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David Tangipa

Republican, State Assembly
District 8, Fresno
Time in office:
  • Assembly: 2024-present

Bio

David Tangipa, 29, is a former tight end for Cal State Fresno who became a real estate agent after college and got involved in Fresno County politics. In 2024, he beat George Radanovich, a former Republican member of Congress, in his first Assembly campaign. A first-generation Tongan American, he campaigned on a promise to fight the Democrats over “the degradation of local control, environmental lunacy and for affordable rural living.” Before the race, Tangipa was a field representative for Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig. In 2020, he graduated with a master’s degree in business administration from Fresno State.

Bill Activity

0

Of 11 bills:
 Passed
 Failed
11 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 11 bills: None passed, None failed, and 11 are currently pending.

Alignment Meter

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Financials

This feature tracks three sources of money intended to help a candidate win election: 1-Money given directly to a candidate’s committee, 2-Money given to an Independent Expenditure Committee, 3-Money given to a political party. (NOTE: Senators are elected every four years. Twenty of the 40 Senators are on the ballot in even-numbered years, so Senators may do little or no fundraising in the first two-year session of their Senate term).

Election

This display shows money given directly to the incumbent’s campaign committee (NOTE: The industry categories for donors come from Open Secrets, a nonpartisan research organization for campaign finance. Some contributions are “uncoded,” meaning they have not been assigned to an industry sector. As a result, the total for each sector is also an estimate).

Agriculture

$39.0K

Candidate Contributions

$3.0K

Construction

$17.8K

Energy & Natural Resources

$23.0K

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$36.8K

General Business

$11.5K

Government Agencies/Education/Other

$18.0K

Health

$15.0K

Ideology/Single Issue

$3.0K

Labor

$91.3K

Transportation

$5.0K

Uncoded

$430.1K

Unitemized Contributions

$839.0

Candidate Donations

Individuals, corporations, organizations and committees are limited to a maximum donation to candidates of $5,500 for the primary and for the general elections.

Total
$694.2K

8.0% lower than the average legislators

Independent Expenditures

Money from Independent Expenditure Committees (IEC) for advertising or grassroots activity to help a candidate win office is unlimited, but it cannot be spent in coordination with the candidate or the candidate's campaign.

Total
$44.4K

Grand Total for Elections

$738.6K

2.0% lower than the average legislators

This is a total of the money to help this legislator win office including direct donations to the candidate, money from Independent Expenditure Committees and money from political parties.


Influence

There are three categories of donations to legislators after they are elected that encourage a working relationship between the donor and the legislator. The three categories are: 1-Gifts, 2-Travel, 3-Behests.

No personal gifts data found

Hearings

Featured Comments

Below are links to the video and transcript of recent, substantive comments by this legislator in committee hearings or floor sessions.

District

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District 8 is a Safe Republican District
Republican Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election

Previous Election:

David J. Tangipa
53.7%
WON
George Radanovich
46.3%

Party Registration

Census Data

Median age010203040

Median age