A Party Label Isn't a Plan.
Paul Saulsbury and Gregory Burgess both challenge Jared Huffman. One has a party label. The other has 30+ federal bills. If you want real change in CA-2, which one actually delivers?
In CA-2's top-two primary, every candidate goes on the same ballot — Democrat, Republican, No Party Preference. The top two advance to November. If you're tired of Jared Huffman, which challenger gives you the best shot at real representation?
One candidate filed paperwork. The other filed 30+ bills.
Who Are They?
Paul Saulsbury
REPUBLICANEducation: Not publicly available
Career: Not publicly available
Political: Filed to run for CA-1 in 2020 but withdrew before the election. Filed for CA-2 in 2026. No Ballotpedia survey completed. No candidate website found. No media interviews found.
Platform: No policy positions publicly available. No campaign website. No FEC filings found.
Gregory Burgess
NO PARTY PREFERENCE · MARIN COUNTYEducation: Master of Public Health (University of Minnesota) — environmental health, food security, climate change
Career: CDC Quarantine Officer, Special Education Teacher, Clinical Engineer (Stryker Corp), US Postal Carrier, Teamster, union grievance rep, behavioral health counselor — 30 years of service. Current occupation: Elder Caregiver.
Roots: Third-generation Californian. Raised in Mill Valley. Grew up on Strauss dairy milk, explored Point Reyes with naturalist Mrs. Terwilliger, birded with uncle Stuart Keith (world record holder).
Taxes & Your Wallet
No Tax Plan Found
Saulsbury has not published a campaign website, policy platform, or tax proposal. Republican voters are asked to trust the party label alone.
- No position on income tax
- No position on IRS reform
- No position on small business taxes
- No FEC filings — so no way to see who funds his campaign
PREAMBLE Tax Reform Act
A fully drafted bill that eliminates personal federal income tax for every American. Replaces it with a 20% business VAT — 10% on essential goods, 30% on luxury items. The IRS stops taking money from your paycheck. Period.
- Eliminates federal personal income tax — you keep your whole paycheck
- 20% Federal VAT on business transactions (not on your grocery receipt)
- 10% reduced rate on food, medicine, and essential goods
- 30% luxury surcharge on yachts, private jets, and mansions
- Small businesses benefit — simpler system, lower compliance costs
A Label vs. a Tax Bill
Republicans have talked about eliminating the income tax for decades. Burgess actually wrote the bill. You can read every word of it at vote-roar.com. No other candidate in this race — Republican or Democrat — has a drafted tax reform bill. Burgess does. And it puts more money in your pocket than any campaign promise ever will.
Federal Overreach & Property Rights
No Position Found
No statements, press releases, or policy positions on federal land management, property rights, or government overreach have been found from Saulsbury's campaign.
- No statement on Point Reyes rancher displacement
- No position on NEPA reform or public land management
- No engagement with State of Jefferson concerns
- No contact with Modoc, Siskiyou, or Trinity communities identified
Point Reyes: The Fight Against Federal Overreach Is Already Happening
At Point Reyes National Seashore, eleven multi-generational ranching families were removed through a $30 million private deal. No public hearing. No congressional vote. NDAs silenced the families. Burgess didn't just talk about it — he fought it.
- Filed 5 formal challenges to the Point Reyes settlement
- Filed DOI Inspector General complaints
- Submitted FOIA requests for settlement documents
- Contacted 500+ news outlets about the precedent threat
- Federal Lands Stewardship Acts — Protects grazing leases from private buyouts on all federal land
- If it can happen to ranchers at Point Reyes, it can happen to your grazing permit next
Silent on Overreach vs. Fighting It Right Now
Eleven ranching families lost 150 years of heritage to a private deal with no public hearing — and Saulsbury said nothing. Burgess filed the complaints, contacted the media, drafted the bills, and showed up in person. In Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc, and Trinity — counties where 80% of the land is federal — every grazing permit, every timber sale, every water right is at risk from the precedent Huffman set at Point Reyes. Only one candidate is already fighting it.
