Ted Nordblum
Candidate for Assembly District 42
Ted Nordblum is a Republican candidate. He is running for Assembly District 42. The general election is in November 2026. He was born in Buffalo, New York. He has lived in the Conejo Valley, near Thousand Oaks, for more than two decades. He lives there with his wife, Donna. Nordblum began his career as a union heavy equipment operator. He worked with the Operating Engineers union. He later founded Titan Medical, a medical device company. He has run it for over 20 years. At times, he has also worked as an actor and voice actor. He has worked as a bartender too. He has also worked in construction and sales. Nordblum ran for this same Assembly seat in 2022. He placed third in the primary, with about 15% of the vote. He ran again in 2024 and reached the general election. He lost to incumbent Democrat Jacqui Irwin, 45.7% to 54.3%. His campaign says his brother died of a fentanyl overdose in November 2021. He says that loss is part of why he is running. He has never held elected office. This is his third run for this Assembly seat. Home: Thousand Oaks, in the Conejo Valley, California. Job: Small business owner. He founded Titan Medical, a medical device company. Prior office: None. He ran unsuccessfully for this same seat in 2022 and 2024.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Supports cutting taxes and regulation to help small businesses hire and grow, framing current conditions as squeezing working families.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Opposes new taxes and the gas tax, supports defending Proposition 13, and calls for a balanced state budget through spending restraint rather than tax increases.
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Broadly supports "affordable housing" and reducing homelessness as a stated goal, without specific zoning, tenant-protection, or homelessness-program policy detail.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Strongly supports increased funding, resources, and training for police and sheriff's departments, describing public safety as government's first responsibility.
Source → - Criminal Justice & Courts
Supports a tough-on-crime approach, including truth-in-sentencing so violent offenders serve full terms, opposes what he calls "soft-on-crime" policies, and calls for tougher penalties for drug traffickers alongside more addiction-treatment funding.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports parental control over children's education, transparency in curriculum, and school choice, while opposing what he describes as political indoctrination in schools.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Supports developing California's natural resources (including energy production) to lower utility costs and build infrastructure, and has separately expressed skepticism about climate change concerns.
Source → - Water & Natural Resources
Prioritizes building additional water storage/reservoir infrastructure and has criticized state water management as poorly run.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Advocates running state government more like a business, with an emphasis on fiscal accountability and transparency, and describes his candidacy as focused on representing constituents over special interests rather than career politics.
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