# State Assembly, District 36 (local, San Bernardino County)

URL: https://www.californiapeople.org/local/ad-36

- title: State Assembly, District 36
- office: State Assembly
- cities: [needles, twentynine-palms]

**Check your district:** state legislative lines split many cities, and public descriptions of the 2021 maps are incomplete. The cities listed here are the ones at least partly in this district based on the best available descriptions. Your sample ballot, or the county's [My Districts lookup](https://elections.sbcounty.gov/voterregistration/districtlookuptools/addresslookup/), shows which district you are actually in.

## Key findings
- Mostly Imperial County and the eastern Coachella Valley, with part of eastern San Bernardino County. [^1][^2]
- **Jeff Gonzalez (R, incumbent)** faces **Ida Obeso-Martinez (D)**, whose ballot designation is mayor and nurse. Neither answered KVCR's questionnaire in time. [^3][^2]

## State Assembly, District 36
### Jeff Gonzalez (R, incumbent)
- Won the seat in 2024. I found little independent reporting on this race. The KVCR voter guide has questionnaire answers from candidates who replied.

### Ida Obeso-Martinez (D)
- Ballot designation: mayor and nurse. [^3]

## Sources
[^1]: Wikipedia, California's 36th State Assembly district. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_36th_State_Assembly_district
[^2]: KVCR voter guide (candidate questionnaires). https://kvcr.org/voter-guide/san-bernardino
[^3]: CA Secretary of State, certified candidate list (2026 general). https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2026-general/cert-list-candidates.pdf