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City of Farmersville

Farmersville City Council

This person would hold one of three at-large seats on Farmersville's five-member City Council. Seats serve staggered four-year terms with no term limits. Council members vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. An appointed city manager runs day-to-day operations. The Council picks its own Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem from among its members.

Five candidates are running for three of Farmersville's five at-large City Council seats. The incumbents are Paul Boyer, Danny Valdovinos Jr, and Tina Hernandez. The challengers are Carrie Elaine Ortiz and Crystal Johnson. The three candidates with the most votes win on November 3. There is no runoff.

Farmersville is a Tulare County city of roughly 10,400 residents. The 2020 Census counted 10,397. The city runs a council-manager government. An appointed city manager handles day-to-day operations. The five councilmembers set the budget, ordinances, and land use. They also choose one of their own as Mayor and another as Mayor Pro Tem. Voters do not elect either post directly. All five seats are elected at-large, citywide rather than by district. Terms are staggered and run four years, with no term limits, per the city's own Elections page. This cycle's three seats will run through November 2030.

All three incumbents in this race are at the center of a public fight over council leadership. That fight has run through this summer. On July 20, 2026, the council voted 3-2 to remove Hernandez and Araceli Ochoa. They lost the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem posts to Boyer and Valdovinos. Valdovinos, Boyer, and Councilmember Greg Gomez voted in favor. Gomez is not up for election this cycle, and neither is Ochoa. Boyer and Gomez said Hernandez and Ochoa had used more authority than the largely ceremonial mayor role allows. Hernandez rejected that account. Some public commenters at the meeting called the move sexist. The same 3-2 split repeated on August 24, 2026. The council chose an interim city manager over Hernandez and Ochoa's preferred candidate. The prior city manager left office August 21. Both sides' own public statements appear below, rather than a position in this ongoing dispute.

Paul Boyer

Paul Boyer's ballot title is Incumbent. He moved to Farmersville in 1979. He retired as Community Development Program Director at Self-Help Enterprises. That nonprofit helps rural communities in the San Joaquin Valley. He became Mayor in July 2026 after a 3-2 council vote.

Tina Hernandez

Tina Hernandez's ballot title is Realtor, not Incumbent. She is in fact the incumbent. She was appointed to the council in November 2018. She has worked as a real estate agent since 2015. The same 3-2 vote in July 2026 removed her as Mayor.

Danny Valdovinos Jr

Danny Valdovinos Jr's ballot title is Incumbent. Wikipedia describes them as the owner of a local gym. The city's own page for them carries no biography. They became Mayor Pro Tem in the July 2026 vote. That vote removed Hernandez from the post.

Carrie Elaine Ortiz

Carrie Elaine Ortiz's ballot title is Business Owner. She has lived in the same Farmersville house for 46 years. She owns Carrie's Maintenance Company. This is her second run for the council. She lost a 2024 bid for one of Farmersville's other seats.

Crystal Johnson

Crystal Johnson filed with no ballot title. She is the only one of the five candidates to do so. No biography or work background could be confirmed for her.

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