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David J Tangipa

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 8 (June 2) “State Assemblymember” · State Assembly Member District 8 (November 3) “State Assemblymember”

In the Legislature

Assembly District 8 R · 4,006 floor votes this session, 13% not voting

Committees they vote in: Appropriations · Housing and Community Development · Higher Education · Human Services · Water, Parks and Wildlife · Judiciary · Elections · Transportation

Bills they lead: 44 (6 became law) — AB 1479, AB 2203, AB 377, ACR 121, ACR 126, ACR 63, AB 1191, AB 1431, AB 1453, AB 1481, AB 1560, AB 1671 …

Bills their donors lobbied on

Bills they voted on (latest floor vote) that were lobbied by employers that gave to their campaign, reported spending on them, or paid at their request: the largest first. A lobbying report names the bill, not the side the employer took.

BillTheir voteEmployers that lobbied on it, and what they gave
AB 221
Tribal Nation Grant Fund.
Aye
2025-09-08
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($7,500 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign) and 3 more
AB 1776
Cartwright Act: violations.
No
2026-08-30
GILEAD SCIENCES INC. ($7,900 campaign); DAVITA INC. ($5,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 behested); MCDONALD'S USA, LLC ($3,000 campaign) and 9 more
AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.
Aye
2025-09-12
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($7,500 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign) and 4 more
AB 52
Farmer equity: advisory committees.
No
2026-01-26
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($7,500 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign) and 2 more
AB 1018
Automated decision systems.
No
2025-06-02
HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); PONDEROSA TELEPHONE COMPANY ($5,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 behested); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($2,000 campaign) and 5 more
AB 1004
Tribal financial information: public records: exemption.
Aye
2025-09-04
HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1378
Child welfare services: prevention services: Indian tribes.
Not voting
2025-09-10
HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign) and 1 more
AB 977
California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001: California State University: burial sites: human remains.
Aye
2025-09-02
HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,000 campaign)
AB 130
Housing.
Not voting
2025-06-30
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($7,500 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); UNITED AUBURN INDIAN COMMUNITY ($2,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1592
California Indian Heritage Center support organization.
Aye
2026-05-22
MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); UNITED AUBURN INDIAN COMMUNITY ($2,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1460
Prescription drug pricing.
Not voting
2025-05-19
GILEAD SCIENCES INC. ($7,900 campaign); NOVARTIS SERVICES, INC ($1,500 campaign); Pfizer Inc. ($1,500 campaign); VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. ($1,000 campaign) and 3 more
AB 1485
Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes.
Aye
2026-01-29
HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1369
Pupil rights: school graduation ceremonies and related events: adornments.
Not voting
2025-09-04
HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,000 campaign)
AB 31
Peace officers: tribal police.
Aye
2026-08-25
HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,000 campaign)
AB 1581
Pupils: data reporting: American Indian and Alaska Native pupils.
Aye
2026-08-28
MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,000 campaign)
AB 1574
The Tribal Foster Care Prevention Program.
Aye
2026-05-21
MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,000 campaign)
SB 891
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program.
Aye
2026-08-25
MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,000 campaign)
SB 41
Pharmacy benefits.
Not voting
2025-09-09
GILEAD SCIENCES INC. ($7,900 campaign); NOVARTIS SERVICES, INC ($1,500 campaign); Pfizer Inc. ($1,500 campaign); VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. ($1,000 campaign) and 2 more
SB 295
California Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2025.
No
2025-09-13
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 behested); CALIFORNIA POULTRY FEDERATION ($4,000 campaign); MCDONALD'S USA, LLC ($3,000 campaign)
AB 1824
Indian children: guardianship or conservatorship proceedings.
Aye
2026-08-25
MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,000 campaign)
AB 1841
State holidays: Native American Day.
Aye
2026-08-31
MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,000 campaign)
AB 1769
Student transfer: tribal colleges.
Aye
2026-08-28
MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,000 campaign)
AB 562
Foster care: placement: family finding.
Aye
2025-09-12
HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign)
AB 998
Household hazardous waste: vape pens.
Aye
2025-06-04
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES ($11,800 campaign)
AB 762
Disposable, battery-embedded vapor inhalation device: prohibition and penalties.
No
2026-08-26
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES ($11,800 campaign)
AB 1864
Gene synthesis equipment manufacturers and providers.
Aye
2026-08-20
GILEAD SCIENCES INC. ($7,900 campaign); Pfizer Inc. ($1,500 campaign); JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC. ($1,000 campaign)
SB 259
Elections: vote by mail ballots.
No
2026-08-28
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 behested); MCDONALD'S USA, LLC ($3,000 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($2,000 campaign)
SB 690
Crimes: invasion of privacy.
Aye
2026-08-28
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 behested); MCDONALD'S USA, LLC ($3,000 campaign); FOX CORPORATION ($1,500 campaign); LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUSINESS FEDERATION (BIZFED) ($42 gifts)
AB 609
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.
Aye
2025-05-19
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); UNITED AUBURN INDIAN COMMUNITY ($2,000 campaign); Granite Construction Company ($1,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,000 campaign)
AB 2244
Non-Ultraprocessed Certified food standard.
Not voting
2026-08-28
AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION ($5,000 campaign); MCDONALD'S USA, LLC ($3,000 campaign); CALIFORNIA DAIRIES, INC. ($1,500 campaign)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual (amendment)
Assembly Member, State Assembly
2026-03-1131 gifts, 8 travel
2026 Candidate
Assembly Member, State Assembly
2026-03-061 investments, 1 businesses & trusts, 3 real property, 2 income, 32 gifts, 5 travel
2025 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly
2026-02-031 investments, 1 businesses & trusts, 3 real property, 2 income, 35 gifts, 6 travel
2024 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly
2025-03-031 investments, 1 businesses & trusts, 1 real property, 1 gifts, 1 travel

