candidates

BRIAN DAHLE
Candidate for Governor of California
Senator Brian Dahle is a voice for public safety, lowering taxes, and reducing homelessness. He opposes onerous government regulations that are driving up the cost of living forcing many to leave California and businesses to shutter their doors.
A longtime advocate of building a better business climate in California, Brian Dahle was the California Chamber of Commerce’s top-rated senator for pro-business votes in 2021 and has a 100 percent rating from the National Federation of Independent Business.
He was chosen by his peers in 2017 to be the Assembly Republican Leader, leading the caucus until after the 2018 elections, when he stepped down as leader to run in a special election to fill a vacant seat in the 1st Senate District.
Through his decade in the Legislature, he has worked to pursue environmental health to keep communities safe from devastating wildfires, passing multiple bills to modernize outdated laws and streamline regulations for landowners.
He has worked on a bipartisan basis to expand broadband internet access in underserved communities, better protect Californians’ digital privacy, and stop the gouging of hospital patients with surprise out-of-network bills.
He served on the Subcommittee on Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response, reforming the Legislature itself so members weren’t protected from consequences of their own abusive behavior.
Before winning the election to the Legislature in 2012, he served his community for four terms on the Lassen County Board of Supervisors. He was especially proud of leaving the county debt-free with its pensions fully funded.
He continues to operate his family’s farm and seed business back home in Bieber, with his wife, Megan Dahle, and their three children — Chase, Reagan, and Roslyn

JACK GUERRERO
Candidate for Treasurer of California
Jack Guerrero brings a unique combination of public and private sector experience, with a quintessential American story. Jack’s experience as Mayor, City Councilmember, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Stanford economics graduate, Harvard MBA, Bank Vice President, Treasury professional, auditor of municipalities and government agencies, investment banker, and M&A due diligence advisor to Fortune 500 companies (with professional stints in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, and Zurich) – establishes him as the candidate with BOTH Treasury experience AND a public service record of fighting for taxpayers and working people.
Jack is the son of hard-working Mexican immigrant parents — farmworkers and later, factory workers who settled in Los Angeles. Jack was raised in a tough neighborhood in southeast Los Angeles County, surrounded by poverty, gangs, and decrepit public schools. As a young boy, Jack was determined to escape poverty, obtain a quality university education, and seek a better life for himself and his family. At the age of 15, Jack enrolled at university to supplement his high school education, and went on to graduate from Stanford and Harvard University. Only in our country is Jack’s story even possible.
Jack is a proud American patriot, forever grateful to this country for the educational opportunities conferred on him, and dedicated to expanding similar opportunities for others. Jack serves on numerous Boards for public agencies and non-profit organizations, and is active in scholarship and university recruitment efforts in underprivileged communities.

LANCE CHRISTENSEN
Candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lance Christensen is married and a father of 5, seventh-generation Californians, all of whom
are school-age right now. With his oldest about to graduate from San Juan Unified School
District (Sacramento County) to his youngest Kindergartener homeschooled through a local
charter, Lance is keenly aware of all the challenges facing parents trying to get the best
education for their children. For over 20 years, Lance has been very active in all aspects of the
education system.
After graduating from Brigham Young University (Utah) with a degree in English, Lance taught
4th grade as an educational assistant in Aurora Public Schools (just outside of Denver,
Colorado). Lance applied that experience in graduate school at Pepperdine University’s School
of Public Policy, studying education theory that he applied over his 15 years as a legislative
consultant in the State Senate. While a finance budget analyst for the Department of Finance,
Lance oversaw the budget of the newly formed Department of Juvenile Justice and helped
develop Proposition 98 education funding for schools in the various juvenile correctional
facilities so that students could receive an education and not return to the criminal justice
system.
Lance has been active in many aspects of local education including running for school board,
sitting as the assistant chair of the school district’s finance committee and serving as vice
president of a high school booster club. Recognized as an education policy and budgetary, he
is the Vice President of Education Policy and Government Relations at the California Policy
Center, long respected as a foundation built on education opportunities and choice. He was also
one of the primary architects of the recent school choice initiative that would allow parents to
create education savings accounts for state funds to follow the student.

DOUGLAS BROWER
Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, District 2
As the parents of 4 daughters, 2 granddaughters and a grandson, my wife Bonnie and I feel that our family values are not currently being represented by our District 2 U.S. Congressman.
Having a Bachelor Degree in Business from UOP, a Masters of Divinity Degree from IWU, as well as being an Indiana Wesleyan Seminary graduate and an Ordained Reverend, I feel I have been uniquely prepared to represent our district with core Biblical principles and sound business decisions.
As a public servant, I have served on the City of Ferndale Design Review Committee, the Planning Commission, as an elected City Councilman, an educator at local drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs as well as various other committees. I feel that I have a finger on the pulse of our district with regards to our major issues like homelessness, economics, wildfires, drought, Covid-19, gas prices, taxes, and infrastructure.

