# San Clemente City Council, District 1 Compare records and positions simply between Aaron Washington, Steve Camp, or Donna Vidrine for San Clemente City Council, District 1 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. 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. - Jurisdiction: City of San Clemente - 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/san-clemente-council-1 - 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: August 31, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 74 out of 100 (Mixed), across 2 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Aaron Washington** — Deputy Program Manager - **Steve Camp** — Architect/Business Owner - **Donna Vidrine** — Nurse/Business Owner A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Aaron Washington, Steve Camp, and Donna Vidrine are running for San Clemente City Council District 1, an open seat -- the county's own record flags no incumbent here. Whichever candidate gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright; there's 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 Filed their candidacy under the ballot designation "Deputy Program Manager." No campaign site, official city biography, or news coverage describing their background or platform could be found in this pass despite a real search effort. **Strengths:** The earliest filer in this race (filed 7/21/2026), which at minimum signals an established campaign timeline, plus a program-management background suggesting project and budget experience. **Trade-offs:** No campaign statement or platform was found in this pass, so voters have no confirmed sense of Washington's priorities beyond their listed occupation, and no record of prior office was found. **Keep in mind:** CAL-ACCESS's filer-search tool was not checked in this pass -- see Financial info. ## Steve Camp Filed their candidacy under the ballot designation "Architect/Business Owner." No campaign site, official city biography, or news coverage describing their background or platform could be found in this pass despite a real search effort. **Strengths:** A self-described architecture and small-business background, which could be directly relevant to a council seat's land-use and permitting work. **Trade-offs:** No campaign statement or platform was found in this pass, so voters have no confirmed sense of Camp's priorities beyond their listed occupation, and no record of prior office was found. **Keep in mind:** CAL-ACCESS's filer-search tool was not checked in this pass -- see Financial info. ## Donna Vidrine Filed their candidacy under the ballot designation "Nurse/Business Owner." No campaign site, official city biography, or news coverage describing their background or platform could be found in this pass despite a real search effort. **Strengths:** A healthcare and small-business background, which could bring a distinct perspective to council budget and public-health-adjacent decisions. **Trade-offs:** No campaign statement or platform was found in this pass, so voters have no confirmed sense of Vidrine's priorities beyond their listed occupation, and no record of prior office was found. **Keep in mind:** CAL-ACCESS's filer-search tool was not checked in this pass -- see Financial info. ## Review notes - No cited source describes the candidates; add descriptive coverage to lift the cap. ## Sources 1. [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](https://ocvote.gov/fileadmin/user_upload/data/candlog/GEN2026/candlog.pdf) 2. [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](https://www.sanclemente.gov/government/city-council) ## The rest of the ballot San Clemente City Council, District 1 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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