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- ocvote.gov (opens in a new tab)OC Registrar of Voters -- Contest/Candidate Proof List, General Election 11/3/2026 -- City of Laguna Woods section (pages 117-119 of 188, downloaded directly via curl from the public ocvote.gov URL and parsed locally with pypdf): confirms "CITY OF LAGUNA WOODS Member, City Council" (District ID *525, Laguna Woods) as the city's sole November 2026 race, Vote for 2, 3 qualified candidates, incumbent flags for Carol A Moore and Annie McCary, and every candidate's filing date and filed ballot designation -- no district number and no separate Mayor contest appear anywhere in the Laguna Woods section
- lagunawoods.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Laguna Woods -- City Council page: confirms the council "consists of five members who are elected by registered voters to four-year terms" at-large, in alternating groups of two and three at successive elections; that the city "operates as a general law city with a council-manager form of government"; that the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem are chosen from within the council rather than elected directly; and the current roster (Mayor Annie McCary, term ends 2026; Mayor Pro Tem Pearl Lee, term ends 2028; Councilmembers Cynthia Conners and Shari L. Horne, terms end 2028; Councilmember Carol Moore, term ends 2026) -- independently confirming McCary's and Moore's are the two seats up in 2026
- lagunawoods.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Laguna Woods -- home page November 2026 election notice: names Sue Quam, Annie McCary (seeking reelection), and Carol Moore (seeking reelection) as the three City Council nominees, "listed in the order they will appear on the ballot" -- independently matching the Secretary of State's drawn randomized surname alphabet applied to the same three names
Last updated August 31, 2026.
City of Laguna Woods
Laguna Woods City Council
This person holds one of two at-large seats up this cycle. Laguna Woods's City Council has five members and is a general-law government. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. An appointed city manager runs daily operations. All five seats are elected citywide, not by district, to staggered four-year terms. The council chooses its own Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem from among its members.
Mayor Annie McCary and Carol Moore are running for re-election to Laguna Woods City Council. Sue Quam is running as a challenger and filed no ballot designation. The two candidates with the most votes on November 3 win the seats.
This person holds one of two at-large seats up this cycle on Laguna Woods's 5-member City Council, a general-law city government. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside an appointed city manager who runs day-to-day operations. All five seats are elected citywide, not by district, to staggered 4-year terms. The council chooses its own Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem from among its members rather than electing either directly.
Beyond each candidate's filed ballot designation and the city's own roster-page tenure facts, no individual officeholder biography page, campaign site, or news coverage could be found for any of the three candidates despite a real search effort -- the OC Registrar's candidate-statements page, Voice of OC's site search, a direct OC Register fetch, the Laguna Woods Globe, and a general web search all came up empty or unreachable. Documented below as a gap, not filled in with speculation.
Annie McCary
Annie McCary was elected to Laguna Woods City Council in 2022. The council chose McCary as Mayor from among its own members. No campaign website or news coverage about them was found.
Carol Moore
Carol Moore was elected to Laguna Woods City Council in 2014. Moore is running for a new term. No campaign website or news coverage about them was found.
Sue Quam
Sue Quam filed for Laguna Woods City Council with no ballot designation. No campaign website, news coverage, or other information about them was found.
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