# Ceres City Council, District 2 Compare records and positions simply between Jorge Guerrero Jr., Galen Guzman, or Rosalinda L. Vierra for Ceres City Council, District 2 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person would represent one of Ceres's four City Council districts. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. Ceres is a Stanislaus County city of about 49,302 residents. A professional city manager runs day-to-day operations. The elected council sets city policy. The Mayor is elected citywide to a 4-year term. Javier Lopez won the Mayor's race in 2024. The Mayor's seat is not on this ballot. The four council seats are elected by district for staggered 4-year terms. Districts 1 and 2 are up this November. - Jurisdiction: City of Ceres - 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/ceres-council-2 - 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 1, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 88 out of 100 (Strong), across 11 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Jorge Guerrero Jr.** — Ceres Youth Coach - **Galen Guzman** — Family Nurse Practitioner - **Rosalinda L. Vierra** — Councilmember · Incumbent A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Three candidates are running for Ceres's District 2 council seat: incumbent Rosalinda L. Vierra against challengers Galen Guzman and Jorge Guerrero Jr. Whichever candidate gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright -- no runoff. This seat is one of Ceres's four district-elected City Council seats. The Mayor is elected citywide. Councilmembers vote on the city's budget, ordinances, and land use. Day-to-day operations run through a professional city manager. Districts 3 and 4 aren't up again until their own staggered terms expire. Vierra is the only candidate in this race whose committee has filed a periodic financial disclosure. They are also the only one across Ceres's two 2026 council contests to do so. Their filing describes a working, multi-donor campaign already underway. Both of their challengers have so far filed only the state's initial candidate-intention paperwork. ## Rosalinda L. Vierra Rosalinda L. Vierra is Ceres's sitting District 2 councilmember, first elected in 2022, now running for a second term. A lifelong Central Valley resident and mother of four, they have owned a small business in Ceres since 2011 and now work as a Certified Student Success Specialist at a local college. Their council-era committee service includes the Ceres Measure H Committee (2020-2022) and the Stanislaus County Economic Development Action Committee (2012-present). Their 2026 committee reports $5,349 raised and $1,060.76 spent for the March 19-June 30, 2026 period, with $6,026.87 cash on hand -- including a $3,000 contribution from the Latino PAC of Stanislaus County, $500 from Cal Real Estate PAC, and $250 from the Plumbers & Pipefitters PAC, alongside a spread of smaller individual donations. **Strengths:** A completed first term already in hand. A specific committee record on Measure H and county economic development. An active, multi-donor 2026 campaign already filing disclosures. **Trade-offs:** The Latino PAC of Stanislaus County gave $3,000, well over half Vierra's period total. That four-figure PAC gift is worth weighing alongside their record if you're looking at who funds this race. **Keep in mind:** They are the only incumbent on this year's Ceres ballot with a filed periodic disclosure. That makes them the only candidate here whose donor base voters can examine before Election Day. ## Galen Guzman Galen Guzman is challenging incumbent Vierra for the District 2 seat. His filed ballot designation is "Family Nurse Practitioner," independently confirmed by the federal NPI registry, which lists an active FNP-C credential for him practicing in Ceres. He filed his candidate-intention statement August 7, 2026, at the close of the regular nomination window -- the last of the three District 2 filers to qualify. No committee-organization filing was found for him, and no independent news profile or campaign website was found in this pass beyond his own filing with the city. **Strengths:** A verified medical credential as a Family Nurse Practitioner. That gives him a checkable professional background distinct from either opponent. **Trade-offs:** He filed at the very close of the nomination window and has organized no campaign committee. That suggests a late-forming or still-modest campaign next to the incumbent's. **Keep in mind:** No platform, endorsement, or public statement was found for him. His profile here rests on his own filing and an independent professional-license lookup, not a deeper biography. ## Jorge Guerrero Jr. Jorge Guerrero Jr. is challenging incumbent Vierra for the District 2 seat. Guerrero's filed ballot designation is "Ceres Youth Coach." They filed their candidate-intention statement August 6, 2026. No committee-organization filing was found for Guerrero, and no independent news profile, professional registry, or campaign website was found in this pass beyond their own filing with the city -- a documented gap specific to them, since a comparable independent record (the NPI registry) was found for Guzman but no equivalent public record was located for Guerrero's coaching background. **Strengths:** A community-facing Ceres Youth Coach designation suggests local youth-sports involvement. No independent source describes which program, league, or age group. **Trade-offs:** No platform, endorsement, campaign website, or committee filing was found for Guerrero. That is the thinnest public paper trail of any candidate in either