- sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)
- ballotpedia.org (opens in a new tab)Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary
- coastsidebuzz.com (opens in a new tab)Coastside Buzz — Assemblymember Berman Secures Funding for Youth Mental Health Resources Centers (source for his mental health work and quote)
- downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Legislative Information — public bill data (bulk download)
- sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State
Last updated September 24, 2026.
State of California
Member of the State Assembly, District 23
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
Assemblymember Marc Berman took 77.3% of the June 2 vote. Republican David G. Johnson took 14.6% and claimed the second slot in a three-candidate field. The district covers Palo Alto, Mountain View and the northern Santa Clara County peninsula.
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. Seniority compounds: a member several terms in chairs committees and shapes which bills reach a floor vote at all.
June's margin tells you where this district's registration sits, and the choice is between a senior majority member with one of the higher enacted-bill counts on this ballot and a challenger with no reported campaign. Weigh the incumbent's record on its own terms, and note how little has been published about the alternative.
Marc Berman
Marc Berman is a Democrat and the sitting Assemblymember for this district. He served on the Palo Alto City Council before his election. He has worked on youth mental health policy for a decade in Sacramento. This year he helped secure state funding for a youth walk-in mental health center opening in Half Moon Bay.
He says California youth face a serious mental health crisis and that centers like these give them real support. He is also the author of a bill that would make suicide-prevention training required and free for school staff who work with kids 13 and older. That bill has not yet reached the governor's desk.
No stated 2026 platform could be located for him. His recent record points to continued work on youth mental health policy and on securing state funding for local projects in his district.
David G. Johnson
David G. Johnson is a Republican who advanced from a three-candidate June primary for this district. They have not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress. Their ballot designation lists them as a small business owner.
No news coverage of their campaign or their reasons for running could be located.
No campaign website or platform could be located for them. What is known about them comes from their ballot designation and the June primary results.
Record in office
David G. Johnson has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Marc Berman (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 14 of them signed into law. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-09-21.
Financial info
- Small donors
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Businesses & other orgs
Marc Berman
Primary — $771,514
- Small donors$325<1%
- Individuals$124,51016%
- PACs & committees$359,95047%
- Businesses & other orgs$280,50037%
November — $63,200
- Individuals$11,90019%
- PACs & committees$17,20027%
- Businesses & other orgs$34,10054%
1David G. Johnson has no contributions reported to Cal-Access for this race.
2Figures 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.
3David G. Johnson has no itemized contributions dated after the June 2, 2026 primary reported to Cal-Access yet.
4Total 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.