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City of Lompoc · Statewide General Election

Mayor of Lompoc

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On the ballot

This person is Lompoc's directly elected Mayor -- one seat on a five-member City Council (the Mayor plus four district councilmembers) that sets the budget, land use, and city ordinances for this Santa Barbara County city of 44,444 residents (2020 Census), while a professional city manager runs day-to-day operations. The Mayor is elected citywide, not by district, to a four-year term.

Two candidates are running for Mayor of Lompoc: incumbent James "Jim" Mosby and Jeremy Ball, the sitting District 4 City Councilmember. Vote for one -- no primary.

Lompoc's Mayor is directly elected citywide to a four-year term, separate from the city's four council districts and not chosen by the Council itself. The winner sits on a five-member City Council -- the Mayor plus four district councilmembers -- that sets the budget, land use, and city ordinances for this Santa Barbara County city of 44,444 residents (2020 Census), while a professional city manager runs day-to-day operations.

This is the latest round of a longer rivalry. Ball unseated Mosby's District 4 council seat in 2020; Mosby then ran for Mayor and lost twice before finally winning the office in 2024. A vote for Mosby is a referendum on his current mayoral term; a vote for Ball would be his second consecutive head-to-head win over Mosby, this time for the top job rather than a district seat.

James Mosby

James Mosby is the incumbent Mayor of Lompoc, elected in November 2024. He previously represented District 4 on the City Council until Jeremy Ball, his opponent in this race, unseated him there in 2020; Mosby then lost two subsequent mayoral bids before winning the office in 2024. This dataset found no independent news coverage, campaign website, or filed candidate statement describing his specific first-term record or 2026 platform beyond this campaign history and his status as the incumbent seeking reelection.

Strengths

Elected Mayor in 2024 after previously representing District 4 -- the only candidate in this race with prior citywide executive experience in the office being contested.

Trade-offs

No independent news coverage, campaign website, or candidate statement was found this pass describing his specific first-term record or 2026 platform beyond incumbency.

Keep in mind

This is the latest round of a rivalry with Ball, who beat him for a council seat in 2020. No campaign-finance filing was found for either candidate this pass (see Financial section).

Jeremy Ball

Jeremy Ball is Lompoc's sitting District 4 City Councilmember, first elected to that seat in 2020 after defeating then-Councilmember James Mosby, whom he is now challenging for the Mayor's office. This dataset found no independent news coverage, campaign website, or filed candidate statement describing his occupation, council record, or 2026 platform beyond this campaign history and his status as a sitting councilmember.

Strengths

Sitting District 4 Councilmember since 2020, when he defeated then-Councilmember Mosby for that seat -- four years on the dais already known to voters.

Trade-offs

No independent news coverage, campaign website, or candidate statement was found this pass describing his council record or 2026 platform beyond incumbency in District 4.

Keep in mind

A win would be his second consecutive head-to-head victory over Mosby. No campaign-finance filing was found for either candidate this pass (see Financial section).

Source review: Strong (83/100) · 10 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with several source types checked for context.

