An Early Look at the 2024 Irvine Elections

  • July 26, 2024, 2:40 pm America/Los_Angeles

As we get closer to the general election, it’s good to see who’s already filed Campaign Finance Disclosures to run for elected office in Irvine. Although this lists only those who have filed the necessary Campaign Finance Disclosures, a few more have declared that they intend to run. As they file, they will be added to this article.

Unofficial Candidate Status List

The candidates are ordered by last name alphabetically listing their name, website (if available), and any mayoral, council, or committee service.

Last Edited

8/10: Removed Nomination Paper Statuses, Added Ballot Designations and Candidate Statements, Removed Bhatia, Wang from District 1, MacLeod from District 4
8/8: Updated Nomination Paper Statuses
8/7: Updated Nomination Paper Statuses
8/6: Updated Nomination Paper Statuses, Michelle Johnson as serving on the Planning Commission as of August 5th
8/5: Updated Nomination Paper Statuses, Added Mohamed Kothermydeen to District 2
8/2: Nomination Paper Status Updated, Akshat Bhatia and Felipe Delgado have filed to run for Mayor, Kathrine Daigle’s name was removed, Zainab Saadi’s name was removed from District 1
8/1: Added Unofficial Candidate Status List Link, Nomination Paper Status, New Candidates, Clarified Tammy Kim is running for Mayor, not for District 3, Alex Mojaher has dropped from the race
7/26: Updated Finance Commission Service for Jeff Starke and Melinda Liu. Victor Baskett has dropped from the race

Mayor

  • Larry Agran
    • larryagran.com
    • Current Irvine City Councilmember (2022 – Present)
    • Councilmember (1978-1982, 1984-1986, 1998-2000, 2004-2014), Mayor (1982-1984, 1986-1990, 2000-2004)
    • Ballot Designation: Vice Mayor, City of Irvine
    • Candidate Statement
  • Akshat “AB” Bhatia
    • Ballot Designation: Realtor/Entrepreneur
    • Candidate Statement: No Candidate Statement Filed
  • Wing Chow
  • Felipe Delgado
  • Tammy Kim
  • Ron Scolesdang
  • Lee Sun (Liquing Sun)
    • No site was available at the time of publishing
    • Finance Commission (7/2024 – Present)
      • Appointed by Mayor Farrah Khan
    • Ballot Designation: Irvine Finance Commissioner
    • Candidate Statement

City Council

District 1 – Orchard Hills, West Irvine, Northwood Pointe

District 2 – Cypress Village, Woodbury, Portola Springs, Great Park Neighborhoods, Altair

  • Note: Victor Baskett Dropped from the Race, Alex Mohajer Dropped from the Race

District 3 – College Park, Greentree, El Camino Glen, The Ranch, Deerfield, The Colony, Northwood

  • Tom Chomyn
    • tom4irvine.com
    • Community Services Commission (7/2024 – Present)
      • Appointed by Councilmember Larry Agran
    • Ballot Designation: Irvine City Commissioner
    • Candidate Statement
  • James Mai
    • jamesmai.com
    • Irvine Community Alliance Fund (2021 – Present), Community Services Commission (7/2024 – Present)
      • Appointed to the Community Services Commission by Councilmember Mike Carroll
    • Ballot Designation: Irvine Commissioner/ Businessman
    • Candidate Statement
  • Jing Sun
    • sunforirvine.com
    • Community Services Commission (2020 – Present)* , Irvine Children, Youth, and Families Advisory Committee (2021 – Present)
      • Appointed by Vice Mayor Larry Agran (12/20-7/24)
      • Appointed by Councilmember Tammy Kim (7/24 – Present)
    • Ballot Designation: Father/Irvine Commissioner
    • Candidate Statement
  • Note: Douglas Elliott dropped out of the race, Tammy Kim running for Mayor.

District 4 – Quail Hill, Turtle Rock, Shady Canyon, Oak Creek, Laguna Altura, Spectrum, Los Olivos

  • Michael Carroll
    • mikecarroll.org
    • Current Irvine City Councilmember (2019- Present)
    • Planning Commission (2018-2019), Community Services Commission (2016-2018)
    • Ballot Designation: Councilmember, City of Irvine
    • Candidate Statement
  • Ayn Craciun
    • ayn4irvine.com
    • Sustainability Commission (2023 – Present)
      • Appointed by Councilmember Kathleen Treseder
    • Ballot Designation: Nonprofit Director
    • Candidate Statement