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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 26

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

On the ballot

Patrick Ahrens — Democratic · Incumbent
Tim Gorsulowsky — Republican

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

Record in office

Patrick Ahrens (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 4 of them signed into law. Tim Gorsulowsky 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 2026-08-03.

Record details

Ahrens — AB 243 (2025): Postsecondary education: student financial aid dependency status: juveniles. Ahrens — AB 461 (2025): Truancy. Ahrens — AB 985 (2025): Chiquita Canyon Landfill: property tax reassessment and penalties. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Small donors
Individuals
PACs & committees
Businesses & other orgs

Patrick Ahrens

$1,173,911 raised

Small donors$1,789<1%
Individuals$135,45612%
PACs & committees$591,07451%
Businesses & other orgs$438,20038%

Tim Gorsulowsky 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 2026-08-03.

June 2 primary — how they advanced

Patrick Ahrens (Democratic)75.4% · 60,368 votes

Tim Gorsulowsky (Republican)24.6% · 19,664 votes

Source review: Very strong (98/100) · 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)
downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Legislative Information — public bill data (bulk download)
sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State

Last updated August 3, 2026.