# Member of the State Assembly, District 47 Compare records and positions simply between Greg Wallis or Leila Namvar for Member of the State Assembly, District 47 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-47 - 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: September 24, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 95 out of 100 (Very strong), across 9 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Greg Wallis** — Member of the State Assembly · Republican · Incumbent - **Leila Namvar** — Civil Servant/Mom · Democratic Assemblymember Greg Wallis took 48.1% of the June 2 vote — short of a majority — and Democrat Leila Namvar took 32.3% to claim the second slot. The district covers the Coachella Valley and part of the desert Inland Empire. 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. This district's member sits in the minority caucus, where enacting legislation requires majority-party agreement. This is one of the seats both parties are treating as winnable, and the money shows it: the incumbent's campaign carries $143,000 in direct party funding, one of eight campaigns on this ballot drawing party money at that scale. Wallis also took under half the vote in their own primary. Weigh a minority-caucus record against a challenger who has assembled real committee backing of her own. ## Greg Wallis Greg Wallis, a third-generation Californian, moved to the Coachella Valley more than a decade ago after studying political science and “quickly became active in the community,” according to their official site. Wallis and their wife, Desiree, their high school sweetheart, live in Bermuda Dunes. In the Assembly they serve on the Budget, Economic Development, and Insurance committees, belong to the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, and were “instrumental in the designation of the Chuckwalla National Monument,” for which they received a Force for Nature Award (assemblymember's official site). Wallis says they decided to run for the Assembly “when Wallis watched friends leave California because they could no longer afford to stay” (assemblymember's official site). They proposed AB 1663, which creates a fee-free permit pathway for homeowners doing safety or maintenance work on western Joshua trees, saying “this bill keeps conservation in place while giving homeowners a clearer and more reasonable process” (KESQ); the Assembly passed the bill in 2026 and sent it to the Senate. Wallis promises to keep “lowering regulations that Wallis believes increase expenses for businesses and consumers” (NBC Palm Springs). On immigration Wallis supports law enforcement cooperation on convicted undocumented individuals while saying they oppose actions that create fear among lawful residents (NBC Palm Springs). Their site lists public safety, education and affordability as the three issues they hear most from constituents (assemblymember's official site). **Strengths:** A concrete, recent legislative win (a homeowner permit fix for Joshua trees), a bipartisan caucus seat, and a Budget Committee post. **Trade-offs:** This is one of the seats both parties contest hardest, and Wallis's last two elections here were both very close. **Keep in mind:** Wallis has held this seat through two very close elections; how much that competitive history should weigh on your vote is up to you. ## Leila Namvar Leila Namvar immigrated to the United States from Iran at 30 with a bachelor's degree, working minimum-wage jobs while learning English and earning a master's degree in public administration; she became a U.S. citizen in 2008 (KESQ; The New Arab). She has spent two decades as a civil servant for the city of Indio and serves as chapter president of her union, SEIU 721 (KESQ). She has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress. Namvar says she decided to run after watching working families struggle with the cost of living, and after Close the Gap California, a group that recruits progressive women candidates, approached her (The New Arab). “I understand the struggle,” she says. “Sometimes I had to make the decision to put gas in the car or save money for rent” (KESQ). Her campaign centers on “affordable housing, healthcare, and education,” with an emphasis on “attainable housing and policies aimed at improving everyday life for local residents” (NBC Palm Springs). She also calls for tax changes so that California's economy “prioritize[s] budgets allowing residents to live more comfortably” (The New Arab). If elected, she would be the district's first Muslim and first Iranian representative (The New Arab). **Strengths:** Two decades of public-sector and union leadership experience, plus a personal story of economic hardship tied directly to her core issue. **Trade-offs:** No record in any office; what voters can judge is her biography, union role, and campaign promises. **Keep in mind:** She would be a first for the district in two ways, first Muslim and first Iranian representative; how much that matters is a call only you can make. ## Record in office Greg Wallis (Republican) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 30 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 7 of them signed into law. Leila Namvar 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 2026-09-21. ## Record details Wallis — AB 2173 (2026): Tribal gaming: compact ratification. Wallis — AB 1112 (2026): Tax Equity Allocation. Wallis — AB 2503 (2026): California Interscholastic Federation: pupil health: heat illness: guidelines. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record. ## Financial info - **Greg Wallis** - Primary: $1,290,544 raised (Small donors: $794; Individuals: $98,400; PACs & committees: $494,095; Party: $143,000; Businesses & other orgs: $544,833) - November: $66,100 raised (Individuals: $2,100; PACs & committees: $31,700; Businesses & other orgs: $32,300) - **Leila Namvar** - Primary: $207,809 raised (Small donors: $2,189; Individuals: $24,841; PACs & committees: $179,300; Businesses & other orgs: $1,000; Self-funding: $5,000) - November: $8,000 raised (Individuals: $3,000; PACs & committees: $5,000) 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 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. ## 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. [Assemblyman Greg Wallis — official AD47 site (biography, via Internet Archive copy)](https://ad47.asmrc.org/biography/) 4. [KESQ — "Assemblymember Greg Wallis' western Joshua Tree permit relief bill passes Assembly" (used for AB 1663 quote and status)](https://www.kesq.com/news/2026/05/29/assemblymember-greg-wallis-western-joshua-tree-permit-relief-bill-passes-assembly/) 5. [NBC Palm Springs — "Candidates Outline Priorities in California's 47th Assembly District Race" (Wallis and Namvar priorities)](https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/2026/05/13/candidates-outline-priorities-in-californias-47th-assembly-district-race/) 6. [The New Arab — "Iranian American Leila Namvar runs for California Assembly" (biography and motivation)](https://www.newarab.com/news/iranian-american-leila-namvar-runs-california-assembly) 7. [KESQ — candidate profile of Leila Namvar (biography, union role, quote)](https://www.kesq.com/news/2026/05/13/leila-namvar/) 8. [California Legislative Information — public bill data (bulk download)](https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/) 9. [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 47 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. Vote or Else builds the full list for any California address and breaks down each contest the way this page does, with no account and without storing the address: https://voteorelse.com/ ## How to cite this page Vote or Else, "Member of the State Assembly, District 47 — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/assembly-47 (sources last retrieved September 24, 2026). Link the canonical page above rather than this Markdown file. 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