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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 30

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

On the ballot

Dawn Addis — Democratic · Incumbent
Shannon Kessler — Republican

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

Record in office

Dawn Addis (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 7 of them signed into law. Shannon Kessler 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

Addis — AB 1076 (2025): Qualified ABLE Program: CalABLE accounts: funding. Addis — AB 761 (2025): Monterey-Salinas Transit District: sales and special taxes. Addis — AB 1487 (2025): Public health: Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund. 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
Self-funding

Dawn Addis

$758,691 raised

Small donors$23,9263%
Individuals$168,79022%
PACs & committees$370,01049%
Businesses & other orgs$194,30026%

Shannon Kessler

$158,638 raised

Small donors$3,2372%
Individuals$22,69312%
Businesses & other orgs$250<1%
Self-funding$161,38986%

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

Dawn Addis (Democratic)54.8% · 83,505 votes

Shannon Kessler (Republican)35.9% · 54,649 votes

Susannah Brown (Democratic)9.3% · 14,220 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.