California Legislature · Statewide General Election
Member of the State Assembly, District 3
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
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On the ballot
- James "Jamie" Johansson — Republican
- Dom Belza — Republican
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
This is an open seat, and both November candidates are Republicans: Dom Belza led the June 2 primary with 45.2% and James "Jamie" Johansson took 29.3%. No Democrat advanced, so voters in this far-northern district are choosing between two members of the same party. The district covers Butte, Glenn, Tehama and neighbouring counties.
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. Whoever wins here enters the minority caucus, where moving legislation requires majority-party support that members cannot command on their own.
With two Republicans on the ballot, party is not the axis and neither candidate has held state office, so there is no legislative record to compare. What does differ is how each campaign is funded: one drew substantially on committees and organizations, the other largely on individuals plus a six-figure contribution of his own. Weigh which base of support you would rather have your representative answerable to.
Dom Belza
Republican, who led the June primary with 45.2% of the vote. His campaign reports $590,683 in contributions, including $207,200 from PACs and committees, $225,449 from businesses and other organizations and $203,967 from individuals. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.
Strengths
He led the field outright in June, and assembled the broadest institutional support of the two — an indicator of backing from organized interests.
Trade-offs
That same institutional weight is a set of relationships he would carry into office, and he has no record in office to be judged against.
Keep in mind
Coverage surfaced little detail about his platform; we can document how his campaign is funded and how it polled, not what he would do with the seat.
James "Jamie" Johansson
Republican, who advanced with 29.3% of the June vote. His campaign reports $289,457 in contributions, mostly from individuals at $133,178, with $100,000 of his own money and only $7,500 from PACs and committees. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.
Strengths
Almost no committee money, so he would arrive with the fewest institutional obligations of the two.
Trade-offs
He finished nearly 16 points behind in June, raised about half what his opponent did, and a fair share of his funding is his own.
Keep in mind
Coverage surfaced little detail about his platform, so the contrast we can document between these two candidates is one of funding rather than policy.
Record in office
This is an open seat: no candidate on the November ballot currently serves in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress, so there is no legislative record to compare here. These records cover only those offices.
Financial info
- Small donors
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Party
- Businesses & other orgs
- Self-funding
James "Jamie" Johansson
$289,457 raised
- Small donors$2,5471%
- Individuals$133,17848%
- PACs & committees$7,5003%
- Businesses & other orgs$33,85012%
- Self-funding$100,00036%
Dom Belza
$590,683 raised
- Small donors$6,7881%
- Individuals$203,96731%
- PACs & committees$207,20032%
- Party$5,6001%
- Businesses & other orgs$225,44935%
1Figures 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 2026-08-22.
June 2 primary — how they advanced
Source review: Very strong (94/100) · 3 cited sources
Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.
- 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
- sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State
Last updated August 10, 2026.