# Carson City Treasurer Monica Cooper is running uncontested for Carson City Treasurer. Full ballot at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person oversees the city's cash and investments and reports on Carson's financial position. The term is four years. - Jurisdiction: City of Carson - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/carson-city-treasurer - 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: August 31, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 93 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 - **Monica Cooper** — 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 Monica Cooper appears unopposed for a second term on the November 3, 2026 ballot — so this contest is settled and your vote here does 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 is the incumbent City Treasurer, elected in November 2022 and now seeking a second term unopposed. They hold a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Executive Education, with an emphasis in management and accounting, and a bachelor's degree in Public Administration from CSU Dominguez Hills; they are an Advanced Certified Public Funds Investment Manager and a California Certified Municipal Treasurer. Before taking office they worked as a State of California Revenue Agency Administrator and own a real-estate and mortgage company based in Carson. They serve on the State Bar of California's Commission for the Client Security Fund and have been active in several Carson civic organizations, including the Carson/Gardena YMCA board and the Carson Sister Cities Association. **Strengths:** They are an Advanced Certified Public Funds Investment Manager and a California Certified Municipal Treasurer. They also have a Harvard Kennedy School degree in management and accounting. **Trade-offs:** They are running unopposed. So their handling of the city's investments faces no organized counter-argument this cycle. **Keep in mind:** City treasurer is a technical job. It means guarding and investing public money, not setting policy. So an unopposed return mostly means continuity in the seat. ## Sources 1. [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)](https://carsonca.gov/Documents/Department/CityClerk/E-Board/REVISED%20NOTICE%20OF%20GENERAL%20MUNICIPAL%20ELECTION%20NOVEMBER%203%2C%202026.pdf) 2. [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)](https://carsonca.gov/government/elected_officials/Documents/Department/CityClerk/Candidates%20who%20have%20pulled%20returned%20or%20qualified%20for%20the%20ballot_7.20.26.docx) 3. [City of Carson — CampaignDocs eRetrieval (SouthTech/Granicus public campaign-finance disclosure portal)](https://www.southtechhosting.com/CarsonCity/CampaignDocsWebRetrieval/Default.aspx) 4. [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)](https://carsonca.gov/government/elected_officials/city_treasurer) ## The rest of the ballot Carson City Treasurer 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. 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