# Member of the State Assembly, District 32 David Couch is running uncontested for Member of the State Assembly, District 32. 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-32 - 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: August 30, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 94 out of 100 (Very strong), across 3 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **David Couch** — Kern County Supervisor · Republican Only one candidate filed for this open seat. David Couch 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 Kern County and part of the southern Central Valley. 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 on cross-party support to move anything, since the majority's leadership controls committee assignments and the floor calendar. This is an open seat with a single candidate, which is the least contested combination on the ballot — nobody is being replaced and nobody is being challenged. With no record in this office and no opponent, the useful information is what his campaign is funded by and what the office he is about to hold actually controls. ## David Couch David Couch is a Kern County Supervisor and was the only candidate to file for this open Assembly seat, making him unopposed in the November general election. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress, so there is no legislative record to review. No campaign website or news coverage of his platform could be located. What is documented about him is his current position as a county supervisor and his unopposed run for this seat. No stated campaign priorities could be located, so what he would promise voters if elected is not documented here. **Strengths:** He already holds elected county office, and no opponent contested this seat, which suggests established local support. **Trade-offs:** No record in state office to judge, and no documented platform for what he would do with the seat. **Keep in mind:** With no opponent and no discoverable platform, accountability for this seat will come from constituents and the press once he is in office, not from this ballot. ## 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 - **David Couch** - Primary: $262,574 raised (Small donors: $106; Individuals: $63,800; PACs & committees: $90,200; Businesses & other orgs: $106,200) - November: $1,500 raised (PACs & committees: $1,500) 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 26, 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. [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 32 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. 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