Review note: Carolyn Daniels for Assembly and Nick Schultz for Assembly may have more bias because they are advocacy voter guides compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.
- 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
- a44.asmdc.org (opens in a new tab)Assemblymember Nick Schultz — official biography
- leginfo.legislature.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Legislature — AB 2319 (post-production tax credit) bill text and status, signed into law
- votenickschultz.com (opens in a new tab)Nick Schultz for Assembly — campaign site (bio and priorities)
- ocregister.com (opens in a new tab)OC Register — Nick Schultz, AD-44 candidate, 2026 primary election questionnaire
- ocregister.com (opens in a new tab)OC Register — Carolyn Daniels, AD-44 candidate, 2026 primary election questionnaire
- daniels4assembly.com (opens in a new tab)Carolyn Daniels for Assembly — campaign site (bio and issues)
- 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 44
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
Assemblymember Nicholas "Nick" Schultz took 71.2% of the June 2 vote. Republican Carolyn Daniels took 20.7% and claimed the second slot. The district covers Burbank, Glendale and the eastern San Fernando 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 first-term member is still building the committee position that determines how much of that agenda actually moves.
June's margin tells you where this district's registration sits, and the gap in resources between the two campaigns is close to total: one raised nearly $870,000, the other has reported nothing. That shapes how much either candidate has been able to say publicly, and therefore how much there is here for a voter to weigh.
Nicholas "Nick" Schultz
Nick Schultz is a Democrat. He is the sitting Assemblymember for this district. He was raised by a single mother and was the first in his family to graduate college. He worked as a deputy attorney general. He prosecuted public corruption, human trafficking and financial crimes. He served on the Burbank City Council and was its mayor before winning his Assembly seat in 2024. In the Assembly he has authored bills on public safety, energy and entertainment jobs.
As a former prosecutor, he says investing in people is the best way to keep communities safe. This year he wrote a bill creating a new tax credit for entertainment post-production jobs. Governor Newsom signed it into law in September 2026.
He promises to ease the cost of housing. He wants to protect state residents from federal immigration enforcement. As chair of the Assembly Public Safety Committee, he promises to keep working on public safety.
Carolyn Daniels
Carolyn Daniels is a Republican. She works as an independent contractor and describes herself as a wife and mother. She has not held elected office.
She says she has watched friends and neighbors leave the state because they cannot afford to stay. That is why she is running, she says. In a published questionnaire she said Sacramento's spending, not a lack of revenue, is the problem. She called for auditing state agencies to root out what she calls waste, fraud and abuse.
She promises to cut regulations on home building and to suspend the gas tax. She wants to defend Prop 13. She also promises to fully fund Prop 36 to address crime and drug offenses.
Record in office
Carolyn Daniels has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Nicholas "Nick" Schultz (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 11 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
Nicholas "Nick" Schultz
Primary — $868,702
- Small donors$7,9561%
- Individuals$127,03915%
- PACs & committees$427,00049%
- Businesses & other orgs$301,40035%
November — $57,620
- Individuals$31,72055%
- PACs & committees$5,0009%
- Businesses & other orgs$20,90036%
1Carolyn Daniels 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.
3Carolyn Daniels 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.