2024 Election: Candidate Tracker

Local politicians have begun declaring their candidacy more than two years before the election on November 5, 2024. Here is a list of who is running to represent Riverside residents.

2024 Election: Candidate Tracker
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Note: Last updated Thursday, January 18, 2024, at 2:45 p.m.

The Primary Election will be held on Tuesday March 5, 2024.

Candidates are listed in the order they will appear on the ballot, which was determined through the California Secretary of State Randomized Alphabet Drawing conducted on December 14, 2023.

Mayor of Riverside

Get to Know Your 2024 Election Candidates for Mayor
Riverside’s 2024 mayoral race heats up with The Raincross Gazette’s exclusive interviews with incumbent Patricia Lock Dawson and challenger Jessica Qattawi.

Riverside City Council

Ward 1

Get to Know Your 2024 Election Candidates for Ward 1
The Raincross Gazette has exclusive interviews with all five candidates on the March 2024 ballot to represent Ward 1 for the next four years.

Ward 3

Get to Know Your 2024 Election Candidates for Ward 3
The Raincross Gazette has exclusive interviews with both candidates on the March 2024 ballot to represent Ward 3 for the next four years.

Ward 5

Get to Know Your 2024 Election Candidates for Ward 5
The Raincross Gazette has an exclusive interview Sean Mill, running to to represent Ward 5 for the next four years. Councilmember Plascencia did not respond to The Gazette’s interview requests.

Note: Councilmember Plascencia did not respond to The Gazette's interview requests for our "Get to Know the Candidates" interview series.

Ward 7

  • Steven Hemenway

Beyond the City

Riverside County Board of Supervisors District 1
District 1 was redrawn in 2021 and now includes Riverside, Jurupa Valley, and Perris, as well as March Air Reserve Base, Highgrove, and Mead Valley.

  • State Senator Richard Roth (D)
  • Former State Assemblymember Jose Medina (D)
  • Western Municipal Water District board member Gracie Torres (D)

California State Assembly 58th District
This seat is currently held by Sabrina Cervantes, who is now running for the State Senate. The 58th District represents Grand Terrace, Jurupa Valley, and parts of Corona, Eastvale, and Riverside.

  • Leticia Castillo (R)
  • Ward 2 Riverside Councilmember Clarissa Cervantes (D)
  • Ward 3 Riverside City Councilmember Ronaldo Fierro (D)

California State Senate 31st District
Richard Roth is terming out of his seat in the State’s 31st Senate district, which encompasses Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, Moreno Valley, Perris, San Jacinto, and parts of Corona, Fontana, Menifee, and Riverside.

  • Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes (D)
  • Riverside Unified School District board member Angelo Farooq (D)

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