one of four district seats on Antioch's City Council. The council has four district members plus a separately, directly elected Mayor. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. Antioch is a Contra Costa County city of about 115,000 people. An appointed City Manager runs day-to-day operations. The term is four years. Antioch's four council seats elect on a staggered schedule. Districts 1 and 4 are up this cycle. Districts 2 and 3 are not, and neither is the Mayor's seat.

This is a third straight matchup. Incumbent Tamisha Torres-Walker faces former Councilwoman Joy Motts. The same two ran in 2020 and 2022.

This person would hold one of four district seats on Antioch's City Council. The council has four district members. Voters elect the Mayor directly and separately. Members vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. Antioch sits in Contra Costa County and has about 115,000 people. The city runs under a council-manager government with an appointed City Manager. The term is four years. Antioch switched from at-large to district elections in 2020. A threatened voting-rights lawsuit prompted the switch. Districts 1 and 4 are up this cycle. Districts 2 and 3 are not.

This is the closest kind of rematch there is. Torres-Walker beat Motts by 212 votes in 2020. She then won by just 3 votes in 2022, 1,467 to 1,464. That certified result followed a hand recount. A third candidate pulled nomination papers this cycle but never filed. She is former school board trustee Diane Gibson-Gray. That leaves a direct two-candidate contest with no one else splitting the vote. Whichever candidate gets more votes wins outright. There is no runoff.

Tamisha Torres-Walker

Tamisha Torres-Walker is the incumbent. She was first elected in 2020. She now seeks a third term. She leads the Safe Return Project, a Richmond nonprofit. She runs on renter protections, homelessness, police accountability, and transparency.

Joyann Motts

Joyann Motts is a former Antioch City Council member. She is publicly known as Joy Motts. She is president of the Celebrate Antioch Foundation. The group runs community events citywide. This is her third run against Torres-Walker. She lost in 2020 and 2022.

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