James Gallagher is an American Republican politician who has represented District 3 in the California State Assembly since December 2014. He was born on March 4, 1981, in Yuba City, California, and attended East Nicolaus High School before earning degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Davis, School of Law. Over his electoral career spanning 1968 to 2026, he won eight elections against one loss.