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

Mayor of Hughson

This person leads Hughson City Council meetings and represents the city in public. They also vote on the city budget, laws, and land use. Hughson has about 7,900 residents in Stanislaus County. The city elects its Mayor and Council members citywide, not by district.

Three candidates are running for Hughson's Mayor. Incumbent George R Carr faces two challengers, Geoff Powers and Sam Rush. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright, with no runoff.

Hughson's Mayor presides over City Council meetings and represents this small Stanislaus County city (about 7,900 residents) publicly, but votes as one of the council's members on the city budget, ordinances, and land use. Hughson elects its Mayor and Council members at-large, citywide -- there are no council districts. This dataset could not independently confirm the length of Hughson's mayoral term: 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.

Neither challenger requested a ballot designation from the county -- both appear on the county's own candidate list with "**none" where an occupation or title would otherwise print. That's a data point about what was filed, not about either candidate's background.

George R Carr

George R Carr is Hughson's sitting Mayor, running for reelection. Their ballot title is printed simply as "Incumbent." No independent news profile or campaign website was found for them.

Geoff Powers

Geoff Powers is challenging incumbent Mayor George R Carr. Powers did not request a ballot title, so none prints next to their name. No independent news profile or campaign website was found for them.

Sam Rush

Sam Rush is challenging incumbent Mayor George R Carr. Rush 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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