City of Azusa

Azusa City Council, District 3

This person holds your district's seat on Azusa's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. The term is four years.

Two candidates are running for the District 3 seat on Azusa's City Council. Incumbent Edward J. Alvarez has served since 2013 and is now Mayor. Alvarez faces challenger Vanessa Jones. Whoever gets the most votes wins, with no primary or runoff.

The winner joins Azusa's 5-member City Council for a 4-year term. That is one of five votes on the city's budget, ordinances, and land use. Day-to-day operations run through an appointed city manager. No single council member runs them.

Alvarez holds the Mayor title now. Azusa's council picks the Mayor from among its own members. Voters do not elect that office directly. So this race decides their council seat, not who becomes mayor. The title could pass to a different councilmember either way. Azusa's election filings describe no candidate in District 3 as ballot-eligible to claim "incumbent" status. That comes from the 2024 redistricting. It is not a sign Alvarez is new to the seat.

Vanessa Jones

Vanessa Jones is a first-time candidate. They qualified for the November ballot in District 3. Their campaign materials say why Jones is running. They do not list specific policy stands. No news coverage of their run was found.

Edward J. Alvarez

Edward J. Alvarez has held the District 3 council seat since 2013. Their colleagues chose them as Mayor in January 2026. They signed the city's formal opposition to a federal EPA proposal. They also represent Azusa on regional transit and economic development bodies.

Your pick

A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.

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