Ranching & Agriculture
No Agricultural Platform Found
No campaign website means no positions on agriculture, ranching, pest management, or food security. Modoc County lost $52 million to grasshoppers. Saulsbury has said nothing.
- No mention of the grasshopper crisis
- No position on wolf-livestock conflicts
- No plan for regional meat processing
- No position on Point Reyes rancher displacement
From Seashore to Stockyard: 5 Agricultural Bills
Five interconnected bills covering everything from pest emergencies to rancher protection to regional meat processing. Written by a third-generation Californian who grew up on Strauss dairy milk from Point Reyes.
- Pest Management Act — Rapid-response funding for Modoc's $52M grasshopper crisis
- Federal Lands Stewardship Acts — Protects grazing leases from private buyout schemes
- Small Farm Opportunity Act — 12 titles: farm succession, beginning farmers, Indigenous agriculture
- Regenerative Livestock Act — Wolf-livestock coexistence with rancher compensation fund
- Regional meat processing grants so ranchers don't drive 200+ miles to the nearest USDA facility
Zero Bills vs. Five Bills
Agriculture is the backbone of eastern CA-2. Ranching, dairy, timber, and fishing are how these communities survive. Saulsbury filed to run in this district but has not said one public word about the people who work the land. Burgess wrote five bills for them — by name, by county, by crisis.
Rural Healthcare
No Healthcare Plan Found
No published position on healthcare, rural hospitals, behavioral health, or provider shortages. For communities 90 minutes from the nearest specialist, silence is not a plan.
- No position on rural hospital closures
- No plan for provider recruitment in underserved counties
- No position on telehealth or broadband
- No position on substance use or behavioral health
North Coast Redwood Country Comprehensive Healthcare Act
Written by someone with 30 years in healthcare and behavioral health — and who today works as an elder caregiver. Not government-run healthcare. Community-based healthcare that gets doctors, nurses, and counselors to the towns that need them.
- Rural provider recruitment with loan forgiveness tied to underserved CA-2 counties
- Telehealth infrastructure for areas with no broadband — so you don't drive 90 minutes for a checkup
- Senior independence programs so elderly residents can age at home
- Behavioral health and substance use treatment access
- Community health centers for Del Norte, Trinity, Humboldt, Mendocino
This Isn't "Government Healthcare" — It's Getting Doctors to Your Town
Burgess isn't proposing Medicare for All. He's proposing loan forgiveness to attract doctors to towns that haven't had a specialist in years. He's proposing telehealth so a rancher in Modoc doesn't have to drive three hours for a follow-up. This is practical, community-based healthcare — the kind that works in rural America. Saulsbury has offered nothing.
Wildfire, Timber & Insurance
No Wildfire or Insurance Plan Found
Wildfire is the defining crisis of rural CA-2. Insurance companies are abandoning entire counties. Saulsbury has not published a position on any of it.
- No position on wildfire home hardening or defensible space
- No plan to bring insurance companies back
- No position on timber economy or sawmill closures
- No position on biomass energy or forest management
Environmental Realism: 6+ Bills for Wildfire, Timber & Insurance
Burgess calls it Environmental Realism — protecting the land and the people on it. Not locking forests away. Managing them so they don't burn down, creating jobs in the process, and stabilizing insurance so families can stay.
- Wildfire Defense Act — Home hardening grants, WUI defense zones, smoke monitoring
- Wildfire Insurance Stabilization Act — Federal backstop so carriers stop abandoning rural homeowners
- Forest Resilience & Timber Economy Act — Sawmill modernization grants for Trinity, Siskiyou, Del Norte, Humboldt
- Biomass-to-energy programs — Turn forest fuel loads into local power and local jobs
- Timber revenue linked directly to county budgets that lost Secure Rural Schools funding
Conservation That Creates Jobs, Not Just Rules
Environmental Realism isn't liberal environmentalism. It's not Republican "drill baby drill" either. It's the common-sense middle: manage the forests so they don't burn down, create timber jobs doing it, and stabilize insurance so you can actually afford to live here. Saulsbury offers no plan for the defining crisis of rural CA-2. Burgess offers six bills.
