# Dixon City Council, District 2

Compare records and positions simply between Christina M. Cerna or Thom Bogue for Dixon City Council, District 2 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person would hold one district seat on Dixon's five-member City Council. The council also has an at-large Mayor and three other district seats. An appointed City Manager runs day-to-day operations under a council-manager government. The council sets the city's budget, land-use and development policy, and ordinances. Terms are four years and staggered, so not all seats are up each time. This cycle, District 1, District 2, and the City Clerk are up for election. The Mayor and Districts 3 and 4 are not on this ballot.

- Jurisdiction: City of Dixon
- Election: November 3, 2026 California general election
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## On the ballot

- **Christina M. Cerna** — Education Compliance Specialist
- **Thom Bogue** — Councilmember / Business Owner · Incumbent

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

Dixon's District 2 council seat is a two-person race: incumbent councilmember Thom Bogue, a business owner, is seeking another term against challenger Christina M. Cerna, an education compliance specialist. Both filed by Aug. 7, 2026, and the contest goes straight to the November 3 ballot -- Dixon's city council races have no June primary.

The winner holds one of four district seats on Dixon's 5-member City Council. A Mayor is elected at large to the fifth seat. Dixon runs under a council-manager government, so an appointed City Manager handles daily city work. Dixon is a Solano County general law city. Its 2020 population was 18,988, with an estimated 21,116 as of 2025. The council sets the budget, land use and development policy, and city ordinances. Terms are staggered, so only some seats are up in a given November. This cycle that means District 1, District 2, and the separately elected City Clerk. The Mayor and Districts 3 and 4 are not on this ballot.

The choice is between an incumbent and a first-time challenger. Thom Bogue has a long local business record. Christina M. Cerna comes from outside city government. The county's filing record and the Daily Republic's coverage are all that turned up. Neither candidate has a campaign website or social media account this cycle.

## Thom Bogue

Thom Bogue is the incumbent District 2 councilmember; his ballot designation is "Councilmember / Business Owner." He has owned Dixon's First Choice Automotive since 2006 and moved to the city in 1995. A 2014 Daily Republic profile, published during a Solano County supervisor bid, described him as Dixon's Vice Mayor at the time and recounted that, as a child, he survived the 1978 Jonestown mass-poisoning in Guyana before eventually settling in Dixon.

**Strengths:** Incumbency and more than two decades as a Dixon business owner. He also has a public biography, from the 2014 Daily Republic profile, that predates his current council service.

**Trade-offs:** No coverage of his 2026 platform was found beyond his filing record and his council role. He has no campaign website or social media presence for this race.

**Keep in mind:** The 2014 profile covers a county supervisor bid, a different office in a different year. It is cited here only for lasting facts about his business, his move to Dixon, and his own history.

## Christina M. Cerna

Christina M. Cerna is an education compliance specialist challenging incumbent Thom Bogue for the District 2 seat. Cerna filed their nomination papers by Aug. 5, 2026, though the county's own filing log shows they did not submit a candidate statement. No campaign website, social-media presence, or dedicated news profile could be found for their candidacy.

**Strengths:** Cerna's ballot title, "Education Compliance Specialist," points to a compliance background. No employer or specific role could be confirmed here.

**Trade-offs:** As a first-time candidate they have no prior elected experience. They filed no candidate statement, and no campaign website or social media account was found.

**Keep in mind:** The county's filing record and the Daily Republic's coverage of the field are all that turned up. Nothing further about their candidacy was found.

## Sources

1. [Solano County Registrar of Voters -- official "Candidate Filed Log - November 3, 2026 General Election" (as of 8/20/2026, print timestamp 8/27/2026 9:31 AM) -- City of Dixon section, page 10 of 15](https://content.solanocounty.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/CANDIDATE_FILED_LOG_Nov_3_2026_7.13.26.pdf)
2. [City of Dixon -- its own City Council page: names the current Mayor, all four district councilmembers, and the Administrative City Clerk](https://www.cityofdixonca.gov/citycouncil)
3. [Wikipedia -- "Dixon, California": 2020 census population, a 2025 population estimate, and the district-based City Council / at-large Mayor structure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixon,_California)
4. [Daily Republic -- "Voters have plenty of city, education choices across Solano County" (Todd R. Hansen, Aug. 13, 2026, updated Aug. 18, 2026)](https://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/voters-have-plenty-of-city-education-choices-across-solano-county/article_5130bf97-f784-4b59-8c03-e684f643a6d4.html)
5. [Daily Republic -- "Nomination period still open for nearly half of offices up for election" (Todd R. Hansen, Aug. 8, 2026)](https://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/nomination-period-still-open-for-nearly-half-of-offices-up-for-election/article_0407902c-ce8c-489e-a870-25ffe4604c4f.html)
6. [California Secretary of State CAL-ACCESS -- filer searches for all five Dixon candidates (Jim Ernest, Emily Schroeder, Thom Bogue, Christina Cerna, Lupe Ruiz): every query returned only an Incapsula bot-detection challenge page, confirmed via both the automated fetch tool and a direct HTTP request -- a documented access failure, not a confirmed absence of filings](https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Misc/filerSearch.aspx?SEARCH=Dixon+City+Council)
7. [Daily Republic -- "Chat about Dixon: Grown over coffee with city staff, council members" (Daily Republic Staff, Aug. 11, 2026): confirms Jim Ernest's Vice Mayor title and Thom Bogue's current councilman role](https://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/chat-about-dixon-grown-over-coffee-with-city-staff-council-members/article_48ae0efe-ba0b-4e40-8334-78b623412728.html)
8. [Daily Republic -- "Meet the Candidate: 4th District Board of Supervisors: Thom Bogue" (Barry Eberling, May 18, 2014): a county supervisor candidacy profile describing Bogue as Dixon's Vice Mayor at the time, owner of First Choice Automotive since 2006, and a 1978 Jonestown survivor -- cited only for durable biographical facts, not for anything about his 2026 council race](https://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/solano-county/meet-the-candidate-4th-district-board-of-supervisors-thom-bogue/article_a69ba133-8860-502e-b16c-9de238a16677.html)

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