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Banning City Council, District 5

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City of Banning

Banning City Council, District 5

This person holds your district's seat on Banning's five-member City Council. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. Banning sits between Beaumont and Cabazon in the San Gorgonio Pass. Terms are four years, staggered across the five districts. Banning has no separately elected Mayor. Each year, the council appoints one of its own members as Mayor. It also appoints another member as Mayor Pro Tem. These titles rotate among council members from different districts. An appointed city manager runs day-to-day operations. The City Clerk and City Treasurer are elected citywide, but not this cycle.

Colleen Wallace is the incumbent for Banning's District 5 City Council seat. They were first elected in November 2022. She faces two challengers on November 3, 2026. They are Chris Castorena and Christian Villagran. The winner gets a 4-year term. There is no primary or runoff.

This person holds your district's seat on Banning's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use for this San Gorgonio Pass city between Beaumont and Cabazon. Terms are four years, staggered across the 5 districts. Banning has no separately elected Mayor -- the council appoints one of its own members Mayor each year (and another Mayor Pro Tem), rotating the titles among sitting councilmembers from different districts; day-to-day operations run through an appointed city manager. The City Clerk and City Treasurer are separately elected citywide offices, not on this cycle's ballot.

Wallace is on the city's standard cycle: their current term, from their November 2022 election, runs through December 2026. They previously served a term as the council-selected Mayor themselves, in 2020-2021. Castorena currently serves on the city's own Planning Commission. No independent news coverage was found for either challenger despite a genuine search; their entries below rely on the city's own certified filing records and, for Castorena, their own state campaign-finance disclosure.

Chris Castorena

Chris Castorena is a challenger for this seat. They serve on the city's Planning Commission. Their term there runs through January 2027. They run a consulting business called Civarrio LLC. It works in project management and economic development.

Christian Villagran

Christian Villagran is a challenger for this seat. No biography was found for them. No job or platform was found either. The official candidate record is all there is.

Colleen Wallace

Colleen Wallace is the incumbent. They first won this seat in November 2022. They served a term as council-selected Mayor. That was in 2020 and 2021. They spent 30 years managing a group home. It served children in addiction treatment.

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