ICYMI: Adam Gray Raised The Gas Tax On The Central Valley

In case you missed it, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) released a new English and Spanish paid advertising campaign attacking lazy Adam Gray for voting to raise California’s gas tax and then failing to show up when he had the chance to suspend it.

Every time Central Valley families fill up their tanks, they are paying the price for Adam Gray’s self-serving Sacramento record. Gray voted to raise the gas tax, sat on his hands while costs crushed working families, and now the Adam Gray gas tax is set to rise again to 63 cents per gallon on July 1.

Read more here or read excerpts below. 

As gas prices jump, GOP launches ad blitz on Gray over gas tax
The San Joaquin Valley Sun
July 1, 2026

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The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) released English and Spanish advertising on Wednesday attacking Gray for supporting the gas tax when he served in the California Assembly. 

The backstory: Gray voted for Senate Bill 1 in 2017 to establish a gas tax that would provide infrastructure funds throughout the state. 

Then in 2022, when gas prices reached historic highs, Gray did not vote on several bills that would have suspended the gas tax. 

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