Skip to main content

Clovis City Council, District 4

This is a sample · See your full ballot

✕

City of Clovis

Clovis City Council, District 4

This person would hold one of five district seats on Clovis's City Council. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. Clovis is a Fresno County city of about 120,000 residents. The term is four years. This is Clovis's first-ever district election. The city adopted five single-member districts in March 2025. This followed a demand letter alleging violations of the California Voting Rights Act. It ended more than a century of at-large elections. Districts 1, 4, and 5 vote this cycle. Districts 2 and 3 follow in 2028. The Council picks a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem from its own members. They serve two-year terms and are not directly elected. Clovis also has no elected City Clerk or City Treasurer.

Incumbent Councilmember Matt Basgall faces retired Fire Captain Brian Wilson. The seat is Clovis's new District 4 seat. Basgall is a retired Clovis Police Chief first elected to the council in 2022.

This person would hold one of five district seats on Clovis's City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use for this Fresno County city of about 120,000 residents. The term is four years. This is Clovis's first-ever district election -- the city adopted five single-member districts in March 2025 after a demand letter alleging California Voting Rights Act violations, ending more than a century of at-large elections; Districts 1, 4, and 5 vote this cycle, Districts 2 and 3 follow in 2028. The Council selects a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem from among its own members for two-year terms rather than voters choosing either office directly, and Clovis has no elected City Clerk or City Treasurer.

Basgall is campaigning on continuity, citing "teamwork, creativity and effective communication" after four years on the council and six years leading the Clovis Police Department before that. Wilson, a retired fire captain making his first run for office, filed in the nomination period's final week; this dataset found no independent news coverage or stated platform for him beyond his filed ballot designation.

Matt Basgall

Matt Basgall is the incumbent. They were elected to Clovis's at-large City Council in November 2022. That was after they retired as the city's Chief of Police. Local news records their retirement ceremony in August 2019, after six years leading the department. Their campaign site describes their approach as "teamwork, creativity and effective communication." They say this supports the city's continued growth. They credit their wife, Joni, and their family as supporters. Their filed ballot designation is "Clovis City Councilmember."

Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson filed for the District 4 seat with the ballot designation "Retired Fire Captain." He qualified for the ballot on July 28, 2026. That was in the nomination period's final full week. No independent biography, campaign website, or news coverage was found for him. The only records are the county's candidate filing and the city's candidate contact document.

Your pick

A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.

This is one race on your ballot. Vote or Else shows every contest you will vote on — Congress, the Legislature, your county, city, and school board — each broken down the same way. Enter your address to see your full ballot.