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Devon Mathis
Republican Party
Prior offices:
California State Assembly District 33
Years in office: 2022 - 2024
Predecessor: Thurston Smith (R)
Successor: Alexandra Macedo (R)
California State Assembly District 26
Years in office: 2014 - 2022
Predecessor: Connie Conway (R)
Successor: Evan Low (D)
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2022
Education
Associates
Porterville College, 2011
Bachelor's
California State University, Fresno, 2013
Graduate
The George Washington University, 2022
Military
Service / branch
U.S. Army
Years of service
2004 - 2013
Personal
Birthplace
Porterville, CA
Contact
Campaign website
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Devon Mathis (Republican Party) was a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 33. He assumed office on December 5, 2022. He left office on December 2, 2024.

Mathis (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the California State Assembly to represent District 33. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Mathis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Devon Mathis was born in Porterville, California. He served in the U.S. Army from 2004 to 2013. He earned an associate degree from Porterville College in 2011 and a bachelor's degree from California State University, Fresno in 2013. He also earned a graduate degree from the George Washington University in 2022.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Mathis was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Mathis was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Mathis was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

California committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture, Vice chair
• Budget
• Transportation
• Veterans Affairs
• Water, Parks and Wildlife
• Fairs, Allocation, and Classification

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Mathis served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2024

Devon Mathis did not file to run for re-election.

2022

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 33

Incumbent Devon Mathis defeated Jose Sigala in the general election for California State Assembly District 33 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Devon Mathis
Devon Mathis (R) Candidate Connection
 
62.5
 
52,436
Image of Jose Sigala
Jose Sigala (D)
 
37.5
 
31,486

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 83,922
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 33

Incumbent Devon Mathis and Jose Sigala defeated Ruben Macareno in the primary for California State Assembly District 33 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Devon Mathis
Devon Mathis (R) Candidate Connection
 
64.8
 
30,987
✔
Image of Jose Sigala
Jose Sigala (D)
 
19.9
 
9,528
Image of Ruben Macareno
Ruben Macareno (D)
 
15.2
 
7,272

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 47,787
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2020

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 26

Incumbent Devon Mathis defeated Drew Phelps in the general election for California State Assembly District 26 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Devon Mathis
Devon Mathis (R)
 
54.9
 
85,005
Image of Drew Phelps
Drew Phelps (D) Candidate Connection
 
45.1
 
69,717

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 154,722
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 26

Incumbent Devon Mathis and Drew Phelps advanced from the primary for California State Assembly District 26 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Devon Mathis
Devon Mathis (R)
 
61.5
 
49,413
✔
Image of Drew Phelps
Drew Phelps (D) Candidate Connection
 
38.5
 
30,981

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 80,394
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2018

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2018

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 26

Incumbent Devon Mathis defeated Jose Sigala in the general election for California State Assembly District 26 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Devon Mathis
Devon Mathis (R)
 
57.9
 
62,629
Image of Jose Sigala
Jose Sigala (D)
 
42.1
 
45,558

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 108,187
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 26

Incumbent Devon Mathis and Jose Sigala defeated Warren Gubler and Jack Lavers in the primary for California State Assembly District 26 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Devon Mathis
Devon Mathis (R)
 
30.3
 
19,081
✔
Image of Jose Sigala
Jose Sigala (D)
 
29.8
 
18,794
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Warren Gubler (R)
 
28.0
 
17,650
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Jack Lavers (R)
 
11.9
 
7,473

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 62,998
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2016

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2016

Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016.[2]

Incumbent Devon Mathis defeated Ruben Macareno in the California State Assembly District 26 general election.[3][4]

California State Assembly, District 26 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Devon Mathis Incumbent 63.31% 76,289
     Democratic Ruben Macareno 36.69% 44,205
Total Votes 120,494
Source: California Secretary of State


Incumbent Devon Mathis and Ruben Macareno defeated Rudy Mendoza in the California State Assembly District 26 Blanket primary.[5][6]

California State Assembly, District 26 Blanket Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Devon Mathis Incumbent 42.43% 28,563
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ruben Macareno 30.51% 20,536
     Republican Rudy Mendoza 27.06% 18,216
Total Votes 67,315

2014

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Devon Mathis (R) and Rudy Mendoza (R) defeated Carlton Jones (D), Ruben Macareno (D), Derek A. Thomas (D), Teresita "Tess" Andres (R) and Esther Barajas (R) in the blanket primary. Mathis defeated Mendoza in the general election.[7][8][9]

California State Assembly, District 26, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDevon Mathis 53.6% 34,683
     Republican Rudy Mendoza 46.4% 29,991
Total Votes 64,674
California State Assembly, District 26 Blanket Primary, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRudy Mendoza 40.3% 18,648
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDevon Mathis 20.5% 9,497
     Democratic Carlton Jones 17.2% 7,943
     Democratic Ruben Macareno 8.1% 3,755
     Democratic Derek A. Thomas 6.2% 2,872
     Republican Teresita Andres 4.5% 2,092
     Republican Esther Barajas 3.2% 1,473
Total Votes 46,280

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Candidate Connection

Devon Mathis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mathis' responses.

