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Laurene Weste
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1998 - Present
2026
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Laurene Weste is an at-large member of the Santa Clarita City Council in California. She assumed office in 1998. Her current term ends in 2026.
Weste ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Santa Clarita City Council in California. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
The Santa Clarita City Council elected Weste as mayor on December 14, 2021, for the sixth time since 1998.[1][2] Weste left office on December 13, 2022. [3]
Weste is a member of the Republican Party.[4]
Biography
Weste was born in Burbank, California.[5] In addition to serving on the Santa Clarita City Council, Weste has been a commissioner for the City Parks and Recreation Commission, a member of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Board, and director of the Santa Clarita Valley Committee on Aging.[6]
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Santa Clarita, California (2022)
General election
General election for Santa Clarita City Council At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Santa Clarita City Council At-large on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Laurene Weste (Nonpartisan) | 19.8 | 32,886 | |
| ✔ |  | Bill Miranda (Nonpartisan) | 19.5 | 32,306 |
| ✔ | Marsha McLean (Nonpartisan) | 17.1 | 28,352 | |
| Denise Lite (Nonpartisan) | 15.4 | 25,552 | ||
 | Jeffrey Malick (Nonpartisan)  | 8.8 | 14,560 | |
| Selina Thomas (Nonpartisan) | 8.5 | 14,121 | ||
 | David Barlavi (Nonpartisan) | 7.5 | 12,359 | |
| Douglas Fraser (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 3,865 | ||
| Kody Amour (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew) | 1.0 | 1,679 | ||
| Total votes: 165,680 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Santa Clarita City Council At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Santa Clarita City Council At-large on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Laurene Weste (Nonpartisan) | 14.3 | 25,603 | |
| ✔ | Marsha McLean (Nonpartisan) | 14.1 | 25,273 | |
| ✔ | | Bill Miranda (Nonpartisan) | 10.5 | 18,885 |
| Diane Trautman (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 16,479 | ||
| Ken Dean (Nonpartisan) | 8.3 | 14,951 | ||
| Logan Smith (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 12,871 | ||
| TimBen Boydston (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 12,857 | ||
| Brett Haddock (Nonpartisan) | 6.4 | 11,427 | ||
| Jason Gibbs (Nonpartisan) | 5.6 | 10,008 | ||
| Matthew Hargett (Nonpartisan) | 4.0 | 7,093 | ||
| Cherry Ortega (Nonpartisan) | 3.6 | 6,499 | ||
| Sean Weber (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 5,072 | ||
| Sandra Nichols (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 5,049 | ||
| Paul Wieczorek (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 4,903 | ||
| Sankalp Varma (Nonpartisan) | 1.4 | 2,595 | ||
| Total votes: 179,565 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Santa Clarita City Council At-large |
Officeholder Santa Clarita City Council At-large |
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Footnotes
- ↑ City of Santa Clarita, "Special Reorganization Meeting Minutes, " December 14, 2021
- ↑ The Signal, "City Council votes unanimously; Laurene Weste named mayor," December 14, 2021
- ↑ Hometown Station, "Jason Gibbs Selected As Santa Clarita Mayor For 2023," accessed December 17, 2022
- ↑ Santa Clarita Valley Republican Party, "Republican Party Endorsed Candidates," accessed February 9, 2022
- ↑ SCVTV, "SCV Newsmaker of the Week: Laurene Weste," January 8, 2006
- ↑ City of Santa Clarita, "Mayor Laurene Weste," accessed February 9, 2022
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