tehama.gov (opens in a new tab)Tehama County Elections Department -- "Offices on Ballot for November 3, 2026" (official pre-filing notice): names "City of Red Bluff - Member of City Council," 4-year term, 3 seats -- no separately elected Red Bluff Mayor seat appears anywhere in the document.
tehama.gov (opens in a new tab)Tehama County Elections Department -- "Qualified List of Candidates," Nov. 3, 2026 General Election, printed Aug. 10, 2026 (contest 4580, "City Of Red Bluff Member Of City Council," Vote For 3): names William Ahmad Ellis (no ballot designation), Kris Deiters ("City Council Member"), Marcella White ("Elementary School Teacher"), and Cassandre "Cassie" Pope ("Appointed Incumbent") as the four qualified candidates -- read directly from the extracted PDF text, not a summary.
cityofredbluff.org (opens in a new tab)City of Red Bluff -- City Council (current membership roster): names the sitting five-member Council -- Mayor JR Gonzales, Mayor Pro Tem Mark Clement, and Councilmembers Kris Deiters, Pat Hurton, and Cassie Pope -- and states the Council selects a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem from among its own members each December, confirming both Deiters's and Pope's incumbency and that there is no separately elected Mayor.
cityofredbluff.org (opens in a new tab)City of Red Bluff -- Elections page (2026 General Municipal Election): "Three of the five City Council seats are becoming vacant," 4-year terms, filing window July 13 - Aug. 7, 2026, candidate eligibility requirements, and $950/month Council compensation.
cityofredbluff.org (opens in a new tab)City of Red Bluff -- FPPC/Campaign Disclosure page: lists officeholders by the year elected ("2022 Kris Deiters Council Member Patrick Hurton Council Member Cody Strock Council Member"), explaining why those three seats are up in 2026, and independently lists "2026 Kris Deiters, Incumbent Cassie Pope, Incumbent William Ellis, Candidate Marcellas White, Candidate" -- a second City document confirming Deiters's and Pope's incumbency.
web.archive.org (opens in a new tab)Red Bluff Daily News -- "Red Bluff Council selects Gonzales for mayor, Clement for mayor pro tem" (Heather Taylor, Dec. 4, 2025; read via Wayback Machine after the live URL returned a subscriber paywall): photo caption confirms "Red Bluff City Councilman JR Gonzalez ... was selected as mayor by the Red Bluff City Council" on Dec. 2, 2025.
web.archive.org (opens in a new tab)Red Bluff Daily News -- "Cassie Pope is new Red Bluff City Councilmember" (Heather Taylor, Jan. 17, 2026; read via Wayback Machine after the live URL returned a subscriber paywall): photo caption confirms "On Jan. 15, the Red Bluff City Council appointed Cassie Pope to the vacant seat left by Cody Strock's November 2025 resignation."
netfile.com (opens in a new tab)A negative access result: Tehama County's own NetFile-hosted public campaign-finance portal, linked from the County's own Elections > Campaign Statements page, is a client-rendered single-page application with no server-rendered filing content reachable by this session's fetch tooling and no live browser session available this pass. Documents an access gap, not any of the four candidates' actual campaign finances.
en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia -- Red Bluff, California: incorporation year (March 31, 1876) and 2020 Census population (14,710), used narrowly for these two descriptive facts only.

Last updated September 2, 2026.

City of Red Bluff

Red Bluff City Council

This person would hold one of three open seats on Red Bluff's City Council. The council has five members in all. The term is four years. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. Red Bluff was incorporated in 1876 and has a population of 14,710. It is the Tehama County seat. Red Bluff does not directly elect a Mayor. Each December, the Council picks a Mayor from its own five members. It also picks a Mayor Pro Tem. Those posts serve one-year terms. JR Gonzales currently holds the Mayor title. Mark Clement is Mayor Pro Tem. Neither of their seats is up this cycle.

Three of Red Bluff's five City Council seats are up this cycle. Four candidates filed. They are Kris Deiters, Cassie Pope, William Ahmad Ellis, and Marcella White. Deiters and Pope are the sitting councilmembers. Four candidates are competing for three seats, so this race goes to the ballot.

This person would hold one of Red Bluff's five City Council seats for a 4-year term. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. Red Bluff (incorporated 1876, population 14,710 at the 2020 Census) is the Tehama County seat, but doesn't directly elect a Mayor -- each December, the Council selects a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem from among its own five members to serve a one-year term. JR Gonzales currently holds the Mayor title (selected Dec. 2, 2025) and Mark Clement is Mayor Pro Tem; neither of their seats is up this cycle.

Why these particular three seats, and not an arbitrary three of the five: the City's own campaign-disclosure page lists officeholders by the year each was elected, and the three seats up in 2026 are exactly the three elected in 2022 -- Kris Deiters, Pat Hurton, and Cody Strock. Hurton did not file for re-election in 2026 and isn't a candidate this cycle. Strock resigned in November 2025; the Council appointed Cassie Pope to his vacant seat on Jan. 15, 2026, and Pope is now running to keep it in their own right.

Kris Deiters

Kris Deiters is a sitting Red Bluff councilmember, first elected in 2022. They are running for a new 4-year term. No details about their job or plans were found.

Cassandre "Cassie" Pope

Cassie Pope is a sitting Red Bluff councilmember who is running to keep their seat. The council appointed them on Jan. 15, 2026, after Cody Strock resigned in November 2025. No details about their job or background were found.

William Ahmad Ellis

William Ahmad Ellis is a non-incumbent candidate for Red Bluff City Council. They did not file a ballot title with the county. No other information about their job or background was found.

Marcella White

Marcella White is a non-incumbent candidate for Red Bluff City Council. Their ballot title is "Elementary School Teacher." No other details about their job or background were found.

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