Joe Stapleton announces run for seat on Newport Beach City Council

Newport Beach resident and community activist Joe Stapleton announced Friday his candidacy to represent District 1 on the Newport Beach City Council in next year’s midterm elections.

District 1 encompasses the Balboa Peninsula and West Newport Beach and is currently represented by Councilwoman Diane Dixon, who will be terming out next year. Dixon was first elected to the seven-person dais in 2014 and was reelected in 2018.

Seats in Districts 3, 4 and 6 are also up for election next fall.

Stapleton is president and co-founder of Spinnaker Investment Group and is chairman of the Newport Beach Foundation, a nonprofit group that aims to strengthen the city’s current and future leadership through education and advocacy. Stapleton was also recently reappointed to the city’s finance committee.

Additionally, he was also a harbor commissioner, was recently named the skipper for the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce’s Commodores Club and was citizen of the year in 2020.

He moved to Newport Beach in 2006 and briefly ran for the Newport Beach City Council in 2014, but withdrew.

“We have much to celebrate and be thankful for in this city. I will continue to work hard to promote our core values, especially around public safety, fiscal stewardship and preserving quality of life,” Stapleton said in a statement announcing his run. “I would be honored to serve our great city as your next city councilmember.”

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