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Norco City Council

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City of Norco

Norco City Council

This person holds one of two at-large seats up this cycle. The seats are on Norco's City Council. The council has five members. They vote on land use, the city budget, and public safety contracts. Norco is a small, equestrian-themed Riverside County city. The term is four years. Norco is a Charter City with no separately elected Mayor. Each December, the five councilmembers choose one of their own to serve as Mayor. Another member serves as Mayor Pro Tem. Both serve one-year terms.

Two candidates are running for Norco's two at-large City Council seats. Both are incumbents, Kevin Bash and Greg Newton. With two candidates for two seats, both are effectively elected on November 3, 2026.

Council seats carry 4-year terms. Norco is a Charter City with a five-member council elected entirely at large — every registered voter citywide picks all five seats, rather than voting only within a geographic district — and no separately elected Mayor: each December, the council chooses one of its own members to serve a one-year term as Mayor and another as Mayor Pro Tem. The council sets city ordinances, land use, and the budget for this small, unincorporated-feeling Riverside County city known for its horse trails and large residential lots, with day-to-day operations run by an appointed city manager.

With no challenger in the field, the practical question is what each incumbent has done in office rather than which of the two to choose — the two seats are not competing against each other. Norco's council has also been weighing a renewed 2024 legal demand to switch from at-large to district-based council elections (after rejecting a similar 2018 proposal), a live structural question for whoever holds these seats over the next four years.

Kevin Bash

Kevin Bash is the incumbent and a business owner. Bash says their family has lived in Norco for "over sixty years." They were previously a Parks and Recreation and Historic Resources Commissioner. They have also served as Mayor before. They cite attracting new business, improving fire services, and boosting revenue and reserves as accomplishments. Their goals include fighting proposed high voltage power lines, adding sheriff's deputies, and "returning local control."

Greg Newton

Greg Newton is the incumbent and a construction manager. Newton says they have lived in Norco for "over 30 years." They previously served as a Planning Commissioner and have over 25 years of community volunteering. Their priorities include public safety, local control, fiscal responsibility, and street and trail maintenance. They also want to preserve "Norco's Animal-Keeping Lifestyle." That term refers to the city's zoning that allows horses and other livestock on home lots.

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