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Member of the State Assembly, District 8

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State of California

Member of the State Assembly, District 8

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

Only one candidate filed for this seat. Tangipa is Assemblymember David Jariustokaeutulelei Tangipa. They were the only name on the June 2 primary ballot. They took 100% of the vote. They have no opponent in November. This race is settled, so your vote here will not change it. The district covers part of Fresno County and the central Sierra foothills.

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. A member of the minority caucus depends on cross-party support to move anything, since the majority's leadership controls committee assignments and the floor calendar.

With no opponent, the useful question is not who to choose but what to expect and what to watch. An unopposed return means accountability for this seat over the next two years will come from constituents and the press rather than from the ballot. The record below is what they did with the last term.

David Jariustokaeutulelei Tangipa

David Tangipa is the Republican Assemblymember for this Central Valley district. They have no opponent this November. They are 28 years old. Before the Assembly they owned a small business and worked as a field director for Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig. In the Assembly they are vice chair of the Budget and Human Services committees. They also sit on Appropriations, Higher Education, and Housing and Community Development. Their main legislative focus has been wildfire prevention, including a bill that creates safe gaps between roads and forests.

Tangipa won their first election in 2024 against a fellow Republican, after term limits ended the previous member's run. They have said younger candidates need to show voters they are educated, responsible, and trusted.

Tangipa's priorities center on cutting wildfire risk. They support removing dead trees and thinning forests, and using the cleared wood for affordable housing. Their first bill created safe gaps between roads and forests, an idea drawn from the Creek Fire evacuation of 36,000 people.

Record in office

David Jariustokaeutulelei Tangipa (Republican) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 34 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 2 of them signed into law. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-09-21.

Financial info

David Jariustokaeutulelei Tangipa

Primary — $759,434

$759,434raised
  • Small donors$2,877<1%
  • Individuals$194,14826%
  • PACs & committees$208,30028%
  • Businesses & other orgs$347,65046%

November — $107,650

$107,650raised
  • Individuals$53,35050%
  • PACs & committees$2,0002%
  • Businesses & other orgs$52,30049%

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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