2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

California House District 80

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

David A. Alvarez

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Assembly Member, District 80
Work: State Assemblymember, 80th District; former San Diego City Council member

David A. Alvarez is the sitting State Assembly Member for District 80 in the California State Legislature, a district that includes all or part of San Diego County.

David A. Alvarez has served in the California Assembly since June 2022 and was a San Diego City Council member from 2010 to 2018. He has worked as a social worker, after-school teacher, in affordable housing development and as a community liaison for state Sen. Denise Moreno Ducheny.

Alvarez's committees

Budget
Education
Governmental Organization
Insurance
Water, Parks, and Wildlife
Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance (Chair)
Select Committee on California-Mexico Bi-National Affairs (Chair)
Select Committee on Developing Pathways to Purpose for Young Men
Select Committee on Growing and Retaining the Creative Economy in California
Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation
Joint Legislative Budget
Budget
Rules

Sources for Alvarez

David A. Alvarez: 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)
David Alvarez (politician) (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Alejandro Galicia

Republican

Work: Principal, AGBW Corp. (BPI Plumbing); Army National Guard veteran

Ballot designation filed with the California Secretary of State: Business Owner/Commissioner.

Alejandro Galicia leads the plumbing company AGBW Corp. (BPI Plumbing); his ballot designation is "Business Owner/Commissioner." He served in the Army National Guard as a logistician, worked in sales and management at United Airlines and was a small business development consultant.

Sources for Galicia

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