Review note: No cited source describes the candidates; add descriptive coverage to lift the cap.
- ocvote.gov (opens in a new tab)OC Registrar of Voters -- Contest/Candidate Proof List, General Election 11/3/2026 -- City of Buena Park section: confirms City Council District 2 (2 qualified candidates) and District 5 (2) as the city's two November 2026 races, each Vote for 1, with incumbent flags and every candidate's filed ballot designation
- buenapark.com (opens in a new tab)City of Buena Park -- City Council page: the full sitting 5-member roster and district assignments (Mayor Connor Traut, District 5; Vice Mayor Lamiya Hoque, District 4; Joyce Ahn, District 1; Carlos Franco, District 2; Susan Sonne, District 3), confirming the council elects a Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its own members each year and that Traut is not among the qualified 2026 candidates for his own District 5 seat
- buenapark.com (opens in a new tab)City of Buena Park -- Elections and Voter Services page: lists all four qualified November 2026 City Council candidates by district (Yong Choi and Carlos Franco, District 2; Brandon Schooner and Sharena Walker, District 5) with filing and qualification dates, and confirms Joyce Ahn was appointed to the District 1 seat on August 19, 2026 as its sole candidate, canceling that district's election
Last updated August 31, 2026.
City of Buena Park
Buena Park City Council, District 5
This person holds your district's seat on Buena Park's City Council. The council has five members. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. An appointed city manager runs day to day operations. Buena Park has no separately elected Mayor. The council elects a Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its own members. This happens each year. Not all five council districts are elected the same year. The term is four years.
Two candidates, Brandon Schooner and Sharena Walker, are running for this open seat. Incumbent Mayor Connor Traut did not file for reelection. He is running for Orange County Supervisor, 4th District, instead. Whichever candidate gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright, with no runoff.
This person holds District 5's seat on Buena Park's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside an appointed city manager who runs day-to-day operations. Buena Park is a general-law city with no separately, citywide-elected Mayor -- the council elects a Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its own members each year, and District 5's outgoing officeholder, Connor Traut, currently holds that Mayor title. Not all five council districts are elected the same year. The term is four years.
This is Buena Park's only open council seat in 2026 -- the other race, District 2, has an incumbent on the ballot. Beyond each candidate's own filed occupation, no campaign site, news coverage, or other independent source could be found for either despite a real, per-candidate search effort -- the city's own elections page confirms it published an individual candidate statement for each of them, but both of those statement PDFs 404 on the city's document system. Documented below as a gap, not filled in with speculation.
Brandon Schooner
Brandon Schooner's ballot title is City of Buena Park Commissioner. This suggests they currently serve on one of the city's boards or commissions. No source was found confirming which commission or describing their platform.
Sharena Walker
Sharena Walker's ballot title is Director of Marketing. No campaign site or news coverage of their background or platform was found.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.