City of Orange · Statewide General Election
Orange City Council, District 1
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
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On the ballot
- Jonathan St Clair — General Manager
- Brandy Romero — Orange Business Owner
- Albert "AJ" Ricci — City of Orange Businessman
- Ernie Glasgow — Contractor
This person holds your district's seat on Orange's 6-member, district-elected City Council: city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside the citywide-elected mayor and an appointed city manager who runs day-to-day operations. A 4-year term.
Four candidates -- Jonathan St Clair, Brandy Romero, Albert "AJ" Ricci, and Ernie Glasgow -- are running for Orange City Council District 1's open seat. Incumbent Arianna Barrios did not seek re-election here; she's running for Mayor instead. Whichever candidate gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright; there's no runoff.
This person holds District 1's seat on Orange's 6-member, district-elected City Council: city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside the citywide-elected mayor and an appointed city manager who runs day-to-day operations. A 4-year term.
This is Orange's one open council seat this cycle -- no incumbent is on the ballot, and the county's own candidate filing shows five people originally filed for this seat but only four qualified. The city is also in the middle of a structural budget deficit and a proposed sales-tax increase on the same November ballot; none of the four candidates has a recorded public position on either question in any source found in this pass.
Jonathan St Clair
Filed his candidacy under the ballot designation "General Manager." No campaign site, news coverage, or other independent source describing his background or platform was found in this pass -- a documented research gap, not a claim that no such material exists.
Strengths
Not established in sources found this pass.
Trade-offs
Without his own statement of why he's running or what he'd prioritize, voters have markedly less to go on for him than an incumbent seeking re-election typically provides.
Keep in mind
This dataset could not independently verify his campaign-finance filings -- CAL-ACCESS was not checked this pass -- see Financial info.
Brandy Romero
Filed her candidacy under the ballot designation "Orange Business Owner." No campaign site, news coverage, or other independent source describing her background or platform was found in this pass -- a documented research gap, not a claim that no such material exists.
Strengths
Not established in sources found this pass.
Trade-offs
Without her own statement of why she's running or what she'd prioritize, voters have markedly less to go on for her than an incumbent seeking re-election typically provides.
Keep in mind
This dataset could not independently verify her campaign-finance filings -- CAL-ACCESS was not checked this pass -- see Financial info.
Albert "AJ" Ricci
Filed his candidacy under the ballot designation "City of Orange Businessman." No campaign site, news coverage, or other independent source describing his background or platform was found in this pass -- a documented research gap, not a claim that no such material exists.
Strengths
Not established in sources found this pass.
Trade-offs
Without his own statement of why he's running or what he'd prioritize, voters have markedly less to go on for him than an incumbent seeking re-election typically provides.
Keep in mind
This dataset could not independently verify his campaign-finance filings -- CAL-ACCESS was not checked this pass -- see Financial info.
Ernie Glasgow
Filed his candidacy under the ballot designation "Contractor." No campaign site, news coverage, or other independent source describing his background or platform was found in this pass -- a documented research gap, not a claim that no such material exists.
Strengths
Not established in sources found this pass.
Trade-offs
Without his own statement of why he's running or what he'd prioritize, voters have markedly less to go on for him than an incumbent seeking re-election typically provides.
Keep in mind
This dataset could not independently verify his campaign-finance filings -- CAL-ACCESS was not checked this pass -- see Financial info.
Source review: Strong (84/100) · 2 cited sources
Official records anchor this contest, with a narrow source base.
- ocvote.gov (opens in a new tab)OC Registrar of Voters -- Contest/Candidate Proof List, General Election 11/3/2026 -- City of Orange section (pages 138-142 of 188): confirms Mayor (2 qualified candidates), City Council District 1 (4 qualified of 5 filed), District 4 (1), and District 6 (1) as the city's four November 2026 races, each Vote for 1, with incumbent flags and every candidate's filed ballot designation
- en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia -- Orange, California: infobox confirms general-law incorporation (April 6, 1888), a council-manager government, a 6-member district city council, and the sitting officeholders by district, cited only for general civic-structure context, never for a candidate-specific claim
Last updated August 31, 2026.