Findings

Worth a look Gifts · the statement

Lists $1,918.61 in gifts from California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy in 2025; the limit from one source is $630

The statement lists 6 gift(s) from California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy dated in 2025, totalling $1,918.61. The gift limit from a single source was $630 for 2025 (Government Code 89503).

What to check
  • Whether part of it was returned, or paid back, in time to not count (the filer's comments often say).
  • Whether the gifts are from one source (a couple is two sources) or are of a kind the limit doesn't cover (family, wedding gifts and the like).
  • The FPPC's gift fact sheet and Regulation 18940.2 for the exceptions.

Gifts: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $872 2025-06-19 p.8Gifts: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $103 2025-06-20 p.8Gifts: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $702 2025-11-20 p.8Gifts: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $117 2025-11-21 p.8Gifts: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $92 2025-02-25 p.8Gifts: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $33 2025-02-25 p.8

Rule: Gifts from one source over the yearly limit
“The gift limit increased to $630 for calendar years 2025 and 2026. The gift limit in calendar year 2024 was $590.”Form 700 (2025/2026), What's New ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Worth a look Gifts · the statement

Lists $1,918.61 in gifts from California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy in 2025; the limit from one source is $630

The statement lists 6 gift(s) from California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy dated in 2025, totalling $1,918.61. The gift limit from a single source was $630 for 2025 (Government Code 89503).

What to check
  • Whether part of it was returned, or paid back, in time to not count (the filer's comments often say).
  • Whether the gifts are from one source (a couple is two sources) or are of a kind the limit doesn't cover (family, wedding gifts and the like).
  • The FPPC's gift fact sheet and Regulation 18940.2 for the exceptions.

Gifts: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $92 2025-02-25 p.7Gifts: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $33 2025-02-25 p.7Gifts: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $872 2025-06-19 p.9Gifts: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $103 2025-06-20 p.9Gifts: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $702 2025-11-20 p.11Gifts: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $117 2025-11-21 p.11

Rule: Gifts from one source over the yearly limit
“The gift limit increased to $630 for calendar years 2025 and 2026. The gift limit in calendar year 2024 was $590.”Form 700 (2025/2026), What's New ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $50 in gifts to them in 2025 from 1 source this statement doesn't list

Lobbyist employers' reports to the Secretary of State (Cal-Access) list activity expenses that benefited them in 2025, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: California Grocers Association $50 (drinks).

