# David Tangipa

David Tangipa is a Republican member of the California House for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: California House, district 8
- Serving since: 2024-12-02
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/748ce69c-a2bc-41a7-95e2-b09fba6e5ecd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/748ce69c-a2bc-41a7-95e2-b09fba6e5ecd (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

34% of the 38 bills Tangipa sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the California House.

## What Tangipa says (CA 2025–26 session)

161 classified statements: 161 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Tangipa | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.9% | 2.9% | 315 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 27.3% | 9.3% | 49 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 58.4% | 31.9% | 54 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 15.5% | 12.7% | 279 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.6% | 1.4% | 361 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Emergency Management 23% (State House Republicans 2.8%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (State House Republicans 12%); Transportation and Public Works 13% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Health 11% (State House Republicans 10%); Government Operations and Politics 9.6% (State House Republicans 18%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.63 (standard error 0.03), from 338 donors and 254 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 88% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 87% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 98.8% (97.7%). 88 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 195 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 195 Income taxes: exclusions: wildfire loss mitigation payments. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB195/
- 2026-09-01 · voted nay · SB 1098 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris · SB 1098 Public Utilities Commission: memorandum and balancing accounts. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1098/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1370 Stern Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris · SB 1370 Covered wildfire mitigation projects: consolidated and expedited review. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1370/
- 2026-09-01 · voted nay · SB 1119 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Wicks · SB 1119 Companion chatbots: children's safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1119/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 931 Grove Third Reading Urgency By Krell · SB 931 Dolly Parton Day. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB931/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1079 Stern Senate Third Reading By Connolly · SB 1079 Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: Fire Innovation Unit. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1079/
- 2026-09-01 · voted nay · SB 1203 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Third Reading By Haney · SB 1203 Security services. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1203/
- 2026-09-01 · voted nay · SB 193 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 193 Public resources: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: programs. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB193/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 16 Blakespear Senate Third Reading By Krell · SB 16 Mental health: involuntary commitment. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB16/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 186 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 186 Income taxes: film tax credits. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB186/

## Legislation (CA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 38 bills: 34 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 304. 34.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 77 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- ACR 175: Relative to chronic traumatic encephalopathy awareness. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR175/
- AB 2404: State advisory groups, boards, and committees: San Joaquin Valley. (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2404/
- AB 2427: Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: tax credits: farming. (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2427/
- AB 2533: Personal income taxes: unemployment insurance: fitness benefit. (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2533/
- AB 2665: Medi-Cal funding: County of Inyo. (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2665/
- AB 2388: Alcoholic beverages: applications for licenses. (introduced, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2388/
- AB 2723: The California American Freedmen Affairs Division: resident registry. (introduced, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2723/
- AB 2587: Food and agriculture: pesticide residue monitoring program. (introduced, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2587/
- AB 2203: Public postsecondary education: priority registration: veterans and dependents of veterans: federal GI Bill. (became law, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2203/
- AB 1989: Community care facilities: background checks. (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1989/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $557.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-08-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmTangipa, DavidTangipaCA/status/2084396469189292041
- 2026-04-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmTangipa, DavidTangipaCA/status/2045315229056446875
- 2026-04-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmTangipa, DavidTangipaCA/status/2042408966190481852
- 2026-04-08 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmTangipa, DavidTangipaCA/status/2041939089277231410
- 2026-03-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/AsmTangipa, DavidTangipaCA/status/2033675582240919771
- 2026-03-16 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmTangipa, DavidTangipaCA/status/2033692686117752847
- 2026-03-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/AsmTangipa, DavidTangipaCA/status/2030009560484950030
- 2026-02-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmTangipa, DavidTangipaCA/status/2024619073037095043
- 2026-02-09 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AsmTangipa, DavidTangipaCA/status/2020988014231695521
- 2026-02-06 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmTangipa, DavidTangipaCA/status/2019565853688360978

## Links

- Official site: https://ad08.asmrc.org/
- Campaign site: https://www.davidtangipaforassembly.com/
- X: https://x.com/AsmTangipa
- X: https://x.com/DavidTangipaCA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidtangipa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidtangipa/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.entwistle.9
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmtangipa/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidjtangipa
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-tangipa-819877b2/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/748ce69c-a2bc-41a7-95e2-b09fba6e5ecd