# Fairfield City Council, District 1

Compare records and positions simply between K. Patrice Williams or Nora Dizon for Fairfield City Council, District 1 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person would hold one of Fairfield's six district-elected City Council seats. They would vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. Fairfield is Solano County's largest city and county seat, with 119,881 residents. Fairfield uses a council-manager government. The Council sets policy, while an appointed City Manager runs day-to-day operations. Fairfield first elected its council by district in November 2020. That replaced citywide at-large elections. Seats serve staggered 4-year terms. Three of the six districts, 1, 3, and 5, are up this cycle. The separately elected, at-large Mayor is also up this cycle.

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

- **K. Patrice Williams** — Incumbent
- **Nora Dizon** — Real Estate Broker

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

Incumbent K. Patrice Williams is seeking a second term representing Fairfield's District 1 on the City Council, against challenger Nora Dizon, who ran for this same seat once before.

This person would hold one of Fairfield's six district-elected City Council seats. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use for Fairfield. Fairfield is Solano County's largest city and county seat. It had 119,881 residents in the 2020 Census. The city uses a council-manager government. The Council sets policy while an appointed City Manager runs day-to-day operations. Fairfield first elected its council by district in November 2020, replacing citywide at-large elections. Seats serve staggered 4-year terms. Three of the six districts are up this cycle. They are Districts 1, 3, and 5. The separately elected, at-large Mayor is up as well.

This is a rematch. Dizon also challenged Williams for this same seat in the November 2022 election. She requested a recount after Williams was certified the winner, then withdrew it. Williams has held the seat since taking office that same cycle. In office, she initiated the Quo Warranto legal challenge over then-Mayor Catherine Moy's residency. That challenge led to Moy's resignation in June 2026. That is why this cycle's Mayor race has no incumbent on the ballot.

## K. Patrice Williams

Williams's 2026 ballot designation is "Incumbent." She has represented District 1 since taking office in November 2022. Per her own campaign site, she says she cut the city's structural deficit from $21 million to $8 million and initiated a Quo Warranto legal challenge in December 2025 over then-Mayor Catherine Moy's residency, which led to an independent investigation and Moy's resignation in June 2026.

**Strengths:** A full term's documented record on her own campaign site: a specific fiscal claim (the deficit reduction) and a corroborated oversight example (the Quo Warranto challenge preceding Moy's resignation).

**Trade-offs:** The deficit and record claims come from her own campaign site, not an audited city budget document or neutral news account -- read them as her own account, not third-party verification.

**Keep in mind:** The Quo Warranto process she initiated is the direct reason this cycle's Mayor race has no incumbent on the ballot -- a consequential outcome of her time in office, whichever way a voter weighs it.

## Nora Dizon

Dizon's 2026 ballot designation is "Real Estate Broker." This is her second run against Williams for the District 1 seat: she also challenged Williams in 2022, requested a recount after the election was certified in Williams's favor, and then withdrew that recount request, telling the Daily Republic at the time that the uncounted ballots "had genuine signature problems."

**Strengths:** A documented electoral history in this exact race, including a demonstrated willingness to pursue and then concede a recount on the evidence rather than contest it indefinitely.

**Trade-offs:** No independent 2026 campaign material, website, or news coverage was found for her beyond her occupation and the 2022 recount story -- thinner sourcing than Williams's own campaign-site record.

**Keep in mind:** Her 2022 concession statement is nearly four years old; it speaks to how that prior race ended, not to any 2026 platform position.

## Review notes

- K. Patrice Williams's own campaign site (electkpatricewilliams.com): her own account of her record since taking office in November 2022 -- cutting the city's structural deficit from $21 million to $8 million ahead of a voter-approved revenue measure, initiating a Quo Warranto legal challenge in December 2025 over then-Mayor Catherine Moy's residency that led to an independent investigation and Moy's resignation in June 2026, and infrastructure (Red Top/Lopes/Neitzel Road repairs) and supportive-housing priorities; also lists endorsements including former Mayor Harry Price. may have more bias because it is an advocacy voter guide compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.

