Review note: No cited source describes the candidates; add descriptive coverage to lift the cap.
- ocvote.gov (opens in a new tab)OC Registrar of Voters -- Contest/Candidate Proof List, General Election 11/3/2026 -- City of San Clemente section (pages 145-148 of 188, downloaded directly and parsed locally with pypdf since a plain fetch returns undecodable PDF stream data): confirms Mayor (3 qualified candidates), Member City Council District 1 (3), and Member City Council District 2 (2) as the city's three November 2026 races, each Vote for 1, with incumbent flags (blank for Mayor and District 2; "No Incumbent Appointed to Vacancy" for District 1) and every candidate's filed ballot designation
- sanclemente.gov (opens in a new tab)City of San Clemente -- City Council page: confirms the sitting 5-member body (Mayor Rick Loeffler; Steve Knoblock, Mayor Pro Tem; Victor Cabral; Mark Enmeier; Zhen Wu), that the city established four council districts in November 2024 on four-year terms, and that the Mayor is newly directly elected at-large for a two-year term beginning in 2026
Last updated August 31, 2026.
City of San Clemente
San Clemente City Council, District 1
This person holds your district's seat on San Clemente's City Council. The council has four district seats. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. San Clemente also has a citywide elected Mayor. An appointed city manager runs day to day operations. The term is four years.
Three candidates are running for San Clemente Council District 1. They are Aaron Washington, Steve Camp, and Donna Vidrine. It is an open seat with no incumbent. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins. There is no runoff.
This person holds District 1's seat on San Clemente's 4-member district City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside the citywide-elected Mayor and an appointed city manager who runs day-to-day operations. Only Districts 1 and 2 have terms expiring this cycle. The term is four years.
The county's own record marks this seat "No Incumbent Appointed to Vacancy" -- an open seat, with no source found in this pass explaining why it was vacant. None of the three candidates holds current city office per this dataset's research. Beyond each candidate's filed occupation, no independent profile, platform statement, or news coverage was found for any of the three in this pass despite a real, time-boxed search effort -- documented below as a gap, not filled in with speculation.
Aaron Washington
Aaron Washington filed under the ballot title Deputy Program Manager. No campaign website was found. No city biography or news coverage was found.
Steve Camp
Steve Camp filed under the ballot title Architect and Business Owner. No campaign website was found. No city biography or news coverage was found.
Donna Vidrine
Donna Vidrine filed under the ballot title Nurse and Business Owner. No campaign website was found. No city biography or news coverage was found.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.