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Member of the State Assembly, District 75

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State of California

Member of the State Assembly, District 75

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

Assemblymember Carl DeMaio took 59.7% of the June 2 vote. Democrat Gerald C. Boursiquot took 40.3%, the only other candidate on the primary ballot. The district covers eastern San Diego 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.

Two facts about the incumbent sit oddly together and are worth reading as a pair. He has raised $3,009,468 — the largest total of any Assembly candidate on this ballot — and almost none of it from institutions: $770,941 came from donors giving under $100, by far the largest small-dollar base anywhere here. He has also authored 31 bills this session with none signed into law. Whether that combination reads as a mandate or a mismatch is the judgment this race asks of you.

Carl DeMaio

Carl DeMaio is the Republican Assemblymember for California's 75th District. The district covers eastern San Diego County. He served on the San Diego City Council from 2008 to 2012. He was the city's first openly gay council member. He wrote a budget plan he called the Roadmap to Recovery. He says it fixed the budget without new taxes. He also says he refused office perks and cut costs. Before politics he started two companies. They trained government and business managers. In the Assembly he has authored bills on taxes and public safety.

DeMaio says California is at a breaking point. He says the choice is to stand and fight, not leave. In 2024 a police officers group accused him of a campaign finance violation. It said he moved his advocacy group's website and voter data into his campaign. It called that an unreported contribution. He denies it. He calls the complaint political payback.

He promises to fight tax increases and end homelessness. He wants to reform school boards and restore public safety. He also wants a statewide voter ID law. He started Reform California to lead that fight. He calls it a movement of everyday Californians holding politicians accountable.

Gerald C. Boursiquot

Gerald Boursiquot is a Democrat running for the 75th Assembly District. It covers Poway, Santee, Fallbrook and the county backcountry. His ballot listing calls him an IT contractor and father. He also told a local newspaper he teaches computer science. He says he also drives for Lyft. Before that he served 22 years in the Air Force. He has not held elected office.

Boursiquot says he is running because people have lost faith in government. He says leaders need to show they are fighting for the people who elected them. He has never held elected office. So voters have no legislative record to judge him by. What is available comes from his own answers to a newspaper questionnaire.

He lists housing and homelessness as top issues. He also names the cost of living and a lack of good jobs in North and East County. He wants California to build homes faster near jobs and transit. He wants more rental help and vouchers. He wants better tracking for people getting housing help. He also wants the state to help communities prepare for wildfire and extreme heat.

Record in office

Carl DeMaio (Republican) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 31 bills in the 2025–2026 session, none signed into law so far. Gerald C. Boursiquot 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

Carl DeMaio

Primary — $3,009,468

$3,009,468raised
  • Small donors$770,94126%
  • Individuals$2,065,26269%
  • PACs & committees$54,8002%
  • Businesses & other orgs$116,9004%

November — $144,165

$144,165raised
  • Individuals$138,16596%
  • PACs & committees$6,0004%

Gerald C. Boursiquot

Primary — $9,500

$9,500raised
  • Small donors$2,72033%
  • Individuals$4,58055%
  • Self-funding$1,05013%

November — $350

$350raised
  • Individuals$350100%

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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