# Rancho Cucamonga City Council, District 2 Compare records and positions simply between DeJonae Marie Shaw, Kristine D. Scott, and 2 more for Rancho Cucamonga City Council, District 2 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. 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. - Jurisdiction: City of Rancho Cucamonga - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/rancho-cucamonga-council-district-2 - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: October 7, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 90 out of 100 (Very strong), across 7 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **DeJonae Marie Shaw** — Licensed Vocational Nurse - **Kristine D. Scott** — Rancho Cucamonga Councilmember · Incumbent - **David VanGorden** — Retired Police Officer - **Connie Velazquez** — Commercial Realtor A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Incumbent Kristine D. Scott faces three challengers for Rancho Cucamonga's City Council District 2 seat. They are David VanGorden, DeJonae Marie Shaw, and Connie Velazquez. The seat is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Whoever gets the most votes wins outright. There is no primary or 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 Kristine D. Scott is Rancho Cucamonga's incumbent District 2 councilmember. She was first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022. She works as Regional Public Affairs Manager for Southern California Gas Company. She oversees the Inland Empire region. She held earlier roles at TMG Communications and O'Reilly Public Relations. She holds a B.A. in Communications from Cal State Fullerton. She sits on boards including Inland Action and the Inland Empire Economic Partnership. She received that group's 2024 President's Award. She also received a 2019 "Woman of the Year" honor from her state representative. These details come from the city's own biography. In her Vote411 questionnaire she credits herself with championing the Brightline West station and the Reyes Coca-Cola expansion, and describes regional-board work on transportation, economic development and homelessness. Her three stated priorities are public safety, with the resources, staffing and technology she says deputies and firefighters need; economic development, meaning more good-paying jobs, support for existing local businesses and chances for residents to work closer to home; and responsible growth, with fiscal discipline and investment in streets, infrastructure, parks and city services. **Strengths:** Eight years on the council plus a public-affairs career. The race's most institutionally backed campaign, with real-estate and PAC support. **Trade-offs:** No independent news coverage of her voting record was found. Her case rests on continuity with the current council's growth record. **Keep in mind:** Her donor list, detailed below, leans toward real estate and business interests, worth weighing given the council's land-use authority. The projects she credits herself with are her own account. ## David VanGorden David VanGorden is a challenger for Rancho Cucamonga City Council District 2. They filed under the ballot designation "Retired Police Officer." This is their second council bid. Campaign-finance records show a larger, separately funded 2022 committee. It was named "David VanGorden For City Council 2022." It spent over $30,000 through a political consulting firm, Freeman Public Affairs Inc. That run was not successful. VanGorden holds no council seat today. Their 2026 committee shows a $20,000 personal loan to their own campaign in February 2026. It also shows repeated $1,500 contributions from a single Alta Loma donor. **Strengths:** A retired law-enforcement career. A well-funded campaign, including a substantial personal loan to their own candidacy, detailed below. **Trade-offs:** No independent news coverage, campaign site, or biography was found beyond their ballot designation and their finances, detailed below. Their 2022 run was unsuccessful. **Keep in mind:** A second run after a 2022 loss, backed by a large personal loan, is a specific and verifiable fact pattern. It is worth weighing on its own. ## DeJonae Marie Shaw DeJonae Marie Shaw is a challenger for Rancho Cucamonga City Council District 2. They filed under the ballot designation "Licensed Vocational Nurse." Their 2026 campaign committee reports a broad base of labor-union contributions. Donors include the Teamsters' DRIVE Committee, SEIU Local 121RN, and UFCW Local 1167. They also include the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 398 PAC, UAW Region 6, and the Amalgamated Transit Union. Late-August contributions came from IBEW's PAC and the Democratic Club of the Inland Valley. Their committee also reports a $750 transfer from Robert Garcia's 2026 Assembly campaign committee. **Strengths:** A verifiable occupation as a licensed vocational nurse. A real, itemized union and labor coalition backing them, detailed below. **Trade-offs:** No independent news coverage, campaign site, or biographical detail was found beyond their