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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 36

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

On the ballot

Jeff Gonzalez — Republican · Incumbent
Ida S. Obeso-Martinez — Democratic

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

Record in office

Jeff Gonzalez (Republican) 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. Ida S. Obeso-Martinez 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

Gonzalez — AB 2324 (2026): Vocational education: youth caregivers. Gonzalez — AB 709 (2025): Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: groundwater sustainability plans. Gonzalez — AB 764 (2025): Birds and mammals: nongame birds: mute swans. 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
Party
Businesses & other orgs
Self-funding

Jeff Gonzalez

$1,059,004 raised

Small donors$993<1%
Individuals$67,7256%
PACs & committees$497,60247%
Party$143,00014%
Businesses & other orgs$344,15033%

Ida S. Obeso-Martinez

$195,802 raised

Small donors$2,0231%
Individuals$47,54724%
PACs & committees$120,49160%
Businesses & other orgs$25,10013%
Self-funding$5,0002%

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

Jeff Gonzalez (Republican)44.6% · 36,468 votes

Ida S. Obeso-Martinez (Democratic)24.1% · 19,661 votes

Oscar Ortiz (Democratic)22.0% · 17,994 votes

Tomás Oliva (Democratic)9.3% · 7,607 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.