# Blythe City Council Compare records and positions simply between Alfonso Sonny Hernandez, Jayson D. Lusk, and 4 more for Blythe City Council at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person would hold one of three at-large seats on Blythe's City Council. These seats are up this cycle. The council has five members in all. Terms are four years and staggered. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. The council picks one of its own members as Mayor. Another member serves as Vice Mayor. These titles rotate rather than being separately elected. An appointed city manager runs day-to-day operations. - Jurisdiction: City of Blythe - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Seats: 3 - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/blythe-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: 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 - **Alfonso Sonny Hernandez** - **Jayson D. Lusk** - **Joseph (Joey) DeConinck** — Incumbent - **Joseph Halby III** — Incumbent - **Johnny Z. Rodriguez** — Incumbent - **Trevor Farrage** A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Six candidates are running for Blythe's three at-large City Council seats: incumbents Joseph (Joey) DeConinck -- the sitting Mayor -- and Johnny Z. Rodriguez -- the sitting Vice Mayor -- and Joseph Halby III, against challengers Alfonso Sonny Hernandez, Jayson D. Lusk and Trevor Farrage. Vote for up to three -- no primary. Council seats carry staggered 4-year terms on Blythe's 5-member council. Winners take up city ordinances, the budget, and land use; day-to-day operations run through an appointed city manager. The council doesn't elect its Mayor and Vice Mayor directly -- members choose those titles from among themselves, rather than voters electing a separate Mayor's office. Two sitting councilmembers, Sam Burton and Summer Spraggins, are not on this year's ballot -- their seats aren't up this cycle, consistent with staggered terms rather than a gap in this research. No biography, occupation, or platform statement could be found for any of the six candidates after a real search of the city's own site (which lists only names and titles, not individual bios), a Cal-Access filer lookup, and a news search -- so the choice here rests on incumbency alone: three sitting councilmembers seeking another term against three first-time challengers. ## Joseph (Joey) DeConinck The incumbent, currently serving as Mayor -- a title the council selects from among its own members rather than a separately elected office. No independent biography or platform statement was found for them. **Strengths:** Already serving as Mayor, the most visible seat on the council, which gives DeConinck institutional continuity and name recognition if reelected. **Trade-offs:** No independent biography, professional background, or stated platform was found for them in this research pass. **Keep in mind:** With no public record of their priorities beyond their incumbency, this is a vote on continuity itself rather than on any specific plan. ## Johnny Z. Rodriguez The incumbent, currently serving as Vice Mayor -- also a title the council selects from among its own members. No independent biography or platform statement was found for them. **Strengths:** Already serving as Vice Mayor, the council's second-ranking title, giving Rodriguez institutional continuity if reelected. **Trade-offs:** No independent biography, professional background, or stated platform was found for them in this research pass. **Keep in mind:** With no public record of their priorities beyond their incumbency, this is a vote on continuity itself rather than on any specific plan. ## Joseph Halby III The incumbent, a sitting councilmember seeking another term. No independent biography or platform statement was found for them. **Strengths:** Already serving on the council, giving Halby institutional continuity if reelected. **Trade-offs:** No independent biography, professional background, or stated platform was found for them in this research pass. **Keep in mind:** With no public record of their priorities beyond their incumbency, this is a vote on continuity itself rather than on any specific plan. ## Alfonso Sonny Hernandez A challenger, not a sitting officeholder. No independent biography or platform statement was found for them. **Strengths:** None could be independently confirmed in this research pass. **Trade-offs:** No incumbency, and no independent biography, professional background, or stated platform was found for them. **Keep in mind:** With no public record to evaluate, voters weighing this race have only the choice between continuity (the three incumbents) and change (the three challengers, of whom Hernandez is one) to go on. ## Jayson D. Lusk A challenger, not a sitting officeholder. No independent biography or platform statement was found for them. **Strengths:** None could be independently confirmed in this research pass. **Trade-offs:** No incumbency, and no independent biography, professional background, or stated platform was found for them. **Keep in mind:** With no public record to evaluate, voters weighing this race have only the choice between continuity (the three incumbents) and change (the three challengers, of whom Lusk is one) to go on. ## Trevor Farrage A challenger, not a sitting officeholder. No independent biography or platform statement was found for them. **Strengths:** None could be independently confirmed in this research pass. **Trade-offs:** No incumbency, and no independent biography, professional background, or stated platform was found for them. **Keep in mind:** With no public record to evaluate, voters weighing this race have only the choice between continuity (the three incumbents) and change (the three challengers, of whom Farrage is one) to go on. ## 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 Blythe 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, "Blythe City Council — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/blythe-council (sources last retrieved September 3, 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.