Four challengers hope to unseat Costa Mesa mayor Nov. 3

After winning Costa Mesa’s first direct mayoral election in 2018, Mayor Katrina Foley is seeking reelection against four candidates who want to take her place after Nov. 3 – two political newcomers and two council members she’s shared the dais with before.
Challenging Foley, who is an attorney with her own firm, are fitness business owner Quentin “Q” Pullen, retired CPA Al Melone, Councilwoman Sandra Genis, a land use planner, and educator Wendy Leece, a former coun