  • cityoflompoc.com (opens in a new tab)City of Lompoc -- "Your City Council" roster page (archive.org snapshot dated 2026-05-28; cityoflompoc.com returns HTTP 403 to direct fetch): lists each of the five seats with an explicit term-expiration year -- Mayor James Mosby (Term Expires 2026), District 1 Steve Bridge (2028), District 2 Victor Vega (2026), District 3 Dirk Starbuck (2026), District 4 Jeremy Ball (2028) -- confirming Mayor, District 2, and District 3 are the three offices up in November 2026, and that the Mayor is a standalone, at-large seat rather than a numbered district
  • cityoflompoc.com (opens in a new tab)City of Lompoc -- "Lompoc Redistricting Information" page (archive.org snapshot dated 2026-02-15): confirms the city elects its Council by four single-member districts, last redrawn off 2020 Census data by the state's April 17, 2022 deadline
  • en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia -- "Lompoc, California": used narrowly for the 2020 Census population (44,444) and independent confirmation of the five-member council structure (Mayor James Mosby plus council members Steve Bridge, Dirk Starbuck, Victor Vega, Jeremy Ball) -- does not cover the 2026 election or district/term details
  • lompocrecord.com (opens in a new tab)Lompoc Record -- "Lompoc election forums will offer public chance to question local candidates" (Aug. 21, 2026, updated Aug. 28): confirms "Lompoc Mayor (1 seat)" and "Lompoc City Council (2 seats)" are on the November 2026 ballot alongside two open Lompoc Unified school-board seats; covers an AAUW-hosted Oct. 8 candidate forum at City Council Chambers
  • lompocrecord.com (opens in a new tab)Lompoc Record -- "Lompoc extends nomination period for District 3 council seat" (Aug. 10, 2026): confirms "City Council representatives for Districts 2 and 3, and the mayoral seat" are up this November, and that the District 3 nomination period was extended to Wednesday, Aug. 12 -- the standard Elections Code Section 10225 extension triggered when an eligible incumbent (Dirk Starbuck) does not refile by the regular deadline, not a Section 10229 cancellation
  • cityoflompoc.com (opens in a new tab)City of Lompoc -- "Candidate Intention Statement -- Form 501" page (archive.org snapshot dated 2026-06-11, roughly two months before the Aug. 12 filing deadline): shows a single 2026 filer on record at that early date, Alexis Otero, who does not appear in the later, more authoritative Aug. 26 certified-field reporting (lompoc-record-familiarfaces-2026) and is not built into this shard -- a Form 501 is an earlier, lower-bar intent-to-fundraise filing, not proof of qualifying for the ballot
  • netfile.com (opens in a new tab)NetFile public campaign-disclosure portal for the City of Lompoc (netfile.com/public/LOM/campaign, confirmed via a public.netfile.com/pub2/?aid=LOM redirect): a JavaScript-rendered single-page application that returns no extractable content to this pass's fetch tooling -- the same access-method gap already documented elsewhere in this dataset for other NetFile-hosted city portals (Lodi, Coronado); no dollar figures could be checked for any of the six candidates this way
  • cityoflompoc.com (opens in a new tab)City of Lompoc -- "Campaign Financial Statements" page (archive.org snapshot dated 2026-01-09, the only one available -- cityoflompoc.com 403s every direct fetch and archive.org's own Save Page Now capture attempt failed this pass): lists filings by year back to 2010 but has no 2026 folder yet at that pre-filing-season snapshot date, so whether one now exists could not be checked this pass
  • cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Secretary of State CAL-ACCESS -- direct filer searches for all six 2026 Lompoc candidates (James Mosby, Jeremy Ball, Victor Vega, Sharlameigne Segovia, Sarah Anne Read, Nick Gonzales) each returned no extractable content, consistent with this dataset's documented pattern of Cal-Access blocking automated queries elsewhere this session; Cal-Access's own Power Search home page states its data covers state-level campaign finance and excludes local government filings in any case
  • lompocrecord.com (opens in a new tab)Lompoc Record -- "Familiar faces, old rivalries mark SB North County's November ballot" (Lisa Andre and April Chavez, Aug. 26, 2026, updated Aug. 28): the central source for this shard's candidate field, published after the close of the extended nomination period -- Mayor: incumbent James "Jim" Mosby vs. District 4 Councilman Jeremy Ball (with head-to-head history: Ball unseated Mosby's District 4 council seat in 2020; Mosby then lost two mayoral bids before winning in 2024); District 2: incumbent Victor Vega (held since 2014, unopposed in 2022) vs. Sharlameigne Segovia; District 3 (open seat, Starbuck not refiling): Sarah Anne Read vs. Nick Gonzales. No further biographical detail on Segovia, Read, Gonzales, or Vega beyond what's summarized here

Last updated September 1, 2026.