RUDY RECILE
Candidate for US House of Representatives, District 8
A little about me. I am a small business owner, former US Department of Agriculture employee and a Retired US Army Major, having served 26 years. While serving in the US Army, I was stationed in Illinois, South Korea and Washington DC. My last military duty station was in Fairfield, California. Retiring in 2014, my wife and I liked California so much that we decided to stay. I am a husband, brother and uncle to many nieces and nephews. One is currently serving in the US Marine Corps.
Like you, I have watched career politicians, in Washington DC and in California, work just to keep their jobs, negatively impacting the way adults and children view the world. At the same time they ignore the needs of the community. If we keep voting for the same Legislators we will keep losing!
While serving in the US Army, I was fortunate enough to be stationed at the Pentagon with the highest levels of the military. I walked the halls of the Pentagon and Capitol Hill to coordinate with various staff and agencies, each with their own flavor, throughout Washington DC. I became savvy in the ways these various types of people conducted their duties. I learned the language of Washington and how to successfully accomplish what needed to be done. So I am again choosing to serve and make a difference for California and our country as a candidate for California’s 8th Congressional District.

ALISON HAYDEN
Candidate for US House of Representatives, District 14
Alison was born in Sacramento, California and spent her formative years in Taipei, Taiwan. She was raised in an Air Force family, moving back and forth between Fairfax, VA and the beautiful island. Her father later retired and joined a US multinational firm to manage its electronics factory in the southern port and Export Processing Zone of KaoHsiung. She graduated high school from a boarding school in Taichung, Taiwan before returning to the USA for university. She graduated from the University of California-Berkeley with a Bachelors degree, and The London School of Economics with a Masters of Science degree.
Alison spent eight years in the financial industry, in banking and lending, after a management-training program with Bank of America. She continued with Citibank’s International Private Banking Group then joined Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., after a brief project with Boston Consulting Group, trading in its elite stock and options trading group serving the bank’s top 2% of private investors. She then decided to serve in the US Peace Corps in its Business Development Group, as Director/Volunteer of a business incubator in Plovdiv, Bulgaria the country’s second largest city. She led the growth of a national alternative Women’s Association and launched projects related to teaching ethics and business. Following the Peace Corps, she remained in country and joined a consultant firm to the World Bank, with work on a project to bring the Varna state enterprise private, under its privatization program in Bulgaria.
After returning to the USA she found her place in the world of education, working with felons to help them earn their High School GED’s. This opened the door to teaching credentials in Secondary and Special Education, as well as certifications to work with students on the Autism spectrum and as an Educational Therapist. She has had opportunity to work in and with virtually every possible venue and demographic of education in the San Francisco Bay Area, reaping rich reward. It has been, and is, her joy and profession. In her free time, Alison volunteers time to work with people recovering from alcohol and drug addiction.

BRIAN HAWKINS
Candidate for US House of Representatives, District 25
Pastor Brian E. Hawkins started his life of service differently than most. He has come a long way from his early days of a difficult start, misfortune, and with few financial resources to draw upon.
His life story is a powerful and teachable example of how anyone can overcome a problematic start in life.
Through sheer will and determination he has become a Pastor, respected elected city Councilman and community leader. And now, candidate for Congress in District CA-25.
Whether from the pulpit or at the park across the street where he holds “office hours” in the community every week, Pastor Brian is laser focused on bringing people together.
Since being elected to the San Jacinto City Council, Pastor Hawkins has focused on bettering the lives of his constituents.
As a councilman, he’s accomplished lowering San Jacinto’s crime rate, decreased the homeless population, launch major road repair initiatives, provided more funding for small businesses, and has been an active supporter of school choice.
In 2021, disgusted by the past summer’s worth of indoctrination and the baiting of black people in America, Pastor Brian announced his bid for United States Congress in California’s 25th District.
Despite aggressive targeting and hateful treatment he receives online, Pastor Brian is committed to running on bridging the gap between law and enforcement and the community.
Pastor Hawkins is committed to making his race not just competitive but victorious

LUCIE VOLOTSKY
Candidate for US House of Representatives, District 32
Lucie Volotzky is known and respected for being a resilient mover and shaker—a dedicated wife and mother of four, a seasoned businesswoman and active community leader with a zest for life and a desire to improve people’s lives. Now she intends to shake up Capitol Hill as a determined, commonsense congresswoman who will put America first and stand strong to defeat the radical progressive agenda hijacking our country. But, first, she must unseat career Democrat politician, Brad Sherman, who has been compromising America’s best interests for 25 years. Volotzky is very qualified to be the wise and courageous leader we need in Washington, D.C. She and her husband have been owners of retail businesses for over 35 years in the Los Angeles area. The obstacles to operating small businesses under California’s high taxes, overregulation, the diminishing economy, and the unfair China trade deals, have been challenging—and have prepared her well to represent District 32 in Congress. She understands the state, national and global issues that have put America in crisis and are determined to protect our freedoms and our way of life. Volotzky has a long record of serving her community and has held many positions of leadership. Born in Montreal, Volotzky speaks with a French-Canadian accent and has plenty to say. She is running on a platform of “Faith, Family, and Freedom.” She will stand against the deceitful Green New Deal, the attacks on fossil fuels, the open border, illegal immigration, human trafficking and drugs, rising crime, defunding of the police, the unconstitutional COVID-19 closures and mandates, the “woke” sexualized school system, a weakened military, the censoring of conservative speech, and foreign companies buying U.S. land. Volotzky says there are many issues tearing down our country, and destroying the economic and moral fabric of America we know and love. She is anxious to tackle each one of these problems with insight, knowledge, common sense, courage, and respect for our Constitution. She is a proven leader, not a career politician. “We’re losing our freedoms and our children! Without freedom, we have nothing. Defending freedom is my number one priority!”

