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Rancho Cucamonga City Council, District 2

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City of Rancho Cucamonga

Rancho Cucamonga City Council, District 2

This person would hold your district's seat on Rancho Cucamonga's four-member, district-elected City Council. The city also has a directly elected, citywide Mayor, also on this November's ballot. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. Rancho Cucamonga is a general-law, council-manager city. The term is four years. Only two of the four districts are up in any given November. Districts 1 and 4 next go before voters in 2028.

Incumbent Kristine D. Scott faces three challengers in District 2. They are David VanGorden, DeJonae Marie Shaw, and Connie Velazquez. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins, with no runoff.

This person would hold District 2's seat on Rancho Cucamonga's 4-member, district-elected City Council, alongside the directly elected, citywide Mayor (also on this November's ballot). They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use for this general-law, council-manager city. The term is four years, staggered so only two of the four districts are up in any given November. Districts 1 and 4 next go before voters in 2028.

Scott, a councilmember since 2018 with a business/public-affairs career at Southern California Gas Company, has the race's largest campaign war chest, heavy with real-estate and business-PAC support. VanGorden, a retired law-enforcement officer making their second City Council bid after an unsuccessful, well-funded 2022 run, has self-loaned $20,000 to their 2026 campaign. Shaw, a licensed vocational nurse, has built a labor- and union-heavy donor base. Velazquez, a commercial realtor, has no campaign-finance committee on file and no independent profile found in this pass beyond their ballot designation.

Kristine D. Scott

Scott has held this seat since 2018 and won again in 2022. She is Regional Public Affairs Manager for Southern California Gas Company. She sits on boards including Inland Action and the Inland Empire Economic Partnership.

David VanGorden

VanGorden's ballot title is "Retired Police Officer," and this is their second council bid. Their 2022 campaign spent more than $30,000 through a consulting firm and did not win. Their 2026 committee shows a $20,000 loan from themselves in February 2026.

DeJonae Marie Shaw

Shaw's ballot title is "Licensed Vocational Nurse." Their 2026 committee reports gifts from the Teamsters, SEIU, UFCW, and UAW. It also reports a $750 transfer from Robert Garcia's 2026 Assembly campaign.

Connie Velazquez

Velazquez's ballot title is "Commercial Realtor." No information about their background or platform was found. No campaign committee was found for them either.

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