# Baldwin Park City Council Compare records and positions simply between Jeanette Cardoza, Jean M. Ayala, or Alejandra Avila for Baldwin Park City Council at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person holds one of two at-large seats up this cycle on Baldwin Park's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. The term is four years. - Jurisdiction: City of Baldwin Park - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Seats: 2 - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/baldwin-park-council - 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: 85 out of 100 (Strong), across 7 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Jeanette Cardoza** — HR Professional/Mother - **Jean M. Ayala** — Teacher/Vice Mayor · Incumbent - **Alejandra Avila** — Councilmember · Incumbent A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Three candidates qualified for two of Baldwin Park's five at-large City Council seats on the November 3 ballot, per the city clerk's certified list: incumbents Alejandra Avila and Jean M. Ayala are both seeking re-election, against one challenger, Jeanette Cardoza. The two winners each serve a four-year term on Baldwin Park's five-member, at-large City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land-use decisions citywide. Baldwin Park doesn't directly elect a mayor — the five councilmembers choose a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem from among themselves each year, on a rotating basis set by a 2022 ballot measure. Two of the three candidates already hold the seats up this cycle, so the choice is less about council experience than whether voters want to keep the current representation or bring in Cardoza, the field's only candidate who has never served on the council. ## Alejandra Avila Avila has served on Baldwin Park's City Council since 2018 and was re-elected in 2022. The council later selected Avila as Mayor under its rotating system; city and community accounts describe Avila as Baldwin Park's first Latina mayor. No specific 2026 platform could be confirmed beyond their candidacy filing and past coverage of their tenure. **Strengths:** Two terms on the council already (elected 2018, re-elected 2022), plus experience serving as Mayor under the city's rotating system. **Trade-offs:** No specific 2026 platform or list of priorities could be confirmed from available reporting — a real gap for a two-term incumbent. **Keep in mind:** Avila is one of two sitting councilmembers seeking re-election in this three-candidate field, running under the ballot designation "Councilmember." ## Jean M. Ayala Ayala won a Baldwin Park City Council seat in the 2022 election, in a five-candidate field for two seats, and works as a teacher. The council later selected Ayala as Mayor Pro Tem under its rotating system. No specific 2026 platform could be confirmed beyond their candidacy filing and past coverage of their tenure. **Strengths:** One term on the council (elected 2022) and current service as Mayor Pro Tem under the city's rotating system, alongside their work as a teacher. **Trade-offs:** No specific 2026 platform could be confirmed from available reporting — the same gap facing their council colleague on this ballot. **Keep in mind:** Ayala's ballot designation, "Teacher/Vice Mayor," uses Baldwin Park's informal term for Mayor Pro Tem, the title their council colleagues chose for them. ## Jeanette Cardoza Cardoza is a human resources professional and the only newcomer in this three-candidate field. No specific 2026 platform could be confirmed beyond their candidacy filing. The one thing to know: Cardoza is the sole alternative to two sitting councilmembers both seeking re-election. **Strengths:** A human resources professional and the field's only newcomer, offering voters an alternative to two sitting incumbents. **Trade-offs:** No service in elected or appointed city government, and no specific platform could be confirmed from available reporting. **Keep in mind:** Cardoza's ballot designation, "HR Professional/Mother," is the only one of the three that doesn't reference current city office. ## Review notes - Councilmember Alejandra Avila (Facebook) and Jean M. Ayala, Baldwin Park City Council (Facebook) may have more bias because they are advocacy voter guides compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources. ## Sources 1. [City of Baldwin Park — Certified List of Qualified Candidates, General Municipal Election, November 3, 2026](https://www.baldwinpark.com/DocumentCenter/View/5174/Baldwin-Park----Certified-List-of-Candidates-list-2026-PDF) 2. [Baldwin Park City Clerk — Election Information](https://www.baldwinpark.com/160/Election-Information) 3. [Baldwin Park — City Council](https://www.baldwinpark.com/268/City-Council) 4. [Baldwin Park — Document Center: FPPC Reports (460/470s, 497s, 700s, 806s)](https://www.baldwinpark.com/DocumentCenter/Index/44) 5. [Los Angeles Blade — Los Angeles County 2022 Midterm results updated](https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/11/09/los-angeles-county-2022-midterm-results-updated/) 6. [Councilmember Alejandra Avila (Facebook) — re-election campaign announcement](https://www.facebook.com/Councilmemberalejandraavila/) 7. [Jean M. Ayala, Baldwin Park City Council (Facebook) — re-election campaign announcement](https://www.facebook.com/p/Jean-M-Ayala-Baldwin-Park-City-Council-100085911765702/) ## The rest of the ballot Baldwin Park City Council 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, "Baldwin Park City Council — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/baldwin-park-council (sources last retrieved August 31, 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.