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City of Wasco · Statewide General Election

Wasco City Council, District 1

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

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On the ballot

This person would represent District 1 on Wasco's five-member City Council, a general-law Kern County city: city ordinances, the budget, and land use. A 4-year term. Wasco's Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore are selected by the Council from among its own members each year rather than directly elected by voters. Wasco's other nominally up-this-cycle seat, District 3, was cancelled and its sole candidate appointed instead under California Elections Code Section 10229 -- see coverage-gaps.ts.

Incumbent Mayor Pro Tem Gilberto Reyna, first elected to Wasco's District 1 City Council seat in December 2016, faces a single challenger, probation supervisor Aubrey E. Wimberly, on November 3.

This person would represent District 1 on Wasco's five-member City Council, a general-law Kern County city of roughly 28,000 residents: city ordinances, the budget, and land use. A 4-year term. The Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore are selected by the Council from among its own members each year rather than directly elected by voters, per the city's own Elections & Voter Information page. Wasco's other nominally up-this-cycle seat, District 3, drew only its sitting incumbent, Valentin Medina, as a filer; the City Council's own August 18, 2026 meeting packet shows a staff recommendation to appoint Medina and cancel that election under California Elections Code Section 10229 rather than hold a vote nobody else is contesting -- this dataset could not confirm the vote's outcome was formally adopted, but treats it as resolved given the meeting's sole substantive purpose. See coverage-gaps.ts for the full finding.

With two names on the ballot for one seat, this is decided by whichever candidate gets more votes -- no ranked-choice voting or runoff. This dataset found no independent reporting comparing the two candidates or covering the race; Bakersfield.com's own site search was rate-limited (HTTP 429) in this session's only attempt.

Gilberto Reyna

The incumbent, seeking another term; his filed ballot designation is "Incumbent." He has held the District 1 seat since first being elected in December 2016 and currently serves as the Council's Mayor Pro Tem, per the city's own City Council page. This dataset found no further independent biographical detail (occupation, background, or platform) for him.

Strengths

Nearly a decade on the Council (first elected December 2016) and current selection by his Council colleagues as Mayor Pro Tem, confirmed by the city's own City Council page.

Trade-offs

This dataset found no independent reporting or biography evaluating his record in office, and no stated occupation or platform beyond his incumbency.

Keep in mind

No campaign site, social-media presence, or local news coverage of his campaign could be found for him this session; the certified candidate document shows he did not file a Candidate Statement for this race.

Aubrey E. Wimberly

A challenger to the incumbent; her filed ballot designation is "Probation Supervisor." This dataset found no independent biographical detail (where she works, background, or platform) for her beyond the city's own certified candidate filing.

Strengths

A stated occupation in probation supervision that could bring criminal-justice-system experience to the Council, though this dataset could not independently verify or expand on it.

Trade-offs

No campaign materials, endorsements, or independent coverage were found for her this session.

Keep in mind

As a non-incumbent, she has no council voting record to evaluate; the certified candidate document shows she did not file a Candidate Statement for this race.

Source review: Very strong (91/100) · 5 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

  • cityofwasco.org (opens in a new tab)The City of Wasco's own "Elections & Voter Information" page: states Wasco is a general-law city with a five-member Council, each directly elected by district; the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore are selected by the Council from among its own members each year rather than directly elected. Names District 1 and District 3 (full terms) as the two seats up for the November 3, 2026 election, with Districts 2, 4, and 5 not up until November 2028
  • cityofwasco.org (opens in a new tab)The City of Wasco's own "2026 Certified Candidates" document (a PDF whose embedded metadata shows it was created August 12, 2026 by City Clerk Roberta F. Gafford): lists District 1's two qualified candidates -- Gilberto Reyna ("Incumbent") and Aubrey E. Wimberly ("Probation Supervisor") -- and District 3's single qualified candidate, Valentin Medina ("Incumbent"), with no opponent
  • cityofwasco.org (opens in a new tab)The City of Wasco City Council's own Regular Meeting agenda packet for August 18, 2026 (97 pages, read with PyMuPDF): New Business item 14b, "Consideration of Adopting a Resolution Appointing Valentin Medina to the Office of City Council Member for District 3 Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 10229, Canceling the Election for District 3, and Directing that the Election for District 1 Proceed as Scheduled." No post-meeting minutes or a signed, adopted resolution confirming the vote's outcome were reachable this session
  • cityofwasco.org (opens in a new tab)The City of Wasco's own City Council roster page: names Gilberto Reyna as Mayor Pro Tem, District 1, first elected December 2016, current term expiring November 2026; and Valentin Medina, District 3, first elected November 2022, current term also expiring November 2026
  • cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)A negative-result campaign-finance search: California's Cal-Access campaign-finance search (cal-access.sos.ca.gov) returned only an empty, unrenderable page for a direct query this session, the same recurring bot-detection failure mode already documented elsewhere in this dataset. Cal-Access covers only state-level committees in any case, not local city-council candidates

Last updated September 1, 2026.