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Devon spent nearly a decade with the Army National Guard serving in 2 combat tours in Iraq before joining the State Assembly in 2014. He sustained major injuries from an IED roadside bomb attack for which he received a Purple Heart. As an Assemblymember, Devon has focused on bringing good-paying jobs, water, and protecting local hospitals in the Central Valley. Devon Mathis is the State Assembly Republican Whip and Vice-Chair of the Agriculture Committee. Mathis also serves on the Governmental Organization Committee, Natural Resources Committee, Veterans Affairs Committee, Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials, and Rules Committee. Additionally, he serves on the Assembly Committee on Budget – Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services. He currently sits on the Governor’s Military Council appointed by the Speaker. Mathis also currently sits on the international board of the States Ag and Rural Leaders where he helps advocate and draft policies.
  • We need to create ongoing funding streams so we can improve our water infrastructure to have a diversified portfolio to get more water into the system and ensure quality standards.
  • Lower the cost of living by lowering taxes, getting rampant spending under control, and suspending the gas tax that impacts rural Californians most.
  • Crime is out of control. We need to stop letting violent criminals out of prison, increase funding for our law enforcement, and enforce laws already on the books.
Water, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Public Safety, and Economics lower the cost of living.
Politics is a mix of, Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, Sun Tzu's Art of War, George Orwell's 1984, Shakespeare's Henry the 4th, then shows like Game of Thrones meets House of Cards... Nothing will prepare you fully for what it is truly like.
For me it's not about the talking heads, it's about taking care of the families and people I represent, my "job" is first and foremost to them.
9-11 I was at Army Basic Training on a road march headed to a range at Ft. Seal OK
As a Republican in a Democrat-controlled state, it is vital to work Bipartisanly, as a Kenneth Maddy Alumni I strive to follow that legacy, to work with everyone to help the families and communities I represent.
Kenneth Maddy

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2020

Devon Mathis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Mathis' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Water

It’s time we get our water back that the politicians in Sacramento have been mismanaging. We need to stop sending needed water out into the ocean. We need to start finding new sources of water, putting into place storage methods, and addressing misuse. Lack of water is causing a loss of jobs and higher prices for our food. We need to find actual solutions to this problem – not ones that have failed time and again.

Jobs

Regulations and outrageous tax burdens are kicking business and well paying jobs out of the state. We need legislators who know how an economy grows and who let entrepreneurs and small business create jobs and innovation. This will raise the standard of living for everyone.

Education

Our schools, children, and teachers need some serious help. We need to restore our education system. This helps lead to a better-educated work force and lower crime rates. We need to protect our children from slipping through the cracks. We need to get back to the days where parents and teachers work together. We also need to take care of children with special needs. As a father of a child with autism, I know the pain of sitting in an Individualized Education Program meeting and being told that my son is struggling.

High Speed Rail

I am absolutely opposed to the High Speed Rail project. It’s costing more than we were promised and would tear up perfectly good farmland in our district. We need to focus that money on repairing our aging infrastructure, bettering our water transport methods, building water storage facilities, and repairing our roads and bridges. We don’t need another wasteful project that will drag us deeper into debt.

2nd Amendment

Pro 2nd Amendment? Yes and amen! One of my favorite quotes was given to the Japanese Emperor during WWII, “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass” – Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Coming from the Army National Guard, I believe that we should uphold our 2nd Amendment rights and not add further useless gun regulation when we are already failing to use the regulations we have. We have a mental health problem in this country that needs to be addressed in order to keep our children safe.[10]

”
—Devon Mathis[11]

2014

Mathis' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[12]

  • Excerpt: "I believe in small government, that a Government is by the people for the people. That we need to give the power back to our local levels, back to our cities and counties, they know what needs to be done and they need to power to do so. We do not need a big government that gets in the way of our daily lives and interferes with our businesses."

Campaign finance summary

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Devon Mathis campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022California State Assembly District 33Won general$559,559 $601,757
2020California State Assembly District 26Won general$562,842 N/A**
2016California State Assembly, District 26Won $559,210 N/A**
2014California State Assembly, District 26Won $24,940 N/A**
Grand total$1,706,552 $601,757
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Noteworthy events

Reprimand for sexual harassment (2018)

See also: Sexual assault and harassment in American politics (2017-2018)

On July 11, 2018, Mathis was ordered to complete training sessions on the Assembly's sexual harassment policy, complete sensitivity training, and meet with a counselor. The punishment was handed down from the Assembly Rules Committee in a letter following an investigation that revealed Mathis engaged in what the committee called "locker-room talk" that included making sexual comments about other legislators.[13]

After the letter's release, Mathis said in a statement, "The Assembly Rules Committee found no wrongdoing of any sexual misconduct. The locker-room conversation referenced in the letter, that took place almost four years ago, was wrong and something for which I have previously apologized and do so again."[13]

In April 2018, Mathis was accused of sexually assaulting and harassing his staffers by Sean Doherty, his ex-chief of staff. Doherty, who filed a lawsuit against the assemblyman, said that Mathis retaliated against him for reporting the allegations and that the Assembly Rules Committee failed to act on his complaints and notified Mathis that Doherty reported him. Mathis denied the allegations. Mathis had been accused of sexual assault in November 2017, but the Sacramento Police Department closed the investigation into the alleged incident.[14]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 10, 2022
    2. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Key Dates and Deadlines," accessed April 18, 2017
    3. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for the November 8, 2016, General Election," accessed September 7, 2016
    4. ↑ California Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 23, 2016
    5. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices," accessed April 4, 2016
    6. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statement of Vote," accessed August 22, 2016
    7. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
    8. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
    9. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014
    10. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    11. ↑ Devon Mathis, "Issues," accessed September 28, 2016
    12. ↑ devonmathis.com, "Political Stance," accessed May 9, 2014
    13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 San Francisco Chronicle, "California lawmaker reprimanded for ‘locker-room talk,'" July 11, 2018
    14. ↑ The Daily Beast, "‘She Wanted It’: California Lawmaker Sexually Harassed, Assaulted Staffers, Lawsuit Claims," April 18, 2018

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    2022-2024    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    Connie Conway (R)     		California State Assembly District 26
    2014-2022    		 Succeeded by
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