2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

California Senate District 2

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Damon Connolly

Democratic

In office now: State Assembly Member, District 12
Work: State Assemblymember, 12th District; attorney; former Marin County Supervisor

Damon Connolly currently serves as the State Assembly Member for District 12 in the California State Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Marin and Sonoma counties.

Damon Connolly has represented the 12th Assembly District since December 2022. He served on the San Rafael City Council (2007-2014) and Marin County Board of Supervisors (2015-2022), and earlier practiced law, including as a deputy and supervising deputy attorney general at the California Department of Justice (1993-2007).

Connolly's committees

Agriculture
Budget
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials (Chair)
Judiciary
Natural Resources
Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation
Select Committee on CalFresh Enrollment and Nutrition
Select Committee on Community Reinvestment
Select Committee on Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure
Select Committee on Regulatory Authority
Select Committee on Wildfire Prevention (Chair)
Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification
Budget

Sources for Connolly

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

Tief Gibbs

Republican

Work: Co-owner, Vintage Vehicles

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

Tief Gibbs co-owns the business Vintage Vehicles and serves on the board of the Novato Downtown Business Association. She is secretary of the Marin Republican Central Committee and a past president of the Novato Republican Women; her ballot designation is "Small Businesswoman."

Sources for Gibbs

Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)
About Tief Gibbs (Tief Gibbs campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Tief Gibbs: 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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