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By Carl DeMaio – January 19, 2026
March 6 is the deadline for candidates to file to run for state legislature and Congress – but we currently have NO Republican candidates for nearly 60 of seats. Can you help ASAP to prevent these seats being forfeited to the Democrats?
Contribute: Help Reform California Recruit Candidates in 2026
CAN YOU DO IT?
If you are interested in running for a seat in Congress or the state legislature, please email me back RIGHT NOW and let me know! Include the address where you are registered to vote. Recruiting for all 100 state legislative seats is our top priority through March 6.
OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO MIGHT?
Reform California will be holding a zoom briefing this week for ANYONE interested in running for office in 2026 – whether at the federal, state or local levels. Please forward the zoom invite below to anyone you think would make a good candidate for office in 2026!
CAN YOU CHIP IN TO SPONSOR A CANDIDATE?
Reform California urgently needs help funding our recruitment team over the next 6 weeks – and we need to raise funds to help cover the filing fees for nearly 60 candidates.
Can you rush in a contribution today to recruit and sponsor candidates so we don’t forfeit all these seats to the Democrats?
Contribute: Help Reform California Recruit Candidates in 2026
It is OUTRAGEOUS that the CA Republican Party can’t get its act together farther in advance to find at least one good candidate in each seat. Because they haven’t done their job, our Reform California movement is stepping forward to do it!
But we can’t find all these candidates in such a short period of time without your help! So please consider running yourself, or find us someone good who might consider it!
I hope you’ll agree that forfeiting nearly 60 seats to the Democrats is UNACCEPTABLE!
Our candidate recruitment drive is MISSION CRITICAL!! Please chip in a contribution to help us recruit and file candidates in every seat.
Carl DeMaio is Chairman of Reform California, and
CA State Representative (Assembly District 75)
