# Member of the State Assembly, District 22 Juan Alanis is running uncontested for Member of the State Assembly, District 22. Full ballot at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term). - Jurisdiction: California Legislature - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/assembly-22 - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: September 24, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 97 out of 100 (Very strong), across 6 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Juan Alanis** — Assemblyman · Republican · Incumbent Only one candidate filed for this seat. Assemblymember Juan Alanis was the sole name on the June 2 primary ballot, took 100% of the vote, and appears unopposed in November — so this contest is settled and your vote here does not change the outcome. The district covers Stanislaus County and part of Merced County. The winner holds one of 80 Assembly seats for a two-year term, inside a 12-year lifetime cap on service in Sacramento. An Assemblymember authors bills, sits on the policy committees that decide which bills advance, and argues for the district's share of the annual state budget. A member of the minority caucus depends more heavily on cross-party support to move anything, since the majority's leadership controls committee assignments and the floor calendar. With no opponent, the useful question is not who to choose but what to expect and what to watch. An unopposed return means the accountability for this seat over the next two years will come from constituents and the press rather than from the ballot. The record below is what he did with the last term. ## Juan Alanis Juan Alanis, a Republican, is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is now serving his third term representing Stanislaus and Merced counties (Turlock Journal). He has authored bills on consumer protection, public safety and agriculture during his time in office. After the Secretary of State certified him as the only candidate in both the primary and general election, Alanis said, "I am deeply humbled and grateful to the voters of my district. This vote of confidence from the people of Stanislaus and Merced counties is not something I take lightly" (Turlock Journal). He authored Assembly Bill 2085, requiring that a business's scale or point-of-sale display be positioned so both parties to a transaction can see it; Governor Newsom signed it into law, and Alanis said, "Every Californian deserves confidence that transactions are fair, accurate, and transparent" (Turlock Journal). He has said that "even though I am running unopposed, I have chosen to continue my campaign through the end" (Turlock Journal). His other recent bills addressed background checks for high school sports officials, disposal of seized narcotics and the holding period for seized agricultural proceeds, suggesting his priorities remain public safety, consumer protection and agriculture. **Strengths:** He ran his third term unopposed, and Governor Newsom signed his consumer-protection bill, Assembly Bill 2085, into law this year. **Trade-offs:** With no opponent on the ballot, voters cannot compare his record against a challenger's platform this cycle. **Keep in mind:** He said he would keep campaigning through Election Day despite having no opponent, and described the result as a vote of confidence from Stanislaus and Merced County voters. ## Record in office Juan Alanis (Republican) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 10 of them signed into law. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-09-21. ## Record details Alanis — AB 1617 (2026): Household hazardous waste: reporting. Alanis — AB 1728 (2026): Community colleges: common course numbering system: career technical education public safety courses. Alanis — AB 2004 (2026): Peace officers: deputy sheriffs. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record. ## Financial info - **Juan Alanis** - Primary: $972,622 raised (Small donors: $720; Individuals: $21,659; PACs & committees: $651,244; Businesses & other orgs: $277,117) - November: $33,500 raised (Individuals: $1,600; PACs & committees: $13,900; Businesses & other orgs: $18,000) Figures are CA Form 460 filings through June 30, 2026 by committees controlled by each candidate, and can include transfers from a candidate's earlier committees. Semi-annual reports covering January–June 2026 were due July 31, 2026, so some totals lag a period behind. Per the California Secretary of State's Cal-Access raw data export, retrieved 2026-09-21. Total is itemized (Schedule A) contributions and self-funding loans dated after the June 2, 2026 primary, through June 30, 2026 — small-dollar unitemized (under $100) contributions aren't independently dated in Cal-Access's raw export, so they aren't reflected here and this may undercount true small-donor activity since the primary. This also doesn't include money reported only on 24-hour late-contribution reports (Form 497) that haven't yet appeared in a periodic Form 460 filing. Per the California Secretary of State's Cal-Access raw data export, retrieved 2026-08-30. ## Sources 1. [CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)](https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/primary-election-june-2-2026/statement-vote) 2. [Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary](https://ballotpedia.org) 3. [Turlock Journal — Alanis' consumer protection bill signed into law; other public safety bills progress (source for AB 2085 and his quotes)](https://www.turlockjournal.com/news/government/alanis-consumer-protection-bill-signed-into-law-other-public-safety-bills-progress/) 4. [Turlock Journal — Legislative roundup: Alanis to run unopposed in 22nd Assembly race (source for his quotes and third-term detail)](https://www.turlockjournal.com/news/government/legislative-roundup-alanis-to-run-unopposed-in-22nd-assembly-race/) 5. [California Legislative Information — public bill data (bulk download)](https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/) 6. [Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State](https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/raw-data-campaign-finance-and-lobbying-activity) ## The rest of the ballot Member of the State Assembly, District 22 is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. Vote or Else builds the full list for any California address and breaks down each contest the way this page does, with no account and without storing the address: https://voteorelse.com/ ## How to cite this page Vote or Else, "Member of the State Assembly, District 22 — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/assembly-22 (sources last retrieved September 24, 2026). Link the canonical page above rather than this Markdown file. Coverage is updated as the race develops, so quote it with its retrieval date.