- ocvote.gov (opens in a new tab)OC Registrar of Voters -- Contest/Candidate Proof List, General Election 11/3/2026 -- City of Placentia section (pages 141-144 of 188, downloaded directly and parsed locally with pypdf since a plain fetch returns undecodable PDF stream data): confirms Member City Council District 2 (3 qualified candidates) and District 4 (2) as the city's two November 2026 council races, each Vote for 1, plus a separate, unopposed City Clerk contest not authored here, with incumbent flags and every candidate's filed ballot designation
- placentia.org (opens in a new tab)City of Placentia -- November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election page: confirms Districts 2 and 4 as the council seats up this cycle, lists all five qualified council candidates by district, and confirms City Clerk Robert S. "Bob" McKinnell is unopposed
- placentia.org (opens in a new tab)City of Placentia -- Mayor Chad P. Wanke, District 4 biography page: covers his education, his business roles (Chairman/President of Orbis Capital; Partner, Third Encore Studios), his path from City Treasurer (2008) to City Council (2010, re-elected 2014) to Mayor (elected by fellow council members in 2014 and 2017), and his regional committee seats
Last updated August 31, 2026.
City of Placentia
Placentia City Council, District 4
This person holds your district's seat on Placentia's five-member City Council. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. An appointed city manager runs daily operations. Placentia has no separately elected Mayor. The council picks a Mayor from among its own members. Not all five council districts are elected the same year. The term is four years.
Chad Wanke is Placentia's Mayor, chosen for that role by fellow councilmembers. He is running for a third council term against challenger James Burandt. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins, with no runoff.
This person holds District 4's seat on Placentia's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside an appointed city manager who runs day-to-day operations. Placentia has no separately, citywide-elected Mayor -- the council elects a Mayor from among its own members, and District 4's incumbent, Chad Wanke, currently holds that title. Not all five council districts are elected the same year; only Districts 2 and 4 are up in 2026. The term is four years.
Beyond Wanke's substantive city-published biography and each candidate's own filed occupation, no campaign site, news coverage, or other independent source could be found for Burandt despite a real search effort. Documented below as a gap, not filled in with speculation.
Chad Wanke
Chad Wanke is Chairman and President of Orbis Capital. He is also a partner at Third Encore Studios, a rehearsal studio company. He first won office as Placentia's City Treasurer in 2008.
James Burandt
James Burandt filed their candidacy under the ballot designation Public Service Professional. No campaign website or news coverage describing their background could be found.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.