McFarland grew from Hunt’s Siding into an agricultural city along Highway 99. We help organize your campaign content across websites, signs, printed pieces and mail. Municipality: City of McFarland · Kern County. Local setting: Hunt’s Siding · Highway 99. McFarland’s Hunt’s Siding history and Highway 99 corridor connect its agricultural roots with a distinct municipal geography. The adopted Council districts and City Clerk’s current resources provide clear references for a coordinated campaign project. Hunt’s Siding and the Highway 99 corridor. The City’s history describes James Boyd McFarland’s 1907 visit to Kern County and the small agricultural and livestock community at Hunt’s Siding. The town was founded in 1909 and incorporated in the summer of 1957. The history records the construction of Highway 99 in 1950 as dividing the town’s east and west sides. This rail and road setting offers a more specific local frame than the county’s broader agricultural landscape. Four Council districts and a citywide mayor. McFarland adopted its “red” district map on March 14, 2024. The City’s district-election page describes four Council districts, with the mayor continuing to be elected citywide every four years. The current November 2026 notice lists the mayor, Districts 1 and 3 for four-year terms, and a District 2 short-term position. That current notice adds detail to the earlier district-transition schedule. Use the adopted map together with the applicable notice for the exact office and term. Council access and the municipal Clerk. The City lists Council meetings on the second and fourth Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 103 West Sherwood Avenue. Its Council resource publishes current public contacts and describes the Council’s policy-making role. The Clerk coordinates municipal elections with Kern County and maintains resolutions, ordinances, contracts, agendas and certified minutes. The office also manages public-record requests. Kern County’s candidate page directs city candidates to the municipal Clerk for the appropriate filing process. Keep McFarland district labels aligned. LCP can coordinate your final content across a website, signs, handouts and mail artwork. Record the mayor or precise Council district and term in the brief, together with committee details and disclosure wording. Before production, your team can review the office label, contact information and web links across the complete proof set. Provide formats, quantities and delivery requirements so design, printing and mailing preparation can be estimated as one project. What Local Campaign Pros can produce for McFarland campaigns. Campaign direct mail: Postcards, letters and folded mailers designed, printed and mailed to the addresses you approve, with postage and mail-house handoff planned in. Lawn signs and walk pieces: Yard signs, stakes, door hangers and walk cards sized for your district, using the name, office and ballot designation you confirm. Campaign printing: Palm cards, flyers, envelopes and event pieces, proofed before anything goes to press. Websites and text artwork: A simple candidate website plus matching graphics for texts and email, built from the same approved copy and photos. How a project gets started. Approved content: Your name as it will appear, the office, a photo and any copy you have approved, including a candidate statement if you file one. Office and boundary confirmed: The exact office, district or seat, checked against the official election source for this place. Quantities: How many signs, pieces or mail addresses you need. We help estimate; you approve the final counts. Artwork and proofs: We design or adapt artwork and send proofs. Nothing prints until you sign off. Production schedule: We plan print and mail dates backward from the official deadlines and election dates you confirm. When did McFarland incorporate? The City’s history records incorporation in the summer of 1957, following the town’s founding in 1909. Is McFarland’s mayor still elected citywide? Yes. The district-election page describes four Council districts and a mayor elected citywide every four years. Does the older district-transition schedule list every 2026 position? The current 2026 notice includes a District 2 short-term position in addition to the mayor and Districts 1 and 3. Use the applicable current notice with the adopted map. Where can I find Council records and candidate resources? Use the municipal Council and Clerk pages. Kern County’s Running for Office page directs city candidates to the City Clerk.