California Legislature · Statewide General Election
Member of the State Assembly, District 39
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On the ballot
- Juan Carrillo — Democratic · Incumbent
- Paul Andre Marsh — Republican
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
Assemblymember Juan Carrillo took 62.3% of the June 2 vote and Republican Paul Andre Marsh took 37.7%; they were the only two candidates on the primary ballot. The district covers the Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles 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. Committee assignment is where most of the leverage sits, and it is handed out by the majority's leadership.
The incumbent's funding is almost entirely institutional — $99 of a campaign of $874,506 came from small donors, the lowest small-dollar share on this ballot. That is worth weighing against a solid enacted record. The challenger has raised almost nothing, so the practical question is what this district is getting from a safe seat.
Juan Carrillo
Democrat, the sitting Assemblymember for this district. He is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 7 of them signed into law. He took just under two-thirds of the June vote.
Strengths
Seven bills signed into law this session and established committee standing.
Trade-offs
Effectively none of his support arrived from small donors, and the rest is split between committees and business organizations.
Keep in mind
Ninety-four cents of every dollar he raised came from institutions rather than individuals.
Paul Andre Marsh
Republican, and the only other candidate on this district's ballot, with 37.7% of the June vote. He raised $5,022. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.
Strengths
He took more than a third of the vote on about $5,000, one of the widest vote-to-money gaps on this ballot.
Trade-offs
That is well under one percent of the incumbent's total, and he has no record in office to be judged on.
Keep in mind
Coverage surfaced almost no biographical or platform detail about him. That gap is what was available to us on 2026-08-10, not a comment on his candidacy.
Record in office
Juan Carrillo (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 7 of them signed into law. Paul Andre Marsh has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-08-10.
Record details
Carrillo — AB 1154 (2025): Junior accessory dwelling units. Carrillo — AB 450 (2025): Public social services: support for older and aging immigrants. Carrillo — AB 894 (2025): General acute care hospitals: patient directories. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.
Financial info
- Small donors
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Businesses & other orgs
Juan Carrillo
$874,506 raised
- Small donors$99<1%
- Individuals$35,2004%
- PACs & committees$431,10050%
- Businesses & other orgs$395,15046%
Paul Andre Marsh
$5,022 raised
- Individuals$1,50043%
- PACs & committees$1,97557%
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 (97/100) · 4 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
- 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 August 10, 2026.