Annalisa Perea
Annalisa Perea has served on the Fresno City Council since 2022 and was elected Council President in 2024. Before that, she served on the State Center Community College District board. She is a third-generation Central Valley resident whose grandparents and parents worked the fields as farmworkers. In Sacramento, she plans to focus on lowering everyday costs, taking on violent crime, building more housing, and investing in local schools and workforce training.
Why We Endorsed: Annalisa Perea is a sitting Fresno City Councilmember and a coalition builder by instinct. Her campaign is centered on the affordability and public safety pressures her neighbors feel every month.
Alignment With NCC Priorities: As Council President, Annalisa led a bipartisan effort that returned millions of dollars to Fresno taxpayers. That kind of pragmatism is exactly what NCC was built to elevate. Her campaign is centered on the costs her neighbors face every month: housing, gas, groceries, and child care. That is the same affordability crisis NCC organizes around statewide. Her endorsements include Speaker of the Assembly Robert Rivas, Senator Anna Caballero, Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria, Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur, Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez, and Fresno City Councilmembers Mike Karbassi and Tyler Maxwell.
Learn More: pereaforassembly.com
Assembly District
31
The Race
District 31 sits entirely in Fresno County and covers much of central and southern Fresno along with Sanger, Fowler, Selma, Parlier, and a slice of Clovis. The seat is open because Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula is termed out. Perea faces fellow Democrat Sandra Celedon, who runs the nonprofit Fresno Building Healthy Communities, and Sanger City Councilmember Esmeralda Hurtado. Republican Jim Polsgrove, a retired county engineer, is also on the ballot. Democrats hold a registration advantage of nearly 20 points, so the seat is rated safely Democratic.
A New California Starts With This Slate
Together, these fourteen candidates are the slate NCC believes can move California forward in 2026. They come from cities and counties up and down the state, from different backgrounds and different parties, and from different chapters of California's story. What they share is a commitment to getting things done: finding solutions to homelessness, building the housing, securing the water and energy, and growing the middle class jobs that working Californians need now. NCC stands behind each of them, and we are asking voters in their districts to join us. The California Dream is worth fighting for, and these are the leaders who will help us bring it back within reach.
June 2026 NCC Races: the map highlights Senate Districts 12, 14, 22, 26, and 34, and Assembly Districts 12, 31, 34, 35, 47, 65, 66, 67, and 68