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City of Orland · Statewide General Election

Orland City Council (Short Term)

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On the ballot

This person would hold Orland's 2-year/split-term City Council seat, alongside two other 4-year-term seats up this cycle on the same five-member, at-large Council. The City's own site confirms this seat's shorter window without stating why the terms are staggered this way.

Only one candidate qualified for this seat: Wade S. Elliott, who runs unopposed for a 2-year Orland City Council term. Your vote here does not change the outcome.

This is a split-term seat on Orland's five-member, at-large City Council -- a 2-year term rather than the standard 4-year term the Council's other seats run on, alongside a separate 4-year-term contest for the two other Council seats up this cycle.

Orland's Mayor isn't a separately elected office -- it's a title one of the five at-large Councilmembers holds, chosen from among themselves; this seat follows the same office structure as the 4-year-term Council race on the same ballot. The City's own "Election & Voter Information" page confirms this seat's shorter window directly, without stating why the terms are staggered this way.

Wade S. Elliott

Wade S. Elliott is an incumbent Orland Councilmember seeking reelection to this 2-year seat, confirmed as currently sitting by both the County of Glenn's own candidate-filing document (which lists him among the cycle's three incumbents) and the City's own "Election & Voter Information" page (which names him directly as one of the three seats up this cycle). No further independent record of his occupation, background, or platform was found in this pass.

Strengths

Sitting incumbent, confirmed by both the county's and the city's own official sources.

Trade-offs

No independent record of his occupation, platform, or voting record beyond his incumbency was found in this pass.

Keep in mind

With no opponent, this seat isn't a live decision -- the useful context is his confirmed incumbency, not a comparison against a challenger.

Source review: Strong (85/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

  • countyofglenn.net (opens in a new tab)County of Glenn Elections Department -- "Candidate Watch List" page: embeds a scanned "Notice of Election" (dated Aug. 13, 2026) naming Orland's full candidate roster by seat, plus a "Candidate Filing Status" tracking table (also updated Aug. 13, 2026) marking every Orland filing "CLOSED" and naming McDermott, Elliott, and Enriquez as incumbents.
  • countyofglenn.net (opens in a new tab)County of Glenn Elections Department -- "Campaign Disclosure Filings" page: lists all five Orland candidates' FPPC Form 470 ("1st Pre-Election") filings, dated Aug. 6-7, 2026.
  • cityoforland.com (opens in a new tab)City of Orland -- "Election & Voter Information" page: names the three seats up (two 4-year, one 2-year), currently held by Enriquez, Elliott, and McDermott.
  • en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia -- "Orland, California": used narrowly for the Nov. 11, 1909 incorporation date and the 2020 Census population figure (8,298).

Last updated September 2, 2026.