2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

California Assembly District 73

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Cottie Petrie-Norris

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Assembly Member, District 73
Work: State Assemblymember, 73rd District; former marketing and finance executive

Cottie Petrie-Norris is the sitting State Assembly Member for District 73 in the California State Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Orange County.

Cottie Petrie-Norris has served in the California Assembly since 2018. She was a marketing consultant and marketing director for several companies, worked at Capital One in credit risk and card management, and was a corporate development director at Garlik.

Petrie-Norris's committees

Budget
Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact
Insurance
Privacy and Consumer Protection
Utilities and Energy (Chair)
Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation
Select Committee on Asia/California Trade and Investment
Select Committee on Master Plan for Higher Education in California
Select Committee on Regulatory Authority
Select Committee on Reproductive Health
Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies

Sources for Petrie-Norris

Cottie Petrie-Norris: official member information (California State Legislature (California State Senate; California State Assembly), Public record)
California State Legislature: current member roster (California State Legislature (California State Senate; California State Assembly), Public record)
Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)
Cottie Petrie-Norris: candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Cottie Petrie-Norris (Wikipedia, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Urson Russell

Republican

Work: Business executive; former COO, OPKIX and LiV Golf Cars

Ballot designation filed with the California Secretary of State: Businessman.

Urson Russell was chief operating officer of OPKIX, LiV Golf Cars and Fore PAR Group. His ballot designation is "Businessman."

Sources for Russell

Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)
Urson Russell: candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)

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