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Christy Holstege

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Christy Holstege
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Santa Barbara

Law

Stanford University

Personal
Religion
Jewish
Profession
Mayor
Contact

Christy Holstege (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 47. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Christy Holstege earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a law degree from Stanford University. Her career experience includes working as the Mayor of Palm Springs. Holstege has been affiliated with Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, Eastern Coachella Valley (ECV) for Change, the Palm Springs Human Rights Commission, the City of Palm Springs Homelessness Task Force, the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) Executive and Homelessness committees, and the Cal Cities (League of California Cities) Housing and Community and Economic Development policy committee.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 47

Incumbent Greg Wallis defeated Christy Holstege in the general election for California State Assembly District 47 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Greg Wallis
Greg Wallis (R)
 
51.2
 
119,072
Image of Christy Holstege
Christy Holstege (D)
 
48.8
 
113,538

Total votes: 232,610
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 47

Incumbent Greg Wallis and Christy Holstege defeated Jamie Swain in the primary for California State Assembly District 47 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Greg Wallis
Greg Wallis (R)
 
48.6
 
58,312
Image of Christy Holstege
Christy Holstege (D)
 
46.4
 
55,677
Jamie Swain (D)
 
5.1
 
6,115

Total votes: 120,104
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 47

Greg Wallis defeated Christy Holstege in the general election for California State Assembly District 47 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Greg Wallis
Greg Wallis (R)
 
50.0
 
84,752
Image of Christy Holstege
Christy Holstege (D) Candidate Connection
 
50.0
 
84,667

Total votes: 169,419
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 47

Christy Holstege and Greg Wallis defeated Gary Michaels and Jamie Swain in the primary for California State Assembly District 47 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christy Holstege
Christy Holstege (D) Candidate Connection
 
46.5
 
51,169
Image of Greg Wallis
Greg Wallis (R)
 
34.5
 
37,996
Image of Gary Michaels
Gary Michaels (R) Candidate Connection
 
11.6
 
12,716
Jamie Swain (D)
 
7.4
 
8,200

Total votes: 110,081
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Candidate Connection

Christy Holstege completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Holstege's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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As an attorney, I’ve worked for the last 10 years representing people in our community who too often don’t have a voice in our government. I established a legal aid clinic for domestic violence victims and represented dozens of women and children seeking restraining orders and custody to protect them from ongoing abuse.

I first ran for city council in 2017 and I was elected as the youngest woman to our city council since 1950, the first openly bisexual councilmember, and the first millennial. I was re-elected in 2020, I gave birth two weeks before election day, and I became the first female mayor of our city, the first openly bisexual mayor in the nation, and I served as mayor with a newborn.

As the outgoing Mayor of Palm Springs, I have led the way on the most important issues affecting our daily lives: building an economy that works for all of us, supporting and protecting workers and local businesses, investing in our local economy, continuing our progress on LGBTQ and civil rights, increasing access to healthcare and social services, leading on environmental issues, and enacting programs that have truly reduced homelessness in our region.

  • Protecting our environment: Our state is seeing the effects of our planet’s climate crisis firsthand. Extreme weather events fueled by climate change are getting worse every year, and we’re directly seeing the consequences of our dependence on fossil fuels and air pollutants. It’s time to accelerate our transition to green, renewable energies to protect our environment and reverse the effects of climate change.
  • Access to affordable housing and combatting homelessness: As the Mayor of Palm Springs, we have made considerable progress on this issue: approving hundreds of units of affordable housing, investing millions of dollars to build new housing, and securing $10 million of state funds for innovative housing and homelessness services. I will advocate for the state to allocate more resources to help local communities address this growing problem.
  • Regional economic development: In the Assembly, I will help build an economy that works for all of us. This includes creating stable jobs and careers that pay a living wage, investing in a regional economy that lifts all of us up, protecting workers and local businesses, investing in our local economy, and increasing access to healthcare and social services.
Economic recovery, affordable housing, and protecting our environment.

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Campaign finance summary


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Christy Holstege campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* California State Assembly District 47Lost general$3,844,493 $2,842,876
2022California State Assembly District 47Lost general$3,183,291 $2,171,800
Grand total$7,027,785 $5,014,676
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 9, 2022


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