# Tracy City Council, District 3 Compare records and positions simply between Ameni Alexander, Ametrius V. Sidney, or Dan Evans for Tracy City Council, District 3 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person would hold one of four district seats on Tracy's City Council, alongside a directly elected, citywide Mayor. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use for this San Joaquin County city of about 93,000 residents per the 2020 Census. City Manager Midori Lichtwardt runs day-to-day operations under Council direction. The term is four years. This is Tracy's first-ever district-based Council election, adopted Jan. 16, 2026 in response to statewide California Voting Rights Act litigation risk. District 3 covers the middle of Tracy, including downtown, extending south to Valpico Road, with Williams Middle School at its western edge. - Jurisdiction: City of Tracy - 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/tracy-council-3 - 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: September 3, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 91 out of 100 (Very strong), across 9 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Ameni Alexander** — Nonprofit Organization CFO - **Ametrius V. Sidney** — Public Safety Executive - **Dan Evans** — Council Member · Incumbent A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. In District 3, incumbent Dan Evans faces two challengers. Evans was elected in 2022. The challengers are former school board trustee Ameni Alexander and first time candidate Ametrius Sidney. Councilman Mateo Bedolla also lives in this district. He is running for Mayor instead of seeking this seat. This person would hold one of four district seats on Tracy's City Council, alongside a directly elected, citywide Mayor. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use for this San Joaquin County city of about 93,000 residents per the 2020 Census. City Manager Midori Lichtwardt runs day-to-day operations under Council direction. The term is four years. The Council adopted its first-ever district map on Jan. 16, 2026, after a public process responding to statewide California Voting Rights Act litigation risk. District 3 covers the middle of Tracy, including the downtown area, extending south to Valpico Road, with Williams Middle School at its western edge. Both Evans and Bedolla live in this district; rather than run against each other, Bedolla is instead a candidate for Mayor this cycle. ## Dan Evans His filed ballot designation is "Council Member." Evans was elected to Council in 2022 and chairs its Finance Committee. Tracy Press carried his candidacy statement in full. In it he cites funding secured for a new police substation and three new fire stations. He cites his seat on the South San Joaquin County Fire Authority Board. Through that seat, he says, he helped fund a firefighter training facility and the city's first EMS surge ambulance. He cites a dedicated economic development team and strategy he supported. That work is credited with attracting Trader Joe's and Sprouts. He cites his support for a "reasonable" business tax under Measure B, while opposing higher tax proposals. He also cites a city policy recognizing local military enlistees. **Strengths:** A record as Finance Committee chair, documented by himself. It names business attraction and capital projects such as the substation, fire stations, training facility, and ambulance service. **Trade-offs:** This account of his record comes from his own campaign statement. No independent reporting was found that judges his Finance Committee tenure. **Keep in mind:** Evans is the only incumbent on this cycle's ballot defending a seat he was elected to. Mayoral candidate Bedolla, by contrast, holds his current seat by appointment. So Evans runs the most straightforward incumbent's case of the three council candidates. ## Ameni Alexander His filed ballot designation is "Nonprofit Organization CFO." Alexander served on the Tracy Unified School District Board of Education from 2018 to 2022, including a term as board president for 2021-2022 (elected to that role unanimously, per Tracy Press). He ran unsuccessfully for Tracy City Council in 2020 and 2022, per Tracy Press's own election roundup. **Strengths:** Four years of elected school board experience, including a year presiding as board president. He also states a CFO role in nonprofit finance. That is relevant to city budgeting. **Trade-offs:** He made two prior Council bids, in 2020 and 2022, and lost both. That suggests a district electorate that has not yet chosen him for this office. **Keep in mind:** His school board tenure ended in 2022. No more recent independent reporting was found on his activities between 2022 and this campaign. ## Ametrius V. Sidney Her filed ballot designation is "Public Safety Executive." Sidney is a 24 year Tracy resident. She is Deputy Director at the County of San Mateo's Public Safety Communications department. This is her first campaign for elected office. Tracy Press's own reporting independently confirms her local civic engagement. In March 2025 the City Council picked her as one of three candidates appointed as an alternate to the city's Measure V Residents' Oversight Committee. **Strengths:** A public safety management career in San Mateo County, directly relevant to a Council role. She also has a prior city committee appointment. That shows civic engagement before running. **Trade-offs:** She holds no prior elected office and has run for none before. So there is no electoral track record to weigh. **Keep in mind:** Her professional public safety background is out of county, in San Mateo rather than San Joaquin. It is worth asking how that translates to Tracy priorities. ## Sources 1. [San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters -- official "Offices Up for Election" document for the Nov. 3, 2026 General Election: