Alexandra Duarte for Senate: the record

Who Alexandra Duarte is

Alexandra Duarte is the Republican candidate for California State Senate District 4 on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot. Her campaign committee is Duarte for Senate 2026. She is married to former Rep. John Duarte, who has served as president of Duarte Nursery, the family’s tree and vine business in Hughson. Her campaign describes her as “a farmer, a mom, and one of us.”

Records show she works for Duarte Nursery. Her 2023 salary from the company was $783,328, according to her husband’s House financial disclosure. The tables below list those records and selected filings from her campaign. The stories that follow cover the nursery’s court cases, its workplace safety record, and the Duartes’ political giving.

Duarte Facts is independent. It is not affiliated with Alexandra Duarte or Duarte for Senate 2026. Her campaign’s own website is alexandraforsenate.com.

Her role at Duarte Nursery

Selected campaign finance records

These are individual records from state and federal filings. They are not a full account of her campaign’s fundraising.

Every story on Alexandra Duarte, John Duarte and Duarte Nursery

• Duarte Nursery Sold Pistachio Growers Thousands of Defective Trees. A Judge Ruled Its Fine Print Couldn’t Limit What It Owed.
• In John Duarte’s First Year in Congress, His Nursery Salary Fell to the House Limit. His Wife Alexandra’s Rose to $783,328, Matching His Old Pay.
• Before the Primary, Alexandra Duarte Ran on Guns, Immigration, and Trump. Now Her Website Is About Gas and Groceries, and It No Longer Calls Her a Republican.
• Alexandra Duarte Wants to Be “a Senator for the People Who Can’t Afford to Buy One.” She and Her Husband Have Given More Than $100,000 in Political Contributions Since 2016.
• Pistachio Growers Whose Duarte Trees Failed Asked for Their Money Back. A Judge Found They Were “Left With No Remedy at All.”
• An Avocado Grower’s Lawsuit Says DNA Tests Showed Duarte Nursery Sold Him the Wrong Trees.
• A Lemon Grower’s Lawsuit Says Duarte Nursery Sold Him the Wrong Trees, a Variety That Bears a Quarter Less Fruit.
• A Lawsuit Says a Worker Lost Three Fingers After Being Told to Adjust a Running Trimmer Duarte Nursery Built.
• A 2026 Class Action Says Duarte Nursery Didn’t Pay Hourly Workers for All the Time They Worked.
• Alexandra Duarte Runs as “a Farmer, a Mom, and One of Us.” Her Husband’s 2022 Disclosure Shows His $783,953 Salary and Up to $91 Million in Family Assets.
• Duarte Businesses Got $6.1 Million in Pandemic Loans. John Duarte Said COVID Aid That “Paid People to Stay Home” Had to End.
• John Duarte Voted to Cut IRS Enforcement Funding. Congress’s Budget Office Says the Cut Would Have Added $114 Billion to Deficits.
• Workers Sued Duarte Nursery and John Duarte in 2015. Their Lawsuit Says They Were Underpaid and Denied Breaks.
• Nine Duarte Nursery Workers Were Hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide Exposure. The Fine Was $3,375.
• Duarte Nursery Sued to Get Back About $800,000 in State-Mandated Fees for Grapevine Research. A Court Called Its Appeal “Long on Innuendo and Short on Evidence.”
• The Company That Bought 1,500 Acres From Duarte Nursery Paid $5.3 Million Over Wetlands. Its Lawsuit Says the Nursery Didn’t Disclose the Land’s Environmental Restrictions.
• A Federal Judge Ruled Duarte Nursery Broke the Clean Water Act by Tearing Up Protected Wetlands. It Paid $1.1 Million to Settle.