SEVEN MORE candidates for local city councils and mayorships have emerged.
With a little over a week to go before the filing deadline, the list of people filing for local city council and mayoral posts has grown … a little. Seven more candidates take taken out nomination papers over the past week.
Those seeking to be on the ballot in the Nov. 8 election in Garden Grove, Huntington Beach and Westminster must complete their nomination papers and submit them to the city clerk’s office by 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12.
Here’s a rundown by city. Candidates that are “new” since our last update are underlined.
GARDEN GROVE
For mayor
- Albert Ayala, Steve Jones, Donald Taylor
For city council
District 2 (North)
- John O’Neill
District 3 (Central West)
- Dui Nguyen, Luong Nguyen, Clay Bock
District 5 (East-North)
- Zach Barrett, Stephanie Klopfenstein, Demian Garcia-Monroy
District 6 (East-South)
- Rickk Montoya, Kim Nguyen
HUNTINGTON BEACH
For city council (three seats)
- Alexander Polsky, Jim Katapodis (inc.) Amory Hanson, Karen Leighton, Lyn Semeta, Patrick Brenden, Joe Carchio, Jill Hardy (inc.) David Sullivan (inc.), Aleksandr Donovan, Sophia Rangel, Hemesh Patel.
For city treasurer
- Alisa Cutchen (inc.)
For city clerk
- Robin Estabislau (inc.)
WESTMINSTER
For mayor
- Ray De La Cerda, Margie Rice, Tri Ta (inc.), Visual William.
For city council (two seats)
- Diana Carey (inc.), Sergio Contreras (inc.), Kimberly Lo, Mark Lawrence, Tommy Luong, Samantha Bao Anh Nguyen, Khi Dao.
A list of school board candidates will be posted on Thursday.