What to check
  • Whether they attended or accepted it: the report is the lobbyist employer's account.
  • What Schedule D doesn't require (Form 700 instructions): gifts returned within 30 days; free admission and food at an event where they made a speech, from its organizer; up to two tickets to a campaign or 501(c)(3) fundraiser from the organization holding it; informational material; plaques worth less than $250.
  • Whether it's on the statement under another name.
  • That the report's beneficiary is this person (matched by name and office).
California Grocers Association $50
Rule: Lobbying gifts not on the statement
“A gift is reportable if its fair market value is $50 or more. In addition, multiple gifts totaling $50 or more received during the reporting period from a single source must be reported.”Form 700 (2025/2026), Instructions – Schedule D ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

A lobbyist, DANIEL CONWAY, reported $50 in gifts to them in September 2025; the limit is $10 a month

DANIEL CONWAY (lobbyist) reported to the Secretary of State that drinks at Terranea Resort benefited them, $50 in September 2025. State officials and candidates may not accept more than $10 a month from a registered lobbyist or lobbying firm.

What to check
  • Whether they paid for their share, or paid it back (then it isn't a gift).
  • Whether the report has the right person (matched by name and office).
  • The lobbyist's report (Cal-Access Form 615/625) for the details.
Rule: Over the $10 monthly limit from a lobbyist
“state officials, state candidates, and certain state employees are subject to a $10 limit per calendar month on gifts from lobbyists and lobbying firms registered with the Secretary of State.”Form 700 (2025/2026), Gift Limits ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Behested payments

Of $15,000 paid at their request since 2024: 1 source ($10,000) also gave $3,000 to their campaign; 1 source ($5,000) is a registered lobbyist employer

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Its Affiliates ($10,000 to California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation; gave $3,000 to the campaign); META Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 to Catholic Charities of Diocese of Fresno; lobbyist employer).

What to check
  • Context: behested payments are legal and public; this puts two public records side by side.
  • Whether the official later acted on matters involving these sources.
  • The full Form 803 reports (available from the FPPC on request).
Rule: Behested payments from donors or lobbyist employers
“Unlike gifts and contributions, there are no limits on the amount of payments an official may behest.”FPPC, Reporting Behested Payments – Form 803 ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Lobbying

49 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 333 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $120,200 to their campaign, $879 in gifts reported by lobbying interests, $5,000 in payments at their request. Largest: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES ($11,800); GILEAD SCIENCES INC. ($7,900); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($7,500); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900); PONDEROSA TELEPHONE COMPANY ($5,900). They voted aye on 175 of the 333.

What to check
  • Context: lobbying a bill and funding a member are both legal and public.
  • A report names the bills an employer lobbied on, not which side it took: read the bill and the employer's position before drawing anything from a vote.
  • The bills on their page, sorted by how much these interests gave.
Rule: Bills their donors lobbied on

How this rule works

Context Travel payments · the statement

Lists $6,593.53 in travel paid by others (8 payments)

Largest: La Jolla, CA ($1,423.47, Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies), Newport Beach, CA ($1,057.44, California Association of Health Plans), Berkeley, CA ($974.70, California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy). 8 of 8 are listed as gifts.

What to check
  • Who paid, and for what: speeches, conferences and nonprofit-paid travel are treated differently (Schedule E instructions).
  • Whether the paying organizations have business before the office.

Travel: Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies $1,423 p.7Travel: California Association of Health Plans $1,057 p.8Travel: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $975 p.9

Rule: Travel paid by others
“Travel payments from third parties (not your employer).”Form 700 (2025/2026), Types of reportable interests ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Amendments · the statement

Amends an earlier statement

This is an amendment. The original stays on file; what changed is in the amendment itself.