lists the City of Tracy's three offices -- Mayor (2-year term, at-large, 20 nominations needed) and Member of City Council, Districts 1 and 3 (each a 4-year term, elected by district) -- with no other Tracy office appearing.](https://www.sjgov.org/docs/default-source/registrar-of-voters-documents/elections/gubernatorial-general-election-2026/candidate-services/offices-up-for-2026-general-election.pdf) 2. [San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters -- official "Candidate List" (report CFMR009), Qualified Candidates Only, printed 8/20/2026: names all three Tracy contests "On Ballot: Yes" with each candidate's filed ballot designation and filing date -- Mayor (Mateo Bedolla, "Teacher/Tracy Councilmember"; Dan Arriola, "Deputy District Attorney"; Uyiosa Felix Oviawe, "Maintenance Director/Contractor"), District 1 (Jass Sangha, "Businesswoman/Mother"; Robin Cole, "Project Manager"), and District 3 (Dan Evans, "Council Member"; Ameni Alexander, "Nonprofit Organization CFO"; Ametrius V. Sidney, "Public Safety Executive").](https://www.sjgov.org/docs/default-source/registrar-of-voters-documents/elections/gubernatorial-general-election-2026/candidate-services/candidate-roster-(35).pdf) 3. [Tracy Press -- "Council agrees on district election map": the City Council's Jan. 16, 2026 special meeting adopting the four-district "Green" map for Tracy's first-ever district-based Council election, in response to statewide California Voting Rights Act of 2002 litigation risk; names which sitting council members live in which draft district and which two districts are up in 2026 versus 2028, and quotes consultant Michael Wagaman stating the discussion-phase district numbers "could change by the time the election comes around."](https://www.ttownmedia.com/tracy_press/council-agrees-on-district-election-map/article_4ec66c2a-c370-43db-a310-fd660d5b6402.html) 4. [Tracy Press -- "Ballots are set for Nov. 3 local elections": the paper's own post-filing-deadline election roundup, independently confirming the county's certified roster for all three Tracy contests and adding biographical detail beyond ballot designations -- Arriola's full elected-office history (TUSD board 2016, Council 2018, Mayor 2024, "eligible to serve one more term"), Bedolla's 2022 mayoral run and 2020 County Supervisor primary run, Oviawe's role as president of Murgreen Environmental, Sangha's 2010 council and 2020 mayoral runs, and Alexander's and Sidney's backgrounds (TUSD board 2018-2022 for Alexander; 24-year resident and County of San Mateo Public Safety Communications Deputy Director, first campaign for office, for Sidney).](https://www.ttownmedia.com/tracy_press/ballots-set-for-nov-3-local-elections/article_502045c0-a3c3-4e25-b4dc-b341e69dc15d.html) 5. [Wikipedia's Tracy, California article -- 2020 Census population of about 93,000; confirms a City Manager form of government (current City Manager Midori Lichtwardt) and names Dan Arriola as Mayor; does not describe the city's council-district structure or any 2026 candidate.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy,_California) 6. [Tracy Press -- "Dan Evans announces candidacy for Tracy City Council, District 3": Evans's own candidacy statement, carried in full, citing his role as Finance Committee chair, funding secured for a new police substation and three fire stations, his seat on the South San Joaquin County Fire Authority Board (firefighter training facility, first EMS surge ambulance), a dedicated economic-development team's role in attracting Trader Joe's and Sprouts, his support for a "reasonable" Measure B business tax over higher alternatives, and a city policy recognizing local military enlistees; states he was elected to the City Council four years earlier (2022) and describes District 3's boundaries (downtown Tracy, south to Valpico Road, Williams Middle School).](https://www.ttownmedia.com/tracy_press/dan-evans-announces-candidacy-for-tracy-city-council-district-3/article_541433c7-071c-4bf5-a5be-8c2851022dc2.html) 7. [Tracy Press -- "Alexander selected as new TUSD board president" (by Bob Brownne): reports the Tracy Unified School District Board of Education's Dec. 2021 unanimous selection of Trustee Ameni Alexander as board president for 2022, stating he was first elected to the board in 2018 and detailing his committee service (Budget, Charter Schools, City-Schools Liaison).](https://www.ttownmedia.com/tracy_press/alexander-selected-as-new-tusd-board-president/article_bdcde6e2-5ec7-11ec-8228-9bc29290b357.html) 8. [Tracy Press -- "Two selected for Measure V committee": reports on the City Council's March 18, 2025 appointments to its Measure V Residents' Oversight Committee, naming Ametrius Sidney (alongside Nihad Jabbar and Wes Huffman) as one of three candidates selected as an alternate, among seven total applicants interviewed by the council.](https://www.ttownmedia.com/tracy_press/two-selected-for-measure-v-committee/article_dfb0ff35-20d0-4533-8a82-c841a1578757.html) 9. [San Joaquin County's own NetFile public campaign-disclosure portal (agency code "SJC") -- a live-browser name search of the full candidate/committee index found no 2026 filing for any of the eight Tracy candidates (Bedolla, Arriola, Oviawe, Sangha, Cole, Evans, Alexander, Sidney)](https://netfile.com/public/SJC/campaign) ## The rest of the ballot Tracy City Council, District 3 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. Vote or Else builds the full list for any California address and breaks down each contest the way this page does, with no account and without storing the address: https://voteorelse.com/ ## How to cite this page Vote or Else, "Tracy City Council, District 3 — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/tracy-council-3 (sources last retrieved September 3, 2026). Link the canonical page above rather than this Markdown file. 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