# Mayor of Westminster Compare records and positions simply between Kimberly Ho, Nguyen Phuong Hung, Chi Charlie Nguyen, and 2 more for Mayor of Westminster at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person is Westminster's Mayor, elected directly by the whole city. It is the only council seat elected citywide rather than by district. Westminster is a general-law, council-manager city. The Mayor leads City Council meetings and represents the city publicly. The Mayor votes as one of five members, alongside four district councilmembers. They set the budget and city laws. An appointed city manager runs day-to-day operations. The term is four years. - Jurisdiction: City of Westminster - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/westminster-mayor - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: August 31, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 84 out of 100 (Strong), across 2 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Kimberly Ho** — Entrepreneur - **Nguyen Phuong Hung** — Retired - **Chi Charlie Nguyen** — Mayor/Business Owner · Incumbent - **Charles S. Shipp** — Account Executive - **Carlos Manzo** — Westminster City Councilmember A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Incumbent Chi Charlie Nguyen is running for re-election against four challengers, including a sitting councilmember, Carlos Manzo, who filed for Mayor rather than for re-election to their own council seat. Whichever candidate gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright; there's no runoff. Westminster's Mayor is elected citywide. It is the only council seat not tied to a district. Westminster is a general-law, council-manager city. The Mayor leads City Council meetings and speaks for the city in public. But the Mayor is one of five votes on the budget and city ordinances. The other four are district councilmembers. An appointed city manager runs the city day to day. The term is four years. Nguyen is the incumbent. The county's Proof List confirms that, and so does Wikipedia's Westminster council roster. Carlos Manzo filed as a Westminster City Councilmember. Wikipedia lists Manzo as the sitting District 2 Vice Mayor. Their own council seat is not on this ballot either way. District 2 is not up this cycle. Beyond those two roles, no biography, news coverage, or platform was confirmed. That holds for all five candidates. The search included a check for Vietnamese-language and community outlet coverage. Westminster has a large Vietnamese-American community. ## Kimberly Ho Filed Ho's candidacy under the ballot designation "Entrepreneur." No campaign site, news coverage, or other independent source describing their background or platform could be found in this pass despite a real search effort, including a direct guess at a campaign-site domain (votekimberlyho.com), which did not resolve. **Strengths:** An entrepreneurial background suggests some experience running a business, budgeting, or navigating local regulation. **Trade-offs:** No campaign statement or platform was found in this pass, so voters have no confirmed sense of their priorities beyond their listed occupation, and no prior elected office was found either. **Keep in mind:** No CAL-ACCESS record was checked for their campaign in this pass -- see Financial info. ## Carlos Manzo Filed Manzo's candidacy under the ballot designation "Westminster City Councilmember" -- Wikipedia's current council roster independently confirms Manzo is the sitting District 2 Vice Mayor, elected in 2020. Manzo is running for Mayor rather than for re-election to their own seat; District 2 is not on this year's ballot either way. No campaign site, official city biography (westminster-ca.gov returned an access error on direct fetch), or news coverage describing their council record or platform was found in this pass. **Strengths:** A sitting councilmember and Vice Mayor, so voters have a known quantity with current council experience, even without a detailed record on hand here. **Trade-offs:** No independently confirmed platform, voting record, or reason for seeking the Mayor's seat rather than re-election to District 2 was found in this pass. **Keep in mind:** No CAL-ACCESS record was checked for their 2026 campaign in this pass -- see Financial info. ## Nguyen Phuong Hung Filed Nguyen Phuong Hung's candidacy under the ballot designation "Retired." No campaign site, news coverage, or other independent source describing their background or platform could be found in this pass despite a real search effort. **Strengths:** None independently confirmed in this pass beyond their filed designation. **Trade-offs:** No campaign statement or platform was found in this pass, so voters have no confirmed sense of their priorities, prior career, or any prior elected office. **Keep in mind:** No CAL-ACCESS record was checked for their campaign in this pass -- see Financial info. ## Chi Charlie Nguyen Filed Nguyen's candidacy under the ballot designation "Mayor/Business Owner" -- independently confirmed as accurate by Wikipedia's current Westminster government page, which names Nguyen the sitting Mayor since their 2022 election. No independently confirmed campaign site, official city biography (westminster-ca.gov returned an access error on direct fetch), or news coverage describing their record or platform was found in this pass. **Strengths:** The sitting Mayor seeking a second term, so voters have a known incumbent with a completed term in the office itself, even without a detailed record on hand here. **Trade-offs:** No independently confirmed platform, accomplishments, or voting record from their current term was found in this pass, so this dataset cannot describe what they have actually done in office. **Keep in mind:** No CAL-ACCESS record was checked for their 2026 campaign in this pass -- see Financial info. ## Charles S. Shipp Filed Shipp's candidacy under the ballot designation "Account Executive." No campaign site, news coverage, or other independent source describing their background or platform could be found in this pass despite a real search effort. **Strengths:** An account-executive background suggests some sales, client-management, or business experience. **Trade-offs:** No campaign statement or platform was found in this pass, so voters have no confirmed sense of their priorities beyond their listed occupation, and no prior elected office was found either. **Keep in mind:** No CAL-ACCESS record was checked for their campaign in this pass -- see Financial info. ## Sources 1. [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](https://ocvote.gov/fileadmin/user_upload/data/candlog/GEN2026/candlog.pdf) 2. [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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster,_California) ## The rest of the ballot Mayor of Westminster is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. 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