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City of Westminster · Statewide General Election

Westminster City Council, District 1

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

This is one contest. Enter your address to see every race on your November ballot, and keep track of your picks.

On the ballot

This person holds your district's seat on Westminster's 5-member City Council: city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside the citywide-elected Mayor and an appointed city manager who runs day-to-day operations. Not all four council districts are elected the same year -- only Districts 1 and 4 have terms expiring in 2026 (Districts 2 and 3 are on the other half of the cycle). A 4-year term.

Incumbent Amy Phan West is running for re-election against two challengers, David Johnson and Mike Fenton. Whichever candidate gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright; there's no runoff.

This person holds District 1's seat on Westminster's 5-member City Council: city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside the citywide-elected Mayor and an appointed city manager who runs day-to-day operations. Not all four council districts are elected the same year -- only Districts 1 and 4 have terms expiring in 2026. A 4-year term.

Phan West is the incumbent, confirmed both by the county's own Proof List and independently by Wikipedia's current Westminster council roster. David Johnson's filed designation, "Governing Board Member, Westminster School District," places him on a separate elected body (the school district, not the city council) -- a real current office, though no further detail on his tenure or platform was independently confirmed. No platform information was independently confirmed for any of the three candidates despite a real search effort -- a documented gap, not a claim that no such material exists.

David Johnson

Filed his candidacy under the ballot designation "Governing Board Member, Westminster School District" -- a real, separately elected local office (the K-12 school district, not the city council), though no independent source confirming how long he has served or his platform for this council race was found in this pass.

Strengths

Current experience on an elected governing board (the school district), suggesting some familiarity with public budgets and local governance.

Trade-offs

No campaign statement or platform for this council race was found in this pass, so voters have no confirmed sense of his priorities beyond his current school-board seat.

Keep in mind

No CAL-ACCESS record was checked for his campaign in this pass -- see Financial info.

Amy Phan West

Filed her candidacy under the ballot designation "Councilwoman/Businessowner" -- independently confirmed as accurate by Wikipedia's current Westminster government page, which names her the District 1 councilmember since her 2022 election. No independently confirmed campaign site, official city biography (westminster-ca.gov returned an access error on direct fetch), or news coverage describing her record or platform was found in this pass.

Strengths

A sitting councilmember completing a term, so voters have a known incumbent rather than an unknown quantity, even without a detailed record on hand here.

Trade-offs

No independently confirmed platform or voting record for her current term was found in this pass, so this dataset cannot describe what she has actually done in office.

Keep in mind

No CAL-ACCESS record was checked for her 2026 campaign in this pass -- see Financial info.

Mike Fenton

Filed his candidacy under the ballot designation "Educator/Entrepreneur." No campaign site, news coverage, or other independent source describing his background or platform could be found in this pass despite a real search effort.

Strengths

A combined education and entrepreneurial background suggests some experience with both schools and small-business or budget management.

Trade-offs

No campaign statement or platform was found in this pass, so voters have no confirmed sense of his priorities beyond his listed occupation, and no prior elected office was found either.

Keep in mind

No CAL-ACCESS record was checked for his campaign in this pass -- see Financial info.

Source review: Strong (84/100) · 2 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with a narrow source base.

  • ocvote.gov (opens in a new tab)OC Registrar of Voters -- Contest/Candidate Proof List, General Election 11/3/2026 -- City of Westminster section (pages 161-166 of 188): confirms Mayor (5 qualified candidates), City Council District 1 (3), and District 4 (4) as the city's three November 2026 races, each Vote for 1, with incumbent flags and every candidate's filed ballot designation -- and that the queue's flagged "5 candidates" belongs to the Mayor's race specifically
  • en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia's Westminster, California article, government section: confirms Westminster is a general-law, council-manager city with a directly-elected, at-large Mayor and a 4-member, district-elected City Council (4-year terms), and names the current officeholders -- Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen (elected 2022); District 1, Amy Phan West (elected 2022); District 2, Carlos Manzo, Vice Mayor (elected 2020); District 3, Mark Nguyen (elected 2024); District 4, NamQuan Nguyen (elected 2022) -- independently cross-checking all three of this cycle's incumbents against the county's Proof List and explaining why Districts 2 and 3 aren't on this ballot

Last updated August 31, 2026.