- ci.el-monte.ca.us (opens in a new tab)City of El Monte — Notice of Election, November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election (one Mayor at-large, 2-yr term; Council Districts 2, 3, 6; City Clerk and City Treasurer at-large — all four 4-yr terms)
- ci.el-monte.ca.us (opens in a new tab)City of El Monte — Interested Candidate List, Status of Candidate Pulling & Filing Nomination Papers (current through the extended Aug. 12, 2026 filing deadline; all three Mayor filers reached 'Date Qualified')
- ci.el-monte.ca.us (opens in a new tab)City of El Monte — City Council (official roster: the Mayor plus six single-member district councilmembers, a 7-member body in all; links to each member's biography page)
- ci.el-monte.ca.us (opens in a new tab)City of El Monte — Councilmember Dr. Julia Ruedas, MPA, Ed.D., District 3 (official biography page: elected Nov. 2022, term expires Nov. 2026; no biographical narrative posted beyond term dates and degrees)
- cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)CA Secretary of State — Cal-Access filer search, 'Ruedas' (shows 'Ruedas for El Monte City Council 2026' active, 'Ruedas for El Monte City Council 2022' terminated, and — under the same entity ID — three earlier 'Ruedas for El Monte City School Board' committees from 2015, 2017, and 2018, corroborating a school-board campaign history before her 2022 council win; Cal-Access alone does not confirm she won any of the school-board races)
- sgvtribune.com (opens in a new tab)San Gabriel Valley Tribune (Southern California News Group) — El Monte City Council tables vote on making city clerk, city treasurer, mayor appointed roles (unanimous Feb. 25, 2026 vote to indefinitely table the restructuring; effort never reached the Nov. 2026 ballot)
- midvalleynews.com (opens in a new tab)The Mid Valley News — Council Advances Plan to Restructure Offices (names the Jan. 14, 2026 5-2 council vote to begin outreach on eliminating the elected Mayor/Clerk/Treasurer offices, with Ancona and Herrera voting no; superseded by the SGV Tribune's Feb. 25, 2026 tabling)
Last updated August 31, 2026.
City of El Monte
El Monte City Council, District 3
This person holds one of six district seats on El Monte's City Council. The council also has a separately elected Mayor, for 7 members total. They vote on the budget, land use, and city laws. The term is four years. An appointed city manager runs day-to-day operations.
Dr. Julia Ruedas was the only candidate to qualify for El Monte's District 3 seat. They run unopposed on the November 3 ballot. It is their second term.
The winner takes a 4-year term on El Monte's 7-member City Council. They cast one vote alongside the separately elected Mayor and five other district councilmembers on the budget, land use, and city ordinances. Day-to-day city operations run through an appointed city manager, not the council directly.
With no opponent, this isn't really a choice between candidates — the meaningful information is how Ruedas has already used the seat and the civic track record, including three earlier school-board campaigns, that they brought to it.
Dr. Julia Ruedas
Dr. Julia Ruedas, MPA, Ed.D., is the incumbent District 3 councilmember. They were first elected in November 2022 and is now seeking a second term unopposed. They ran three times before for the El Monte City School District board. Those campaigns were in 2015, 2017, and 2018. The city's own biography page lists only their degrees beyond their term dates.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.