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City of Inglewood · Statewide General Election

Inglewood City Council, District 2

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

This is one contest. Enter your address to see every race on your November ballot, and keep track of your picks.

On the ballot

This person holds your district's seat on Inglewood's 4-member City Council: city laws, the budget, and land use.

District 2 Councilmember Alex Padilla, first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2022, faces challenger Subrina Miller on the November 3 ballot.

The winner serves a four-year term on Inglewood's four-member City Council: city ordinances, the municipal budget, and land-use decisions for District 2.

This is an incumbent-challenger race: a councilmember with more than a decade in the seat against a first-time candidate whose public record is built around a community nonprofit rather than city government. The choice is largely whether to continue Padilla's tenure or bring in an outsider with a different kind of experience.

Alex Padilla

He has represented District 2 on the City Council since 2013 and was re-elected in 2022. He hosts an annual district event for constituents, a recurring part of his time in office. No specific 2026 re-election platform could be confirmed beyond his candidacy filing and past coverage of his tenure.

Strengths

Thirteen years representing District 2, including a 2022 re-election, give voters the most direct evidence available for a job like this one: a record in the office itself.

Trade-offs

No specific 2026 platform or list of accomplishments could be confirmed from available reporting — a real information gap for an incumbent, not just a thin record.

Keep in mind

A challenger running against a decade-plus incumbent usually has to make the affirmative case for change; whether Miller does depends on what she says about his tenure specifically, not just her own biography.

Subrina Miller

She is the founder of the Heads Up Foundation, a nonprofit she started after periods of homelessness and financial hardship, staffed by people with similar lived experience helping resource-deprived families. She previously worked for the Inglewood Unified School District. This is her first run for elected office.

Strengths

Founded and runs a nonprofit built directly on her own experience with homelessness and financial hardship, staffed by people who share that background.

Trade-offs

No experience in elected or appointed city government, and no confirmed platform for what she would do on the council specifically.

Keep in mind

Her public record is nonprofit and community work, not city governance — a different kind of preparation than Padilla's, and voters should weigh which kind the seat calls for.

Source review: Very strong (91/100) · 5 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

Last updated August 31, 2026.