Tulare County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
7 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 4 Tulare County races, led by the California Senate District 12 contest.
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These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Tulare County is split across 4 California Senate and Assembly districts.
Find your districts by addressCalifornia Senate: 2 districtsDistricts 12, 16
California Senate District 12Nathan Magsig (R) · William Brown Jr. (Libertarian)
Nathan Magsig Republican
- Water infrastructure and agriculture
- Wildfire and forest management
- Public safety and law enforcement support
Per the campaign site.
About Nathan Magsig
Magsig is a Fresno County Board of Supervisors member for District 5 and a former mayor of Clovis, per the campaign site. His career has included work as a youth pastor, a legislative aide in the California Legislature, executive director of a nonprofit affordable housing developer, and energy director for the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission, and he holds a master's degree in criminology and an MBA from Fresno State, per the campaign site.
William Brown Jr. Libertarian
- Fiscal responsibility and reducing bureaucratic spending
- Individual liberty and reduced government regulation
- Trusting communities and individuals over centralized planning
Per the campaign site.
About William Brown Jr.
William Brown Jr. is a licensed clinical social worker and Marine Corps veteran who works as a social worker for incarcerated people, per his campaign site. He is the Libertarian candidate for California's 12th Senate District.
Nathan Magsig (Republican) and William Brown Jr. (Libertarian) meet on the November 3 ballot. The seat is open: Sen. Shannon Grove (Republican), the sitting member per the Legislature's roster, is not on the November ballot. June 2 top-two primary result: Nathan Magsig (REP) 59.5 percent and William Brown Jr. (LIB) 26.5 percent advanced over Louis Anthony Miramontes (REP) 14.0 percent, per the Secretary of State's Statement of Vote. California's top-two primary decides who prints in November; the field is the Secretary of State's Certified List of Candidates for the General Election (August 27, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageCalifornia Senate District 16Melissa Hurtado (D) · Guillermo Asuncion Gonzalez (R)
Melissa Hurtado Democratic Incumbent
Melissa Hurtado is the Democratic incumbent for California State Senate District 16, representing California's Central Valley, per her official Senate website. She was elected to the State Senate in 2018, becoming the youngest woman ever elected to that chamber, after serving on the Sanger City Council beginning in 2016, per the same source. She holds a political science degree from Sacramento State University and has focused her legislative work on water, food security and health access in the Central Valley, per her official Senate website.
Guillermo Asuncion Gonzalez Republican
Guillermo Asuncion Gonzalez is a candidate for the 16th State Senate District. His ballot designation is small business owner, per the California Secretary of State's certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election.
Melissa Hurtado (Democratic) and Guillermo Asuncion Gonzalez (Republican) meet on the November 3 ballot; Melissa Hurtado is the incumbent, per the Secretary of State's list. June 2 top-two primary result: Guillermo Asuncion Gonzalez (REP) 45.2 percent and Melissa Hurtado (DEM) 35.6 percent advanced over Manpreet Kaur (DEM) 19.1 percent, per the Secretary of State's Statement of Vote. California's top-two primary decides who prints in November; the field is the Secretary of State's Certified List of Candidates for the General Election (August 27, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageCalifornia Assembly: 2 districtsDistricts 32, 33
California Assembly District 32David Couch (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
David Couch Republican
- Addressing affordability, crime and homelessness
- Advancing water and energy policy and supporting agriculture and small business
Per the campaign site.
About David Couch
David Couch is a Kern County Supervisor who previously served on the Bakersfield City Council from 1999 to 2012 before his election to the Board of Supervisors in 2013, per Bakersfield.com. He is the Republican candidate for California Assembly District 32.
David Couch (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. The seat is open: Assemblymember Stan Ellis (Republican), the sitting member per the Legislature's roster, is not on the November ballot. June 2 top-two primary result: David Couch (REP) 100.0 percent advanced, per the Secretary of State's Statement of Vote. California's top-two primary decides who prints in November; the field is the Secretary of State's Certified List of Candidates for the General Election (August 27, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageCalifornia Assembly District 33Hipolito Angel Cerros (D) · Alexandra (Ali) Macedo (R)
Hipolito Angel Cerros Democratic
- Public safety and water infrastructure funding
- Parks and street improvements
Per the campaign site.
About Hipolito Angel Cerros
Cerros is a first-generation UC Davis graduate and lifelong Central Valley resident from Lindsay who previously served as Mayor of Lindsay, per the campaign site. As mayor, Cerros worked across party lines to secure funding for public safety, water infrastructure, parks, and street improvements, per the campaign site.
Alexandra (Ali) Macedo Republican Incumbent
- Judiciary and consumer protection matters
- Community economic mobility and the nonprofit sector
Per the California State Assembly official roster.
About Alexandra (Ali) Macedo
Alexandra (Ali) Macedo represents California's 33rd Assembly District, covering parts of Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties. She serves as Vice Chair of the Judiciary Committee and the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee, and also sits on the Business and Professions, Governmental Organization, Natural Resources and Transportation committees, per the Assembly's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Hipolito Angel Cerros (Democratic) and Alexandra (Ali) Macedo (Republican) meet on the November 3 ballot; Alexandra (Ali) Macedo is the incumbent, per the Secretary of State's list. June 2 top-two primary result: Alexandra (Ali) Macedo (REP) 61.2 percent and Hipolito Angel Cerros (DEM) 38.8 percent advanced, per the Secretary of State's Statement of Vote. California's top-two primary decides who prints in November; the field is the Secretary of State's Certified List of Candidates for the General Election (August 27, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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California's June 2 top-two primary sent the two leading vote-getters in every race to the November 3 ballot regardless of party (a same-party November contest is common); the Secretary of State certified the November field on August 27, 2026. County offices that reached a majority in June were decided then; only November runoffs and local measures remain on county ballots.
Who is on the ballot in Tulare County, California on November 3, 2026?
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