# Blythe City Treasurer

Christa Elms is running uncontested for Blythe City Treasurer. Full ballot at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person manages the city's cash and investments. They report on Blythe's finances. The job is technical, not a policy role. The term is four years.

- Jurisdiction: City of Blythe
- Election: November 3, 2026 California general election
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- Sources last retrieved: September 3, 2026
- Source-objectivity score: 90 out of 100 (Very strong), across 4 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology

## On the ballot

- **Christa Elms** — Incumbent

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

Only one candidate qualified for this seat. Incumbent City Treasurer Christa Elms appears unopposed for another term -- so this contest is settled and your vote here does not change the outcome.

The city treasurer oversees Blythe's cash and investments and reports on the city's financial position -- a technical, non-policymaking role. The term is four years.

With no opponent, the useful question is what background Elms brings rather than who to choose -- but no independent biography, career background, or stated priorities could be found for them beyond their title and that they are the office's current occupant.

## Christa Elms

The incumbent City Treasurer, unopposed for another term. No independent biography or career background was found for them.

**Strengths:** Already serving as the sitting City Treasurer, the office's current occupant.

**Trade-offs:** No independent biography, career background, or stated priorities was found for Elms in this research pass.

**Keep in mind:** City treasurer is a technical post -- cash management and reporting, not policy -- so an unopposed return mostly means continuity in an administrative role, not a policy choice.

## Sources

1. [City of Blythe -- "Notice of Offices and Nominations for General Municipal Election," November 3, 2026: three at-large City Council seats (full 4-year terms), one City Clerk seat and one City Treasurer seat, nomination period July 13 - Aug. 7, 2026](https://www.cityofblythe.ca.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=816)
2. [City of Blythe -- "Nominees for Public Office" (City Clerk Mallory Crecelius, published 8/19/26): names all six qualified Council candidates (Joseph Halby III, Alfonso Sonny Hernandez, Jayson D. Lusk, Joseph (Joey) DeConinck, Johnny Z. Rodriguez, Trevor Farrage) and the single qualified candidate for City Clerk (Mallory Crecelius) and City Treasurer (Christa Elms)](https://www.cityofblythe.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2353)
3. [City of Blythe -- official staff/elected-officials directory: Mayor Joseph DeConinck, Vice Mayor Johnny Rodriguez, Councilmembers Sam Burton, Summer Spraggins and Joseph Halby, City Clerk Mallory Crecelius, City Treasurer Christa Elms -- independently confirms the three Council candidates' current titles and that Crecelius and Elms are each the sitting officeholder](https://www.cityofblythe.ca.gov/directory.aspx)
4. [Riverside County NetFile public campaign-disclosure portal — Blythe candidate-name searches](https://netfile.com/public/CTRIV/campaign/search-entities)

## The rest of the ballot

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