Devon Mathis
Devon Mathis
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California State Assembly District 26
California State Assembly District 33
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Devon Mathis (Republican Party) was a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 33. He assumed office on December 5, 2022. He left office on December 2, 2024.
Mathis (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the California State Assembly to represent District 33. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Mathis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Devon Mathis was born in Porterville, California. He served in the U.S. Army from 2004 to 2013. He earned an associate degree from Porterville College in 2011 and a bachelor's degree from California State University, Fresno in 2013. He also earned a graduate degree from the George Washington University in 2022.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Mathis was assigned to the following committees:
- Communications and Conveyance Committee
- Governmental Organization Committee
- Higher Education Committee
- Rules Committee
- Rules Committee
2021-2022
Mathis was assigned to the following committees:
- Fairs, Allocation, and Classification Committee
- Rules Committee
- Agriculture Committee, Vice Chair
- Budget Committee
- Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee
- Governmental Organization Committee
- Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Natural Resources Committee
- Rules Committee
2019-2020
Mathis was assigned to the following committees:
- Fairs, Allocation, and Classification Committee
- Rules Committee
- Agriculture Committee, Vice Chair
- Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee
- Budget Committee
- Governmental Organization Committee
- Human Services Committee, Vice Chair
- Natural Resources Committee
- Rules Committee
- Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| California committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Agriculture, Vice chair |
| • Budget |
| • Transportation |
| • Veterans Affairs |
| • Water, Parks and Wildlife |
| • Fairs, Allocation, and Classification |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Mathis served on the following committees:
| California committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Aging and Long-Term Care |
| • Agriculture |
| • Veterans Affairs, Vice chair |
| • Water, Parks and Wildlife |
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2024
Devon Mathis did not file to run for re-election.
2022
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
Nonpartisan primary election
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2020
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
Nonpartisan primary election
2018
General election
Nonpartisan primary election
2016
Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016.[2]
Incumbent Devon Mathis defeated Ruben Macareno in the California State Assembly District 26 general election.[3][4]
| California State Assembly, District 26 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Devon Mathis Incumbent |
63.31% | 76,289 | |
| Democratic | Ruben Macareno | 36.69% | 44,205 | |
| Total Votes | 120,494 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State |
Incumbent Devon Mathis and Ruben Macareno defeated Rudy Mendoza in the California State Assembly District 26 Blanket primary.[5][6]
| California State Assembly, District 26 Blanket Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Devon Mathis Incumbent |
42.43% | 28,563 | |
| Democratic | Ruben Macareno |
30.51% | 20,536 | |
| Republican | Rudy Mendoza | 27.06% | 18,216 | |
| Total Votes | 67,315 |
2014
Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Devon Mathis (R) and Rudy Mendoza (R) defeated Carlton Jones (D), Ruben Macareno (D), Derek A. Thomas (D), Teresita "Tess" Andres (R) and Esther Barajas (R) in the blanket primary. Mathis defeated Mendoza in the general election.[7][8][9]
California State Assembly, District 26, General Election, 2014| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Devon Mathis |
53.6% | 34,683 | |
| Republican | Rudy Mendoza | 46.4% | 29,991 | |
| Total Votes | 64,674 |
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |
Rudy Mendoza |
40.3% | 18,648 | |
| Republican | Devon Mathis |
20.5% | 9,497 | |
| Democratic | Carlton Jones | 17.2% | 7,943 | |
| Democratic | Ruben Macareno | 8.1% | 3,755 | |
| Democratic | Derek A. Thomas | 6.2% | 2,872 | |
| Republican | Teresita Andres | 4.5% | 2,092 | |
| Republican | Esther Barajas | 3.2% | 1,473 | |
| Total Votes | 46,280 |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Devon Mathis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mathis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Devon spent nearly a decade with the Army National Guard serving in 2 combat tours in Iraq before joining the State Assembly in 2014. He sustained major injuries from an IED roadside bomb attack for which he received a Purple Heart. As an Assemblymember, Devon has focused on bringing good-paying jobs, water, and protecting local hospitals in the Central Valley. Devon Mathis is the State Assembly Republican Whip and Vice-Chair of the Agriculture Committee. Mathis also serves on the Governmental Organization Committee, Natural Resources Committee, Veterans Affairs Committee, Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials, and Rules Committee. Additionally, he serves on the Assembly Committee on Budget – Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services. He currently sits on the Governor’s Military Council appointed by the Speaker. Mathis also currently sits on the international board of the States Ag and Rural Leaders where he helps advocate and draft policies.
