Laurene Weste
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 is also the Mayor of Santa Clarita in California. She assumed office on December 9, 2025. Her current term ends on December 8, 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 The Santa Clarita City Council appointed Weste Mayor of Santa Clarita on December 9, 2025, to replace Bill Miranda (Nonpartisan).[1]
Weste is a member of the Republican Party.[2]
Biography
Laurene Weste was born in Burbank, California.[3] Her career experience includes serving as 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.[4]
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
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Laurene Weste did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Santa Clarita City Council At-large |
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Footnotes
- ↑ KHTS, “Laurene Weste Sworn In As Santa Clarita Mayor, Patsy Ayala Selected As Mayor Pro Tem" accessed December 16, 2025
- ↑ 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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