ERIC CHING
Candidate for US House of Representatives, District 38
I am running for Congress because I believe that I was called to serve. As a Congressional member, I promise to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. With my 9 years of experience serving in local government, as well as my 30 years of experience managing a business, I believe that I am the best person to improve our congressional district.
In 2012, I was elected to serve as a member of the Walnut City Council. I was then re-elected in 2016 and 2020. In 2016-2017, I served as the Mayor and twice as the Mayor Pro Tempore. Before joining the City Council, I was the President of the Chinese American Association of Walnut, bringing attention to the Asian community and providing support for those in need. During my service on the Council, the City has maintained over 100% of reserves, was ranked the 17th safest city in California by Patch in 2017, and was voted 49th as the best city to live in by Money Magazine in 2013. While I cannot completely accredit these accomplishments to myself, we were able to build up this beautiful City due to the relationship between the City, residents, and public agencies.
Over the course of the last decade, I have dedicated my life to helping others through volunteer work. While volunteering at local churches and non-profit organizations, I have gained a passion for working with others and serving my community. During the Covid-19 pandemic, I was blessed with the opportunity to distribute food, supplies, and face masks to thousands of people, including seniors in the housing communities. As a mental health advocate, I have teamed up with a few of my friends to support those who have struggled with substance abuse. Through various treatment centers, we have been able to provide many resources to help victims get their lives back on track. As a frequent blood donor at the Red Cross and Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles, I have learned to become more compassionate for others and to dedicate my life to serving the people.
Since the passing of my wife in 2017, I have been raising two beautiful girls who I am extremely proud of. Through these experiences, I was able to find my true meaning and purpose. I know that I need to use my energy, talents, and efforts to serve our country.
While we all may share different political, religious, or social views, we all have a common interest. Our goal is to provide safe neighborhoods, good jobs, and a place to comfortably grow old and raise our kids. We need leaders with proven results. Through my persistence and background, I believe that I am the best person to represent our district.

DARRELL ISSA
Candidate for US House of Representatives, District 48
Well known as a grassroots leader to Republicans throughout California, Darrell Issa is perhaps best known as the architect of the successful effort to recall former Gov. Gray Davis. He served as co-chair of the campaign to pass the California Civil Rights Initiative (Prop. 209) and was Chairman of the California Republican Party’s statewide Victory ’96 effort. He acted as Chairman of the Volunteer Committee for the 1996 Republican National Convention, where he recruited and organized the activities of more than 10,000 volunteers. In 1998 he made a strong bid for United States Senate, narrowly losing a close race to then State Treasurer Matt Fong. After the election, Issa endorsed Fong and actively raised money for his campaign. He later became Chairman of the San Diego County Lincoln Club, an influential Republican organization.
Prior to his election to Congress, Issa was a technology industry leader and CEO. He founded Vista, California, based Directed Electronics Inc., the industry-leading manufacturer of automobile security and convenience products. Issa has served as Chairman of the Consumer Electronics Association, the Board of Governors of the Electronics Industry Association, and as Director of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation and the Greater San Diego County Chamber of Commerce. In 1994, Issa received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Inc. Magazine, Ernst & Young, and The San Diego Union-Tribune.

BRIAN MARYOTT
Candidate for US House of Representatives, District 49
Brian is a conservative businessman, elected leader and father who is running for Congress to restore common-sense representation to the 49th Congressional district. As a local elected official and former executive, Brian has proven he can work with anyone who has good ideas – he will bring that exact same approach to Congress.
Brian is a Certified Financial PlannerTM Professional – he has spent the majority of his career helping hundreds of individuals and families save for a rainy day, send their kids to college, retire with dignity and invest in their future. He steadily grew his planning business and was eventually promoted to Senior Vice President of his company where he helped manage hundreds of employees and billions in client assets.
Brian learned about hard work and responsibility at an early age. He shoveled dog waste as a kennel attendant at 15, worked as a dishwasher and busboy in a restaurant chain – became a cook, server and ultimately an assistant manager while he worked full time to pay his way through college. He even did a stint on an overnight janitorial crew to keep his student loans to a manageable level.
Brian and his wife Michele have been living their version of the American Dream in southern California for over 25 years. They live in San Juan Capistrano with their three wonderful children.

SHANNON GROVE
Candidate for CA State Senate, District 12
Shannon Grove was born and raised in Kern County.
After graduating from high school, Senator Grove served in the United States Army. While stationed in Frankfurt, Germany she witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Following her service to our nation, she established a staffing company with her sister-in-law called Continental Labor and Staffing Resources. Senator Grove currently serves as the CEO of this business that connects new employees to jobs in the area.
Prior to her election to the State Senate, Senator Grove was the first woman veteran elected to the California Legislature when she served the 34th Assembly District from 2010 to 2016.
Senator Grove was elected to represent the 16th Senate District in November 2018, which includes portions of Kern, Tulare, and San Bernardino counties. In January 2019, she was elected Leader of the Senate Republican Caucus and served in that capacity for two years.
Shannon Grove is a strong supporter of law enforcement, keeping our students in schools with ample support for safety, encouraging small businesses with fair, not punitive, regulation, and supporting critically important agriculture and energy production in the Central Valley. She resides in Bakersfield with her husband, Rick. They are parents of five children.
In the June and November 2022 elections Shannon Grove is seeking election to the newly-drawn 12th State Senate district which includes Fresno, Tulare, and Kern counties.

