Jacqui Irwin
DMember, California State Assembly, District 42 (since 2022; term ends December 2026)
Won the June 2, 2026 primary with 41.3% of the vote
Jacqui Irwin is the Democratic nominee for California's 26th Congressional District, an open seat. She is a systems engineer and currently represents California's 42nd Assembly District; she previously served on the Thousand Oaks City Council, including two terms as mayor.[2]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
On the record — official actions
- actionIn the 2025-2026 California State Assembly session, serves as chair of the Climate Change Policies Committee and as a member of the Agriculture, Business and Professions, Privacy and Consumer Protection, Rules, Utilities and Energy, and Fairs, Allocation, and Classification committees.[2]
Background
- Born in Woodland Hills, California; graduated from Taft High School and earned a bachelor of science in systems engineering from UC San Diego in 1985.[2]
- Worked as an engineer at Teledyne Systems and at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Lab.[2]
- Elected to the Thousand Oaks City Council in 2004 and served two terms as mayor of Thousand Oaks before her election to the State Assembly.[2]
Campaign money
Raised $822K · spent $527K · $295K cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