2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

California Senate District 12

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Find your exact ballot All California legislative districts

California uses a top-two primary: the two candidates with the most votes in the June 2 primary advanced, regardless of party, so both finalists can be from the same party.

California uses a top-two primary for congressional, statewide and legislative offices: the two candidates with the most primary votes advance regardless of party, so both general-election candidates can be from the same party. Write-in candidates for these offices can run only in the primary. California Secretary of State

Candidates

William Brown Jr.

Libertarian

Work: Licensed clinical social worker and private practice therapist; Marine Corps veteran

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

William Brown Jr. is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice and also works through Astrya Global Medical Staffing; his ballot designation is "Social Worker/Businessman." He served in the U.S. Marine Corps as an operations chief, recruiter and work center supervisor.

Sources for Brown

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

Nathan Magsig

Republican

Work: Fresno County Supervisor, District 5; former Clovis City Council member

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

Nathan Magsig serves on the Fresno County Board of Supervisors (District 5) and earlier served on the Clovis City Council; his ballot designation is "County Supervisor/Businessman." He was energy director at the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission, executive director of the Coalition for Urban Renewal Excellence, an Assembly district director and a lecturer at CSU Fresno.

Sources for Magsig

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

What's included: U.S. Senate and House, statewide offices, every state legislative district on the ballot and statewide ballot measures.
Everything else: Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.
Candidate lists: As of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

This is not an official ballot. Confirm your registration, polling place and ballot with your election office through vote.gov.