AMNON SHOR
Candidate for CA State Senate, District 14
Born in Israel, Amnon Shor immigrated to the United States in 1980 following the woman he fell in love with. Shortly after, he married his wife Lynette, and together they have three children and seven grandchildren. They decided to settle in California and call it home. Shor began working in the jewelry business, owning his own wholesale and retail operations. In 1986 the family moved to Fresno, to pursue a passion for Arabian horses and bought a ranch for that purpose in the beautiful Central Valley.
Throughout his life, Shor was instilled with the conservative values that we all cherish. At an early age, he learned what it means to serve others and to serve a greater purpose. Shor served in the Israeli Defense Forces, where he defended his country during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
In the early 90s, Shor went back to school to further his education in religious study, starting a new path by founding a congregation in 2004. He has served as the senior Rabbi until the present. He has, and continues to travel the world helping to advise religious institutions in other countries, and helping individuals in authoritarian countries to find religious freedom and practice their faith freely. Shor’s experiences have led him to an incredible appreciation of this country and our freedoms. He came to the United States with a dream, to raise a family, start his own business, pursue his faith, and help others pursue theirs.
Following this journey, he has lived in the Central Valley for decades. During this time, he has watched our great state deteriorate before our very eyes. From observing our freedoms diminish, our highways and freeways fall into disrepair, the uncontrolled influx of illegal immigration, and rampant crime. Today, California appears less and less like the ideal, prosperous state of its early years here. However, Shor believes that we can get our state back on the right track. He has always fought for what he believes in – from serving his home country of Israel in the Special Forces to fighting to give religious freedom to those in need across the globe. Now, he is ready to step up again and fight for the values and needs of the Central Valley.

VINCENT TSAI
Candidate for CA State Senate, District 22
I was born and raised in California. I’ve lived here my entire life, so I’ve seen first-hand how politicians have made this state a harder place to live. Homelessness has gotten consistently worse, crime has risen dramatically, and California has some of the most repressive covid rules in the country.
On top of that, the prices of homes have risen to a level that makes it difficult for many people to afford a home, let alone, rent.
It is because of those factors, that a mass exodus of Californians are leaving to other states that offer more personal liberties and higher quality of life. Instead of leaving with them, I have vowed to stay in this state to help be part of the solution to make California a great place to live in again.
I am currently happily serving LA County as a deputy sheriff, but in my current capacity as a law enforcement officer, my ability to affect positive change only goes so far. An accumulation
of events over the years, particularly the past two years, has motivated me to run for office. I do so not because I want to be a politician, but because I refuse to sit back and allow the degradation of our democracy and God-given freedoms to continue any longer: I want to affect change to make this state a better place to live. I don’t work with special interest groups that have me on their payroll and tell me what to do. I do not fraternize with lobbyists. I do not have million-dollar business deals with companies with ties to China. I am a lifelong California resident, an American, a regular person like all of you, who is tired of being strong-armed by an increasingly authoritarian government. I am just one person, but with all of your support, we will be a force of good to be reckoned with.
Together, we can make our neighborhoods, our cities, our counties, our state, and our country, a free and wonderful place for us to be in and for our children’s future. We should not be divided based on political party preference. We are all one people, interconnected, living here on this Earth together, at this specific time in history.
Let us come together and turn things around.

MITCH CLEMMONS
Candidate for CA State Senate, District 30
I’ve spent my whole life in and around the district I am running for. Born in La Mirada, raised in Whittier and Norwalk, and attended high school in Santa Fe Springs. When I married my wife in 2000, we moved to La Habra and raised our 3 kids there for 18 years before moving to our current home in Whittier 3 years ago.
I am a man of faith. I trust God for all things, and I do my best to follow Him. This leads me to desire to care for others in my community. I have been involved in many community service efforts throughout the years, mostly through the church I attended. I participated in the relief efforts in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina to serve the local community in Bay St. Louis. I’ve encouraged my employees and brought a dozen of them with us to help stuff backpacks for the needy at Giving Children Hope in Fullerton, CA over the years. My wife and I have assisted in different food and clothing ministries for the poor and homeless.
I believe serving others is not only encouraged by our Lord, but it also gives hope to the person in need, and is such an important way to give back to our society.
I’ve been a business owner in the plumbing industry for over 20 years, serving our communities, my customers, and my employees. My goal when going into business was to offer top quality plumbing services at fair prices, and to put the overpriced plumbers out of business. Over the years, I have trained many plumbers. For the ones that serve the customers the same way I do, I help them get their own plumbing license, and help them start their business. By doing this, I lose my best plumbers, but when they start their business in another area, and do the same thing in a new community, providing top quality plumbing services at fair prices, everybody wins. Having an attitude of serving others has helped me to be successful as a business owner and has enabled me to help many others learn this same attitude in business.
I’ve also worked in the corporate world as an operations manager. It was my responsibility to take a bankrupt $180 mil / year distribution company and make the operations profitable again. I was able to use my leadership and teaching skills, data collection and analysis skills, and my ability to listen and work with others to find the best solutions to any given problem. Solving complex issues requires listening to the people to understand their problems. I analyzed each department, worked with the area managers, supervisors, and staff to determine solutions, and then implemented the new solutions together with the team in each department. The result of my efforts was a successful sale/merger deal after we had turned the company around.
Both as a business owner and a corporate manager it is necessary to work hard and find solutions to be successful. I will work hard for the people, to serve them well, to represent them well, and to do my best to help find solutions. I will be willing to work with other lawmakers for the benefit of people and stand against legislations that promote special interests.
Jesus calls us to follow His example of being a servant leader. I will do my best to follow that example. I would appreciate your support in this election. I would also ask that you would seek out other servant leaders to elect this season. It’s time to give the government back to the people.

