2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

California House District 30

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Dawn Addis

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Assembly Member, District 30
Work: State Assemblymember, 30th District; former special education teacher

Dawn Addis is the sitting State Assembly Member for District 30 in the California State Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Monterey, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz counties.

Dawn Addis has served in the California Assembly since December 2022 and was on the Morro Bay City Council from 2019 to 2022. She worked about 20 years as a special education teacher and English learner intervention specialist in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District.

Addis's committees

Budget
Business and Professions
Health
Insurance
Subcommittee No. 1 on Health (Chair)
Select Committee on CalFresh Enrollment and Nutrition
Select Committee on Climate Innovation and Infrastructure
Select Committee on Effective Postsecondary Career Technical Education and Workforce Development Programs
Select Committee on Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure
Select Committee on Racism, Hate, and Xenophobia
Select Committee on Reproductive Health
Select Committee on Serving Students with Disabilities (Chair)
Select Committee on Wildfire Prevention
Select Committee on Youth Mental Health and Treatment Accessibility
Select Committee on the Independent Restaurant Industry in California
Joint Legislative Budget
Budget

Sources for Addis

Dawn Addis: 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)
Dawn Addis (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Shannon Kessler

Republican

Work: Principal broker, Shannon Kessler Real Estate

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

Shannon Kessler runs Shannon Kessler Real Estate as principal broker after working as a realtor and manager at Century 21 Hometown Realty. She was travel editor of Live Artfully Magazine.

Sources for Kessler

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