# Member of the State Assembly, District 8 David Jariustokaeutulelei Tangipa is running uncontested for Member of the State Assembly, District 8. Full ballot at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term). - Jurisdiction: California Legislature - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/assembly-8 - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: September 24, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 95 out of 100 (Very strong), across 7 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **David Jariustokaeutulelei Tangipa** — State Assemblymember · Republican · Incumbent Only one candidate filed for this seat. Assemblymember David Jariustokaeutulelei Tangipa was the sole name on the June 2 primary ballot, took 100% of the vote, and appears unopposed in November — so this contest is settled and your vote here does not change the outcome. 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, 28, is the Republican Assemblymember for this Central Valley district, covering Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Calaveras, Mono and Inyo counties, and they are unopposed for reelection. Before the Assembly they owned a small business and worked as a field director for Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig (Yahoo News). In Sacramento they are vice chair of the Budget and Human Services committees and sits on Appropriations, Higher Education, and Housing and Community Development (assembly.ca.gov). Their legislative focus has been wildfire prevention: their first bill created safe gaps between roads and forests, a measure they say was inspired by the Creek Fire evacuation of 36,000 people (Fresno Bee opinion). Tangipa won their first election in 2024 against fellow Republican George Radanovich, after term-limited incumbent Jim Patterson could not run again (Yahoo News). They have said they believed voters wanted "a younger candidate providing that person can prove that we are educated in the subject, are responsible, and have the trust of a lot of people who came before us" (Fresno Bee opinion). Tangipa supports removing dead trees and thinning forests to cut fire risk, while using the resulting lumber to help build more affordable housing (Fresno Bee opinion). **Strengths:** A focused legislative agenda on wildfire prevention, including their first authored bill, and vice-chair roles on two committees early in their tenure. **Trade-offs:** A very new legislator who is unopposed this cycle, so voters have little chance to weigh their record against an alternative. **Keep in mind:** Tangipa is unopposed, so this contest is settled. Their forest-management focus and committee roles are what's documented of their tenure so far. ## 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. ## Record details Tangipa — AB 1479 (2025): County road commissioner: Counties of Madera and Tehama. Tangipa — AB 377 (2025): High-Speed Rail Authority: business plan: Merced to Bakersfield segment. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record. ## Financial info - **David Jariustokaeutulelei Tangipa** - Primary: $759,434 raised (Small donors: $2,877; Individuals: $194,148; PACs & committees: $208,300; Businesses & other orgs: $347,650) - November: $107,650 raised (Individuals: $53,350; PACs & committees: $2,000; Businesses & other orgs: $52,300) 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. ## Sources 1. [CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)](https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/primary-election-june-2-2026/statement-vote) 2. [Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary](https://ballotpedia.org) 3. [Central Valley's newest Assembly members are young, Republican, and hopeful | Opinion (via Yahoo News) — David Tangipa profile](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/central-valley-newest-assembly-members-001259339.html) 4. [Live updates: Tangipa leading Radanovich in California Assembly District 8 (via Yahoo News)](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/live-updates-tangipa-leading-radanovich-043344201.html) 5. [California State Assembly — Member page for David Tangipa (District 8): committee assignments](https://www.assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers/08) 6. [California Legislative Information — public bill data (bulk download)](https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/) 7. [Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State](https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/raw-data-campaign-finance-and-lobbying-activity) ## The rest of the ballot Member of the State Assembly, District 8 is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. Vote or Else builds the full list for any California address and breaks down each contest the way this page does, with no account and without storing the address: https://voteorelse.com/ ## How to cite this page Vote or Else, "Member of the State Assembly, District 8 — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/assembly-8 (sources last retrieved September 24, 2026). Link the canonical page above rather than this Markdown file. Coverage is updated as the race develops, so quote it with its retrieval date.