What to check
  • Compare with the original statement for the same year.
Rule: An amended statement

How this rule works

Behested payments

What David J Tangipa reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $15,000 in 2 payments to 2 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation $10,000 · Catholic Charities of Diocese of Fresno $5,000

Paid byTo, forAmount
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Its Affiliates
Winston-Salem · campaign donor
California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation · Donation to the Armenian Legislative Caucus
Legislative · 2026-07-31
$10,000
META Platforms, Inc.
Menlo Park · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
Catholic Charities of Diocese of Fresno · Charitable donation to Catholic Charities of Diocese of Fresno
Charitable · 2025-12-10
$5,000

From the FPPC's Form 803 data (search and download). “Campaign donor” links to a donor who gave to two or more 2026 state candidates.

Reported by lobbying interests

What lobbyist employers, lobbyists and lobbying firms told the Secretary of State they spent on David J Tangipa since 2024: $4,539 across 23 items from 17 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
Association of California Life & Health Insurance Companies
$1,423 in all
Food, Beverage & Lodging (Speaker Exception) at The Lodge at Torrey Pines · 2025-10-10 · report$1,423.47
CALIFORNIA BAIL AGENTS ASSOCIATION
$918 in all
TRAVEL at CALIFORNIA BAIL AGENTS ASSOCIATION · 2026-10-12 · report$917.70
WESTERN TREE NUT ASSOCIATION
$652 in all
Hotel Accommodations at Monterey Marriott · 2026-06-11 · report$401.92
Assortment of Tree Nuts at Western Tree Nut Association · 2026-02-20 · report$72.19
Gift Bag at Western Tree Nut Association · 2025-07-23 · report$50.23
Dinner at Frank Fat's · 2025-03-05 · report$127.91
California Correctional Peace Officers Association
$217 in all
Dinner at The Firehouse · 2025-03-19 · report$217.24
FanDuel Group, Inc
$205 in all
Food, Beverage & Entertainment at California Tribal Business Association · 2025-01-16 · report$204.84
CALIFORNIA COTTON GINNERS AND GROWERS ASSOCIATION
$194 in all
Supima bath towel set at California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association · 2026-02-20 · report$94.97
Sandwiches at Riverdale Star Mart, Inc. · 2026-02-20 · report$15.99
Meal at California Cotton Ginners & Growers Association · 2025-07-23 · report$20.88
Gift Bag at California Cotton Ginners & Growers Association · 2025-07-23 · report$62.05
SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATION
$184 in all
Hotel Lodging at Excalibur Hotel & Casino · 2025-11-05 · report$184
DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES
$135 in all
Food, Beverage & Entertainment at California Tribal Business Association · 2025-01-16 · report$135.19
CHUKCHANSI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
$129 in all
FOOD AND BEVERAGE at VINTAGE STEAKHOUSE · 2026-06-04 · report$129.16
SUPPLY CHAIN FEDERATION
$118 in all
FOOD AND BEVERAGES at THE SUTTER CLUB · 2025-04-21 · report$118.48
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION
$87 in all
LUNCH at HYATT REGENCY SACRAMENTO · 2025-03-19 · report$86.60
GENENTECH, INC., A MEMBER OF THE ROCHE GROUP
$63 in all
FOOD AND BEVERAGES at CHEF ZENTI PERSONAL CHEF SERVICE & CATERING · 2026-04-28 · report$63.44
DANIEL CONWAY
$50 in all
Drinks at Terranea Resort · 2025-09-27 · report$50
California Grocers Association
$50 in all
Drinks at Terranea Resort · 2025-09-27 · report$50
LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUSINESS FEDERATION (BIZFED)
$42 in all
FOOD & BEVERAGE at THE CITIZEN HOTEL · 2025-06-11 · report$41.83
CALIFORNIA ATTRACTIONS AND PARKS ASSOCIATION
$35 in all
FOOD AND BEVERAGE at CAFETERIA 15L · 2026-02-02 · report$35.41
THE WONDERFUL COMPANY LLC
$35 in all
ONE CASE OF PISTACHIOS at WONDERFUL PISTACHIOS · 2025-08-11 · report$35.26

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Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 8

$1,088,423itemized, 618 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $121,600 in 42 contributions reported within 24 hours since their latest full report, which ends 2026-09-19: not yet in the totals above (they'll move into them, not be added twice, when the next full report comes in).

