California Legislature · Statewide General Election
Member of the State Assembly, District 67
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
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On the ballot
- Mark Pulido — Democratic
- Paulo Morales — Republican
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
This is an open seat with an unusual June result: Republican Paulo Morales led with 31.6% on a campaign of under $30,000, while Democrat Mark Pulido took 25.9% having raised more than $700,000. The district covers part of northern Orange 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. Because this seat is open, whoever wins starts without seniority — and which party they belong to determines whether they build it inside the majority or outside it.
The money and the votes point in opposite directions here more sharply than anywhere else on this ballot: the leading candidate raised about four cents for every dollar his opponent did and still finished nearly six points ahead. Neither has held state office. Weigh whether June's result reflects the district's leanings or a crowded field splitting the vote.
Paulo Morales
Republican, who led the June primary with 31.6% of the vote. He raised $29,475, mostly from individuals, with $5,900 from PACs and committees. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.
Strengths
He led the field while spending a fraction of what his opponent did, the widest vote-to-money gap on this ballot.
Trade-offs
He led with only 31.6%, has almost no resources going into the general, and no record in office to be judged on.
Keep in mind
A Republican would enter as a member of the minority caucus, where moving legislation requires majority-party support.
Mark Pulido
Democrat, who advanced with 25.9% of the June vote. He raised $706,283, including $289,150 from PACs and committees, $287,127 from individuals and $20,623 from small donors — the largest small-donor base of any Assembly candidate on this ballot. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.
Strengths
Unusually broad small-dollar support alongside a substantial individual base — a broadly funded campaign rather than a committee-funded one.
Trade-offs
All of that money left him nearly six points behind in June, and he has no record in office to be judged on.
Keep in mind
He goes into November with roughly twenty-four times his opponent's resources; whether that closes a six-point gap is the question this race turns on.
Record in office
This is an open seat: no candidate on the November ballot currently serves in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress, so there is no legislative record to compare here. These records cover only those offices.
Financial info
- Small donors
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Businesses & other orgs
- Self-funding
Mark Pulido
$706,283 raised
- Small donors$20,6233%
- Individuals$287,12741%
- PACs & committees$289,15041%
- Businesses & other orgs$106,70115%
- Self-funding$500<1%
Paulo Morales
$29,475 raised
- Small donors$125<1%
- Individuals$21,00074%
- PACs & committees$5,90021%
- Businesses & other orgs$1,0004%
- Self-funding$2501%
1Figures 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 (94/100) · 3 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
- sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State
Last updated August 10, 2026.