# Mayor of Irvine Compare records and positions simply between Larry Agran or Maksim V Egorov for Mayor of Irvine at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person presides over City Council meetings and represents Irvine publicly. They vote as one of seven members on the budget and city laws. An appointed city manager runs daily government. Irvine's mayor is the only council member elected citywide. The other members are elected by district. The term is two years. - Jurisdiction: City of Irvine - 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/irvine-mayor - 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: October 6, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 91 out of 100 (Very strong), across 7 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Larry Agran** — Mayor of Irvine · Incumbent - **Maksim V Egorov** — Software Engineer/Businessowner A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Incumbent Larry Agran faces first-time candidate Maksim V Egorov for Mayor of Irvine. Whichever candidate gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright; there's no runoff. Irvine's mayor presides over City Council meetings and represents the city publicly, but votes as one of seven members on the budget and city ordinances -- the same as any other councilmember. Day-to-day city government runs through an appointed city manager, not the mayor's office. It's the only council seat elected citywide rather than by district. The term is two years. The choice is mostly about continuity versus a fresh start. Agran is Irvine's longest-serving mayor and elected official, campaigning on a record built over nearly five decades in and out of city government. Egorov is a first-time candidate running against City Hall itself, centering their campaign on fiscal oversight and giving residents a direct vote on the city's open space. ## Larry Agran The incumbent, and by a wide margin the most experienced officeholder in Irvine city government: first elected to the City Council in 1978, he served as mayor 1982-84 and 1986-90 (becoming Irvine's first directly elected mayor in 1988), left office in 1990, returned to the council in 1998, served as mayor again 2000-04, and has held a council seat continuously since 2004. He won his current, sixth non-consecutive mayoral term in 2024 with 39% of the vote in a multi-candidate field. His campaign lists public safety (maintaining Irvine's ranking as "America's Safest Big City"), expanding the city's newly established public library system, building out the Great Park and adding a 700-acre Gateway Preserve to Irvine's 10,000-acre open-space preserve, planting 100,000 more trees under the city's Urban Forest Master Plan, solar and battery backup at City Hall, expanding the free Irvine Connect shuttle, and creating a city Department of Health and Wellness -- all while maintaining balanced budgets with $100 million in reserves. **Strengths:** Nearly five decades of experience with Irvine's budget, land use, and civic institutions. That is more than any other candidate on any Irvine ballot this cycle. **Trade-offs:** A record of six non-consecutive mayoral terms is also the fullest one on this ballot for voters to weigh. **Keep in mind:** See Financial info. Cal-Access could not be checked independently for this race. ## Maksim V Egorov A software engineer and businessowner making their first run for elected office. Egorov serves on their neighborhood HOA board and has volunteered on their children's school's Site Council and English Learner Advisory Committee. Their campaign centers on fiscal responsibility and stronger budget oversight, restoring what Egorov calls long-term budget stability, protecting Irvine's open space, and giving "residents the opportunity to vote on the future of our open space" -- a specific process commitment, though their own statement doesn't name which open-space decision they mean. **Strengths:** A private-sector engineering career, unlike Agran's career in city government. Egorov also offers a specific process proposal, a resident vote on open-space decisions. **Trade-offs:** Egorov has no prior elected or appointed government experience to weigh against Agran's decades in office. **Keep in mind:** See Financial info. Cal-Access could not be checked independently for this race. ## Sources 1. [OC Registrar of Voters — Contest/Candidate Proof List, General Election 11/3/2026 (169 contests, 430 candidates filed)](https://ocvote.gov/fileadmin/user_upload/data/candlog/GEN2026/candlog.pdf) 2. [City of Irvine -- November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election Information page: confirms a Mayor (2-year term) and one Councilmember each for Districts 1, 5, and 6 (4-year terms) as Irvine's four November 2026 races; nomination period closed Aug. 7, 2026, write-in period Sept. 7-Oct. 20, 2026](https://cityofirvine.gov/election) 3. [City of Irvine -- Qualified Candidates for Mayor and City Council (Ballot Order), updated 8/13/2026 (the day of the Secretary of State's randomized-alphabet drawing): the certified nine-candidate roster across Mayor and Districts 1, 5, and 6, with each candidate's filed ballot designation](https://cityofirvine.gov/sites/default/files/legacy-documents/official-candidate-list-ballot-order-2026.pdf) 4. [City of Irvine -- the same Ballot Order document's full first-person candidate statements for all nine qualified candidates, filed with and published by the City Clerk](https://cityofirvine.gov/sites/default/files/legacy-documents/official-candidate-list-ballot-order-2026.pdf) 5. [Orange County Register (Laylan Connelly, with Anita Gosch contributing) -- "Candidate fields take shape for City Council elections in Orange County": staffed, bylined roundup independently naming Irvine's full nine-candidate field across Mayor and Districts 1, 5, and 6, and every incumbency call -- corrects the county candlog's District 5 count from 6 to 5](https://www.ocregister.com/2026/08/14/candidate-fields-take-shape-for-city-council-elections-in-orange-county/) 6. [Wikipedia -- Larry Agran: first elected to Irvine City Council in 1978; mayor 1982-84 and 1986-90 (Irvine's first directly elected mayor, 1988); out of office 1990-98; mayor again 2000-04; on the council continuously since 2004; won the 2024 mayoral race with 39% of the vote, a sixth non-consecutive mayoral term](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Agran) 7. [League of Women Voters -- Vote411 voter guide, 'City of Irvine Mayor' race (statewide All Races list): each candidate's self-submitted ballot designation and campaign contacts, plus answers to the League's questions -- top three priorities, qualifying background, and position on Flock cameras or similar devices. No answers were on file at capture. Capture in data/nov-2026/sources/vote411/irvine-mayor.json.](https://www.vote411.org/plan-your-vote) ## The rest of the ballot Mayor of Irvine 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. 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