General election Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026 · Local and district races
Source: Ballotpedia, Merced County, California, elections, 2026 (secondary source, not the official ballot) (accessed Oct 16, 2026). Names are shown as listed by the source. Which district races you see depends on where you live; check yours at California voter status lookup (Secretary of State).
| Office | Candidates |
|---|---|
| Schools, colleges & special districts | |
| Merced County Board of Education Area 1 | Peg Larson vs. John Magneson |
| Merced County Board of Education Area 2 | Guadalupe M. Gonzalez vs. Ryan Richard Heller |
| Merced County Board of Education Trustee Area 5 | Geneva Marie Brett vs. Jesse D. Perez |
| Merced County Superintendent of Schools | Ana Boyenga vs. Richard Lopez |
| Atwater Elementary School District, Area 1 | Mary Ellen Arana vs. Barbara A. Dutra |
| Delhi Unified School District, At-large Vote for 4 | Francisca Briones, Ismael S. Macias Jr., Edna Desiree Rodriguez Reyna, Hayde Berenice Sanchez-Lozano, Alex Misty Toth, Claudia Aispuro Vargas, Mary E. Worthington |
| Dos Palos-Oro Loma Joint Unified School District school board Trustee Area 5 | David Langley vs. Moy Meraz |
| El Nido Elementary School District, At-large Vote for 3 | Robert Borba, Connor Erickson, Barbara Jean Greninger, Liliana Rojas |
| Gustine Unified School District, Area 1 | Evelin Gimlett vs. Gary Silva |
| Hilmar Unified School District school board Trustee Area 1 | Camy Honore vs. Talena Perry vs. Erika S. Tremble |
| Hilmar Unified School District school board Trustee Area 2 Vote for 2 | Marco Alvares, Rob Machado, Kelly Vincent |
| Le Grand Union Elementary School District school board Trustee Area 5 | Jacqueline Aguilar vs. Freddie R. Chavez |
| Le Grand Union High School District, At-large Vote for 2 | Monica Avila Iniguez, Aide Marchini, Amanda Zaragoza |
| Livingston Union School District, Area 1 | Margarita A. Aguilar vs. Rigo Espinoza |
| Livingston Union School District, Area 4 | Johnny Guillen vs. Yolanda Pulido-Correia |
| Los Banos Unified School District school board Trustee Area 7 | Myriam J. Gonzalez vs. Dayna Valadao |
| McSwain Union Elementary School District, At-large Vote for 3 | Amy Atwal, Cindy Bell, Brock Pisacco, Scott Roduner |
| Merced River School District, At-large Vote for 3 | Liz Reyes Johnston, Babette Pareira, Jenni Reel, Stephanie Sexauer, Holly Tucker |
| Turlock Unified School District school board Trustee Area 4 | Jayden Betbabanta vs. Mary Jackson |
| Weaver Union School District, Area 4 | Jesse F. Ornelas vs. Louis Smith |
| Merced Community College District Governing Board Trustee Area 4 | Mary Camper vs. Rich Randall |
| Merced Community College District Governing Board Trustee Area 5 | Joe G. Gutierrez vs. Sarai Jimenez-Robertson |
| Merced Community College District Governing Board Trustee Area 7 | Bob Geyer vs. John Pedrozo |
| Yosemite Community College District Governing Board Trustee Area 1 | Don Davis vs. William Andrew Dunn |
| Yosemite Community College District Governing Board Trustee Area 2 | Debra Hendricks vs. David Rico |
| Yosemite Community College District Governing Board Trustee Area 4 | Jenny Nicolau vs. Ryan Segoviano |
| City & town offices | |
| Mayor of Atwater | Roberto Montes-Yepez vs. Mike Nelson |
| Livingston City Council At-large Term ends 2030 Vote for 2 | Terika DeGraw, Mohinder Kanda, Gurpal S. Samra, Parwinder Singh Uppal |
| Mayor of Livingston | Jason E. Roth vs. Japjeet Singh Uppal |
| Los Banos City Council District 3 | Marcus Chavez vs. Erasmo Viveros |
| Merced City Council District 2 | Felipe Rojas-Flores vs. Yang Pao Thao |
| Merced City Council District 6 | John G. Bliss Jr. vs. Fue Xiong vs. Yader Zeledon |
Also on every Merced County ballot: Governor, the other statewide offices, U.S. House and legislative districts, and the statewide propositions.
California local races are nonpartisan, so no party labels are printed. Most county offices were decided outright in the June 2 primary; only runoffs and November-only contests appear here.
This list comes from secondary sources, not the county's official ballot. Your exact ballot is in your county voter guide; check your registration at California voter status lookup (Secretary of State).
One candidate per seat on the list (write-ins may still be possible).
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