Leticia Castillo
Leticia Castillo (Republican Party) is a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 58. She assumed office on December 2, 2024. Her current term ends on December 7, 2026.
Castillo (Republican Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 58. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Castillo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Leticia Castillo was born in Riverside, California.[1] She attended Riverside Community College. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Phoenix in 2013 and a graduate degree from National University in 2016. Her career experience includes working as a mental health professional. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Professional Clinical Counselor. She also previously worked as a trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapist.[2]
Castillo has been affiliated with the following organizations:[2]
- CAMFT member
- ACS Relay For Life Corona Leadership Team
- CALPCC member
Elections
2024
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 58
Leticia Castillo defeated Clarissa Cervantes in the general election for California State Assembly District 58 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Leticia Castillo (R)  | 50.2 | 78,292 |
| Clarissa Cervantes (D) | 49.8 | 77,696 | ||
| Total votes: 155,988 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 58
Leticia Castillo and Clarissa Cervantes defeated Ronaldo Fierro in the primary for California State Assembly District 58 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Leticia Castillo (R) | 48.6 | 29,500 |
| ✔ | Clarissa Cervantes (D) | 25.9 | 15,713 | |
 | Ronaldo Fierro (D) | 25.5 | 15,514 | |
| Total votes: 60,727 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Castillo received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Castillo's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
- Ken Calvert (R) -
- Karen Spiegel -
- California GOP
- Riverside Sheriff's Association
- The Press-Enterprise
2022
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 58
Incumbent Sabrina Cervantes defeated Bernard Murphy in the general election for California State Assembly District 58 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sabrina Cervantes (D) | 53.6 | 50,259 |
| Bernard Murphy (R) | 46.4 | 43,464 | ||
| Total votes: 93,723 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 58
Incumbent Sabrina Cervantes and Bernard Murphy defeated Leticia Castillo in the primary for California State Assembly District 58 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sabrina Cervantes (D) | 54.1 | 28,568 |
| ✔ | Bernard Murphy (R) | 25.5 | 13,449 | |
| Leticia Castillo (R) | 20.4 | 10,756 | |
| Total votes: 52,773 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
To view Castillo's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Leticia Castillo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Castillo's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Beyond my professional role, I'm a mother and grandmother who firmly believes that parents are the best judges of what is right for their children. I'm committed to restoring a sense of safety and normalcy in our neighborhoods.
In my role as our next Assemblywoman, I pledge to vigorously defend the interests of Riverside and San Bernardino counties against the harmful policies coming from Sacramento that have led to a surge in crime, fueled homelessness, lack of affordable housing, and jeopardized our fundamental parental rights. Together, let's strive for a better future, one that prioritizes the well-being and security of our communities. It's time to rebuild trust and restore common sense!- Parental Rights - It’s time to take back our schools, safeguarding parental rights and eliminating politically charged indoctrination from the classroom. Parents stand as the primary educators of their children, and it is imperative that schools refrain from constructing barriers between parents and their minor children. Policies that either deceive or conceal vital information about minor children must not find a place in our educational institutions. Let's work towards fostering transparency and collaboration, ensuring that parents remain actively engaged in their children's education. It's time to rebuild trust!
- Affordability - It’s time to take back our economy by rolling back government overreach in order to reduce the burdens on Inland Empire families when it comes to essential expenses such as housing, food, and gasoline. I support a lasting decrease in the State Gasoline Tax to bring California's gas prices with the national average. Additionally, it's crucial to reform costly government regulations like CEQA that makes housing less affordable.
- Public Safety – It’s time to take back our communities by supporting stronger measures to reduce crime and homelessness. Repeal Proposition 47 to put career criminals and repeat offenders back in prison where they belong. Restore significant criminal penalties for organized retail theft. Require mandatory treatment to get the mentally ill and drug-addicted homeless off our streets. It’s clear that soft on crime policies do not work and have harmed businesses in AD58 as well as law abiding citizens. The extreme liberal policies of Governor Newsom and the Democratic supermajority in Sacramento have caused crime, homelessness and housing costs to skyrocket out of control in our local communities. It’s time to restore common sense!
Public safety, in particular, is an area of focus for me, as current policies place our Law Enforcement Officers at greater risk, hindering their ability to ensure the safety of our neighborhoods.
Protecting parental rights is a key concern as deceptive policies are harmful to families.
Integrity - Doing what’s right when no one is watching.
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2022
Leticia Castillo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Castillo's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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When it comes to health and education parents are the only ones who have the right to determine what is best for their children, not the government or teachers unions.
With the rise in homelessness and working for County Mental Health I see first hand how mental health, substance use, and homelessness are connected and changes need to be made.- Public Safety - soft on crime policies are affecting us all and we need strong on crime policies something that I am ready to fight for and make happen.
- Parental rights - when it comes to children it’s the parents who determine what is best for them in school and health, not the government or teacher’s union.
- Affordability - California needs to be affordable for working families by lowering taxes both individual and business.
Leticia is against increasing the gas tax and her opponent voted to increase the gas tax which will increase it by 3 cents per gallon beginning July 1st. Her opponent also voted against a “gas tax holiday” at a time when all Californians are struggling.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate California State Assembly District 58 |
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Sabrina Cervantes (D) |
California State Assembly District 58 2024-Present |
Succeeded by - |
