tc-web.widen.net (opens in a new tab)Tulare County Elections -- the same official "Contest/Candidate Proof List" (CFMR001) used above, re-extracted in full this pass to reach its "Non-Partisan City" section: lists exactly three City of Dinuba contests, all flagged ON BALLOT / Vote For 1, each with one qualified candidate -- Ward 2 (incumbent Maribel Reynosa), Ward 3 (incumbent Benjamin "Benny" Prado), and Ward 4 (Laura Rico, "Retired Educator/author"; sitting incumbent Kuldip Thusu did not appear among its qualified candidates, and the contest is flagged as having gone into a filing extension)
dinuba.org (opens in a new tab)City of Dinuba -- official City Council page: names all five sitting district Councilmembers and their titles (Rachel Nerio-Guerrero, Mayor, District 1; Benjamin Prado, Vice Mayor, District 3; Kuldip Thusu, Councilmember, District 4; Maribel Reynosa, Councilmember, District 2; Linda Launer, Councilmember, District 5), an exact name match against the county's Ward 2/3/4 filings
dinuba.org (opens in a new tab)City of Dinuba -- official Elections page: confirms Dinuba is a Charter City, that the Tulare County Registrar of Voters administers city elections' mechanics, and that FPPC/campaign- finance filing compliance runs through the City Clerk's office -- no online disclosure portal (NetFile or otherwise) is named or linked anywhere on the site
dinuba.org (opens in a new tab)City of Dinuba Charter (Article II) -- establishes five Council districts electing one member each by plurality (no runoff), 4-year terms staggered so Districts 2, 3, and 4 elect together and Districts 1 and 5 follow four years later, and that the Mayor and Vice Mayor are selected by the Council from among its own members and serve at the Council's pleasure rather than being separately elected; contains no appointment-in-lieu-of-election provision for an unopposed seat
en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia's Dinuba, California article -- confirms the city's 2020 Census population (24,563) and its raisin/packing-house agricultural economy, historically nicknamed "Raisin City"
cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)This dataset's own documented record of a dedicated, unsuccessful attempt to retrieve campaign-finance filings for all three Dinuba City Council candidates: California's Cal-Access filer search (cal-access.sos.ca.gov) returned only an empty, unrendered results shell for every query attempted this session ("Reynosa," "Prado," "Rico"), and the city's own Elections page names no online disclosure portal at all. Documents the absence of a reachable financial-disclosure source for these three candidates, not any of their actual finances.
dinuba.org (opens in a new tab)City of Dinuba -- Kuldip Thusu's official Councilmember bio page: title "Councilmember - District 4," term expires November 2026 -- confirms his term (District/Ward 4) is the one ending this cycle, consistent with, though not a direct statement of, his choice not to refile; he does not appear among Ward 4's qualified candidates on the county's own roster

Last updated September 1, 2026.

City of Dinuba

Dinuba City Council, District 4

This person would hold one of five district-elected seats on Dinuba's City Council. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. Dinuba is a Tulare County city of roughly 24,600 residents. The term is four years. Whoever gets the most votes wins, with no runoff. Dinuba is a Charter City. The Council picks one of its own members to serve as Mayor. It picks another as Vice Mayor. Voters do not elect either office directly. Terms are staggered. Districts 2, 3, and 4, this ballot's three seats, elect together. Districts 1 and 5 follow four years later.

Only one candidate qualified for this seat. Laura Rico appears unopposed. This contest is settled, so your vote here does not change the outcome. Sitting incumbent Kuldip Thusu did not file to keep the seat. That left it open.

This person would hold one of five district-elected seats on Dinuba's City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use for this roughly 24,600-resident Tulare County city, long known for its raisin and packing-house agricultural economy. The term is four years. Whoever gets the most votes wins -- there is no runoff. Dinuba is a Charter City; the Council selects one of its own members to serve as Mayor and another as Vice Mayor, rather than voters electing either office directly, and terms are staggered so Districts 2, 3, and 4 (this ballot's three seats) elect together, with Districts 1 and 5 following four years later.

Unlike Districts 2 and 3, this is an open seat: sitting Councilmember Kuldip Thusu's term ends this cycle and he did not refile. Nobody filed by the regular deadline either -- the county's own document flags this contest as having gone into a filing extension -- and Rico filed on August 7, the last day before the extended window closed. With no opponent, the useful question is not who to choose but who they are, and this dataset can confirm only what their filed ballot designation states.

Laura Rico

Rico's ballot title is Retired Educator and Author. Unlike the two incumbents on this ballot, Rico has no city council bio page. No campaign site, biography, or news coverage was found for them. An occupation and a filing date are all that is confirmed about them.

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