Member of the State Assembly, District 1

Heather Hadwick is the Republican Assemblymember for District 1. A single mother raised her in Dorris. She now runs a family farm in Modoc County with her husband. They grow hay and vegetables and raise cattle. Before her 2024 election she taught school. She also spent nearly five years as Modoc County's deputy emergency services director. In that job she helped coordinate wildfire evacuations.

She says she serves to give rural Northern California a strong voice in Sacramento. In 2025 a bill let immigrant parents name emergency guardians for their kids. She did not vote on an early version. She later voted no on the final bill. The Assembly passed it 60 to 20 and the governor signed it into law. A primary opponent who did not advance criticized her handling of the bill. No other outlet reported on it.

She promises better rural health care, funding to keep small schools open, and a push to reopen timber and logging jobs. She also wants to make it easier to open and run a small business in the district. She points to her own experience running a farm and a small newspaper.

Dianna Margaret James is a Democrat and a Mount Shasta resident. She spent 25 years as a Foreign Affairs Officer for the U.S. State Department. She later worked with USAID. There she advised on democracy and human rights in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. She has not held elected office.

She says she is running because Northern California residents feel ignored. Her campaign points to its own finding that most local voters do not feel represented. She has never held office, so there is no state voting record or lawsuit to document here. What is documented about her career comes from her own campaign's account of her overseas work.

She promises regular town halls in every county, wildfire resilience and forest management, and relief on rising utility and insurance costs. She also lists health care access, housing affordability and broadband expansion among her priorities.