Two three-way races will decide Districts 2 and 4
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (High Desert News Online) – Voters in Victorville’s City Council District 2 and 4 will have a chance to determine their council representatives in the November 3, 2026, general election as six individuals seek council positions. This comes against a background of major construction projects and investments on the part of the city.
While two of the hopefuls happen to be incumbents, their status is different from each other. Bob Harriman in District 4 was elected to the council seat in 2022 and is seeking a second term. In District 2, the incumbent Corrine Mora was appointed in December 2025 after a vacancy in the district’s seat on the council.
Victorville City Council is made up of five members who are elected on a district basis. The four-year term runs staggered as voters in three districts decide the candidates in one election while the other two decide them in the subsequent election cycle. Victorville is holding its next municipal general election on November 3, 2026.
As of mid-August, three candidates qualified for nominations in District 2 and also three in District 4. However, the process is still ongoing and therefore the candidate and ballot information is likely to undergo final election certification.
District 2: Lutz, Mora and Porras
District 2 sees the competition between Ken Lutz, Corrine Mora and Rafael Angel Porras.
Corrine Mora – Incumbent
Mora is the incumbent council member in District 2 but she did not serve a complete four-year term. She was appointed to the vacant council seat by the City Council in December 2025 and her term will come to an end in November. This implies that the 2026 election marks the first time in which District 2 voters will get a chance to decide on whether to re-elect her or not. As a person outside City Hall, Mora works as an office manager for the 23rd Congressional Jay Obernolte’s District. This is important in evaluating the performance of the city council in the four-year period since Mora has not served the whole 2022-2026 term.
Ken Lutz
Lutz is a retired San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department captain who worked in the High Desert area for many years. He has lived in the district for approximately three decades and is highlighting issues of public safety, street conditions and infrastructure. He has worked in the Sheriff’s Department in the High Desert cities served by the Victor Valley Station. Moreover, he helped in introducing body-worn cameras for deputies in Adelanto before retiring. Lutz is seeking the council position as a challenger and has never served on the Victorville City Council.
Rafael Angel Porras
Porras, who appears on the ballot as a pastor, seeks the District 2 seat once again. In the previous council election in 2022, he was challenging incumbent Councilwoman Debra Jones. The election was won by Jones with 2,583 votes (66.87%) against 1,280 (33.13%) of Porras. Porras contested for the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors District 1 in the March 2024 primary election and scored 4,388 votes (8.6%) in a race won by incumbent Paul Cook. Thus, the incumbent Porras returns to District 2 from the previous council election, but this time challenging Councilwoman Mora and not Jones.
District 4: Harriman, Marshall and Shamsrouf
This year, District 4 voters will vote in Bob Harriman, Derek Marshall and Kassandra Shamsrouf.
Bob Harriman – Incumbent
Harriman is the incumbent mayor pro tem of Victorville City. He won the District 4 council seat in November 2022 and has been a Victorville resident and a small business owner for many years. He has also served on the community services advisory committee and planning commission of the city prior to serving on the city council. Therefore, he has served in the current council throughout the four-year period under evaluation and thus gives voters a chance to evaluate his performance along with the performance of the city council.
Derek Marshall
Marshall is currently serving as the member of the Victorville Planning Commission, which is made up of five people reviewing land use and development applications in collaboration with the actions of the City Council. The city’s records list him as a planning commissioner, while the county candidate materials describe him as a small business owner. Thus, his candidacy offers a challenge for the incumbent Harriman and also a person with experience in Victorville’s planning and development process.
Kassandra Shamsrouf
Shamsrouf is the third candidate seeking the District 4 seat in the election. Ballot occupation of Shamsrouf is described as auditor in the candidate filings and her candidacy paperwork has been submitted for the November election. Her candidacy makes the race in District 4 a three-way competition.
Victorville’s move to the district system
The current election marks the continued use of district elections by Victorville since the last few years. While in 2020, citywide council elections were held to elect three seats, Victorville moved to a district system in 2022, whereby District 2 and 4 council positions were voted separately. Thus, the current election will be a test on how effective the district system is in serving the voters.
