Mike Gipson

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Mike Gipson
Democratic Party
Candidate, California State Board of Equalization District 3
California State Assembly
Tenure
2014 - Present
Term ends
2026
Years in position
11
Compensation
Base salary
$132,703
Per diem
$236/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
June 2, 2026
Next election
November 3, 2026
Personal
Birthplace
Los Angeles, CA
Profession
Law enforcement
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Mike Gipson (Democratic Party) is a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 65. He assumed office on December 5, 2022. His current term ends on December 7, 2026. Gipson is not running for re-election to California State Assembly District 65 in 2026.

Gipson (Democratic Party) is running for election to the California State Board of Equalization to represent District 3. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. He advanced from the primary on June 2, 2026.

Biography

Mike Gipson was born in Los Angeles, California, and lives in Carson, California. Gipson graduated from John C. Fremont High School. His career experience includes working as a police officer, nonprofit leader, and community organizer. He previously served as a council member on the Carson City Council.[1][2]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Gipson was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Gipson was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Gipson was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Gipson was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

California committee assignments, 2017
• Aging and Long-Term Care
• Business and Professions
• Governmental Organization
• Insurance
• Revenue and Taxation

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Gipson served on the following committees:

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

2026

See also: California State Board of Equalization election, 2026

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for California State Board of Equalization District 3

Mike Gipson (D) and Samuel Sukaton (D) are running in the general election for California State Board of Equalization District 3 on November 3, 2026.

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Mike Gipson (D)
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Samuel Sukaton (D)

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Nonpartisan primary

Nonpartisan primary election for California State Board of Equalization District 3

The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Board of Equalization District 3 on June 2, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Mike Gipson (D)
 
27.9
 
516,324
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Samuel Sukaton (D)
 
18.2
 
337,313
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Yvonne Yiu (D)
 
12.8
 
236,627
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Carlo Basail (R)
 
10.5
 
194,323
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Rey Portela (R)
 
10.1
 
186,451
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Rudy Bermudez (D)
 
6.0
 
111,616
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Stephan Hohil (R)
 
5.7
 
106,141
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Baru Sanchez (D)
 
5.7
 
105,086
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Marie Manvel (No party preference)
 
1.6
 
30,513
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Zhijing Liu (D)
 
1.5
 
27,760

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,852,154
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Endorsements

2024

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 65

Incumbent Mike Gipson defeated Lydia A. Gutiérrez in the general election for California State Assembly District 65 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mike Gipson (D)
 
70.9
 
92,246
Image of Lydia A. Gutiérrez
Lydia A. Gutiérrez (R)
 
29.1
 
37,946

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 130,192
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 65

Incumbent Mike Gipson and Lydia A. Gutiérrez advanced from the primary for California State Assembly District 65 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mike Gipson (D)
 
99.6
 
38,702
✔
Image of Lydia A. Gutiérrez
Lydia A. Gutiérrez (R) (Write-in)
 
0.4
 
152

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 38,854
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 65

Incumbent Mike Gipson defeated Fatima Iqbal-Zubair in the general election for California State Assembly District 65 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mike Gipson (D)
 
61.7
 
43,118
Image of Fatima Iqbal-Zubair
Fatima Iqbal-Zubair (D) Candidate Connection
 
38.3
 
26,719

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 69,837
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 65

Incumbent Mike Gipson and Fatima Iqbal-Zubair defeated Lydia A. Gutiérrez in the primary for California State Assembly District 65 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mike Gipson (D)
 
68.0
 
28,801
✔
Image of Fatima Iqbal-Zubair
Fatima Iqbal-Zubair (D) Candidate Connection
 
31.1
 
13,162
Image of Lydia A. Gutiérrez
Lydia A. Gutiérrez (R) (Write-in)
 
1.0
 
414

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 42,377
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 64

Incumbent Mike Gipson defeated Fatima Iqbal-Zubair in the general election for California State Assembly District 64 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mike Gipson (D)
 
59.5
 
83,559
Image of Fatima Iqbal-Zubair
Fatima Iqbal-Zubair (D) Candidate Connection
 
40.5
 
56,875

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 140,434
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 64

Incumbent Mike Gipson and Fatima Iqbal-Zubair advanced from the primary for California State Assembly District 64 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mike Gipson
Mike Gipson (D)
 
67.5
 
38,324
✔
Image of Fatima Iqbal-Zubair
Fatima Iqbal-Zubair (D) Candidate Connection
 
32.5
 
18,469

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 56,793
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2018

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2018

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 64

Incumbent Mike Gipson defeated Theresa Sanford in the general election for California State Assembly District 64 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mike Gipson (D)
 
84.7
 
83,210
Image of Theresa Sanford
Theresa Sanford (R)
 
15.3
 
15,010

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 98,220
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 64

Incumbent Mike Gipson and Theresa Sanford advanced from the primary for California State Assembly District 64 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mike Gipson (D)
 
100.0
 
29,422
✔
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Theresa Sanford (R)
 
0.0
 
9

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 29,431
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2016

See also: California State Assembly elections, 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.[3]

Incumbent Mike Gipson defeated Theresa Sanford in the California State Assembly District 64 general election.[4][5]

California State Assembly, District 64 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mike Gipson Incumbent 73.41% 86,419
     Republican Theresa Sanford 26.59% 31,300
Total Votes 117,719
Source: California Secretary of State


Incumbent Mike Gipson and Theresa Sanford were unopposed in the California State Assembly District 64 Blanket primary.[6][7]

California State Assembly, District 64 Blanket Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mike Gipson Incumbent
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Theresa Sanford

2014

See also: California State Assembly elections, 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. Mike Gipson (D) and Prophet La'omar Walker (D) defeated Micah Ali (D) and Steve Neal (D) in the blanket primary. Gipson defeated Walker in the general election.[8][9][10]

California State Assembly, District 64, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMike Gipson 63.6% 30,041
     Democratic Prophet La'omar Walker 36.4% 17,217
Total Votes 47,258
California State Assembly, District 64 Blanket Primary, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMike Gipson 51% 11,975
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngProphet La'omar Walker 21.4% 5,022
     Democratic Steve Neal 15.2% 3,580
     Democratic Micah Ali 12.4% 2,923
Total Votes 23,500

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Mike Gipson campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024California State Assembly District 65Won general$1,201,144 $1,020,601
2022California State Assembly District 65Won general$1,852,645 $1,808,993
2020California State Assembly District 64Won general$1,374,077 N/A**
2016California State Assembly, District 64Won $1,124,515 N/A**
2014California State Assembly, District 28Won $885,439 N/A**
Grand total$6,437,820 $2,829,594
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Mike Gipson 2022 campaign website, "About Mike," accessed January 15, 2023
    2. ↑ Facebook, "Mike Gipson," accessed January 15, 2023
    3. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Key Dates and Deadlines," accessed April 18, 2017
    4. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for the November 8, 2016, General Election," accessed September 7, 2016
    5. ↑ California Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 23, 2016
    6. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices," accessed April 4, 2016
    7. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statement of Vote," accessed August 22, 2016
    8. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
    9. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
    10. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Sharon Quirk-Silva (D)     		California State Assembly District 65
    2022-Present    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		California State Assembly District 64
    2014-2022    		 Succeeded by
    Blanca Pacheco (D)

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