- We need to create ongoing funding streams so we can improve our water infrastructure to have a diversified portfolio to get more water into the system and ensure quality standards.
- Lower the cost of living by lowering taxes, getting rampant spending under control, and suspending the gas tax that impacts rural Californians most.
- Crime is out of control. We need to stop letting violent criminals out of prison, increase funding for our law enforcement, and enforce laws already on the books.
Water, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Public Safety, and Economics lower the cost of living.
Politics is a mix of, Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, Sun Tzu's Art of War, George Orwell's 1984, Shakespeare's Henry the 4th, then shows like Game of Thrones meets House of Cards... Nothing will prepare you fully for what it is truly like.
For me it's not about the talking heads, it's about taking care of the families and people I represent, my "job" is first and foremost to them.
9-11 I was at Army Basic Training on a road march headed to a range at Ft. Seal OK
As a Republican in a Democrat-controlled state, it is vital to work Bipartisanly, as a Kenneth Maddy Alumni I strive to follow that legacy, to work with everyone to help the families and communities I represent.
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2020
Devon Mathis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Mathis' campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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2014
Mathis' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[12]
- Excerpt: "I believe in small government, that a Government is by the people for the people. That we need to give the power back to our local levels, back to our cities and counties, they know what needs to be done and they need to power to do so. We do not need a big government that gets in the way of our daily lives and interferes with our businesses."
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2024
In 2024, the California State Legislature was in session from January 3 to August 31. A special session in the Assembly was from August 31, 2024 to October 14, 2024 and another special session started on December 2, 2024.
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2023
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In 2023, the California State Legislature was in session from January 1 to September 14.
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2022
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In 2022, the California State Legislature was in session from January 3 to August 31.
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2021
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In 2021, the California State Legislature was in session from December 7 to September 10.
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2020
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In 2020, the California State Legislature was in session from January 6 to August 31.
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2019
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In 2019, the California State Legislature was in session from January 7 through September 13.
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2018
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In 2018, the California State Legislature was in session from January 3, 2018 through August 31, 2018.
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2017
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In 2017, the California State Legislature was in session from December 5, 2016 through September 15, 2017.
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2016
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In 2016, the California State Legislature was in session from January 4 through August 31. The formal session ended on August 31, but constitutionally the session adjourned sine die on November 30.
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2015
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In 2015, the California State Legislature was in session from December 1, 2014, through September 12, 2015.
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Noteworthy events
Reprimand for sexual harassment (2018)
On July 11, 2018, Mathis was ordered to complete training sessions on the Assembly's sexual harassment policy, complete sensitivity training, and meet with a counselor. The punishment was handed down from the Assembly Rules Committee in a letter following an investigation that revealed Mathis engaged in what the committee called "locker-room talk" that included making sexual comments about other legislators.[13]
After the letter's release, Mathis said in a statement, "The Assembly Rules Committee found no wrongdoing of any sexual misconduct. The locker-room conversation referenced in the letter, that took place almost four years ago, was wrong and something for which I have previously apologized and do so again."[13]
In April 2018, Mathis was accused of sexually assaulting and harassing his staffers by Sean Doherty, his ex-chief of staff. Doherty, who filed a lawsuit against the assemblyman, said that Mathis retaliated against him for reporting the allegations and that the Assembly Rules Committee failed to act on his complaints and notified Mathis that Doherty reported him. Mathis denied the allegations. Mathis had been accused of sexual assault in November 2017, but the Sacramento Police Department closed the investigation into the alleged incident.[14]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 10, 2022
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Key Dates and Deadlines," accessed April 18, 2017
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for the November 8, 2016, General Election," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statement of Vote," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Devon Mathis, "Issues," accessed September 28, 2016
- ↑ devonmathis.com, "Political Stance," accessed May 9, 2014
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 San Francisco Chronicle, "California lawmaker reprimanded for ‘locker-room talk,'" July 11, 2018
- ↑ The Daily Beast, "‘She Wanted It’: California Lawmaker Sexually Harassed, Assaulted Staffers, Lawsuit Claims," April 18, 2018
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Majority Leader:Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Minority Leader:James Gallagher
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