City of Compton

Compton City Council, District 2

This person holds your district's seat on Compton's 4-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside the directly elected Mayor. The term is four years.

The seat is open because sitting councilmember Andre Spicer ran for Mayor rather than reelection. No one won a majority in the June 2 primary. The two leading finishers meet in a November 3 runoff. Bennie Tinson led the primary with about 30% of the vote. Anthony Perry took about 23%.

The winner serves a 4-year term as one of four district councilmembers, voting on the citywide budget, land-use and zoning decisions, and city ordinances alongside the directly elected Mayor. District 2 includes part of the Long Beach Boulevard commercial corridor.

With no incumbent in the race, the decision turns on which candidate's background — Tinson's government and labor-organizing experience versus Perry's community-organizing and small-business background — best fits a first term on the council.

Bennie Tinson

Bennie Tinson is a challenger for the open District 2 seat. His background includes work as a paralegal in Compton's City Attorney's office. He has also been an SEIU union organizer and executive director of a countywide adult care nonprofit. He is running on street and infrastructure repairs and revitalizing the Long Beach Boulevard corridor. He also backs neighborhood quality measures like graffiti removal and truck parking enforcement. He led the June primary with about 30% of the vote.

Anthony Perry

Anthony Perry is a challenger for the open District 2 seat. They are a community organizer, educator, and small business owner. They have more than two decades of community work in Compton. They are running on community safety initiatives, youth programs, small business support, and affordable housing. They finished second in the June primary with about 23% of the vote.

Your pick

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

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