- 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 Marisol Cortez, District 6 (official biography page: elected Nov. 2022, term expires Nov. 2026; no biographical narrative posted beyond term dates)
- 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vote to begin outreach on eliminating the elected Mayor/Clerk/Treasurer offices, with Ancona and Herrera voting no; superseded by the SGV Tribune's Feb. 25, 2026 tabling)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 6
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.
Incumbent Marisol Cortez faces challenger Ana Elsa Barcelo for El Monte's District 6 council seat. Two other candidates, Manolo Figueroa and Dinorah Jimenez, pulled nomination papers. But they never filed them, so they are not on the ballot. There is no June primary for city offices. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright.
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.
Barcelo qualified on August 13, 2026 — the very last day of the extended filing window — leaving little time for a public campaign to surface in local coverage before this research was done.
Marisol Cortez
Marisol Cortez is the incumbent District 6 councilmember, first elected in November 2022. They are now seeking a second term against an opponent. The city has not posted a biography for them beyond their term dates. No campaign finance committee was found under their name.
Ana Elsa Barcelo
Ana Elsa Barcelo qualified for the ballot on August 13, 2026. That was the last day of the extended filing window. No biography or campaign finance information about their was found. That includes the city's own site, a Cal-Access search, and local news coverage. It also includes the sites Vote411 and TheBallotBook.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.