# Hemet City Council, District 2 Compare records and positions simply between Phil Lucas or Dalila Salcido for Hemet City Council, District 2 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person holds your district's seat on Hemet's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. The term is four years, capped at three lifetime terms (Hemet Municipal Code Sec. 2-37, counting only terms since 2012). The council selects one of its own members to serve as Mayor and another as Mayor Pro Tem -- the titles rotate rather than being separately elected. - Jurisdiction: City of Hemet - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/hemet-council-2 - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: September 3, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 87 out of 100 (Strong), across 5 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Phil Lucas** - **Dalila Salcido** A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. District 2's seat is open after incumbent Jackie Peterson withdrew before filing. Dalila Salcido, a military veteran, and Phil Lucas are running to succeed her. This person holds your district's seat on Hemet's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. The term is four years, capped at three lifetime terms. The council selects one of its own members to serve as Mayor and another as Mayor Pro Tem -- the titles rotate rather than being separately elected. With no incumbent in the race, District 2 is guaranteed a new representative. The county extended District 2's filing deadline by five days specifically because no incumbent had filed by the original Aug. 7 deadline. Salcido filed their own candidate statement; no statement or independent profile was reachable for Lucas in the time available for this pass. ## Dalila Salcido Dalila Salcido describes themselves in their own filed candidate statement as a military veteran and a mother who moved to Hemet six years ago. Their statement is critical of the city's direction, saying Hemet "used to be prosperous" and is "clearly in a state of decay," and calls for accountability, transparency, and attracting "QUALITY businesses" without further burdening taxpayers. **Strengths:** Military service background, and a statement that names specific priorities -- accountability, transparency, and business attraction -- rather than only generalities. **Trade-offs:** No prior elected or appointed public service found, and a relatively short, six-year tenure as a Hemet resident compared to some other local candidates. **Keep in mind:** Their statement is pointedly critical of the city's current direction; voters may want to weigh that framing against the city's own published data on its finances and services. ## Phil Lucas Phil Lucas filed to run for the open District 2 seat. No candidate statement, independent biography, or platform statement was reachable for Lucas in the time available for this profile. **Strengths:** Not independently established in the time available for this profile. **Trade-offs:** No candidate statement, prior public role, or independently reported platform was found for Lucas in the time available for this profile. **Keep in mind:** This is a documented research gap, not a sign of anything about the candidate themselves -- voters may want to look for a campaign site or contact them directly. ## Sources 1. [City of Hemet -- General Municipal Election, November 3, 2026 (official election page: lists District 1, District 2, and District 5 City Council seats as contested, every candidate who filed for each with filing date, and notes Jackie Peterson's withdrawal and Eric Urena's non-filing)](https://www.hemetca.gov/1372/General-Municipal-Election---November-3-) 2. [City of Hemet -- Mayor & City Council (official roster: Mayor Linda Krupa/District 5, Mayor Pro Tem Joe Males/District 4, Councilmembers Connie Howard-Clark/District 1, Jackie Peterson/District 2, Tom Lodge/District 3)](https://www.hemetca.gov/65/Mayor-City-Council) 3. [City of Hemet -- Municipal Elections Information (three-term lifetime limit on council service, Hemet Municipal Code Sec. 2-37, counting only terms since 2012; nomination filing period July 13-Aug. 7, 2026, extended to Aug. 12 for District 2)](https://www.hemetca.gov/1006/Municipal-Elections-Information) 4. [City of Hemet -- Dalila Salcido's filed Candidate Statement, City Council District 2 (self-describes as a veteran and a mother who moved to Hemet six years ago; priorities of accountability, transparency, and attracting quality businesses without further burdening taxpayers)](https://www.hemetca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/13056) 5. [City of Hemet NetFile — public campaign-disclosure search](https://netfile.com/public/HMT/campaign/search-entities) ## The rest of the ballot Hemet City Council, District 2 is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. Vote or Else builds the full list for any California address and breaks down each contest the way this page does, with no account and without storing the address: https://voteorelse.com/ ## How to cite this page Vote or Else, "Hemet City Council, District 2 — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/hemet-council-2 (sources last retrieved September 3, 2026). Link the canonical page above rather than this Markdown file. Coverage is updated as the race develops, so quote it with its retrieval date.