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City of Parlier · Statewide General Election

Parlier City Council, District 4

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

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On the ballot

This person would hold one of Parlier's four district-elected City Council seats: city ordinances, the budget, and land use for this Fresno County city of about 14,600 residents, under a City Council-City Manager form of government. A 4-year term. Parlier's Mayor is elected directly and at-large by voters citywide, rather than chosen by the Council as in some other small Fresno County cities, and the city has no elected City Clerk or City Treasurer.

Incumbent Diego Garza faces one challenger, Andrew Lopez, for this seat.

This person would hold one of Parlier's four district-elected City Council seats: city ordinances, the budget, and land use for this Fresno County city of about 14,600 residents, under a City Council-City Manager form of government. A 4-year term. Parlier's Mayor is elected directly and at-large by voters citywide, rather than chosen by the Council as in some other small Fresno County cities, and the city has no elected City Clerk or City Treasurer.

Whichever candidate gets the most votes wins -- no runoff or ranked-choice voting is used. This dataset found no independent biographical detail for either candidate beyond their filed occupations, despite a genuine multi-method search (Bing web and news search for each candidate's name, Ballotpedia, the city's own site).

Diego Garza

The incumbent Councilmember for District 4, seeking another term; his filed ballot designation is simply "Incumbent," and he did not file a candidate statement for this race. The City of Parlier's own City Council page independently confirms he currently holds this seat. This dataset found no independent biographical detail for him beyond that despite a genuine multi-method search.

Strengths

Direct incumbency, independently confirmed by the city's own current council roster.

Trade-offs

No independent reporting, campaign site, or platform statement was found for him beyond his role on the Council.

Keep in mind

See this contest's financial note below.

Andrew Lopez

A first-time candidate challenging the incumbent; his filed occupation is "Patient Care Technician," and he did not file a candidate statement for this race. This dataset found no independent biographical detail for him beyond that despite a genuine multi-method search.

Strengths

None independently confirmed beyond his filed occupation.

Trade-offs

No independent reporting, campaign site, or platform statement was found for him.

Keep in mind

See this contest's financial note below.

Source review: Very strong (90/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

  • www2.fresnocountyca.gov (opens in a new tab)Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters -- CFMR009 "Candidate List" for the Nov. 3, 2026 Consolidated Statewide General Election (printed 8/12/2026 5:37:13PM, post-filing-deadline): lists Parlier's three city-section contests -- Mayor (5140), City Council District 2 (5142), and City Council District 4 (5144) -- with each qualified candidate's filed ballot designation: Fernando Banuelos ("Retired Instructor"), Lionel Lopez, Jr. ("Licensed General Contractor"), and Alma M. Beltran ("Incumbent") for Mayor; Trinidad "Trino" Pimentel ("Father"), Marcie Villalpando ("Student"), and Yesenia "Yesi" Flores ("Administrative Secretary") for District 2; and Andrew Lopez ("Patient Care Technician") and Diego Garza ("Incumbent") for District 4
  • www2.fresnocountyca.gov (opens in a new tab)Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters -- CFMR001 "Contest/Candidate Proof List," filtered to Contests on Ballot, for the Nov. 3, 2026 election (printed 8/18/2026 8:39:55AM): independently confirms the same three Parlier contests, each flagged ON BALLOT, and separately names each seat's incumbent-of-record as "Elected" -- Alma M Beltran (Mayor), Juanita Torres Molina (District 2, who did not file for reelection, leaving the seat open), and Diego Guadalupe Garza (District 4, who did file and qualify)
  • parlier.ca.us (opens in a new tab)City of Parlier -- "City Council" page: states Parlier is "a general law City governed by a five-member City Council" under a "City Council-City Manager form of government," where "Four council members are elected by their respective districts and the Mayor is elected at large"; names the sitting Council -- Alma M. Beltran (Mayor), Sabrina Rodriguez (Mayor Pro Tem, District 1), Juanita "Janie" Molina (District 2), Cathryn "Kathy" Solorio (District 3), and Diego G. Garza (District 4)
  • en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia's Parlier, California article: population 14,576 (2020 census), incorporated November 15, 1921

Last updated September 1, 2026.