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Member of the State Assembly, District 58

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State of California

Member of the State Assembly, District 58

This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).

Democrat Clarissa Cervantes led the June 2 primary with 54.5%. Republican Leticia Castillo took 45.5%. Castillo is the sitting member. Castillo trails by 9 points in their own race. The district covers Riverside and part of the western 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. Which party wins here determines whether this district's representative works inside the majority or the minority, and that materially changes what they can move.

This is a genuinely competitive seat and both parties are treating it that way: the incumbent's campaign carries $143,000 in direct party funding, one of eight campaigns on this ballot drawing party money at that scale, and the challenger has raised more from committees than almost any non-incumbent here. Weigh a short minority-caucus record against a challenger who led the primary but has never held state office.

Clarissa Cervantes

Clarissa Cervantes is a Riverside city councilmember. She is the first woman to hold her Ward 2 seat. On the council she has pushed for road repairs and small business grants. She has also backed environmental protections and more affordable housing. She is a working artist too. Her murals have shown at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture.

She is running to succeed her sister, former Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes. She says constituents encouraged her to stay in the race after a personal setback. In July 2023 she was arrested for driving under the influence. It was her second DUI in less than ten years. It came weeks after a judge dismissed her first conviction. She pleaded guilty and entered an alcohol treatment program. She says she has been sober since.

She promises to focus on affordability and expanding affordable housing. She wants to preserve healthcare and public education funding. She backs a state single-payer health system. She says she would protect immigrant communities from federal enforcement.

Leticia Castillo

Leticia Castillo is a licensed psychotherapist. They spent years at Riverside County's mental health department before opening a private practice. They are the daughter of Mexican immigrants and the youngest of six siblings. They won an upset victory for this Assembly seat in 2024. Their margin was fewer than 600 votes.

Castillo says Sacramento is failing families on crime, parental rights and the cost of living. Their clinical work with people facing addiction and homelessness shaped that view, they say. Last year they coauthored a resolution asking Congress to let inland and northern counties form a new state. It has not advanced out of committee. They also coauthored a pension bill for police and firefighters. Governor Newsom vetoed that bill this month, citing cost concerns.

Castillo promises to lower the cost of living. They want to protect parental rights and Second Amendment rights. They say they will oppose what they call wasteful state spending.

Record in office

Leticia Castillo (Republican) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 19 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 1 of them signed into law. Clarissa Cervantes 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.

Financial info

Leticia Castillo

Primary — $719,682

$719,682raised
  • Small donors$2,934<1%
  • Individuals$51,7247%
  • PACs & committees$298,80042%
  • Party$143,00020%
  • Businesses & other orgs$219,35031%

November — $42,600

$42,600raised
  • Individuals$100<1%
  • PACs & committees$38,00089%
  • Businesses & other orgs$4,50011%

Clarissa Cervantes

Primary — $666,996

$666,996raised
  • Small donors$4,6701%
  • Individuals$64,83410%
  • PACs & committees$546,12583%
  • Businesses & other orgs$39,3506%

November — $29,151

$29,151raised
  • Individuals$2,5519%
  • PACs & committees$11,80040%
  • Businesses & other orgs$14,80051%

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.

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