BRIAN JONES
Candidate for CA State Senate, District 40
Brian was born on a military base in Austin, TX. His family made just enough to make ends meet and moved around often. Brian’s father saw an opportunity to provide a better life for his family in California’s construction industry. When Brian was ten-years-old, his family moved from a small trailer on the plains of Colorado to their dream town Santee in San Diego County. Thrilled about the prospects of California, Brian grew up in Senate District 40. He attended Santee Elementary, Cajon Park Middle School, and Santana High School. Motivated by his father’s dedication to providing more opportunities for his children, Brian graduated from Grossmont College. He then earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at San Diego State University.
Like most Californians, Brian worked tirelessly his entire life. Brian joined his father in working on the assembly line for a door and trim company at the young age of twelve. Brian worked at a local pizza franchise throughout college and eventually moved into the franchise’s management program. After college, he pursued many career paths, including launching his own carpet cleaning business and selling cars and motorcycles. Driven by his devotion to his faith community, Brian became a pastor and a general manager for a national ministry headquartered in Santee. Seeing the challenges the faith community experienced with California’s bureaucracy, Brian transitioned into commercial real estate, where he assisted churches with navigating through land-use issues.
Brian met his wife Heather while working at the local pizza franchise. They have been married for 29 years and currently live in Santee with their two Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs Cash and Koda. Brian and Heather enjoy spending time with their three adult children, Christopher, Matthew, Melina, and her husband, Justin.

CATHY COOK
Candidate for CA State Assembly, District 6
I grew up in Sacramento, CA, and graduated from Mira Loma High School.
I graduated from CSU, Sacramento with a degree in Economics.
In 1979, I joined the US Air Force and was one of the first civilian women selected for Pilot Training. As a lieutenant, I earned my wings in 1981, and was assigned to the Strategic Air Command flying the KC-135 StratoTanker.
After 7 years on Active Duty, as a captain, I joined the Air Force Reserves, at Mather AFB, Rancho Cordova, CA. In 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait, I volunteered to deploy to Saudi Arabia to fly air refueling missions in support of Desert Shield.
In January, 1991, my squadron was activated and I flew missions as an Aircraft Commander during the Gulf War, known as Desert Storm. It was the first time in US history that women were allowed to fly combat missions.
My military awards include:
- Air Force Commendation Medal
- Combat Readiness Medal
- Southwest Asia Service Medal with 2 Bronze service stars
- the Kuwait Liberation Medal, and
- Air Force Reserves Meritorious Service Medal.
For the last 33 years, I have been flying for Delta Air Lines. I have 2 sons in college and was recently widowed. I have been serving my community as President of Mission Oaks North Neighborhood Association for the past 10 years.
I was actively involved in my son’s schools, volunteering in their classrooms with math, reading, science projects, driving on field trips and chaperoning at school events.
I also belong to several service organizations:
- Women Veterans Alliance
- The Daedalians
- The Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association – dedicated to helping Veterans and raising scholarship funds for higher education.
Currently I serve on the Board of Directors for the Sacramento Taxpayers Association and the California Aerospace Museum and I am running for the California Assembly, District 6 which covers Downtown Sacramento, Arden-Arcade, Natomas, Antelope and South Sacramento.

