Zachary Consalvo
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Zachary Consalvo (Libertarian Party) ran in a special election to the California State Assembly to represent District 63. He lost in the special primary on June 24, 2025.
Consalvo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
On July 28, 2025, Consalvo notified Ballotpedia that he had changed party affiliation from Libertarian to independent.[1]
Biography
Zachary Consalvo was born in New York, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree from Green Mountain College in 2010. His career experience includes working in education, customer service and sales, Christian ministry, local government, and owning a small landscaping company.[2]
Elections
2025
See also: California state legislative special elections, 2025
General election
Special general election for California State Assembly District 63
Natasha Johnson defeated Chris Shoults in the special general election for California State Assembly District 63 on August 26, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Natasha Johnson (R) | 53.9 | 33,672 |
 | Chris Shoults (D) | 46.1 | 28,842 | |
| Total votes: 62,514 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 63
Natasha Johnson and Chris Shoults defeated Vincent Romo and Zachary Consalvo in the special primary for California State Assembly District 63 on June 24, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Natasha Johnson (R) | 46.2 | 26,735 |
| ✔ | | Chris Shoults (D) | 44.1 | 25,557 |
 | Vincent Romo (R) | 8.4 | 4,881 | |
 | Zachary Consalvo (L) | 1.3 | 756 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 57,930 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Zachary Consalvo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Consalvo's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My name is Zachary Consalvo and I am running a completely grassroots campaign. I am a husband, father, and a believer. I currently work part time in local government and have a self run landscaping company and I have a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Sustainable Agriculture. I truly believe that we have more in common than what separates us and that State Assembly District 63 wants unity. I will not blame the other party for any ongoing issues or not pass a bill because of the person's views or party line. The people are ready for a representative government and as your assembly member this will be my top priority that your voices are completely heard. I will make sure to have open office hours and hold town hall like events. I am committed to unity and transparency. I also am a critical thinker who believes two things can be true at once. I have always had a servants heart and I will not lose that as your heart and I will fight for my constituents only!
- I would like to make it harder for the cities and counties to rezone and/or develop. It seems that they are able to rezone and/or develop without the majority of the public's approval. I would like to make it so in order to rezone that the public must approve. I would like to get rid of the lack of transparency when it comes to development and zoning and make it so the tax payers have a say on what gets built here. Often times what will happen is a planning commission will pass a rezoning and than a City council subsequently will approve and this happens with little to no knowledge of the residents and little to no majority approval of the residents. This ends with me and I will make sure the people have a say on this issue!
- To do a yearly tax audit of the district and see where our taxes are going and redirect the taxes to go to public services like street repair, schools, housing, healthcare, police/public safety, and any other relevant sector that the people pay taxes for. This could be addressed by passing an assembly bill. I would like to see taxation with representation but right now we have taxation with no representation in our district. So we need to make sure the taxes are being used for the right things. I would like to make this tax audit happen yearly for every county and city in the state by passing an assembly bill and than we could reallocate the peoples money to public services and things we the people pay for.
- Reshoring of manufacturing plants to District 63. The tariffs are a reality we are living in whether your agree or not with them. I would like for District 63 to attract the companies that are reshoring to America from Asia and other countries. We could convert the existing logistics warehouses into manufacturing hubs. We would have to get rid of red tape to build but we would use existing buildings /warehouses and not build any new developments. This would help people get jobs and keep jobs here that might be lost with the logistics industry facing issues due to tarrifs. Right now the companies are going to other states like Texas and Delaware. We could a lose some logistics jobs to the tariffs or we can build a localized economy.
I am very passionate about many areas of public policy due to my background. I am very passionate about healthcare, educational, economic, environmental, social, and regulatory policies among many others. One reason healthcare is a policy I am passionate about is because living in District 63 and in the Inland Empire, I see as a health desert, where you sometimes can not get appointments for months. So as your assembly member I would like to get more state funding allocated to UCR so that we can have a healthcare system and hospital(s) like UCLAs. All the policies I have listed are ones I have lived through first hand and I would like to change for the better.
Honesty, integrity, transparency, and dedication. I could go on with the list but these principles or characteristics cover many others. We need honest and transparent elected officials who are dedicated to the peoples interest only.
Honesty, integrity, faith, and transparency
To serve the best interest of the all of the residents of their district and subsequently the county, state, and country. They are also responsible for the well being of the residents by supporting bills, measures, and actions that will only improve the quality of the life of district. Also to give the people representation and a voice and make sure that those voices are being heard.
I would like to be remembered as a true public servant who put the people first that my daughter can aspire to be like.
September 11th, 2001 when 911 happened. This tragic event shaped history and my life I even lost a my friends mom to this tragedy in the towers. I was 13 years old turning 14 that October. There were other events before this but this really is the one that shaped everything and still brings tears to my eyes.
My first job was working for my dads small landscaping company in middle school which I held this job through college and own a landscaping company currently. My first real job was at 15 at a local country market that had catfish and bluegrass on the weekends. I worked their for a couple years
I think having a respectful relationship with the governor and trying to work to get things done and signed by the governor is the best route. No name calling or politicing. What you need is someone who is only interested in getting things done with the governor and not trying to score political points with their parties base. So I think have a respectful tone and good professional working relationship where you can call or text the governor at anytime to tell the governor about any issues that need executive attention or any bills that need his signature immediately so the people can benefit and many other positive things can come from a good working relationship where you see pass political differences and just focus on the people's interests.
