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Elect Drew Phelps to push AD-26 in the right direction.
About the Position
State Assembly Members form part of the California State Legislature, and work alongside the governor to establish laws and a state budget. They hold the power to pass bills that affect public policy, set state spending levels, raise and lower taxes, and uphold or override the governor’s vetoes. The California State Assembly has 80 districts. Each represents a population of at least 465,000 Californians. Representatives are elected to the Assembly for a two-year term. Every two years, all 80 seats are subject to election. Members elected before 2012 are restricted to three two-year terms (six years) in the Assembly. Those elected in or after 2012 are allowed to serve 12 years total across both the State Senate and Assembly. This term, Democrats currently hold a two-thirds supermajority of 61 seats in the California State Assembly, while Republicans hold 17 seats. One seat is held by an Independent, and one seat is currently vacant.
About the District
California's 26th Assembly District includes all of Inyo County, most of Tulare County, and some of Kern County. Republicans typically hold this district. The most recent election results show 52.9 percent of AD-26 voted for Trump for president in 2016 and 57.6 percent of the district voted for Cox for governor in 2018.
About the Race
In the primary, Democrat challenger Phelps trailed Republican incumbent Representative Devon Mathis by a margin of 23 percent. Phelps’s campaign has not taken corporate PAC, fossil fuel, or police money, but has yet to pledge to refuse such funds. Mathis’s campaign has also not pledged to refuse corporate PAC, fossil fuel, and police money, and has received funds from all three groups.
About the Candidate
Drew Phelps is a fourth-generation Tularean. According to campaign materials, he is running for Assembly District 26 to offer transparent leadership and tailored solutions to the issues that affect Tulare, Inyo, and Kern counties.
Phelps works as a land use and project manager for Granville Homes, a Valley-based residential development company that builds energy-efficient homes for local working- and middle-class families. He has advocated for justice as a journalist and a grassroots organizer for Citizens for Hospital Accountability. Phelps’s commitment to community health goes beyond holding providers accountable. He served as director of Grant Oversight with the Manuel Torrez Family Resource Center, bringing in funding for the Center’s Healthy Families, Happy Kids initiative, as well as helping organize the program’s annual mobile health clinic and fair.
Phelps is endorsed by many local progressive groups in the district. According to recent election results, this is a challenging seat for Democrats to win. Phelps, however, is a notable progressive choice because of his strong and tangible goals for Tulare’s future, and the impact he’s had on his community so far, without yet holding public office. According to our analysis, Drew Phelps is the strongest choice for equitable and representative leadership in office.
Last updated: 2020-10-21Drew Phelps
Elect Drew Phelps to push AD-26 in the right direction.
About the Position
State Assembly Members form part of the California State Legislature, and work alongside the governor to establish laws and a state budget. They hold the power to pass bills that affect public policy, set state spending levels, raise and lower taxes, and uphold or override the governor’s vetoes. The California State Assembly has 80 districts. Each represents a population of at least 465,000 Californians. Representatives are elected to the Assembly for a two-year term. Every two years, all 80 seats are subject to election. Members elected before 2012 are restricted to three two-year terms (six years) in the Assembly. Those elected in or after 2012 are allowed to serve 12 years total across both the State Senate and Assembly. This term, Democrats currently hold a two-thirds supermajority of 61 seats in the California State Assembly, while Republicans hold 17 seats. One seat is held by an Independent, and one seat is currently vacant.
About the District
California's 26th Assembly District includes all of Inyo County, most of Tulare County, and some of Kern County. Republicans typically hold this district. The most recent election results show 52.9 percent of AD-26 voted for Trump for president in 2016 and 57.6 percent of the district voted for Cox for governor in 2018.
About the Race
In the primary, Democrat challenger Phelps trailed Republican incumbent Representative Devon Mathis by a margin of 23 percent. Phelps’s campaign has not taken corporate PAC, fossil fuel, or police money, but has yet to pledge to refuse such funds. Mathis’s campaign has also not pledged to refuse corporate PAC, fossil fuel, and police money, and has received funds from all three groups.
About the Candidate
Drew Phelps is a fourth-generation Tularean. According to campaign materials, he is running for Assembly District 26 to offer transparent leadership and tailored solutions to the issues that affect Tulare, Inyo, and Kern counties.
Phelps works as a land use and project manager for Granville Homes, a Valley-based residential development company that builds energy-efficient homes for local working- and middle-class families. He has advocated for justice as a journalist and a grassroots organizer for Citizens for Hospital Accountability. Phelps’s commitment to community health goes beyond holding providers accountable. He served as director of Grant Oversight with the Manuel Torrez Family Resource Center, bringing in funding for the Center’s Healthy Families, Happy Kids initiative, as well as helping organize the program’s annual mobile health clinic and fair.
Phelps is endorsed by many local progressive groups in the district. According to recent election results, this is a challenging seat for Democrats to win. Phelps, however, is a notable progressive choice because of his strong and tangible goals for Tulare’s future, and the impact he’s had on his community so far, without yet holding public office. According to our analysis, Drew Phelps is the strongest choice for equitable and representative leadership in office.
Drew Phelps
Elect Drew Phelps to push AD-26 in the right direction.
About the Position
State Assembly Members form part of the California State Legislature, and work alongside the governor to establish laws and a state budget. They hold the power to pass bills that affect public policy, set state spending levels, raise and lower taxes, and uphold or override the governor’s vetoes. The California State Assembly has 80 districts. Each represents a population of at least 465,000 Californians. Representatives are elected to the Assembly for a two-year term. Every two years, all 80 seats are subject to election. Members elected before 2012 are restricted to three two-year terms (six years) in the Assembly. Those elected in or after 2012 are allowed to serve 12 years total across both the State Senate and Assembly. This term, Democrats currently hold a two-thirds supermajority of 61 seats in the California State Assembly, while Republicans hold 17 seats. One seat is held by an Independent, and one seat is currently vacant.
About the District
California's 26th Assembly District includes all of Inyo County, most of Tulare County, and some of Kern County. Republicans typically hold this district. The most recent election results show 52.9 percent of AD-26 voted for Trump for president in 2016 and 57.6 percent of the district voted for Cox for governor in 2018.
About the Race
In the primary, Democrat challenger Phelps trailed Republican incumbent Representative Devon Mathis by a margin of 23 percent. Phelps’s campaign has not taken corporate PAC, fossil fuel, or police money, but has yet to pledge to refuse such funds. Mathis’s campaign has also not pledged to refuse corporate PAC, fossil fuel, and police money, and has received funds from all three groups.
About the Candidate
Drew Phelps is a fourth-generation Tularean. According to campaign materials, he is running for Assembly District 26 to offer transparent leadership and tailored solutions to the issues that affect Tulare, Inyo, and Kern counties.
Phelps works as a land use and project manager for Granville Homes, a Valley-based residential development company that builds energy-efficient homes for local working- and middle-class families. He has advocated for justice as a journalist and a grassroots organizer for Citizens for Hospital Accountability. Phelps’s commitment to community health goes beyond holding providers accountable. He served as director of Grant Oversight with the Manuel Torrez Family Resource Center, bringing in funding for the Center’s Healthy Families, Happy Kids initiative, as well as helping organize the program’s annual mobile health clinic and fair.
Phelps is endorsed by many local progressive groups in the district. According to recent election results, this is a challenging seat for Democrats to win. Phelps, however, is a notable progressive choice because of his strong and tangible goals for Tulare’s future, and the impact he’s had on his community so far, without yet holding public office. According to our analysis, Drew Phelps is the strongest choice for equitable and representative leadership in office.
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About the Position
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