RICHARD KINNEY
Candidate for CA State Assembly, District 14
As father of 3 children, and grandfather of 4 Richard understands the importance that every life matters.
Richard is a native Californian, 43 years in the East Bay area, 20 years in Fremont, Oakland and San Leandro, and now 23 years in West Contra Costa County. He came to Pastor a small inner-city Church in 1999 when at the end of the first week he was invited to be a Police Chaplain, and served the San Pablo Police Department five years.
He was invited to be an assistant basketball coach at Contra Costa College and that year the Men’s Comets won league, and then he went to Richmond high school as an assistant Basketball coach and that season the boy’s team were the North Coast Section Champions. He continued coaching for 5 years. Richard was a teacher for the school district for 17 years. Richard also taught Public Speaking to youth for 4 years, served as President of the San Pablo Rotary Club 2020/2021, and is a member of the San Pablo Eagles.
He was elected to City Council in 2012 serving two terms and as Mayor in 2016 and in 2019. He also ran as a candidate for the State Assembly and State Senate, and was a member of the California Republican Party and the Contra Costa County Republican Committee.
Currently Richard is retired but continues to serve as an Assistant Pastor at Family Church of God in Christ, manages two Christian non-profits – Apostle City Ministries and Paraclete, Inc. He also oversees The Paraclete House, a Christian Sober Living Program and does light maintenance for a Property Management Company.
He can be seen occasionally serving as Uncle Sam and heard singing the National Anthem upon request.
Learning about AB2223 State Assembly Member Buffy Wicks recently authored to legalize women to choose to have their babies killed up to 7 days after giving birth, Richard sought the Lord inquiring if he should do anything. Shortly after he received a call from the Conservative members of the California Republican Party to consider a plan to contest Ms. Wicks on the General Election ballot.
Richard has won his June 7th 2022 Primary reaching the TOP-2, to compete against Buffy Wicks in November, and fight for the sanctity of life.

VICKI NOHRDEN
Candidate of CA State Assembly, District 30
Vicki Nohrden has spent 25 years as a family advocate and community leader. Her public service has included classrooms, front rooms, boardrooms, and courtrooms throughout our region.
Her business career began in real estate and later her passion for restoring families led her to work as a youth director at the Presbyterian Church in Carmel impacting youth on school campuses. Her public service continued as a CASA — a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children — and later a family liaison in the juvenile justice system. Vicki continued her advocacy work with a focus on mental health. She also served as a member of a Civil Grand Jury overseeing claims of government corruption, accountability, and management.
Vicki is running for Assembly District 30 to be a voice for the people.
She is running against a dysfunctional legislature in Sacramento, against agenda-driven policies being passed by a two-thirds majority instead of delivering solutions to the issues facing us, like our children’s education, mental health, 10,000 more homeless people on the streets in one decade, and a tax exodus of businesses and jobs.
She’s running to fight for the people, for students, parents, and businesses, Californians who have been over-taxed and under-represented.
Vicki Nohrden is running for State Assembly to change the direction our state is headed!

JESSICA MARTINEZ
Candidate of CA State Assembly, District 56
Jessica Martinez is Mayor Pro-Tem for the City Council of Whittier. She is the wife of a veteran, Paul, a mother of five grown children, and an active member of her church and community.
Jessica is an Educator with a Juris Doctorate, Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, a Master’s Degree in International Human Rights, and a Master’s Degree in Bio-Ethics.
She has lived in Whittier for more than 20 years. Jessica enjoys traveling and has been to many countries, including Russia, Germany, France, Cambodia and Ukraine. She plays piano and guitar.
Prior employers include SCE (in communications), the federal government and public schools. Jessica is a delegate to the Contract Cities Association. This association of 73 cities in the Southland provides a venue for cities to promote and share local values and protect city sovereignty.
She also serves as a board member on the Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority, the Whittier Puente Hills Conservation Authority, the Wildlife Corridor Authority, and the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District.
Jessica has worked with the California Constitutional Rights Foundation. This group seeks to instill in our nation’s youth a deeper understanding of citizenship through values expressed in our Constitution and its Bill of Rights, and, to educate young people to become active and responsible participants in our society.
In addition, she serves as the 1st Vice-Chair of the Los Angeles Hispanic Republican Club. She is also a member of the Republican Party of Los Angeles County and is delegate to the California Republican Party

SOO YOO
Candidate of CA State Assembly, District 67
I immigrated to America at age 8 and grew up in Los Angeles. My elementary school was over 90% Latino. Spanish became my second language and I continued studying Spanish until College. This background has helped me connect with our diverse community.
My parents were typical first generation Korean immigrants who worked hard and struggled to achieve the American Dream. I learned sacrifice, hard work, and the importance of faith from them. I believe these have been the cornerstones of my life, and what I will bring to serve our community in the Assembly.
I was a tomboy growing up! I enjoyed sports, and was on the Varsity Volleyball team in high school. I believe we need our children to be well-rounded, and that our education system should allow students to enjoy both academic and extra-curricular activities.
Extended families are the core of our community. The help provide financial and emotional support that we need in a hectic society. I have been married for 31 years and have four daughters. My husband is a pastor, who retired from being the senior Pastor of New Life Mission Church in Buena Park. We pastored two ministries together, and those were some of the best years of my life.
I was elected to ABCUSD School Board in 2013. I have served as board President twice. I’m proud of the academic success that our school board has accomplished, and strongly believe that parents should have more input into how and what their students learn.
As your Assemblywoman I’ll be focused on lowering our cost of living, making our community safe again, and making sure our students get the kind of education they deserve.
My education and career experience include:
- B.A. UC Irvine (Social Ecology with an emphasis on human behavior)
- M.A. Westminster Theological Seminary (emphasis on Counseling)
- ABC Unified School District Board President
- Founder and Director of Gateway Academy since 1994, (College Admission and SAT prep)
- Youth Counselor since 1990 (helped many youths with depression and addiction problem)
- American Red Cross – Founder/Director Gateway Chapter 2007
- American Cancer Society Relay for Life Sponsor since 2008