## 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), re-downloaded fresh 2026-09-01 directly from the county's own elections page (no newer version has been published): within the City of Fairfield's own section (pages 10-11), four contests appear -- Mayor At Large (Vote for 1: Pam Bertani, Scott Tonnesen, Nikila Walker Gibson, George Kennedy; incumbent Rick Vaccaro listed with no filing dates, i.e. did not file), Councilmember District 1 (Vote for 1: incumbent K. Patrice Williams vs. Nora Dizon), Councilmember District 3 (Vote for 1: incumbent Doug Carr, Robert Marin, Susan Bush), and Councilmember District 5 (Vote for 1: incumbent Doriss Panduro vs. Lynda Davis-Robinson) -- 11 candidates total, correcting the authoring queue's preliminary '4 candidates' estimate](https://content.solanocounty.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/CANDIDATE_FILED_LOG_Nov_3_2026_7.13.26.pdf)
2. [Wikipedia -- "Fairfield, California": confirms a council-manager government, seven total council seats (six district seats plus an at-large Mayor), a shift from at-large to district council elections effective November 2020, and a 2020 Census population of 119,881; does not cover the 2026 election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfield,_California)
3. [Daily Republic -- "Election picture has not changed after 2nd week of nomination period" (July 26, 2026): confirms Nora Dizon filed her District 1 papers as a second challenge to incumbent K. Patrice Williams; that Councilman Doug Carr, Susan Bush, and Robert Marin had all pulled District 3 papers; and that Councilwoman Doriss Panduro and Lynda Davis-Robinson had pulled District 5 papers; also confirms Pam Bertani, Scott Tonnesen, Kam Holzendorf, and Nikila Walker Gibson had pulled (not yet filed) Mayor papers as of that date](https://www.dailyrepublic.com/townnews/politics/election-picture-has-not-changed-after-2nd-week-of-nomination-period/article_b6ec30c1-d5e1-4828-9771-7bdf0804ba79.html)
4. [K. Patrice Williams's own campaign site (electkpatricewilliams.com): her own account of her record since taking office in November 2022 -- cutting the city's structural deficit from $21 million to $8 million ahead of a voter-approved revenue measure, initiating a Quo Warranto legal challenge in December 2025 over then-Mayor Catherine Moy's residency that led to an independent investigation and Moy's resignation in June 2026, and infrastructure (Red Top/Lopes/Neitzel Road repairs) and supportive-housing priorities; also lists endorsements including former Mayor Harry Price](https://electkpatricewilliams.com)
5. [Daily Republic -- "K. Patrice Williams holding fundraiser" (June 17, 2026): a news brief confirming Williams's re-election fundraiser and campaign-site URL (electkpatricewilliams.com/kickoff)](https://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/k-patrice-williams-holding-fundraiser/article_a50c0243-0eec-4422-82fd-ef458fd64711.html)
6. [Daily Republic -- "Dizon gives up recount for District 1 seat on Fairfield council" (Dec. 14, 2022): documents Nora Dizon's prior challenge to K. Patrice Williams for the same District 1 seat, her decision to concede a recount she had requested, and her own quoted statement to the paper ("K. Patrice Williams is the new council member. The 12 uncounted ballots had genuine signature problems")](https://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/fairfield/dizon-gives-up-recount-for-district-1-seat-on-fairfield-council/article_c0286886-fa7e-5e4b-991e-42a2a344a8fb.html)
7. [A negative-result campaign-finance search: California's Cal-Access campaign-finance search (cal-access.sos.ca.gov) returned only an Incapsula bot-detection challenge page for a direct filer search on each of the six built candidates' surnames this session (Bertani, Tonnesen, Walker Gibson, Kennedy, Williams, Dizon), tried both as a direct request and with full browser headers. 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 these contests, not any candidate's actual finances](https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Misc/filerSearch.aspx?SEARCH=Bertani)

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