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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 63

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

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On the ballot

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

Assemblymember Natasha Johnson took 99.3% of the June 2 vote, and the second slot went to Peace and Freedom candidate Kevin Akin with 0.7%. The district covers Lake Elsinore, Menifee and part of southwestern Riverside 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. This district's member sits in the minority caucus, where enacting legislation requires majority-party agreement.

One number here stands out and needs stating plainly: the incumbent has authored 28 bills this session and had none signed into law — the only sitting member on this ballot at zero. Minority-caucus members face a real structural hurdle, and several of her Republican colleagues still converted four or five bills. Weigh that against a challenger with no funding and no record.

Natasha Johnson

Republican, the sitting Assemblymember for this district. She is lead author of 28 bills in the 2025–2026 session, none of them signed into law so far. She took more than 99% of the June primary vote and raised $332,711, among the smaller incumbent totals on this ballot.

Strengths

She raised comparatively little and still holds the seat comfortably, so her position does not depend on a large fundraising operation.

Trade-offs

Twenty-eight bills authored with none signed into law; minority-caucus membership explains part of that, but other Republicans here converted bills.

Keep in mind

She faces no meaningful electoral pressure in this district, so accountability for that record will not come from the ballot.

Kevin Akin

Peace and Freedom Party, who advanced with 0.7% 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 gives this district a name on the ballot other than the incumbent's, which a one-candidate race would not.

Trade-offs

No reported funding, no record in office, and the second-smallest vote share of any advancing candidate on this ballot.

Keep in mind

Coverage surfaced no biographical or platform detail about him at all. That gap is what was available to us on 2026-08-10, not a comment on his candidacy.

Record in office

Natasha Johnson (Republican) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 28 bills in the 2025–2026 session, none signed into law so far. Kevin Akin 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.

Financial info

Natasha Johnson

$332,711raised
  • Small donors$1,008<1%
  • Individuals$58,05318%
  • PACs & committees$141,50243%
  • Businesses & other orgs$126,55039%

Kevin Akin has no contributions reported to Cal-Access for this race.

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 2026-08-22.

June 2 primary — how they advanced

Natasha Johnson (Republican)99.3% · 80,160 votes
Kevin Akin (Peace and Freedom) · write-in0.7% · 575 votes
Source review: Very strong (97/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

Last updated August 10, 2026.