ballot designation and campaign-finance filings. **Keep in mind:** Their donor list leans heavily toward organized labor. That is worth weighing on its own. Scott's real-estate-heavy donor list is noted above the same way. Neither is praise or criticism. ## Connie Velazquez Connie Velazquez is a challenger for Rancho Cucamonga City Council District 2, filing under the ballot designation "Commercial Realtor." No independent information about their background or platform, and no campaign-finance committee, was found beyond their filed ballot designation. **Strengths:** None could be documented. **Trade-offs:** No campaign site, news coverage, campaign-finance committee, or independent profile was found beyond the filed ballot designation. **Keep in mind:** A first-time candidate with no public record yet is not necessarily weaker, only less documented. Weigh the ballot designation on its own. ## Sources 1. [San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters -- "Offices Up for Election, November 3, 2026, General Election": lists County Board of Education Areas A, B, and D (under the School category) as the county's only expiring-term seats this cycle -- no Board of Supervisors, row office, or Superior Court seat appears anywhere in the 11-page document](https://uploads.rov.sbcounty.gov/ROV/Elections/2026/1103/Report_OfficesUpForElection.pdf) 2. [San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters -- statewide "Report_CandidateList.pdf" candidate-filing report linked from the county's own November 3, 2026 candidates page: within the San Bernardino County section, only Area B carries any candidates (Rita Fernandez-Loof, Miki R. Inbody, Kimberly L. Watson); Areas A and D, both confirmed expiring this cycle by the county's own Offices Up for Election document, have no candidates anywhere in the report and will not appear on the November ballot](https://uploads.rov.sbcounty.gov/ROV/Elections/2026/1103/Report_CandidateList.pdf) 3. [City of Rancho Cucamonga -- "Elections" page (cityofrc.us/elections): states the three November 3, 2026 offices (Mayor at-large, City Council District 2, City Council District 3, all 4-year terms, no term limits) and lists all ten candidates verbatim by office with their filed ballot designations, plus the October 19, 2026 voter-registration deadline and December 17, 2026 installation date.](https://www.cityofrc.us/elections) 4. [City of Rancho Cucamonga -- "Mayor & City Council" page: names all five sitting council members (Mayor L. Dennis Michael; Mayor Pro Tem Lynne B. Kennedy, District 4; Ashley N. Stickler, District 1; Kristine D. Scott, District 2; Ryan A. Hutchison, District 3) with each one's district, first-elected/re-elected year, and term-expiration date -- confirming Districts 1 and 4 are not up until 2028, and that Districts 2 and 3 (plus the separately elected Mayor) expire in 2026.](https://www.cityofrc.us/your-government/mayor-city-council) 5. [City of Rancho Cucamonga -- incumbent District 2 Councilmember Kristine D. Scott's own official bio page: first elected 2018, re-elected 2022; Regional Public Affairs Manager for Southern California Gas Company covering the Inland Empire; board/committee seats with Inland Action, the Inland Empire Economic Partnership, and Cal Cities; the Inland Empire Economic Partnership's 2024 President's Award and a 2019 "Woman of the Year" honor from her state representative.](https://www.cityofrc.us/directory/kristine-d-scott) 6. [City of Rancho Cucamonga -- public NetFile campaign-finance disclosure portal (netfile.com/public/CRC; legacy search interface ssl.netfile.com/pub2/?aid=CRC), queried directly by candidate name and cross-checked against the portal's own live filing-log RSS feed: confirms active, itemized 2026 committees for Lynne Kennedy, Kristine Scott, Oliver King, David VanGorden, and DeJonae Marie Shaw (the last four with Form 497 24-hour late-contribution reports filed in the final two weeks of August 2026), a prior 2022 committee for VanGorden, three separate personal contributions from Stacy Henry to Kennedy's committees (2016, 2020, 2026), and the wind-down transfers from outgoing Mayor L. Dennis Michael's and outgoing Councilmember Ryan Hutchison's own 2026 committees; returns no committee at all for Jaskirat Sondh, Marjorie Hamada, Michael R. Perez, or Connie Velazquez.](https://netfile.com/public/CRC/campaign) 7. [League of Women Voters -- Vote411 voter guide, 'City of Rancho Cucamonga City Council Member, District 2' race (statewide All Races list): each candidate's self-submitted ballot designation and campaign contacts, plus answers to the League's questions -- If elected, what are your top 3 priorities?; What background, experience and/or education qualify you for this elected office? Answers on file from Kristine D. Scott. Capture in data/nov-2026/sources/vote411/rancho-cucamonga-council-district-2.json.](https://www.vote411.org/plan-your-vote) ## The rest of the ballot Rancho Cucamonga City Council, District 2 is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. 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