I really think it is where the money is going basically we are don't know where our tax dollars are going. The counties and cities are "losing" billions for the homeless and other services and are not being held accountable and the taxes being way to high. We pay very high taxes and have nothing to show for it. This has led to a poor quality of life and a distrust in local and state government.
Yes, it is vital and a must. Regardless of party of politicial views assembly members need good working relationships with other legislators in order to get bills passed and other agendas done. I will make sure to build relationships with any and all legislators so we can have a working government.
A yearly tax audit bill where we audit every county and city in the state and make sure the people's tax money is going to public services and not the wrong things.
Libertarian Party of California
Agriculture, Aging and long term care, budget, communications and conveyance, education, economic development, environmental safety, governmental organization, health, housing and community development, human services, labor and employment, local government, natural resources, privacy and consumer protections, public employment and retirement, public safety, revenue and taxation, transportation, utilities and energy, and wildlife parks and water
I believe right now a big issue is we do not have financial transparency or government accountability. The government must be accountable to the people for every matter at all times. This every elected official from top to bottom and also includes all county and city administrators. All must live by a code of ethics and be held accountable for any wrong doing and even for not serving the constituents interest. People would trust the government more of the government was transparent and trust their elected officials more. We need government transparency and accountability now more than ever.
Financial transparency for me is one of the main reasons I decided to run. Just from living anywhere in Southern California and especially in Riverside county you can tell someone is not being held financially accountable. That's why I want to get an audit done on every city and county to see where our money is going. The worst part about the government, county, and cities not being financially transparent is that that it is our money they using and it should all go to services that only benefit the public.
Financial transparency for me is one of the main reasons I decided to run. Just from living anywhere in Southern California and especially in Riverside county you can tell someone is not being held financially accountable. That's why I want to get an audit done on every city and county to see where our money is going. The worst part about the government, county, and cities not being financially transparent is that that it is our money they using and it should all go to services that only benefit the public.
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See also
2025 Elections
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Footnotes
Current members of the California State Assembly
Leadership
Majority Leader:Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Minority Leader:James Gallagher
Representatives
District 1
Heather Hadwick (R)
District 2
Chris Rogers (D)
District 3
James Gallagher (R)
District 4
District 5
Joe Patterson (R)
District 6
Maggy Krell (D)
District 7
Josh Hoover (R)
District 8
David Tangipa (R)
District 9
Heath Flora (R)
District 10
Stephanie Nguyen (D)
District 11
Lori Wilson (D)
District 12
Damon Connolly (D)
District 13
Rhodesia Ransom (D)
District 14
Buffy Wicks (D)
District 15
District 16
District 17
Matt Haney (D)
District 18
Mia Bonta (D)
District 19
District 20
Liz Ortega (D)
District 21
Diane Papan (D)
District 22
Juan Alanis (R)
District 23
Marc Berman (D)
District 24
Alex Lee (D)
District 25
Ash Kalra (D)
District 26
Patrick Ahrens (D)
District 27
Esmeralda Soria (D)
District 28
Gail Pellerin (D)
District 29
Robert Rivas (D)
District 30
Dawn Addis (D)
District 31
Joaquin Arambula (D)
District 32
Stan Ellis (R)
District 33
Alexandra Macedo (R)
District 34
Tom Lackey (R)
District 35
Jasmeet Bains (D)
District 36
Jeff Gonzalez (R)
District 37
Gregg Hart (D)
District 38
Steve Bennett (D)
District 39
Juan Carrillo (D)
District 40
Pilar Schiavo (D)
District 41
John Harabedian (D)
District 42
Jacqui Irwin (D)
District 43
District 44
Nick Schultz (D)
District 45
James Ramos (D)
District 46
Jesse Gabriel (D)
District 47
Greg Wallis (R)
District 48
Blanca Rubio (D)
District 49
Mike Fong (D)
District 50
Robert Garcia (D)
District 51
Rick Zbur (D)
District 52
Jessica Caloza (D)
District 53
District 54
Mark Gonzalez (D)
District 55
Isaac Bryan (D)
District 56
Lisa Calderon (D)
District 57
Sade Elhawary (D)
District 58
Leticia Castillo (R)
District 59
Phillip Chen (R)
District 60
Corey Jackson (D)
District 61
Tina McKinnor (D)
District 62
Jose Solache (D)
District 63
Natasha Johnson (R)
District 64
Blanca Pacheco (D)
District 65
Mike Gipson (D)
District 66
Al Muratsuchi (D)
District 67
District 68
Avelino Valencia (D)
District 69
Josh Lowenthal (D)
District 70
Tri Ta (R)
District 71
Kate Sanchez (R)
District 72
Diane Dixon (R)
District 73
District 74
Laurie Davies (R)
District 75
Carl DeMaio (R)
District 76
Darshana Patel (D)
District 77
Tasha Horvath (D)
District 78
Christopher Ward (D)
District 79
District 80
David Alvarez (D)
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