What has been accomplished in the 2022-2026 term?
Incumbent candidates in the current election campaign on the basis of some visible projects and initiatives completed or implemented in this council period. These projects were not always initiated in the current council, but were planned, funded or commenced in the previous terms or periods. For instance, the construction of Green Tree Boulevard Extension commenced in 2021 and was completed in 2023. It provided Victorville and Apple Valley with an east-west connection, including a bridge over BNSF Railway tracks, roadway widening, new intersections and bike lanes. The project won 2023 BEST transportation award from the Southern California chapter of the American Public Works Association.
Victorville Wellness Center was opened in December 2023 on a 4.5 acre campus where homeless people are relocated to temporary housing, case management and other related services. The center has 170 beds and benefited from the Homekey funding. In May 2026, according to San Bernardino County Point-in-Time Count, 104 unsheltered homeless individuals in the city were counted down from 326 in 2024 – 68% drop, while overall count of homeless individuals decreased from 611 to 441 – 28%.
Permanent Animal Care and Adoption Center was constructed after the city began to perform the sheltering services in 2023. The expansion of services included animal sheltering, adoptions, reunification, microchipping and licensing, as well as fostering and rescue coordination. The center became one of the most prominent expansions of municipal services in the period.
In 2026, a larger James L. Cox Public Library was opened on Green Tree Boulevard with the aid of the $9 million California State Library grant and Measure P funding. The history of the library dates back to 1914 when it became city operated in 2006.
Independent audit conducted in February 2026 gave a clean opinion for the year ending June 30, 2025, with general-fund balance of about 16 months of operating expenditures.
The investments under Measure P, the one-cent local sales tax approved in 2020, continued on fire service expansion, over 20 additional firefighters, new engines and equipment. In April 2026, Victorville began implementing a Drone as First Responder program in order to provide real-time aerial information during emergencies.
The economic and industrial development remained robust and Southern California Logistics Airport continued being a major driver. In 2023, two new industrial buildings at SCLA were occupied by Amazon and Iron Mountain, along with more than 200 new businesses being opened in the city. SCLA, which has grown out of the George Air Force Base, became a major aviation, logistics and industrial center of Victor Valley.
The record of the city separately from the incumbents’ records
It is necessary to separate the record of the city from the record of incumbents as voters. Harriman has served most of the current four-year term since his election in 2022. On the other hand, Mora joined the council in December 2025. There were some of the accomplishments that had been initiated before Harriman’s election in 2022 and were finished in the course of this term by joint efforts of several councils, city administrations and regional or state funding partners.
Thus, the 2026 election is not just a decision on two incumbents. Voters in Districts 2 and 4 have an opportunity to evaluate the record of the city on infrastructure, public safety, homelessness, development, financial management and municipal services and choose the candidates capable to guide the city in the next four-year period.
District 2: Continuity or a change?
District 2 offers a unique race in the sense that the incumbent council member has been appointed rather than elected. Incumbent Mora can use her experience in the government services and also the experience of being a member of the council, while Lutz can emphasize his public safety experience. Furthermore, Porras can campaign relying on his previous experience in the previous campaign in the same district.
Return of Porras is also important in the sense that he was one of the two candidates in District 2 in 2022. After four years, voters in the district will see his name on the ballot, but as a candidate to an incumbent Mora.
District 4: A test for an incumbent
In District 4, voters will have an opportunity to test the performance of an incumbent. Harriman has served the whole four-year term and holds mayor pro tem post. Marshall has the experience in the Planning Commission, while Shamsrouf has auditing experience. For Harriman, the performance of the city in the past four years will make a case for his reelection, whereas for challengers, the question is whether District 4 voters want a change of direction, pace or priorities.
Election Day is Nov. 3
City council elections will be held in Victorville on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, during the San Bernardino County general election. Only the residents of the districts that will be on the ballot will vote for the council positions in accordance with the district election system used in Victorville.
With two three-way races, one appointed incumbent running for the first time on the ballot and an elected incumbent running for another term, District 2 and District 4 races present voters in Victorville with a choice of maintaining their current representation or inviting new voices.