Ceres contest. **Keep in mind:** A thin public profile reflects what could be found. It is not a judgment about their candidacy or qualifications. ## Sources 1. [Stanislaus County Registrar of Voters -- official "Unofficial Candidate List," General Election Nov. 3, 2026 (document timestamped by the county 7:57 AM 8/31/2026, refetched fresh for this shard): under "CITY OF CERES," lists exactly two contests -- Council Member, District 1 (Vote for 1: Gary M. Condit, Dorie Perez, neither flagged incumbent) and Council Member, District 2 (Vote for 1: Galen Guzman, Jorge Guerrero Jr., *Rosalinda L. Vierra) -- with no Ceres Mayor contest anywhere in the document.](https://www.stanvote.gov/pdf/candidate-list.pdf) 2. [City of Ceres -- own "2026 General Municipal Election Sign-Up" chart (posted to the city's Elections page, "Last Updated: 8/7/2026 3:45 PM"): the City Clerk's real-time filing record naming District 1's incumbent as James Casey and District 2's as Rosalinda L. Vierra, and giving exact papers-pulled/filed/verified dates for all 5 qualified candidates -- independently corroborates the county's roster.](https://www.ceres.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6971/CERES-CITY-COUNCIL-SIGNUP-CHART) 3. [City of Ceres -- own "Notice of Offices and Nominations" (posted July 30, 2026, per Elections Code 10224.5): certifies the two one-seat, 4-year-term District 1 and District 2 offices and states City Clerk Fallon Martin furnished nomination papers to only one sitting incumbent -- "Councilmember, District 2 -- Rosalinda L. Vierra" -- confirming District 1's incumbent James Casey did not pull papers to seek reelection.](https://www.ceres.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7013/Notice-of-Offices-and-Nominations) 4. [City of Ceres -- own live "City Council" page: names the current roster -- Mayor Javier Lopez (at-large), District 1 James Casey, District 2 Rosalinda L. Vierra, District 3 Cerina Otero, District 4 Vice Mayor Daniel A. Martinez -- confirming the district structure and that Districts 3 and 4 aren't up this cycle.](https://www.ceres.gov/281/City-Council) 5. [Wikipedia -- "Ceres, California": used narrowly for the 2020 Census population figure (49,302) and the council-manager government structure (an elected Mayor plus four district council members, a hired City Manager); does not mention the 2026 city council race.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres,_California) 6. [Rosalinda Vierra's committee ("Rosalinda Vierra for Ceres City Council District 2 in 2026") FPPC Form 460, semi-annual statement for 3/19-6/30/2026, filed with the City of Ceres, downloaded and read directly: $5,349 raised and $1,060.76 spent this period, $6,026.87 cash on hand as of 6/30/2026. Itemized contributors include the Latino PAC of Stanislaus County ($3,000), Cal Real Estate PAC ($500), the Plumbers & Pipefitters PAC ($250), and individual donors identifying as a police dispatcher supervisor, a realtor, a contractor, and a Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors member.](https://www.ceres.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8497/RVierra_03-19-2026---06-30-2026_Redacted) 7. [Rosalinda Vierra's own campaign website (rosalindavierra.com, redirected from her filed committee domain rose4ceres.com): a lifelong Central Valley resident and Ceres small-business owner since 2011, now a Certified Student Success Specialist at a local college; lists her council committee service (including the Ceres Measure H Committee, 2020-2022) and 2026 priorities of infrastructure, affordable housing, balanced budgets, public safety, and economic development.](https://www.rosalindavierra.com/) 8. [Jorge A. Guerrero Jr.'s FPPC Form 501 (Candidate Intention Statement), filed with the City of Ceres 8/6/2026, declaring candidacy for City of Ceres Council -- District 2, non-partisan, primary/general 2026; no Form 410 committee-organization filing was found for him, meaning no committee had been formed as of this retrieval.](https://www.ceres.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8609/JGuerrero_Form-501_2026) 9. [Galen Guzman's FPPC Form 501 (Candidate Intention Statement), filed with the City of Ceres 8/7/2026, declaring candidacy for City of Ceres Council Member District 2, non-partisan, primary/general 2026; no Form 410 committee-organization filing was found for him, meaning no committee had been formed as of this retrieval.](https://www.ceres.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8615/GGuzman_Form-501_2026) 10. [CMS National Provider Identifier (NPI) Registry, a federal public database -- confirms Galen Guzman (NPI 1396478442) holds an active "FNP-C" (Family Nurse Practitioner-Certified) credential under California license NP95021381, practicing at 1700 Herndon Rd, Ceres, CA -- independent corroboration of his filed ballot designation.](https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api/?version=2.1&first_name=Galen&last_name=Guzman&state=CA) 11. [City of Ceres -- own "Election Campaign Statements" index page: as of this retrieval, lists Form 501/410 filings for all 5 qualified 2026 candidates but no FPPC Form 460 (periodic contribution/expenditure disclosure) for any of Condit, Perez, Guerrero, or Guzman -- a documented absence because their committees (where formed at all) qualified too recently to owe a periodic report yet, not a claim about any of their actual fundraising.](https://www.ceres.gov/583/Election-Campaign-Statements) ## The rest of the ballot Ceres City Council, District 2 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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