- 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
- fresno.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Fresno — Council District 1, Annalisa Perea biography and record (career, council priorities and record)
- gvwire.com (opens in a new tab)GV Wire — Perea Vanquishes Dem Rival, Will Face GOP's Polsgrove in Runoff (used for Polsgrove's bare-bones campaign description)
- 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 31
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
This is an open seat. Democrat Annalisa Perea led the June 2 primary with 44.6%. Republican Jim Polsgrove took 34.4%. The district covers Fresno and its immediate surroundings.
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. Because this seat is open, whoever wins starts without seniority and builds committee standing from scratch.
Neither candidate has held state office, so there is no legislative record on either side. The gap that does exist is one of resources: one campaign has raised roughly twenty-six times what the other has. Weigh how much that difference reflects assembled support in the district versus access to the funding networks that back Central Valley campaigns.
Annalisa Perea
Annalisa Perea is a Fresno native and urban planner who has served on the Fresno City Council since 2022, including a term as council president. She has pushed for more parks, safer streets and affordable housing, and helped write the city's sidewalk vending rules. In 2024 she also helped negotiate a tax sharing agreement between the city and the county.
She describes her council focus as public safety, housing and economic development together, what she calls a three legged stool. As council president she helped the city declare a housing and homelessness emergency, a step meant to speed up shelter and housing projects.
She promises to bring that same focus to Sacramento: safer neighborhoods, more housing and stronger job creation for the Central Valley.
Jim Polsgrove
Jim Polsgrove is a retired engineering technician and a Republican in the Fresno area. His campaign has been described as a bare bones effort without paid staff. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress, so he has no legislative record to point to.
No campaign website or news coverage of his motivations for running could be located. What is documented about him is his showing in the June primary, where he took 34.4% of the vote against a divided field.
His campaign has not published stated priorities that could be located, so what he would promise voters is not documented here.
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
- Businesses & other orgs
- Self-funding
Jim Polsgrove
Primary — $32,440
- Small donors$3401%
- Individuals$7,10022%
- Self-funding$25,00077%
November
No itemized funding reported yet.
Annalisa Perea
Primary — $839,319
- Small donors$2,177<1%
- Individuals$164,82620%
- PACs & committees$458,43155%
- Businesses & other orgs$209,85025%
November — $37,600
- Individuals$2,6007%
- PACs & committees$28,10075%
- Businesses & other orgs$6,90018%
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 2026-09-21.
2Jim Polsgrove has no itemized contributions dated after the June 2, 2026 primary reported to Cal-Access yet.
3Total 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.