ANNA CABALLERO previously served two terms in the Assembly from 2006 until 2010. In 2010, Caballero gave up her Assembly seat to run for State Senate, but ultimately lost to Anthony Cannella (see SD12). After her defeat, she sought a job with Governor Brown's administration and was appointed secretary of the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency in 2011 until she stepped down in November 2015. Caballero moved to the Salinas Valley in 1979 and worked as a lawyer representing farm workers at California Rural Legal Assistance for three years before she and two of her colleagues formed the law firm of Caballero, Matcham & McCarthy. In 1986, she was appointed to the Salinas Planning Commission and served there for five years before being elected to the Salinas City Council in 1991. In 1998, she was elected Mayor of Salinas, and served in that capacity until her election to the Assembly. She holds a bachelor's in Sociology from UC-San Diego and a JD from UCLA. Her husband, Juan Uranga, is the director for Community Advocacy in Salinas. They have three grown children.  

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MELISSA HURTADO (D) (b.3/6/88) was elected to the State Senate in November 2018, defeating incumbent Republican Andy Vidak. At the time of her election, she was serving her first term on the Sanger City Council, winning election to the city's 1st City Council district in 2016, defeating her opponent 68.2%/31%. Hurtado is an IRS  registered tax preparer and also worked as a community organizer for public employees. After the 2021 redistricting put Hurtado's Sanger residence in a district contested by another Democratic incumbent, she relocated to Bakersfield, ran in the new district, and won re-election by 13 votes against Republican David Shepard in a race that was a top target for both parties that year.

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ANNA CABALLERO previously served two terms in the Assembly from 2006 until 2010. In 2010, Caballero gave up her Assembly seat to run for State Senate, but ultimately lost to Anthony Cannella (see SD12). After her defeat, she sought a job with Governor Brown's administration and was appointed secretary of the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency in 2011 until she stepped down in November 2015. Caballero moved to the Salinas Valley in 1979 and worked as a lawyer representing farm workers at California Rural Legal Assistance for three years before she and two of her colleagues formed the law firm of Caballero, Matcham & McCarthy. In 1986, she was appointed to the Salinas Planning Commission and served there for five years before being elected to the Salinas City Council in 1991. In 1998, she was elected Mayor of Salinas, and served in that capacity until her election to the Assembly. She holds a bachelor's in Sociology from UC-San Diego and a JD from UCLA. Her husband, Juan Uranga, is the director for Community Advocacy in Salinas. They have three grown children.  

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DANIEL PARRA (D) was first elected to the Fowler City Council in 2008, after previously running unsuccessfully in 2006. He was easily re-elected in 2012 and again in 2016. In 2014, he unsuccessfully ran for Fresno County Supervisor, losing to Buddy Mendes in a lopsided 62.3%/37.5% November runoff. He filed to challenge CA21 Republican David Valadao in the 2016 campaign, but his poor fundraising throughout 2015 prompted local Democrats to push him aside. Parra remained in the race and ultimately finished a close 3rd in the June primary. Raised in the Central Valley in the small community of Parlier, he enlisted in the USAF in 1985. After being honorably discharged, he moved to Fowler, and has worked as a Computer Systems Analyst at Northrop Grumman's Lemoore Naval Air Station for over twenty years. He holds a bachelor's in Business Administration and a masters in Public Administration, both from National University, and holds a Senior Executives in State and Local Government Certificate from Harvard's Kennedy School of Business. He resides in Fowler with his wife, Sandra. They have two children.

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JOHNNY TACHERRA (R) previously ran in 2014 and 2016 vs CD16 Democratic Rep Jim Costa, falling just 1,334 votes shy of unseating Costa in 2014. In the more inhospitable 2016 climate, Tacherra was defeated 58/42. Born and raised in Fresno County, Tacherra is a third generation dairy farmer of Portuguese descent. The family dairy (Morning Star Dairy) milks over 1000 head of Holstein cattle and farms hay, oats, wheat, corn, several winter forages and pomegranates. For several years Tacherra has lobbied in Washington D.C. on behalf of the dairy industry. He and his wife, Lisa Marie, have four children. They reside in Burrel.

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ROB POYTHRESS (R) was elected to the Madera County Board of Supervisors in 2016, unseating first term incumbent Rick Farinelli 62.46%/37.07% in the June Primary to win outright. He previously was elected to the Madera City Council in 2004, winning re-election in 2008. In 2012, he was elected as the first elected Mayor in the City of Madera through 2016. A native Maderan, he has been in the banking industry since 1979. He is currently Vice President and Manager of Citzen's Business Bank in Madera, where he has worked since 2005. He is also a partner in Teco hardware and Poythress Farms. He holds a bachelor's in Agricultural Business Management from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, and holds a graduate degree from Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington. He resides in Madera with his wife, Carol. They have three children.

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ANTHONY CANNELLA, the son of former Democratic Asm. Sal Cannella, is  a graduate of Ceres High School (1987) and has a bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from UC Davis. He and his business partners operate NorthStar Engineering Group, which provides public and private entities with a variety of engineering, design and survey services. Cannella was elected to the Ceres City Council in 2003, serving until his election to the Senate in 2010.  He and his wife, Julie, have three children. 

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SHAWN K. BAGLEY is a produce broker, Monterey County Democratic Party activist and member of the Democratic National Committee. Bagley also served as a gubernatorial appointee to the Monterey County Fair Board. He and his wife, Marjetka, have two adult children and five grandchildren. They reside in the Salinas area.

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