Councilman, Oxnard City Council, District 3 (Oxnard, CA)

Aaron Starr is a rare thing in California politics: a long-time Libertarian activist who won at the ballot box and now governs. Elected to the Oxnard City Council (District 3) in November 2024, Starr stepped onto the dais after years of grassroots reform work. His victory gives Oxnard residents a proven watchdog for transparent, accountable city government — and gives the Libertarian Party a high-profile, elected voice in one of Ventura County’s largest cities. Starr’s record backs up the brand. As president of the local reform group Moving Oxnard Forward, he helped voters repeal steep wastewater rate hikes (Measure M, 2016), and spotlighted illegal transfers from city utilities to the general fund, culminating in a court order to restore roughly $36.5 million to ratepayers. Most recently, Starr won a major First Amendment case striking down Oxnard’s campaign-contribution limits that were crafted to sideline his insurgent campaigns. That combination of taxpayer protection and civil-liberties wins is quintessentially Libertarian — and it’s now seated at the council table.