tc-web.widen.net (opens in a new tab)Tulare County Elections -- official "Contest/Candidate Proof List" (report CFMR001) for the November 3, 2026 General Election, re-fetched in full (all 63 pages) this session: within the City of Exeter section, District C is the only on-ballot contest, with 2 qualified candidates -- incumbent Frankie Alves (county filing gives his full legal name as "Vernon Franklin Alves," qualified 8/6/2026) and Brittney Shull ("Business Owner/Realtor," qualified 8/7/2026, the only Exeter council candidate this cycle with a Candidate Statement Filed date). District A shows 0 qualified candidates (flagged for extension) and District D shows only its incumbent, Vicki Riddle, as a qualified filer -- neither meets the bar for a printed contest
cityofexeter.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)The City of Exeter's own "District Elections" page: states the Council comprises "five elected councilmembers by Districts with staggered four-year terms," confirms the next general municipal election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and requires candidates to reside in and be a registered voter of the district they seek
cityofexeter.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)The City of Exeter's own City Council page: names all five sitting members -- Mayor Jacob Johnson, Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Wilson, and Councilmembers Vicki Riddle, Frankie Alves, and Bobby Lentz -- and describes the city as a "Charter City governed under the Council-Administrator form of local government"; does not state how the Mayor title is assigned
cityofexeter.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)The City of Exeter City Council's own Special Meeting agenda for August 18, 2026: its sole business item is "Consideration to Adopt Resolution No. 2026-37 ... Appointing Vicki Riddle to the Office of City Council District D in Lieu of Election; Review Applications Submitted by Eligible Electors for City Council District A; and Consideration to Adopt Resolution No. 2026-38, Appointing an Eligible Elector to the Office of City Council District A in Lieu of Election Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 10229" -- the primary record of why Districts A and D are not built as contests
cityofexeter.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)The City of Exeter City Council's own Special Meeting action minutes for August 18, 2026: records Resolution No. 2026-37 (appointing Vicki Riddle to District D) adopted 5-0, and, after the Council questioned multiple applicants in attendance for District A, Resolution No. 2026-38 (appointing Alexander Workman -- not outgoing incumbent Mayor Jacob Johnson -- to District A) also adopted 5-0. Confirms both appointments actually passed, not merely that they were proposed
cityofexeter.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)The City of Exeter's own "Campaign Statements and Reports" page: hosts paper-filed Form 460/470 disclosures directly (no NetFile gate); as of this retrieval the only filing on record for either District C candidate is "Frankie Alves Form 470 08.12.22," a no-activity short-form statement from the 2022 cycle -- nothing is posted for either candidate for 2026, and nothing at all is posted for Brittney Shull
cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)A negative-result campaign-finance search: California's Cal-Access campaign-finance search (cal-access.sos.ca.gov) returned an Incapsula bot-detection challenge page instead of results for a direct "Alves" and a direct "Shull" filer search this session, the same recurring bot-detection failure mode documented elsewhere in this dataset. Cal-Access covers only state-level committees in any case, not local city-council candidates. Documents the absence of a reachable financial-disclosure source for this contest, not either candidate's actual finances
en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia's "Exeter, California" article: 2020 Census population 10,321 (down from 10,334 in 2010); council-manager government type; names the same five sitting Council members (Mayor Jacob Johnson, Jeff Wilson, Vicki Riddle, Frankie Alves, Bobbie Lentz) and City Administrator Jason Ridenour -- used narrowly for population and structure, not for anything about the 2026 election

Last updated September 2, 2026.

City of Exeter

Exeter City Council, District C

This person would represent District C on Exeter's five-member City Council. Exeter is a Tulare County charter city of 10,321 people. It runs under a council-manager government. A professional city administrator runs daily operations, while the Council sets policy. Council seats are elected by district for staggered four-year terms. Exeter has no separately elected Mayor. The District A councilmember currently holds the Mayor title. The exact process for choosing a Mayor is unclear. Districts A and D were not decided by election this cycle. The Council voted 5-0 on August 18, 2026 to appoint members to both seats.

Frankie Alves is the incumbent. They hold Exeter’s District C council seat. Brittney Shull is challenging Alves. Shull is a business owner and Realtor. Whoever gets more votes on November 3 wins.

This person would represent District C on Exeter’s five-member City Council. Exeter is a Tulare County charter city of 10,321 residents as of the 2020 Census. It uses the council-administrator form of government. A professional city administrator runs daily operations. The elected Council sets policy. Seats are elected by district to staggered 4-year terms. Exeter has no separately elected, at-large Mayor seat. The city’s own Council page lists exactly five sitting members. The councilmember who represented District A currently holds the "Mayor" title. How that title is assigned could not be confirmed. Districts A and D, two other Exeter seats, were also up this cycle. Neither was decided by election. Both drew no more candidates than open seats. On August 18, 2026 the City Council voted 5-0 to appoint members to both. Vicki Riddle, the sitting incumbent, got the District D seat. Alexander Workman got the District A seat. The Council acted under California Elections Code Section 10229 rather than print the seats on the ballot. Neither appointment appears on the November 3 ballot.

Two names are on the ballot for one seat. Whichever candidate gets more votes on November 3 wins. There is no ranked choice voting and no runoff. No independent news coverage of the race was found. The Foothills Sun-Gazette is the local Tulare County outlet that covers Exeter. It blocked every attempt to read it.

Frankie Alves

Alves is the incumbent. They are seeking another term. Their full legal name is Vernon Franklin Alves. They qualified for the ballot on August 6, 2026. No other background for them was found.

Brittney Shull

Shull is challenging the incumbent. Their ballot title is "Business Owner and Realtor." They qualified for the ballot on August 7, 2026. They filed a candidate statement. They are the only one in this race who did.

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