City of Fowler · Statewide General Election

Fowler City Council

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

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On the ballot

Eric Hadden — Executive Director
Gurjant S. Khosa — Businessman
Patric Jones — Business Owner
Amarjeet Gill — Incumbent

This person would hold one of two at-large City Council seats up this cycle in Fowler, a Fresno County farming city of about 7,470 residents (6,700 at the 2020 census) whose population was 65% Armenian in 1920, per Wikipedia. Fowler's own site (fowlercity.org) returned a Cloudflare bot-detection challenge for every fetch attempt this session, so this dataset could not independently confirm the city's total council size, council term length, or whether the Mayor's office is directly elected or assigned by the Council from among its own members. Wikipedia's Fowler article names Juan Mejia as Mayor and this contest's incumbent, Amarjeet Gill, as Mayor Pro Tem, but that could not be corroborated against the city's own site and may not reflect any changes since. Fowler has no elected City Clerk or City Treasurer in either Fresno County candidate document.

Four candidates are running for two of Fowler's City Council seats on November 3: incumbent Amarjeet Gill faces challengers Eric Hadden, Gurjant S. Khosa, and Patric Jones.

With four names on the ballot for two seats, this is a plurality race decided in one round -- the two highest vote-getters win outright. The county's own filing record lists this contest's second incumbent-of-record slot as "Vacant / Vacated" rather than naming a person; this dataset could not confirm whether that reflects a seat that was already vacant before this cycle or a second sitting councilmember who simply didn't file for reelection. This dataset found no independent reporting comparing the four candidates or covering the race.

Amarjeet Gill

An incumbent seeking another term; his filed ballot designation is simply "Incumbent," with no stated occupation. Fresno County's own records confirm he holds his current seat by direct election, not appointment. Wikipedia's Fowler article independently states he currently serves as Mayor Pro Tem, a title assigned by the Council rather than a separately elected office, though this could not be corroborated against the city's own site. This dataset found no further independent biographical detail for him.

Strengths

An incumbent Councilmember confirmed by the county's own record; Wikipedia names him Mayor Pro Tem, though that could not be corroborated against Fowler's unreachable site.

Trade-offs

No independent reporting or biography evaluates his record -- occupation, background, and platform beyond the Mayor Pro Tem title are unconfirmed here.

Keep in mind

He filed a candidate statement per the county's record, but its text could not be retrieved; no campaign site or social media was found for him.

Eric Hadden

A first-time candidate; his filed ballot designation is "Executive Director." His own campaign site confirms he and his wife moved to Fowler eleven years ago, and names his community roles as a lector at St. Lucy's Catholic Church, a Cub Scout leader, and secretary of the Fowler Lions Club.

Strengths

Documented community roles (St. Lucy's, Cub Scouts, Fowler Lions Club secretary) and a stated platform of economic development, beautification, and infrastructure, per his campaign site.

Trade-offs

A first-time candidate with no council record; every biographical detail here comes from his own campaign site -- this dataset found no independent, outside coverage of his candidacy.

Keep in mind

He filed a candidate statement per the county's record, but its text could not be retrieved; no financial filings could be confirmed for him.

Gurjant S. Khosa

A first-time candidate who qualified last among the four, on 8/7/2026; his filed ballot designation is "Businessman." He did not file a candidate statement, per the county's own record. This dataset found no independent biographical detail (what business, background, or platform) for him beyond the county's own candidate filing.

Strengths

A stated occupation (businessman) that could bring a business perspective to the Council, though this dataset could not independently verify or expand on it.

Trade-offs

No candidate statement, campaign materials, endorsements, or independent coverage were found for him.

Keep in mind

As a challenger, he has no council voting record to evaluate, and he qualified last among the four candidates this cycle -- about three weeks after the others.

Patric Jones

A first-time candidate; his filed ballot designation is "Business Owner." This dataset found no independent biographical detail (what business, background, or platform) for him beyond the county's own candidate filing.

Strengths

A stated occupation (business owner) that could bring a business perspective to the Council, though this dataset could not independently verify or expand on it.

Trade-offs

No campaign materials, endorsements, or independent coverage were found for him.

Keep in mind

He filed a candidate statement per the county's own record, but its text could not be retrieved this session; as a challenger, he has no council voting record to evaluate.

Source review: Strong (85/100) · 5 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with several source types checked for context; advocacy or endorsement sources are treated as attributed perspective.

Review note: Eric Hadden's own campaign site: he and his wife moved to Fowler eleven years ago; community roles as lector at St. Lucy's Catholic Church, Cub Scout leader, and secretary of the Fowler Lions Club; platform emphasizing sales-tax-funded economic development, city beautification, and infrastructure keeping pace with growth. may have more bias because it is an advocacy voter guide compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.

www2.fresnocountyca.gov (opens in a new tab)Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters -- CFMR009 "Candidate List" for the Nov. 3, 2026 Consolidated Statewide General Election (printed 8/12/2026 5:37:13PM, post-filing-deadline): lists Fowler's single City Council contest (5055), Vote For 2, with Patric Jones ("Business Owner"), Amarjeet Gill ("Incumbent"), Eric Hadden ("Executive Director"), and Gurjant S. Khosa ("Businessman") as the four qualified candidates, in Candidate ID order 1-4
www2.fresnocountyca.gov (opens in a new tab)Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters -- CFMR001 "Contest/Candidate Proof List," filtered to Contests on Ballot, for the Nov. 3, 2026 election (printed 8/18/2026 8:39:55AM): independently confirms Fowler's City Council contest (5055) as ON BALLOT, Vote For 2, 4 qualified of 4 filed, names Amarjeet Gill as the seat's sole incumbent-of-record ("Elected"), and lists the second incumbent-of-record slot "Vacant / Vacated"
en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia's Fowler, California article: population 6,700 (2020 census), 7,470 (2024 estimate); notes Armenian residents were 65% of the city's population in 1920; names Juan Mejia as Mayor and Amarjeet Gill as Mayor Pro Tem, with no further detail on council size, term length, or how those titles are assigned
ericforfowler.com (opens in a new tab)Eric Hadden's own campaign site: he and his wife moved to Fowler eleven years ago; community roles as lector at St. Lucy's Catholic Church, Cub Scout leader, and secretary of the Fowler Lions Club; platform emphasizing sales-tax-funded economic development, city beautification, and infrastructure keeping pace with growth
cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)A negative-result campaign-finance search: California's Cal-Access filer search (cal-access.sos.ca.gov) returned no retrievable content for a direct query against each of the four Fowler candidates' names this session, the same recurring bot-detection limitation already documented elsewhere in this dataset (e.g. Kingsburg, Danville, Coalinga, Firebaugh); this dataset's own cached statewide Cal-Access snapshot also carries no filer under any of the four names

Last updated September 1, 2026.