- 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.
City of Westminster
Westminster City Council, District 1
This person holds your district's seat on Westminster's City Council. The council has five members. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. Westminster also has a citywide elected Mayor. An appointed city manager 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. The term is four years.
Amy Phan West holds this seat and is running again. Phan West faces two challengers, David Johnson and Mike Fenton. The top vote getter on November 3 wins outright. There is no runoff.
This person holds District 1's seat on Westminster's 5-member City Council. They vote on 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. The term is four years.
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 Johnson on a separate elected body (the school district, not the city council) -- a real current office, though no further detail on their 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
David Johnson filed under the ballot title Governing Board Member, Westminster School District. That is a real school board office. Voters elect it separately. No source was found for how long they have served. None was found for their platform in this race.
Amy Phan West
Amy Phan West filed under the ballot title Councilwoman and Business Owner. Phan West has held the District 1 seat since they won in 2022. No campaign site, city biography, or news story on their record or platform was found.
Mike Fenton
Mike Fenton filed under the ballot title Educator and Entrepreneur. No campaign site, news story, or other source on their background or platform was found.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.