Perris City Council Results: Gómez and Rabb Lead Districts 1 and 3

PERRIS, Riverside County — November 4, 2026. Two Perris City Council districts are reporting three-candidate contests, with Lupe Gómez and David Starr Rabb ahead in the first unofficial returns.

Preliminary numbers from the county

In District 1, Lupe Gómez has 43.98%, Mohammed K. Rahman 29.23% and Juan Carlos “JC” Franco 26.79%. In District 3, David Starr Rabb has 45.49%, Jessica Guzman 32.70% and Jose Osuna-Tisnado 21.80%.

What these early results mean

No candidate listed in either race had a majority of the votes reported early November 4. The contests concern different geographic districts and remain unofficial until the county certifies the vote.

Riverside County reported that election-night counting had finished while an estimated 485,000 vote-by-mail ballots and 11,000 conditional-registration ballots remained to be counted countywide. Those countywide totals do not specify how many ballots are still outstanding in this particular contest. Check the registrar’s latest posting for changes before concluding who won or whether a measure passed.

Sources: Riverside County Registrar of Voters, November 3 general election, Update #8; Valley News, November 4, 2026, based on Riverside County returns. Figures are unofficial. California58 statewide election hub.

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