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City elections in Santa Ana, California (2024)
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| 2024 Santa Ana elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: August 9, 2024 |
| General election: November 5, 2024 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Mayor and city council |
| Total seats up: 4 (click here for mayoral elections) |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2024 |
The city of Santa Ana, California, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 5, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was August 9, 2024.
Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.
Elections
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Candidates and results
City council
Ward 1
General election
General election for Santa Ana City Council Ward 1
Incumbent Thai Viet Phan defeated Julie Tran in the general election for Santa Ana City Council Ward 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Thai Viet Phan (Nonpartisan) | 52.5 | 7,151 |
 | Julie Tran (Nonpartisan) | 47.5 | 6,471 | |
| Total votes: 13,622 | |||
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Ward 3
General election
General election for Santa Ana City Council Ward 3
Incumbent Jessie Lopez defeated Jeffrey Katz in the general election for Santa Ana City Council Ward 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jessie Lopez (Nonpartisan) | 51.2 | 9,109 |
| Jeffrey Katz (Nonpartisan) | 48.8 | 8,685 | ||
| Total votes: 17,794 | |||
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Ward 5
General election
General election for Santa Ana City Council Ward 5
Incumbent Johnathan Hernandez defeated Mario Alvarado in the general election for Santa Ana City Council Ward 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Johnathan Hernandez (Nonpartisan) | 55.9 | 5,078 | |
 | Mario Alvarado (Nonpartisan) | 44.1 | 4,003 | |
| Total votes: 9,081 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: California elections, 2024
March 5, 2024
- United States Senate election in California, 2024
- United States Senate special election in California, 2024
- California's 40th Congressional District election, 2024
- California's 45th Congressional District election, 2024
- California's 46th Congressional District election, 2024
- California's 47th Congressional District election, 2024
- California State Senate elections, 2024
- California State Assembly elections, 2024
- California Proposition 1, Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure (March 2024)
- Rick Ledesma and Madison Miner recall, Orange Unified School District, California (2023-2024)
- Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2024)
- Irvine, California, Measure D, City Council Size and Districts Amendment (March 2024)
November 5, 2024
- United States Senate election in California, 2024
- United States Senate special election in California, 2024
- California's 40th Congressional District election, 2024
- California's 45th Congressional District election, 2024
- California's 46th Congressional District election, 2024
- California's 47th Congressional District election, 2024
- California State Senate elections, 2024
- California State Assembly elections, 2024
- California Changes to Tax Assessment on Inherited Homes Initiative (2024)
- California Changes to the State Children's Services Program Initiative (2024)#Measure design
- California Employee Civil Action Law and PAGA Repeal Initiative (2024)
- California Fast Food Restaurant Minimum Wage and Labor Regulations Referendum (2024)
- California Gender and Transgender-Related Policies in Schools, Sports, and Medicine Initiative (2024)#Sponsors
- California Oil and Gas Well Regulations Referendum (2024)
- California Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Institute Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 2, Public Education Facilities Bond Measure (2024)
- California Proposition 32, $18 Minimum Wage Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 33, Prohibit State Limitations on Local Rent Control Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 34, Require Certain Participants in Medi-Cal Rx Program to Spend 98% of Revenues on Patient Care Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 35, Managed Care Organization Tax Authorization Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 36, Drug and Theft Crime Penalties and Treatment-Mandated Felonies Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 3, Right to Marry and Repeal Proposition 8 Amendment (2024)
- California Proposition 4, Parks, Environment, Energy, and Water Bond Measure (2024)
- California Proposition 5, Lower Supermajority Requirement to 55% for Local Bond Measures to Fund Housing and Public Infrastructure Amendment (2024)
- California Proposition 6, Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment (2024)
- California Remove Voter Approval Requirement for Public Low-Rent Housing Projects Amendment (2024)
- California Require Personal Finance Course for High School Graduation Initiative (2024)
- California Tribal Government Mobile and Retail Sports Betting Initiative (2024)
- California Two-Thirds Legislative Vote and Voter Approval for New or Increased Taxes Initiative (2024)
- Mayoral election in Irvine, California (2024)
- Mayoral election in Santa Ana, California (2024)
- Santa Ana Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
- Garden Grove Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
- Tustin Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
- Orange Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
- Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2024)
- Orange, California, Measure AA, Legalization of Private Fireworks Measure (November 2024)
- Orange, California, Measure Z, Sales Tax Measure (November 2024)
- Rancho Santiago Community College District, California, Measure G, School Improvements Bond Measure (November 2024)
- Santa Ana, California, Measure CC, Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance Measure (November 2024)
- Santa Ana, California, Measure DD, Noncitizen Voting in Municipal Elections Amendment (November 2024)
- Santa Ana, California, Measure EE, City Governance Changes Amendment (November 2024)
- Santa Ana, California, Measure FF, City Council Compensation Amendment (November 2024)
- Santa Ana Unified School District, California, Measure I, School Improvements Bond Measure (November 2024)
- Tustin, California, Measure II, Mayor and City Council Term Limits Measure (November 2024)
- Tustin Unified School District, California, Measure J, School Improvements Bond Measure (November 2024)
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About the city
- See also: Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana is a city in California, and it is the county seat of Orange County. As of 2020, its population was 310,227.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Santa Ana uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[1]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Santa Ana, California | ||
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| Santa Ana | California | |
| Population | 310,227 | 39,538,223 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 27 | 155,857 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 35.6% | 56.1% |
| Black/African American | 1% | 5.7% |
| Asian | 12.1% | 14.8% |
| Native American | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Other (single race) | N/A | 14.3% |
| Multiple | 5.7% | 7.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 76% | 39.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 61.3% | 83.9% |
| College graduation rate | 16.8% | 34.7% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $72,406 | $78,672 |
| Persons below poverty level | 13.4% | 12.6% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
| Santa Ana, California | California | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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