- voteinfo.net (opens in a new tab)Riverside County Registrar of Voters — 2026 Annual Election Calendar (lists every November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election office by city, including "City of Cathedral City: City Council District 3 / District 4 / District 5 / City Treasurer")
- desertsun.com (opens in a new tab)The Desert Sun — "See who's running for mayor and city council in Coachella Valley" (Tom Coulter and Sam Morgen, Aug. 13, 2026; its own "Who's running in Indio?" section names every qualified Indio council candidate with a one-line occupation/background note)
- en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia — "Indio, California" ("Government and politics" section: 5-member, district-elected City Council with a yearly rotating Mayor/Mayor Pro Tem; names the sitting council as of retrieval -- Mayor Elaine Holmes, Mayor Pro Tem Waymond Fermon, and Councilmembers Oscar Ortiz, Benjamin Guitron, Glenn Miller. Used in place of the city's own site, which returned HTTP 403 on every fetch attempt in this pass.)
- netfile.com (opens in a new tab)City of Indio NetFile — public campaign-disclosure search
Last updated September 3, 2026.
City of Indio
Indio City Council, District 3
This person holds your district's seat on Indio's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. The term is four years. The council selects one of its own members to serve as Mayor and another as Mayor Pro Tem each year -- the titles rotate rather than being separately elected.
Incumbent Mayor Elaine Holmes is seeking a new term on the District 3 seat. Holmes faces Andrea Bouchard, a criminal defense lawyer.
This person holds your district's seat on Indio's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. The term is four years. The council selects one of its own members to serve as Mayor and another as Mayor Pro Tem each year — the titles rotate rather than being separately elected.
Holmes currently holds Indio's rotating Mayor title, though the office attached to their council seat continues regardless of who holds the mayoralty in a given year; the Desert Sun's reporting notes they'll keep serving their district's seat even after the mayor's chair rotates to someone else in 2027. Bouchard is a first-time candidate for the seat.
Elaine Holmes
Elaine Holmes holds the District 3 seat on the Indio City Council. They currently serve in the council's rotating Mayor role. They are seeking a new term. No other biography or platform statement was found for them beyond their current office. The Desert Sun reports they defeated Jonathan Becerra in a 2022 council race. Becerra is running in this cycle's separate District 4 race.
Andrea Bouchard
Andrea Bouchard is a criminal defense lawyer. They are running for the District 3 seat on the Indio City Council. No other biography or platform statement was found for them beyond their occupation.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.