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City of Westminster · Statewide General Election

Westminster City Council, District 4

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 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 NamQuan Nguyen is running for re-election against three challengers: Kelly Daniels, Loan Nguyen, and Khai Dao. Whichever candidate gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright; there's no runoff.

This person holds District 4'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.

NamQuan Nguyen is the incumbent, confirmed both by the county's own Proof List and independently by Wikipedia's current Westminster council roster (which renders his name "Nam Quan Nguyen" -- the same person, cross-checked by office and 2022 election year against how he filed with the county). No platform information was independently confirmed for any of the four candidates despite a real search effort -- a documented gap, not a claim that no such material exists.

Kelly Daniels

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

Strengths

A business background suggests some experience with budgets, payroll, or regulation relevant to city governance.

Trade-offs

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

Keep in mind

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

Loan Nguyen

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

Strengths

A financial-consulting background suggests some experience with budgets and financial planning relevant to city governance.

Trade-offs

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

Keep in mind

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

NamQuan Nguyen

Filed his candidacy under the ballot designation "Westminster City Councilmember" -- independently confirmed as accurate by Wikipedia's current Westminster government page, which names him (as "Nam Quan Nguyen") the District 4 councilmember since his 2022 election. No independently confirmed campaign site, official city biography (westminster-ca.gov returned an access error on direct fetch), or news coverage describing his 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 his current term was found in this pass, so this dataset cannot describe what he has actually done in office.

Keep in mind

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

Khai Dao

Filed his candidacy under the ballot designation "Business Owner/Administrator." 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 business-ownership and administrative background suggests some experience running an organization and managing budgets or staff.

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.