Each election cycle, Gun Owners of California compiles a scorecard for our members that indicates a candidate’s perspectives on the Second Amendment. Incumbent grades (A-F) are calculated on their recorded legislative votes, and non-incumbents (unelected candidates running for office) are determined based upon answers to our 2026 Election Questionnaire. Every effort has been made to communicate with each candidate; those who did not respond, received a DNR for “did not respond.”
It has been our consistent goal to work toward common sense solutions without sacrificing our Constitutional rights and the ability of the law abiding to protect their home and families. To that end, we believe in the value of an informed electorate and thus, are actively engaged in the political process.
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2026 Candidates Scorecard. Quickly filter for results.
| SENATE/ASSEMBLY | DISTRICT | PARTY | NAME | GRADES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STATE SENATE | 2 | DEM | Damon Connolly | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 2 | REP | Tief Gibbs | A |
| STATE SENATE | 2 | REP | Aaron Smith | A |
| STATE SENATE | 4 | REP | Marie Alvarado-Gil* | A |
| STATE SENATE | 4 | DEM | Jaron Brandon | D+ |
| STATE SENATE | 4 | REP | Alexandra Duarte | A |
| STATE SENATE | 6 | REP | Roger Niello* | A |
| STATE SENATE | 6 | DEM | Sean Frame | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 6 | DEM | Sara Velasco | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 8 | DEM | Angelique Ashby* | F |
| STATE SENATE | 8 | REP | Susan A Mason | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 8 | PEACE & FREEDOM | Linda "LR" Roberts | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 10 | DEM | David Cohen | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 10 | DEM | Anne Kepner | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 10 | DEM | Raymond Liu | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 10 | DEM | Carmen Montano | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 10 | DEM | Scott Sakakihara | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 10 | REP | Linda R. Price | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 12 | REP | Nathan Magsig | A |
| STATE SENATE | 12 | REP | Louis Anthony Miramontes | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 12 | LIB | William Brown Jr. | A |
| STATE SENATE | 14 | DEM | Esmeralda Hurtado | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 14 | DEM | Esmeralda Soria | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 16 | DEM | Melissa Hurtado* | F |
| STATE SENATE | 16 | REP | Guillermo Asuncion Gonzalez | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 18 | DEM | Steve Padilla* | F |
| STATE SENATE | 18 | REP | Art Hodges | C |
| STATE SENATE | 20 | DEM | Caroline Menjivar* | F |
| STATE SENATE | 20 | DEM | Roberto David LaCarra | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 22 | DEM | Susan Rubio* | F |
| STATE SENATE | 22 | REP | Mike Netter | A |
| STATE SENATE | 22 | NPP | R. R. Jimenez | C+ |
| STATE SENATE | 24 | DEM | Eric Alegria | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 24 | DEM | John M. Erickson | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 24 | DEM | Ellen Evans | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 24 | DEM | Brian Goldsmith | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 24 | DEM | Mike Newhouse | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 24 | DEM | Sion Roy | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 24 | DEM | Zennon Ulyate-Crow | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 24 | REP | Kristina Irwin | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 24 | REP | G. Rick Marshall | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 26 | DEM | Paul A. Bowers | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 26 | DEM | Wendy Carrillo | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 26 | DEM | Sarah Rascón | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 26 | REP | Claudia Agraz | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 26 | REP | Sang "Sam Shin" Masog | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 28 | DEM | Lola Smallwood-Cuevas* | F |
| STATE SENATE | 28 | REP | Joe Lisuzzo | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 28 | NPP | Daphne D. Bradford | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 30 | DEM | Bob J. Archuleta* | F |
| STATE SENATE | 30 | REP | Araceli Martinez | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 32 | REP | Kelly Seyarto* | A+ |
| STATE SENATE | 32 | DEM | Tiffanie Tate | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 34 | DEM | Avelino Valencia | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 34 | REP | Rhonda Shader | A |
| STATE SENATE | 36 | REP | Tony Strickland* | A |
| STATE SENATE | 36 | DEM | Chris Duncan | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 38 | DEM | Catherine S. Blakespear* | F |
| STATE SENATE | 38 | REP | Laura Bassett | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 40 | DEM | Mara Elliott | DNR |
| STATE SENATE | 40 | REP | Kristie Bruce-Lane | A |
| STATE SENATE | 40 | REP | Ed Musgrove | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 1 | REP | Heather Hadwick* | A+ |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 1 | DEM | Dianna Margaret James | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 1 | REP | Darin Hale | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 2 | DEM | Chris Rogers* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 2 | REP | Michael Greer | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 3 | REP | Dom Belza | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 3 | REP | Andrew Coolidge | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 3 | REP | James "Jamie" Johansson | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 4 | DEM | Cecilia M. Aguiar-Curry* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 5 | REP | Joe Patterson* | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 5 | DEM | Neva Parker | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 6 | DEM | Maggy Krell* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 6 | DEM | Jagtar Singh | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 7 | REP | Josh Hoover* | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 7 | DEM | Amy L. Slavensky | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 7 | AM IND | Sanaz Motamedi | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 8 | REP | David Jariustokaeutulelei Tangipa* | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 9 | REP | Heath Flora* | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 9 | DEM | Matthew Adams | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 9 | DEM | Michael Perez | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 9 | REP | Tami Nobriga | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 9 | REP | Brandon Owen | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 9 | REP | Jim Shoemaker | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 10 | DEM | Stephanie Nguyen* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 10 | REP | Vinaya Singh | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 11 | DEM | Lori D Wilson* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 11 | NPP | Jenny Leilani Callison | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 11 | IND | Rochelle Conner | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 12 | DEM | Eli Beckman | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 12 | DEM | Eric Lucan | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 12 | DEM | Steve Schwartz | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 12 | DEM | Holli Thier | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 12 | REP | Eryn Cervantes | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 13 | DEM | Rhodesia Ransom* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 13 | REP | Ali Jafri | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 13 | NPP | Eliza Dy | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 14 | DEM | Buffy Wicks* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 14 | REP | Borgar Solnordal | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 14 | GREEN | Mark Rendon | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 15 | DEM | Anamarie Avila Farias* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 15 | NPP | Arthur Webb | D- |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 16 | DEM | Rebecca Bauer-Kahan* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 16 | REP | Joseph A. Rubay | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 16 | NPP | Chirag Kathrani | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 17 | DEM | Matt Haney* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 18 | DEM | Mia Bonta* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 18 | DEM | Andre Sandford | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 18 | REP | Ned Nuerge | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 18 | GREEN | Michael Goldstein | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 19 | DEM | Catherine Stefani* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 19 | REP | Philip Louis Wing | A- |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 20 | DEM | Liz Ortega* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 20 | REP | Patricia Muga | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 21 | DEM | Diane Papan* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 21 | REP | Jabra J Muhawieh | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 22 | REP | Juan Alanis* | B- |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 23 | DEM | Marc Berman* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 23 | REP | Rick Giorgetti | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 23 | REP | David G. Johnson | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 24 | DEM | Alex Lee* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 24 | REP | Max Hsia | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 24 | NPP | Yang Shao | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 25 | DEM | Ash Kalra* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 25 | REP | Himat Singh Bainiwal | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 26 | DEM | Patrick Ahrens* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 26 | REP | Tim Gorsulowsky | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 27 | DEM | Brian Pacheco | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 27 | DEM | Japjeet Singh Uppal | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 27 | REP | Mike Murphy | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 28 | DEM | Gail Pellerin* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 28 | REP | Carol Pefley | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 29 | DEM | Robert Rivas* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 29 | REP | J.W. Paine | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 29 | REP | Dennis P. Sanchez | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 30 | DEM | Dawn Addis* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 30 | DEM | Susannah Brown | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 30 | REP | Shannon Kessler | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 31 | DEM | Sandra Celedon | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 31 | DEM | Annalisa Perea | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 31 | REP | Jim Polsgrove | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 32 | REP | David Couch | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 33 | REP | Alexandra (Ali) Macedo* | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 33 | DEM | Hipolito Angel Cerros | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 34 | DEM | Randall Putz | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 34 | REP | Charles Frederick Hughes | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 34 | REP | Manny Lin | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 35 | DEM | Ana Palacio | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 35 | REP | Saul Ayon | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 36 | REP | Jeff Gonzalez* | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 36 | DEM | Ida S. Obeso-Martinez | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 36 | DEM | Tomás Oliva | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 36 | DEM | Oscar Ortiz | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 37 | DEM | Gregg Hart* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 37 | REP | Sari Domingues | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 38 | DEM | Steve Bennett* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 38 | DEM | Michael MacDonald | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 39 | DEM | Juan Carrillo* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 39 | REP | Paul Andre Marsh | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 40 | DEM | Pilar Schiavo* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 40 | REP | Elizabeth Wong Ahlers | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 40 | REP | Andreas Farmakalidis | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 41 | DEM | John Harabedian* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 41 | REP | Adam Christopher Vena | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 42 | DEM | Deborah Klein Lopez | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 42 | REP | Ted Nordblum | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 42 | REP | Rocky Rhodes | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 43 | DEM | Celeste Rodriguez* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 43 | REP | Ricardo Benitez | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 44 | DEM | Nicholas "Nick" Schultz* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 44 | REP | Carolyn Daniels | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 44 | REP | Charlotte Gerry | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 45 | DEM | James C. Ramos* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 45 | REP | Greg Abdouch | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 46 | DEM | Jesse Gabriel* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 46 | REP | Tracey Schroeder | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 47 | REP | Greg Wallis* | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 47 | DEM | Jason Byors | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 47 | DEM | Leila Namvar | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 48 | DEM | Blanca Rubio* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 48 | REP | Dan T. Tran | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 49 | DEM | Mike Fong* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 49 | REP | Long David Liu | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 50 | DEM | Robert Garcia* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 50 | NPP | Roberto Jesus Moreno, Jr. | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 51 | DEM | Rick Chavez Zbur* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 51 | DEM | Colin D. Hernandez | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 51 | REP | Michael Geraghty | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 51 | REP | Jake Head | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 51 | NPP | Dick Lucas | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 52 | DEM | Jessica Caloza* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 52 | REP | Andrea Lee Anderson | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 53 | DEM | Michelle Rodriguez* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 53 | REP | Rafaela Romero | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 54 | DEM | Mark Gonzalez* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 55 | DEM | Isaac G. Bryan* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 55 | DEM | Ashley M. Brown | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 55 | REP | Keith G. Cascio | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 55 | NPP | William "Billion" Campbell | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 56 | DEM | Lisa Calderon* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 56 | REP | Jessica Martinez | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 57 | DEM | Sade Elhawary* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 57 | REP | Constance Jewel Menzies | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 58 | REP | Leticia Castillo* | A+ |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 58 | DEM | Clarissa Cervantes | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 59 | REP | Phillip Chen* | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 59 | GREEN | Victor Hernandez | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 60 | DEM | Corey A Jackson* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 60 | REP | Ed Delgado | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 60 | REP | Ron Edwards | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 61 | DEM | Tina Simone McKinnor* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 62 | DEM | José Luis Solache* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 62 | REP | Paul Irving Jones | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 63 | REP | Natasha Johnson* | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 64 | REP | Raul Ortiz Jr. | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 65 | DEM | Vinson Eugene Allen | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 65 | DEM | Ayanna Davis | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 65 | DEM | Fatima Iqbal-Zubair | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 65 | DEM | Magali Sanchez-Hall | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 65 | REP | Lydia A. Gutiérrez | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 66 | DEM | Scott Houston | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 66 | DEM | Shannon Ruiz-Ross | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 66 | DEM | Paul Seo | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 66 | REP | George Barks | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 66 | REP | Jessica Zonia Maldonado | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 67 | DEM | Ada Briceño | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 67 | DEM | Paul Gonzales | D- |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 67 | DEM | Mark Pulido | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 67 | DEM | Ali Taj | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 67 | REP | Adrian Oscar Ayub | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 67 | REP | Paulo Morales | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 68 | DEM | Jessie Lopez | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 68 | DEM | David Penaloza | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 68 | DEM | Shannon Wingfield | B- |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 68 | REP | Mayra Ruiz | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 69 | DEM | Josh Lowenthal* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 69 | DEM | Carolyn J. Essex | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 70 | REP | Tri Ta* | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 70 | DEM | Paula Swift | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 70 | DEM | JJ Galvez | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 71 | REP | Kate Sanchez* | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 72 | DEM | Chris Kluwe | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 72 | REP | Matthew Harper | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 72 | REP | Gracey Van Der Mark | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 73 | DEM | Cottie Petrie-Norris* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 73 | REP | Urson Russell | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 74 | REP | Laurie Davies* | B- |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 74 | DEM | Sergio Farias | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 75 | REP | Carl DeMaio* | A+ |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 75 | DEM | Gerald C. Boursiquot | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 76 | DEM | Darshana Patel* | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 76 | REP | Carrie S. Espinoza Villanueva | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 77 | DEM | Tasha Boerner* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 77 | REP | Trinity Hannaway | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 78 | DEM | Chris Ward* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 78 | REP | Payton Galvez | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 78 | LIB | Antonio Salguero | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 79 | DEM | LaShae Sharp-Collins* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 79 | REP | Andrew Lawson | A |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 80 | DEM | David A. Alvarez* | F |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 80 | DEM | Zenith Khan | DNR |
| STATE ASSEMBLY | 80 | REP | Alejandro Galicia | DNR |