North Coast States Regional Council of Carpenters POWER PAC $11,800 2026-09-23 · California New Car Dealers Association PAC $5,900 2026-10-01 · Comcast Corp $5,900 2026-09-24 · Russell Harris $5,900 2026-10-08 · Joseph Martin $5,900 2026-10-01 · Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians $5,900 2026-09-28 · Forebay Farms, LLC $5,000 2026-10-07 · PBF Holding Company LLC $4,400 2026-09-28 · Patrick Tierney $3,400 2026-10-05 · California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC) - California Association of Realtors $3,000 2026-09-29

Where their outside money comes from

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

Plus $51,385 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $934,157

Contributions to others$240,535
Consultants$187,093
Independent expenditures$163,628
Fundraising events$126,988
Office expenses$53,131
Legal and accounting$52,873
Civic donations$33,236
Internet and email$22,262
Candidate travel and meals$16,645
Literature and mailings$10,677

Largest payees: Chase Visa $116,875 Candidate travel and meals · Right Choice Strategies, LLC $99,646 Internet and email · Red Dog Strategies, inc $75,000 Independent expenditures · Capital Development Strategies $54,839 Fundraising events · Valley Vision Treasury $53,338 Legal and accounting · Assembly Member David Tangipa for California - Ballot Measure Committee $51,335 Contributions to others · Capitol Media Inc $50,244 Independent expenditures · Sutter County Republican Central Committee $49,000 Contributions to others

Payments on their full reports (Form 460 Schedule E) covering 2025–2026, by the FPPC's expense codes; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.

Top contributorsTypeTotal
Richard Spencer
Developer · Spencer Enterprises · Fresno
Person$54,900
David Tangipa for Assembly 2026
Fresno
Committee$51,385
Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc
Terra Bella
Business/other$21,000
Jimi Valov
Partner · Valov Brothers Farms · Tulare
Person$15,000
Fred Ruiz
Retired · Ruiz Food Companies · Fresno
Person$13,800
American Pistachio Growers California PAC
Sacramento
Committee$13,400
Altria Client Services Inc
Sacramento
Business/other$11,800
Associated Builders & Contractors PAC
Livermore
Committee$11,800
CEMEX Materials LLC
West Palm Beach
Business/other$11,800
California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) Political Action Committee
Sacramento
Committee$11,800
Harris Construction Co, Inc
Fresno
Business/other$11,800
Mid Valley Disposal, LLC
Fresno
Business/other$11,800
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council SCC
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$11,800
Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella
Terra Bella
Business/other$11,800
Western Manufactured Housing Communities PAC Sponsor: Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association
Sacramento
Committee$11,800

Committees: David Tangipa for Assembly 2026, David Tangipa for Assembly 2024, Assembly Member David Tangipa for California - Ballot Measure Committee. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Richard Spencer
Developer, Spencer Enterprises · Fresno
$54,9008
David Tangipa for Assembly 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Fresno
$51,3859
Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella
Business · Terra Bella
$32,8007
Fred Ruiz
Co-Founder, Ruiz Food Companies · Fresno
$13,8002
American Pistachio Growers California PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento
$13,40056
Mid-Valley Disposal, LLC
Business · Fresno
$11,8008
California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) Political Action Committee
Labor union · Sacramento
$11,80017
CEMEX Materials, LLC
Business · West Palm Beach
$11,80018
Western Manufactured Housing Communities PAC Sponsor: Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association
Group or PAC · Sacramento
$11,80014
Altria Client Services LLC( )
Business · Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer
$11,8007
Triple B Ranch
Business · Clovis
$10,0002
Mitzie Ruiz
Retired, Retired · Fresno
$8,9003
Lisa Dalena
VP Sales, Dalena Farms · Madera
$8,4002
Association of California Life & Health Insurance Companies Issues Committee
Group or PAC · Sausalito
$7,9002
Carl Ueland
Retired, Retired · Fresno
$7,9007