www2.fresnocountyca.gov (opens in a new tab)Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters -- CFMR009 "Candidate List" for the Nov. 3, 2026 Consolidated Statewide General Election (printed 8/12/2026 5:37:13PM, post-filing-deadline): lists San Joaquin's single City Council contest (5185), Vote For 2, with DORA "MARTHA" MEJIA and ADAM FLORES-CORNEJO -- both filed designation "School Secretary/Councilmember," both Qualified -- as the two qualified candidates
www2.fresnocountyca.gov (opens in a new tab)Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters -- CFMR001 "Contest/Candidate Proof List," filtered to Contests on Ballot, for the Nov. 3, 2026 election (printed 8/18/2026 8:39:55AM): confirms San Joaquin's "Member, City Council" contest (5185) as ON BALLOT, Vote For 2, 2 qualified of 2 filed, and separately names the seat's incumbents-of-record as "Adam Flores Appointed in Lieu" and "Dora Martha Mejia Appointed in Lieu" -- both reaching their current seats by direct Council appointment, not election
cityofsanjoaquin.org (opens in a new tab)City of San Joaquin's own official site, "About / Departments" leadership listing: confirms a council-manager government with five Council Members on four-year, overlapping terms, a Council-selected (not directly elected) Mayor -- naming Adam Flores-Cornejo as the sitting Mayor and Dora Martha Mejia as the sitting Mayor Pro-Tem, alongside councilmembers Cristina Covarrubia, Abel Lua, and Rosa M. Ramirez -- plus an appointed City Manager (Elizabeth Cabrera) and City Attorney (Hilda Cantu Montoy); no elected City Clerk or City Treasurer appears on the page
cityofsanjoaquin.org (opens in a new tab)City of San Joaquin's own City Council meeting agenda, March 7, 2023: the roll call lists Julia Hernandez as Mayor, Adam Flores as Mayor Pro Tem, and Cristina Covarrubia, Abel Lua, and Martha Mejia as councilmembers -- the earliest agenda this dataset could reach with readable text, establishing both this contest's candidates already held council seats by March 2023
cityofsanjoaquin.org (opens in a new tab)City of San Joaquin's own special City Council meeting agenda packet, December 18, 2024: the roll call lists Adam Flores-Cornejo and Martha Mejia (by then using the hyphenated surname) as the top two names, with Cristina Covarrubia, Abel Lua, and Rosa M. Ramirez -- Ramirez newly appearing in place of Julia Hernandez, an unrelated, more recent council transition -- confirming both still held their seats through the end of 2024
sjes.gpusd.org (opens in a new tab)Golden Plains Unified School District's own staff directory for San Joaquin Elementary School: lists Dora Martha Mejia as a Secretary III (mmejia@gpusd.org) and Adam Flores-Cornejo as a Secretary II / Attendance Clerk (acornejo@gpusd.org) -- independently corroborating both candidates' filed ballot designation, "School Secretary/Councilmember," and confirming San Joaquin Elementary is one school within Golden Plains Unified, not a standalone district
en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia's San Joaquin, California article: 2020 census population 3,701 (down from 4,001 in 2010), 95.6% Hispanic or Latino, incorporated February 14, 1920 as the 10th incorporated city in Fresno County (originally named "Graham," renamed San Joaquin in 1913); 1.2 square miles, roughly 11 miles southwest of Kerman; represented by U.S. Rep. Jim Costa (CA-21)
cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California's Cal-Access campaign-finance search (cal-access.sos.ca.gov): returned only an empty, unrenderable page for both Dora Martha Mejia and Adam Flores-Cornejo in every attempt this session -- the same Incapsula-style bot-detection failure mode already documented elsewhere in this dataset -- documenting an absence of a reachable source, not either candidate's actual finances

Last updated September 1, 2026.

City of San Joaquin

San Joaquin City Council

This person would hold one of two at-large City Council seats up this cycle. San Joaquin is a Fresno County farming city of about 3,700 residents. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. An appointed City Manager runs daily operations. Terms are four years and staggered. San Joaquin's Mayor is selected by the Council from among its own members. Voters do not elect the Mayor directly. The city has no elected City Clerk or City Treasurer.

San Joaquin has two City Council seats up this year. Incumbents Dora "Martha" Mejia and Adam Flores-Cornejo are the only two candidates who qualified. Both already hold their seats by prior Council appointment.

This person would hold one of two at-large City Council seats up this cycle. San Joaquin is a Fresno County farming city of about 3,700 residents. Council members vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. The city runs on a council-manager government. Elizabeth Cabrera is the appointed City Manager. Hilda Cantu Montoy is the City Attorney. Terms are four years and staggered. The Council picks the Mayor from among its own members. Voters do not elect the Mayor directly. Adam Flores-Cornejo, one of this contest's two candidates, holds that title now. Dora Martha Mejia is the sitting Mayor Pro-Tem. The city has no elected City Clerk or City Treasurer. Neither the county candidate document nor the city's own site lists one.

Two names are on the ballot for two seats. Both candidates are effectively elected outright. No runoff or ranked-choice voting applies. Fresno County's own post-filing documents call both "Appointed in Lieu." That means they reached their current seats by direct Council appointment, not election. When or why that appointment happened is not confirmed. The city's own public meeting agendas show both were already serving by March 2023. Both remained seated through at least December 2024. Both filed the identical ballot designation, "School Secretary/Councilmember." Golden Plains Unified School District's own staff directory backs that up. No independent news coverage of this race or either candidate was found.

Dora "Martha" Mejia

Dora "Martha" Mejia is a sitting councilmember and the city's Mayor Pro Tem. Their ballot title is "School Secretary/Councilmember." They work as a Secretary III at San Joaquin Elementary School. Nothing else about their background was found.

Adam Flores-Cornejo

Adam Flores-Cornejo is a sitting councilmember and the city's Mayor. The Council chose Flores-Cornejo for that title, not the voters. Their ballot title is "School Secretary/Councilmember." They work as a Secretary II and Attendance Clerk at San Joaquin Elementary School. Nothing else about their background was found.

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