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City of Hawthorne · Statewide General Election

Hawthorne City Clerk

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On the ballot

Hawthorne's City Clerk is a separately elected, citywide office (a 4-year term) responsible for official city records, elections administration, and public meeting minutes -- distinct from the appointed city manager who runs day-to-day departments.

Only one candidate qualified for City Clerk: incumbent Dayna Williams-Hunter appears unopposed -- so this contest is settled and your vote here does not change the outcome.

Hawthorne's City Clerk is a separately elected, citywide office (a 4-year term) responsible for official city records, elections administration, and public meeting minutes -- distinct from the appointed city manager who runs day-to-day departments.

Unlike some other Hawthorne-area cities in this dataset that cancel single-candidate races outright under Elections Code Section 10229, Hawthorne's own Notice of Qualified Candidates treats this seat as a normal, on-ballot contest -- Williams-Hunter's name will still appear and still needs your vote to be seated, even though no opponent qualified.

Dayna Williams-Hunter

She is Hawthorne's sitting City Clerk and, per her own city bio, the city's first African-American City Clerk; she holds a Certified Municipal Clerk (CMC) credential and an M.Ed. Outside city government, she owns a boutique public-relations firm (working with clients since 2010, including reality-TV contestants) and a concierge beauty agency, per her College of the Canyons bio. She announced her re-election bid on Facebook in July 2026.

Strengths

A credentialed sitting Clerk (CMC) with a documented public and professional record, running unopposed.

Trade-offs

No opposing candidate means no comparative platform test this cycle.

Keep in mind

Uncontested races still appear on the ballot in Hawthorne -- there's no Elections Code Section 10229 cancellation here, just a single qualified filer.

Source review: Strong (88/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

  • cityofhawthorne.org (opens in a new tab)City of Hawthorne -- "Notice of Qualified Candidates for Public Office," General Municipal Election, November 3, 2026, signed by Deputy City Clerk Diana Cucalon, dated Aug. 17, 2026: names Katrina Manning, Alex Monteiro, and Sergio Mortara for City Council (2 seats); Dayna Williams-Hunter for City Clerk (1 seat, unopposed); and L. David Patterson and Raymond Vergara for City Treasurer (1 seat)
  • cityofhawthorne.org (opens in a new tab)City of Hawthorne's own Elected Officials page: Mayor Alex Vargas, Mayor Pro Tem Faye Johnson, Council Members Katrina Manning, Angie Reyes English, and Alex Monteiro
  • en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia's Hawthorne, California article, Government section: a citywide-elected Mayor plus four at-large council members on 4-year terms; sourced current-officeholder table shows Manning and Monteiro both term-ending Dec. 2026 (up this cycle) while Vargas, Reyes-English, and Johnson all run through Dec. 2028; City Clerk Dayna Williams-Hunter and City Treasurer Marie Poindexter-Hornback both also term-ending Dec. 2026
  • cityofhawthorne.org (opens in a new tab)City of Hawthorne's own officeholder bio for City Clerk Dayna Williams-Hunter: the city's first African-American City Clerk, CMC credential; her College of the Canyons bio separately confirms an M.Ed. and ownership of a boutique PR firm and a concierge beauty agency

Last updated September 3, 2026.