California Legislature · Statewide General Election
Member of the State Assembly, District 62
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On the ballot
- Paul Irving Jones — Republican
- José Luis Solache — Democratic · Incumbent
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
Assemblymember José Luis Solache took 73.1% of the June 2 vote and Republican Paul Irving Jones took 26.9%; they were the only two candidates on the primary ballot. The district covers Lynwood, South Gate and part of southeast 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 has a solid enacted record and a funding profile that is almost entirely institutional — $100 from small donors out of more than $1 million. Weigh that record against that funding shape, against an opponent with no reported campaign at all.
José Luis Solache
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 nearly three-quarters of the June vote.
Strengths
Seven bills signed into law this session, a solid conversion rate from authored to enacted.
Trade-offs
Effectively none of his support arrived in amounts under $100, and most of the rest came from PACs and committees.
Keep in mind
More than $1 million raised against an opponent with no reported fundraising is worth noticing, whatever conclusion you draw from it.
Paul Irving Jones
Republican, and the only other candidate on this district's ballot, with 26.9% of the June vote. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress. Cal-Access shows no contributions reported for his committee.
Strengths
He took more than a quarter of the vote with no reported campaign funding at all.
Trade-offs
No money 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 him. That gap is what was available to us on 2026-08-10, not a comment on his candidacy.
Record in office
José Luis Solache (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 Irving Jones 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
Solache — AB 786 (2025): California Pollution Control Financing Authority: name change. Solache — AB 482 (2025): California Table Grape Commission. Solache — AB 1390 (2025): Public school governance: board member compensation. 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
José Luis Solache
$1,004,140 raised
- Small donors$100<1%
- Individuals$60,7006%
- PACs & committees$536,74454%
- Businesses & other orgs$401,10040%
1Paul Irving Jones 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.