- ocvote.gov (opens in a new tab)OC Registrar of Voters -- Contest/Candidate Proof List, General Election 11/3/2026 -- City of Tustin section (pages 159-161 of 188, downloaded directly and parsed locally with pypdf since a plain fetch returns undecodable PDF stream data): confirms Mayor (2 qualified candidates) and Member, City Council District 3 (2) as the city's two November 2026 races, each Vote for 1, with incumbent flags and every candidate's filed ballot designation
- tustinca.org (opens in a new tab)City of Tustin -- City Council page: confirms the Council is "composed of a Mayor and four Council Members," lists the current five (Mayor Austin Lumbard, Mayor Pro Tem Ray Schnell, and Council Members Ryan Gallagher, Lee K. Fink, John Nielsen), and links each member's individual biography page
- tustinca.org (opens in a new tab)City of Tustin -- Mayor Austin Lumbard official biography: BA Business Administration (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), JD (Indiana University Maurer School of Law); attorney/contract specialist for a global engineering and construction firm; six years on Tustin's Planning Commission (twice Chair); former OC Sheriff's Department reserve deputy; elected to Council 2018, Mayor 2022; stated priorities: public safety, balanced development, fiscal strength, preserving Tustin's character
Last updated August 31, 2026.
City of Tustin
Mayor of Tustin
This person presides over City Council meetings and represents Tustin publicly. Voters elect the Mayor directly, citywide. Fellow councilmembers do not choose the Mayor. An appointed city manager runs daily government. Tustin's Council has the Mayor plus four district Council Members. Not all four districts are up the same year. The term is four years.
Incumbent Mayor Austin Lumbard is running for a second term. He faces challenger Letitia Clark. Clark's ballot title is Community College Director. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins. There is no runoff.
This person presides over City Council meetings and represents Tustin publicly, elected directly by voters citywide rather than chosen by fellow councilmembers -- day-to-day city government runs through an appointed city manager. Tustin's Council is a Mayor plus four district Council Members; not all four districts are up the same year. The term is four years.
Beyond Lumbard's substantive city-published biography and Clark's own filed occupation, no campaign site, news coverage, or other independent source could be found for Clark despite a real search effort across multiple engines. Documented below as a gap, not filled in with speculation.
Austin Lumbard
Austin Lumbard is Tustin's Mayor. He is a lawyer for a global engineering and construction firm. He was first elected to the city council in 2018. He became Mayor in 2022. He runs on public safety, balanced growth, strong finances, and keeping Tustin's character.
Letitia Clark
Letitia Clark's ballot title is Community College Director. No other details about their background or platform were found.
Your pick
A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.