- carsonca.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Carson — REVISED Notice of General Municipal Election, November 3, 2026 (City Clerk, City Treasurer, Council Districts 2 and 4, each a term expiring November 2030; dated Aug. 26, 2026)
- carsonca.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Carson — "Candidates who have pulled returned or qualified for the ballot" (City Clerk's own running tracker, linked from the City Clerk's page as "November Election"; last updated 2026-08-11 — one day after the standard Aug. 7 filing deadline and inside the same Aug. 10-12 extension window that produced Arleen Bocatija Rojas's District 4 qualification. Lists exactly one qualified filer each for City Clerk (Dr. Khaleah Bradshaw, qualified July 20, 2026) and City Treasurer (Monica Cooper, qualified July 20, 2026); also shows a District 2 filer, Sue Quedado, who pulled papers but never reached 'Date Qualified,' confirming the document distinguishes qualified filers from mere paper-pullers)
- southtechhosting.com (opens in a new tab)City of Carson — CampaignDocs eRetrieval (SouthTech/Granicus public campaign-finance disclosure portal)
- carsonca.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Carson — City Treasurer Monica Cooper (official biography: M.P.A., Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education, emphasis in Management and Accounting; B.A. Public Administration, CSU Dominguez Hills; Advanced Certified Public Funds Investment Manager and California Certified Municipal Treasurer; prior State of California Revenue Agency Administrator; owner of a Carson real-estate and mortgage company; term Nov. 2022-Nov. 2026)
Last updated August 31, 2026.
City of Carson
Carson City Treasurer
This person oversees the city's cash and investments and reports on Carson's financial position. The term is four years.
Only one candidate qualified for this seat. Monica Cooper is the sitting City Treasurer. They are running unopposed for a second term. Your vote here will not change the outcome.
The city treasurer oversees Carson'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 Cooper has done with the office, not who to choose. Cooper has held the seat since November 2022 and brings a finance and public-administration background, including state government and small-business ownership, into a second term.
Monica Cooper
Monica Cooper has been City Treasurer since 2022. They hold a master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard. They are a Certified Municipal Treasurer. Before taking office they worked for the state as a Revenue Agency Administrator. They own a real estate and mortgage company in Carson.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.