- ocvote.gov (opens in a new tab)OC Registrar of Voters -- Contest/Candidate Proof List, General Election 11/3/2026 -- City of Newport Beach section (pages 134-138 of 188): confirms City Council District 1 (2 qualified candidates), District 3 (3), District 4 (1, unopposed), and District 6 (2) as the city's four November 2026 races, each Vote for 1, with incumbent flags and every candidate's filed ballot designation -- and that no Mayor or other at-large Newport Beach contest appears anywhere in the document
- en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia's Newport Beach, California article, government section: confirms Newport Beach is a council-manager charter city with a 7-member, district-elected City Council (4-year terms) and no directly-elected Mayor -- the council chooses a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem annually from among its own members -- and independently names the sitting Mayor as Lauren Kleiman and Mayor Pro Tem as Noah Blom, plus the full current 7-member roster (Stapleton, Barto, Weigand, Grant, Blom, Kleiman, Weber), cross-checking all four of this cycle's incumbents against the county's Proof List
Last updated August 31, 2026.
City of Newport Beach
Newport Beach City Council, District 6
This person holds your district's seat on Newport Beach's 7-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside an appointed city manager who runs day-to-day operations. Newport Beach has no directly-elected Mayor -- the council selects a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem annually from among its own members. Not all seven districts are elected the same year -- only Districts 1, 3, 4, and 6 have terms expiring in 2026. The term is four years.
Incumbent Lauren Kleiman is Newport Beach's sitting Mayor, chosen by the council. They are running for re-election to their District 6 seat against challenger Andrew P. Gerken. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins. There is no runoff.
This person holds District 6's seat on Newport Beach's 7-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside an appointed city manager who runs day-to-day operations. Newport Beach has no directly-elected Mayor -- the council selects a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem annually from among its own members, and the District 6 seat is currently held by the sitting Mayor. Not all seven districts are elected the same year -- only Districts 1, 3, 4, and 6 have terms expiring in 2026. The term is four years.
Kleiman is the incumbent District 6 councilmember and, per Wikipedia's current Newport Beach government page, the city's sitting Mayor -- an annual leadership role the council chooses from among its own members, not a separately elected office, and independently corroborating their own filed ballot designation of "Mayor/Businesswoman." Beyond that confirmed officeholding, no independent biography, news coverage, or campaign platform was confirmed for either candidate in this pass despite a real search effort -- a documented gap, not a claim that no such material exists.
Lauren Kleiman
Lauren Kleiman's ballot title is "Mayor/Businesswoman." Wikipedia's page on Newport Beach government confirms they are the sitting Mayor. No campaign site, city biography, or news coverage about their council record was found.
Andrew P. Gerken
Andrew P. Gerken's ballot title is "Retired Surgeon." No campaign site, news coverage, or other source about their background was found.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.