- lake-elsinore.org (opens in a new tab)City of Lake Elsinore City Clerk — "Upcoming Elections" page: states Districts 1 and 3 (full terms) and District 4 (partial term) are up Nov. 3, 2026, with Districts 2, 5 and City Treasurer deferred to Nov. 7, 2028; carries the clerk's own nomination table showing exactly one qualified candidate per district -- Brian Tisdale (D1), Timothy J. Sheridan (D3), Michael Carroll (D4) -- and two non-qualifying filers (Adela Gonzales, D1; Adelina Vega-Velasquez, D4); nomination period July 13-Aug. 7, 2026, write-in period Sept. 7-Oct. 20, 2026
- lake-elsinore.org (opens in a new tab)City of Lake Elsinore City Clerk — "Election Districts" page: five single-member council districts, adopted Feb. 1, 2018 (switching from at-large elections), updated for the 2021-2022 redistricting cycle
- lake-elsinore.org (opens in a new tab)City of Lake Elsinore — "City Government" page: "Lake Elsinore is a General Law city governed by a five-member City Council"; council members "elected by district" and "the City Treasurer is elected at-large for a four-year term" (no City Clerk election -- the Clerk is appointed by the City Manager, per the Clerk's own department page)
- lake-elsinore.org (opens in a new tab)City of Lake Elsinore — City Council page: sitting roster as of Aug. 2026 -- Mayor Robert 'Bob' Magee (D5), Mayor Pro Tem Timothy J. Sheridan (D3), Councilmembers Steve Manos (D2), Michael Carroll (D4) and Brian Tisdale (D1) -- with each member's term-expiration date; Carroll's listed term ("November 2025 to December 2026") is the source for treating D4 as a short/partial term this cycle
- netfile.com (opens in a new tab)City of Lake Elsinore NetFile — public campaign-disclosure search
Last updated September 3, 2026.
City of Lake Elsinore
Lake Elsinore City Council, District 3
This person holds one of five single-member districts on Lake Elsinore's City Council. They vote on the city budget, zoning, land use, and city laws. The council picks a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem from its own members. Voters do not elect the Mayor directly. An appointed city manager runs day-to-day operations.
Timothy J. Sheridan is the only candidate for Lake Elsinore's District 3 council seat. They run unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
This seat is one of five single-member districts on Lake Elsinore's City Council — the city switched from at-large to by-district council elections on February 1, 2018. The council sets the city budget, zoning and land-use rules, and municipal ordinances; day-to-day operations run through an appointed city manager. The term is four years.
Sheridan filed no Candidate's Statement for this race, so no first-person account of their platform is in the record the city itself publishes; their own filed paperwork (via the clerk's nomination table) confirms only that they qualified. What follows draws instead on the city's own council roster page. Registered D3 voters may still file as write-in candidates through October 20, 2026; a qualified write-in's votes would be counted even though they won't appear on the printed ballot.
Timothy J. Sheridan
Sheridan is the incumbent and was elected to this seat in 2022. They are now the council's Mayor Pro Tem. No candidate statement or campaign site was found for them.
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