stanvote.gov (opens in a new tab)Stanislaus County Registrar of Voters -- "Unofficial Candidate List," General Election, Nov. 3, 2026 (refetched fresh this session; PDF metadata date-stamped 8/31/2026, page footers time-stamped 7:57 AM 8/31/2026): the "CITY OF HUGHSON" block of the "MUNICIPAL OFFICES" section names both Hughson offices -- MAYOR (Vote for 1): *George R Carr (Incumbent), Geoff Powers (**none), Sam Rush (**none); COUNCIL MEMBER (Vote for 2): *Julie Ann Strain (Incumbent), Brian Evans (**none) -- with each candidate's filed ballot designation or the document's own "**none" marker
stanvote.gov (opens in a new tab)Stanislaus County Registrar of Voters -- "City Clerks" directory: confirms that Hughson candidate filing runs through the city's own clerk, not the county, and gives the city's official contact information (7018 Pine Street / PO Box 9, Hughson, CA 95326; 209-883-4054; hughson.org)
en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia -- Hughson, California: cited narrowly for the 2020 Census population (7,481; ~7,903 estimated as of July 1, 2024) -- its only City Council content is a stale mention of a 2010 recall of three since-departed members, so it is not relied on for any current officeholder, structure, or term-length claim
cityofhughsonca.gov (opens in a new tab)A documented site-access gap, not a claim about any candidate's background or fundraising: the City of Hughson's own site (hughson.org, which 302-redirects to cityofhughsonca.gov) and www.cityofhughsonca.gov directly both returned a Cloudflare managed "Just a moment" challenge to every automated fetch attempt in this pass -- WebFetch and a direct curl with a realistic browser User-Agent failed identically -- so this pass could not read the city's own municipal code, elections page, council roster, term lengths, or campaign-finance disclosure location. A direct guess against the same NetFile public infrastructure Modesto and Patterson use (agency id "hughson") returned a 404 from the API and an empty, unpopulated portal shell -- weak evidence against, not proof of the absence of, a NetFile-hosted portal under some other agency id

Last updated September 1, 2026.

City of Hughson

Hughson City Council

This person would hold one of two open seats on Hughson's City Council. This cycle, the seats are open. They vote on the city budget, city laws, and land use. Hughson is a small Stanislaus County city with about 7,900 residents. A separately, citywide-elected Mayor also sits on the council. Hughson elects Council members at-large, citywide. There are no council districts.

Exactly two candidates qualified for Hughson's two City Council seats. They are incumbent Julie Ann Strain and challenger Brian Evans. With no more candidates than seats, both are effectively elected outright.

Council members vote on Hughson's city budget, ordinances, and land use, alongside a separately, citywide-elected Mayor. Hughson elects its Council members at-large -- there are no council districts. This dataset could not independently confirm council term lengths or the council's total membership: the city's own site returned a Cloudflare access challenge to every automated fetch attempt in this pass, so no municipal code or elections page could be read.

This dataset checked specifically for a California Elections Code Section 10229 outcome -- the City Council filling both seats by direct appointment rather than printing the race on the ballot, since exactly two candidates filed for exactly two seats. No notice of election cancellation or appointment resolution could be found either way, because Hughson's own site was unreachable throughout this pass. Absent that evidence, this dataset builds the race as printed and contested-in-name-only, matching how this dataset treats the same equal-candidates-to-seats situation elsewhere when no cancellation notice can be found.

Julie Ann Strain

Julie Ann Strain is a sitting Hughson councilmember, running for reelection. Their ballot title is printed simply as "Incumbent." No independent news profile or campaign website was found for them.

Brian Evans

Brian Evans is running for one of Hughson's two Council seats. Evans did not request a ballot title, so none prints next to their name. No independent news profile or campaign website was found for them.

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