LAURIE DAVIES
Candidate of CA State Assembly, District 74
Laurie, like so many Californians, wasn’t born here. She visited California multiple times as a child, and it was during those trips she knew she wanted to live here as soon as she could. Laurie was born in Wisconsin, where she and her three brothers and one sister were raised by her parents Richard and Lois Davies. Her parents instilled in her the value of hard work and the importance of family. After graduating high school, she worked for a year, and in 1981 after saving enough money to buy a Cutlass Supreme, she moved west to attend Cal State Long Beach.
Upon her arrival, she knew she made the right decision, and this is where she would call home. The values of hard work she learned growing up would serve her well during her college years. While attending school full-time, she worked nights and weekends as a waitress at the Queensway Bay Hilton to pay her way through college.
Laurie was first elected in 2012 to the Laguna Niguel City Council in 2012. She was appointed Mayor in 2015 and re-elected in 2016. Currently, she is serving as Mayor. During her time in office, she has a proven record of accomplishment. She served as a Board Member on the Transportation Corridor Agency, Chaired the League of Cities Committee on Transportation, Communication and Public Works, was elected to the OCTA where she serves on the Transit Committee and Chairs the Legislation Committee as well as sitting on the Board of the Association of California Cities Orange County where she serves as President.
Throughout Laurie’s time on City Council, safety issues have been a top priority to her. She was appointed to the Orange County Fire Authority Board in 2017. She partnered with police services to establish programs including Girls Empowerment, Anti-Bully Prevention, and Teen Drivers Safety. She also worked in close collaboration with parents that lost their children to prescription drug abuse. To Laurie, education is everything when it comes to protecting our children and teens.
Laurie lives in Laguna Niguel with her husband, Neil. Her primary areas of interest include transportation, public safety, and economic development. Laurie is a strong proponent of local self-governance and is committed to protecting and restoring local control.

MARIE WALDRON
Candidate of CA State Assembly, District 75
Marie Waldron has been actively involved in in the conservative movement for decades.
As a Republican Party activist, a City Councilwoman, and as Republican Assembly Leader she took the fight to liberals in Washington and Sacramento.
Throughout this time she’s been a small business owner and mother.
As a City Councilwoman Marie was known for being fiscally responsible. She would only support balanced budgets, with no new taxes, that made sure our money was spent on basic services like public safety, parks, filling potholes.
As the impacts of unchecked illegal immigration started impacting the community Waldron, the daughter of immigrants, led the fight to demand the Washington secure the border with Mexico.
Elected to the State Assembly in 2012, Waldron has played a leading roll in advancing Republican candidates and Republican policies.
Under her leadership, Assembly Republicans won seats for the first time in a decade, raising and spending enough money to finally start competing with big money liberal donors.

KRISTIE BRUCE-LANE
Candidate of CA State Assembly, District 76
Kristie Bruce-Lane is a businesswoman and elected Water Board Director who has proven there are still leaders who can get things done in California.
She knows that taxes are too high, the homelessness epidemic is out of control, and Sacramento politicians are driving California off a cliff. Kristie knows that California can do better.
Raised in an agricultural family, Kristie understands the value of hard work and developed a tireless work ethic at an early age. Her first job was in a donut shop at the age of 14 where she arrived before dawn. She paid her own way through college by working several jobs before beginning a successful career in agriculture and health care.
Following her private sector career, Kristie served her community on a Regional Task Force focused on identifying and addressing the root causes of homelessness.
She is also the Founder and President of The Thumbprint Project Foundation, which aids in the transitioning of homeless children who have been impacted by Childhood Domestic Violence.
In addition, she also serves on the Homeless Services Sub-Committee for the Salvation Army. Kristie cares about our two most vulnerable populations, our children and our elderly.
In the past, she served on a foundation as Chair of Business Partnerships focusing on at-risk youth where she raised funds to financially bridge underserved youth to college. She is also a member of the California Nursing Home Reform organization to raise awareness and advocate for nursing home reform.
After years of volunteer work in the San Diego community, Kristie was elected to serve on the San Diego Water Board as a Director of Division 4 Olivenhain Municipal Water.
There she prioritized providing San Diego families with access to high-quality and affordable drinking water and worked to implement common sense preventative measures to mitigate the threat of future droughts, increase transparency, and address fiscal accountability on behalf of the ratepayers.

ERIC GONZALES
Candidate of CA State Assembly, District 78
Eric is married and has two boys. He grew up in small town USA in Silver City, NM and is the middle of five children from a single mother.
He knew from an early age that hard work would pave the way for something greater.
His calling to protect and serve his country came early at the age of 14, in doing so, he enlisted in the Navy at 17 and after graduating from high school he left and served for over 22 years, retiring in sunny San Diego, California.
He volunteered in the community: was a member of the PTA at the local and county level serving as President, Executive Vice President; served on school site/district parent advisory committees as Chairman, 1st Vice Chair, that ensured the spending of Title 1 funding; member of the LCAP/LCFF implementation committee, ensuring the budgetary outcomes matched the plan of expenditures.
During this time and after retirement, he challenged himself in attending college, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and completed some graduate work in Public Policy.
He is the podcast creator of the internationally listened to show, The American Veteran Made Right.
Eric is now setting his sights on continuing his service to the community with the decision to enter the race for California’s 78th Assembly District seat.

