Juan AlanisIncumbent
Candidate for Assembly District 22
Juan Alanis is the Republican incumbent, for California's 22nd Assembly District. That district covers parts of Stanislaus and Merced counties. This includes Modesto, Turlock, Ceres, Patterson, Gustine, and Newman. Before he went into the Legislature, Alanis spent almost three decades in law enforcement. He served as a sergeant, with the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office. His roles there included patrol watch commander, and acting police chief. He was also on the SWAT team, and he was a school resource officer. He held leader roles too, in a group called the Peace Officers Research Association of California. He also held a leader role, in the Deputy Sheriff Association. He was first elected to the Assembly in November 2022. He beat a Democrat, Jessica Self. He took office on December 5, 2022. He was re-elected in 2024, over that same rival. He advanced from the June 2, 2026 primary, where he was the only candidate on the ballot (51,246 votes, 100.0%), per the Statement of Vote. In the Legislature, he serves as the Assembly Republican Caucus Chair. He is also Vice Chair, of the Public Safety and Labor committees. He has written bills that became law, on a few topics. These include child safety online, and how elections are run. They also include safety for youth sports, and public safety in general. He is married, and he has three kids. Home: Stanislaus County, near Modesto, California. Occupation: he sits in the State Assembly. Before that, he was a sergeant, with the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office. Prior office: he has been the incumbent since December 5, 2022. He was first elected in November 2022, and re-elected in 2024.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Supports reducing regulatory/licensing compliance costs for small businesses.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
States a general priority of reducing cost-of-living pressures on working families.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports expanding law enforcement resources and tools, including anti-cargo-theft enforcement and protections for officers' use of firearms in the line of duty.
Source → - Criminal Justice & Courts
Supports stricter sex-offender monitoring/registry rules and expanded correctional officer authority.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Supports expanding opioid-overdose prevention access and background-check requirements for behavioral health workers.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports adding personal-finance instruction to K-12 curriculum and requiring schools to notify parents of career-pathway course offerings.
Source → - Family & Social Services
Supports expanding food-donation pathways through agricultural policy.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Supports waste-diversion/recycling policy, including reuse of waste glass in construction materials, and standardized hazardous waste reporting.
Source → - Water & Natural Resources
States a priority of protecting Central Valley water rights.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Supports faster ballot-counting procedures and greater public access to election precinct boundary information.
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