# Lodi City Council, District 3 Compare records and positions simply between Christopher S. Anderson, Deanne Barth, or Cameron Bregman for Lodi City Council, District 3 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person would hold your district's seat on Lodi's five-member City Council. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. An appointed city manager runs daily operations. Lodi's Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore are not elected directly. Those titles are currently held by the District 4 and District 5 councilmembers. Neither of those seats is up this cycle. Only Districts 1, 2, and 3 are on the ballot this cycle. Districts 4 and 5 were last elected in 2020. They return in 2028. The term is four years, and Lodi sets no term limit. - Jurisdiction: City of Lodi - 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/lodi-council-3 - 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: September 1, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 89 out of 100 (Strong), across 6 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Christopher S. Anderson** — Retired Teacher - **Deanne Barth** — Director of Finance - **Cameron Bregman** — Businessman/Lodi Councilman · Incumbent A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Incumbent Cameron Bregman -- who in 2025 became the youngest Mayor in Lodi's history -- faces two challengers, Deanne Barth and Christopher S. Anderson, for Lodi's District 3 council seat. Lodi's City Council has five members, one per district, each serving a 4-year term with no term limit. The Council sets city ordinances, the budget, and land-use policy; an appointed city manager runs day-to-day operations. Lodi's Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore are not elected directly -- the county's own Nov. 2026 office list carries no separate Lodi Mayor race, and the city's own roster page shows those titles currently held by its District 4 and District 5 councilmembers, neither up this cycle. Only Districts 1, 2, and 3 are on the ballot this cycle; Districts 4 and 5 were last elected in 2020 and return in 2028. This is a direct plurality election with no primary and no runoff -- whichever of the three candidates receives the most votes on November 3 wins outright. Bregman has held this seat since 2022. ## Cameron Bregman The incumbent, seeking reelection; his filed ballot designation is "Businessman/Lodi Councilman." Born and raised in Lodi, he is the third generation of his family in retirement and insurance services, a trade dating to his Dutch-immigrant grandfather, and at 18 founded Bregman Services Inc., a landscaping company, in 2019. He has been President of the Lodi Rotary Club and Noble Grand of a local IOOF lodge, and serves as the Northern California Power Agency's Alternate Commissioner for Lodi Electric Utility. Elected to Council in November 2022, he says his 2025 term as Mayor made him the youngest elected official in Lodi's history and the youngest Mayor in both Lodi's and San Joaquin County's history. His stated priorities are reducing homelessness and crime and improving affordability. In office, he cast the deciding vote in an August 2026 Council decision awarding a tree-maintenance contract to a lower bidder over the city's 20-year incumbent contractor, citing the city's "fiscal deficit"; Mayor Yepez and Vice Mayor Hothi both opposed the move. **Strengths:** A completed term as Mayor at an unusually young age, one independently reported vote showing a fiscally cautious lean, and deep civic roots in the district. **Trade-offs:** This dataset found only one piece of independent (non-official) reporting on a specific vote of his -- most of what's known about his record otherwise comes from his own city-published bio. **Keep in mind:** His youth is itself notable and cuts both ways -- a short track record to evaluate, but also a first term already showing him willing to cast a deciding, contested vote. ## Deanne Barth A first-time candidate; Barth's filed ballot designation is "Director of Finance." This dataset's real, multi-method search -- the city's own site (including its Finance Department directory, which does not list them), Wikipedia, Ballotpedia, general web and news search -- found no campaign website, news coverage, or further biographical detail confirming where they hold this title. **Strengths:** not established in the sourcing found for this race. **Trade-offs:** as a first-time candidate with no located public record beyond their filed occupation, voters have little more than Barth's name and stated title to go on. **Keep in mind:** this is a documented sourcing gap, not evidence against them -- a real search effort turned up nothing further to report, including confirmation of their employer. ## Christopher S. Anderson A first-time candidate; Anderson's filed ballot designation is "Retired Teacher." Beyond that self-declared occupation, this dataset's real, multi-method search -- the city's own site, Wikipedia, Ballotpedia, general web and news search -- found no campaign website, news coverage, or further biographical detail for Anderson. **Strengths:** not established in the sourcing found for this race. **Trade-offs:** as a first-time candidate with no located public record beyond their filed occupation, voters have little more than Anderson's name and stated occupation to go on. **Keep in mind:** this is a documented sourcing gap, not evidence against them -- a real search effort turned up nothing further to report. ## Sources 1. [San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters -- official "Offices Up for Election" document for the Nov. 3, 2026 General Election: lists the City of Lodi's three offices -- Member of City Council, Districts 1, 2, and 3, each a 4-year term, elected by district, 20 nominations needed -- with no separate Mayor line.](https://www.sjgov.org/docs/default-source/registrar-of-voters-documents/elections/gubernatorial-general-election-2026/candidate-services/offices-up-for-2026-general-election.pdf) 2. [San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters -- official "Candidate List" (report CFMR009), Qualified Candidates Only, printed 8/20/2026: names all three Lodi City Council contests "On Ballot: Yes" with each candidate's filed ballot designation and filing date -- District 1 (Brandon Sywassink, Michael Carouba, Dawson Hayre), District 2 (Lisa Craig-Hensley, Jordan Duncan), District 3 (Deanne Barth, Christopher S. Anderson, Cameron Bregman).](https://www.sjgov.org/docs/default-source/registrar-of-voters-documents/elections/gubernatorial-general-election-2026/candidate-services/candidate-roster-(35).pdf) 3. [City of Lodi -- official "Filing Status of 2026 General Election Candidates" page: independently confirms the identical eight qualified candidates across the identical three districts as the county's own Candidate List, plus one candidate, Christopher Hall, who did not qualify for District 3 (papers never submitted) -- correctly absent from the county's Qualified list.](https://www.lodi.gov/988/Filing-Status-of-2026-General-Election-C) 4. [City of Lodi -- official "City Council Members and Districts" and "Council Districts" pages: name the five sitting Councilmembers with district numbers (Nakanishi D1, Craig D2, Bregman D3, Mayor Yepez D4, Mayor Pro Tempore Hothi D5), state Districts 1-3 were last elected Nov. 2018 (terms ending Dec. 2026, up this cycle) and Districts 4-5 Nov. 2020 (terms ending Dec. 2028, not up this cycle), and state Council members serve 4-year terms with no term limit.](https://www.lodi.gov/879/City-Council-Members-and-Districts) 5. [City of Lodi -- official Council biography page for Cameron Bregman: born and raised in Lodi, founded Bregman Services Inc. (landscaping) at 18 in 2019, now works in retirement and insurance services (a family trade dating to his Dutch immigrant grandfather), President of the Lodi Rotary Club; elected Nov. 2022; during a 2025 term as Mayor, states he was the youngest elected official and youngest Mayor in both Lodi's and San Joaquin County's history; serves as NCPA Alternate Commissioner for Lodi Electric Utility.](https://www.lodi.gov/1389/Cameron-Bregman) 6. [Lodi News-Sentinel -- "Bregman casts deciding vote in tree contract debate": the Council voted 3-2 to award a tree-maintenance contract to a lower bidder over its 20-year incumbent contractor, with Bregman providing the deciding vote, citing the city's "fiscal deficit," over the objection of Mayor Yepez and Vice Mayor Hothi.](https://www.lodinews.com/news/article_78383349-e5e4-43ad-80d7-2a60d50630fe.html) ## The rest of the ballot Lodi City Council, District 3 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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