Residents in the heart of the nation’s agricultural breadbasket are blessed that they will be represented by a diverse and young group when three new members – along with five incumbents – of the state Assembly are sworn in on Monday.
The eight Assemblymembers representing the region between San Joaquin and Kern counties average 40.5 years of age. Their ethnicity includes Latino, Portuguese, Black, Sikh, white and American Samoan. Half are Democrats, the other half Republicans.
Their backgrounds range include medicine, firefighting, law enforcement, law, real estate and agricultural consulting.
Congratulations to new Republican Assembly members Alexandra Macedo of Tulare (District 33), and David Tangipa of Fresno (District 8). They join GOP representatives Juan Alanis of Modesto (District 22), and Heath Flora of Ripon (District 9). Tangipa is 29, and Macedo is 30.
Former Tracy City Councilmember Rhodesia Ransom (District 13) will start her first two-year term. She joins fellow Democrats Esmeralda Soria of Fresno (District 27), Joaquin Arambula of Fresno (District 31), and Jasmeet Bains of Delano (District 35).