Rachel Strong Carnahan
Candidate for City Council Member, Cypress, District 5 · Appointed Council Member
Rachel Strong Carnahan owns and runs a local dance studio in Cypress. The Cypress City Council appointed her at a special meeting in November 2025, by a 3-1 vote, to fill the vacancy left by Scott Minikus. In a 2022 Voice of OC questionnaire she named public safety, fiscal responsibility and transparency as priorities.
Positions come from a 2022 Voice of OC candidate questionnaire in her own words.
On the issues
- Public Safety & Policing
Names public safety among her top priorities.
“Public safety, fiscal responsibility and transparency.”
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Says transparency should be a top objective of elected officials and public records should be readily available digitally.
“Transparency should be one of the highest objectives of our elected officials.”
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