California Legislature · Statewide General Election
Member of the State Assembly, District 44
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On the ballot
- Carolyn Daniels — Republican
- Nicholas "Nick" Schultz — Democratic · Incumbent
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 and Republican Carolyn Daniels took 20.7% to claim 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
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 more than seven in ten votes in June.
Strengths
Seven bills signed into law this session, and $7,956 from small donors — above the median small-dollar base for incumbents on this ballot.
Trade-offs
His funding is institutional and unremarkable for a member of the majority; the trade here is continuity rather than a change of approach.
Keep in mind
A 71% primary is a fact about this district's registration as much as about his record.
Carolyn Daniels
Republican, who advanced with 20.7% of the June vote. She has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress. Cal-Access shows no contributions reported for her committee.
Strengths
She gave this district a contested November ballot rather than an uncontested one.
Trade-offs
No reported funding and no record in office leaves very little for a voter to evaluate beyond party.
Keep in mind
Coverage surfaced almost no biographical or platform detail about her. That gap is what was available to us on 2026-08-10, not a comment on her candidacy.
Record in office
Nicholas "Nick" Schultz (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. Carolyn Daniels 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
Schultz — AB 321 (2025): Misdemeanors. Schultz — AB 1319 (2025): Protected species: California Endangered Species Act. Schultz — AB 1050 (2025): Unlawfully restrictive covenants: housing developments. 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
Nicholas "Nick" Schultz
$868,702 raised
- Small donors$7,9561%
- Individuals$127,03915%
- PACs & committees$427,00049%
- Businesses & other orgs$301,40035%
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 2026-08-22.
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.