District Elections Result in a Full Field of Council Candidates

It looks like the shift to district elections for the Irvine City Council is proving to be a boost for local democracy, as claimed by proponents of the change.

Sixteen potential candidates in four Council districts and 7 potential candidates for mayor have taken out nomination papers from the City Clerk’s office. (In 2022, just six candidates vied for Council seats, with five contesting the mayoral race.)

To review Irvine’s new six-district map, click here.

The District 1 election is for a two-year term; the other three district elections are for four-year terms. The mayor serves a two-year term and is elected by all voters in the city.
 
The filing period for the November 2024 election closed on August 9th.

As of press time, the individuals who have pulled nomination papers are:
 
District 1
Michelle Johnson
Jackie Kan
Jeff Kitchen
Melinda Liu
John Park
Alvin Wang
 
District 2
Gang Chen
William Go
Jeff Starke
Parrisa Yazdani
 
District 3
Tom Chomyn
James Mai
Jing Sun
 
District 4
Mike Carroll (incumbent)
Ayn Craciun
Nerissa MacLeod
 
Mayor
Larry Agran
Akshat “AB” Bhatia
Wing Chow
Felipe Delgado
Tammy Kim
Ron Scolesdang
Liqing (Lee) Sun