# Compton City Council, District 2 Compare records and positions simply between Anthony Perry or Bennie Tinson for Compton City Council, District 2 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. 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. - Jurisdiction: City of Compton - 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/compton-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: August 31, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 82 out of 100 (Strong), across 8 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Anthony Perry** - **Bennie Tinson** A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. The seat is open. Sitting councilmember Andre Spicer ran for Mayor rather than reelection. No one cleared a majority in the June 2 primary. So the two leading finishers meet in a November 3 runoff. Bennie Tinson led 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. He has worked as a paralegal in Compton's City Attorney's office and as an SEIU union organizer. He was also executive director of a countywide adult-care nonprofit. He is running on street and infrastructure repairs. He backs revitalizing the Long Beach Boulevard corridor. His neighborhood-quality measures include graffiti removal and truck-parking enforcement. He led the June primary field with about 30% of the vote. **Strengths:** Institutional experience. He is a former paralegal in the City Attorney's office, an SEIU union organizer, and a nonprofit executive director. He led the June field. **Trade-offs:** His case rests on government experience over outsider energy. He is a candidate who knows City Hall's workings, not one promising to shake it up. **Keep in mind:** He has worked inside Compton government in the City Attorney's office. He has also organized labor with SEIU. He says on his own campaign channels that he will decline a council salary. That pledge is not independently verified. ## 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. **Strengths:** Two decades of community organizing plus small-business ownership. Their platform centers equity and expanding opportunity. They finished second in the June field. **Trade-offs:** Their case rests on grassroots organizing rather than City Hall experience. They are a candidate promising fresh perspective over institutional know-how. **Keep in mind:** No campaign-finance filing appears in the city clerk's disclosure index under their name. The other finalist in this race does have one. That is a documented absence, not a claim about their fundraising. ## Review notes - The National Law Review and Anthony Perry for Compton Council 2026 (campaign site) may have more bias because they are advocacy voter guides compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources. ## Sources 1. [LA County RRCC — Certified June 2, 2026 Primary Nominating Election results, City of Compton (Mayor and Member of the City Council, 2nd District)](https://results.lavote.gov/text-results/4338) 2. [City of Compton Clerk — General Election Information](https://www.comptoncity.org/departments/city-clerk/elections) 3. [City of Compton — Elected Officials](https://www.comptoncity.org/our-city/elected-officials) 4. [LA County Politics — LA County Municipal Primary Results (2026-06-04)](https://losangelescountypolitics.com/monterey-park-mayor-compton-mayor-el-monte-council-and-more-la-county-municipal-primary-results/) 5. [Ballotpedia — Emma Sharif, Andrew A. Spicer, Bennie Tinson, and Anthony Perry (Compton, California, candidates 2026)](https://ballotpedia.org/Emma_Sharif_(Mayor_of_Compton,_California,_candidate_2026)) 6. [The National Law Review — Bennie Tinson Candidate for Compton City Council, District 2 (EIN Presswire, 2026-05-13)](https://natlawreview.com/press-releases/bennie-tinson-candidate-compton-city-council-district-2) 7. [Anthony Perry for Compton Council 2026 — campaign site](https://perryforcompton.com) 8. [City of Compton Clerk — 410/460 Campaign Statements](https://www.comptoncity.org/departments/city-clerk/elections/campaign-statements/460-campaign-statements) ## The rest of the ballot Compton 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. Vote or Else builds the full list for any California address and breaks down each contest the way this page does, with no account and without storing the address: https://voteorelse.com/ ## How to cite this page Vote or Else, "Compton City Council, District 2 — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/compton-council-2 (sources last retrieved August 31, 2026). Link the canonical page above rather than this Markdown file. Coverage is updated as the race develops, so quote it with its retrieval date.