CORBIN SABOL
Candidate of CA State Assembly, District 79
Corbin earned a master’s degree in Criminal Justice from Xavier University by the young age of 23.
Being the Son of a Naval Officer, Corbin decided to follow in his Father’s footsteps and become a Naval Officer himself after graduating, and now currently works as a civilian contractor in support of the United States Navy.
Due to his father’s military career, Corbin traveled the world growing up, and as a result, developed a powerful love of his country and a unique appreciation for the freedoms and quality of life that Americans enjoy.
Taking nothing for granted and seeing the people’s freedoms and quality of life disintegrate by our corrupt government’s overreach, Corbin made a decision.
That decision was to stop doing nothing and start doing something in order to preserve what we all love and cherish while our country is being split in half.
As a result of that decision, Corbin co-founded We the People Coalition, a non-partisan endeavor designed to unite all American people, Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Independents and everyone else under the 99% we all have in common instead of the 1% we differ on, which the powers that be want us to focus on.
After fully understanding the damage done to our country by the wealthy elites and corrupt politicians and seeing the people’s liberty and power disappear, Corbin decided he could do even more by running for political office.

MIKE CARGILE
Candidate of CA State Assembly, District 35
“Smile…it’s Cargile!”
I am the Family Man. My objective, and overwhelming motivation in this political pursuit, is protecting, preserving and providing for our families.
Currently we are attending Chino Valley Community Church. I am the co-founder of the San Bernardino County Patriots and the co-creator of the Tri-County Sheriff’s Forum.
As a husband and a father with many good friends, I feel truly blessed to have the opportunity to be a Representative for some of the most wonderful people I’ve ever met.
Through the years I have been a coach, a crossing guard for my kids, a Booster President, Ways and Means Chairman and a deacon at my church.
Professionally, I have been a writer, an actor, a director, a producer, an editor and a marketing director.
Additionally, I helped run a small indie music label and managed a rock band from Australia and somewhere in the middle of all that, I helped handle the private label manufacturing for The Power Rangers food products.
Prior to my move to California in 1991, I had a short stint as a Quartermaster Army Officer and then went Individual Ready Reserve after Desert Storm. My family has a long history with the US Army and I thought it would be exciting to try something new…Hollywood. I was not disappointed.
Southern California is where I met my beautiful wife, Nan, and where we’ve raised our two kids.
I understand that to whom much is given, much is required. And from that is born my desire to serve the people and businesses of the 35th Congressional District of California.
This is not about ME, it’s about YOU… my neighbors! At a time of unprecedented assault on our freedoms, our traditions and our Constitution, we need representatives willing to stand in the gap on behalf of the American people.
Our citizens deserve to be treated with dignity, respect and unwavering support. I plan on doing just that!

MICHAEL MCMAHON
Candidate of CA State Assembly, District 41
As a native of Massachusetts, I was born and raised with the drive to serve the public and become a police officer.
After graduating from Westfield State College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice, I worked for a local district attorney’s office for several years before finally applying to the storied LAPD.
In 2008, my dream of becoming a police officer, came true. Moving across country and leaving everything and everyone I knew back east, I graduated the Los Angeles Police Department’s academy and hit the streets running. An “Officer of the Year,” and five (5) time recipient of the “Mother’s Against Drunk Driving Award,” I was realizing my lifelong dream. A commended peer officer, whose advice was quite often sought after in matters of Collision Investigation, Drunk Driving, Arrests, Mental Health Intervention Techniques, and Report Writing, I am always striving to be better and assist newer officers… even in personal matters as just a voice of experience, and careful thought .
I am the proud father of two children, with whom I co-parent with my best friend, Tawnya. Being a father is my life’s greatest accomplishment.
After 14 years of service to the citizens of Los Angeles, I was faced with the most difficult decision of my life. The covid pandemic and subsequent civil unrest that followed, had me working the “front lines” for nearly two-years. Undeterred, I, and the thousands, upon thousands, of First Responders, and front line workers, continued our jobs throughout the months of uncertainty.
Once hailed as a hero, officers, firefighters, doctors, and nurses, were being demonized for choosing, and standing up for, our own medical sovereignty.
At great sacrifice to my own career, family, and financial future, I stood fast against the ordinance of the City of Los Angeles and orders of the department, that I love so deeply.
As co-founder of the anti-mandate coalition, “RollCall4freedom,” I took on the daunting task of speaking out against the draconian and totalitarian measures the local and federal governments were taking to silence dissenters.
I was relieved of duty on November 3rd, 2021, had my police powers suspended, and was terminated for standing up for our Constitutional Rights.
Our constitutional rights, our medical sovereignty, our choice, is what has driven me to jump into politics. Leaving a country, a state, where standing up now; fighting back, ensures that our children will still have a country where they, themselves, can still stand.
The new democrat, and their liberal, progressive ideologies, have decimated the once, great Republic of California. For too long, they have held onto power by any means necessary, and it is time to take this state back. Are you any better off now, then you were, two years ago?
Humbly, I ask for your help, your vote, in doing so.