Workers & The Economy
No Economic Platform Found
No published positions on jobs, wages, small business, trade, or economic development. No public employment history found.
- No position on jobs or wages
- No position on trade or small business
- No labor or professional background publicly available
- Previously withdrew from CA-1 race in 2020
Worker Asset Recognition Act + Thomas Paine Debt Reduction Act
Written by a Teamster, postal carrier, school bus driver, and union grievance rep who has actually done the work — and who today works as an elder caregiver, hands-on essential work.
- Worker Asset Recognition Act — Requires companies to value workers as assets, not expenses
- Thomas Paine Debt Reduction Act — Closes the Buy-Borrow-Die loophole billionaires use to avoid taxes
- PREAMBLE Tax Reform — Eliminates income tax, putting more in every worker's pocket
- Teamster, NALC postal union, teachers union — actual member, not just a supporter
A Ghost Campaign vs. a Working Man's Campaign
Burgess carried mail. Drove a school bus. Taught special education. Filed union grievances. Built medical equipment. Counseled people in crisis. Today he cares for elderly neighbors. He's running for Congress the same way he's lived his life — by doing the work. Saulsbury filed paperwork. That's all we know.
Why "No Party Preference" Matters
Burgess Fights for Conservative Values — Without the Party Tax
In a D+24 district, a Republican label is a ceiling, not a floor. Burgess shares your values and can win votes from Democrats and independents too. Here's what NPP means for you:
Eliminate the Income Tax
The PREAMBLE Tax Reform Act abolishes federal personal income tax. No Republican in this race has a drafted bill to do that. Burgess does.
Fight Federal Overreach
Burgess filed five formal challenges when the federal government removed ranching families from Point Reyes. He drafted bills to protect grazing leases on all federal land. He's already in the fight.
Close the Billionaire Loophole
The Thomas Paine Debt Reduction Act targets the Buy-Borrow-Die strategy that lets billionaires avoid paying taxes while working families can't. Real fiscal conservatism means everyone pays their share.
Nine Counties, One Voice
Burgess has visited all nine counties. His bills name specific CA-2 communities and crises. He's not running a national campaign from a party playbook. He's running a local campaign from the ground up.
The Math Works
In a D+24 district, a Republican hasn't won CA-2 in decades. An NPP candidate can earn votes from Republicans, independents, and dissatisfied Democrats. That's the only coalition that beats Huffman.
No PAC Money. No Party Boss.
Burgess accepts zero PAC money and zero corporate donations. He answers to voters, not party leadership. That's the independence conservative voters have always wanted.
Show Your Work Scorecard
Bills drafted. Plans published. Work shown.
Saulsbury bars reflect absence of any publicly available policy platform, campaign website, or FEC filings as of February 2026. If Saulsbury publishes positions, this scorecard will be updated. All Burgess bills are available at vote-roar.com.
A Party Label Won't Fix Anything.
Paul Saulsbury put an "R" next to his name. That's all we know. No website. No bills. No platform. No FEC filings. No media interviews. No town halls. In a district of 590,000 people spread across nine counties — from the coast to the Oregon border to the Nevada line — he has shown voters nothing.
Gregory Burgess wrote 30+ federal bills. Three are for this district by name. He accepts zero PAC money. He belongs to no party. He grew up in these communities. And today, he works as an elder caregiver — because serving people isn't his campaign slogan, it's his actual job.
His PREAMBLE Tax Reform Act eliminates your income tax. His Federal Lands Stewardship Acts protect your property rights. His Thomas Paine Act closes the billionaire loophole. These are conservative values — written into actual legislation you can read today.
Democrat, Republican, independent —
this district belongs to all of us.
Don't vote for a label.
Vote for the work.