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THIS PAGE UPDATED TO REFLECT CERTIFIED CANDIDATE LISTCalifornia State Assembly (2027-2028 Session)
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DistrictTOSS UPNEW MEMBER2026 Election - CURRENT AS OF THE CERTIFIED LIST OF CANDIDATES
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District number and largest party (by voter registration) if over 5%Likely Legislator Party Status Next SessionColumn A indicates the district number and current voter registration for the district (blue = Democratic, red = Republican, and white = swing seat. Column B indicates the probable outcome after the next election. Note that a "Watch" can indicate a seat contested between parties (LIGHT ORANGE) or one in which multiple strong candidates of the same party are vying (BLUE or RED).
Names in ALL CAPS are incumbents. Noncapitalized names are those of non-incumbents.
For non-incumbents, the
🅴 symbol indicates a candidate who has been endorsed by the current officeholder and the 🄿 symbol indicates a state party endorsement.
Names in RED indicate existing campaign accounts that have raised no money since January 2025.
For the "Cash On Hand" numbers, green indicates numbers as of the 12/31/2025 reporting period while light yellow indicates an earlier report or a lack of information.
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DistrictNotesCandidateCOH in
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NEW MEMBERS
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Withdrawn Candidate(s)
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A01HEATHER HADWICK$12015014Darin T. Hale (Anderson CC)New (2/2026)Dianna Margaret JamesNew (3/2026)
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A02CHRIS ROGERS 🄿$17915016Michael GreerNew (3/2026)15069
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A03OPEN1John "Dom" Belza (Marysville CC) 🅴$32815136Andrew Coolidge (Chico Mayor)$246James D. Johansson (fmr. Oroville CC)$181Caitlin M. Dalby did not qualify (3/2026)
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A04CECILIA M. AGUIAR-CURRY 🄿$47114392
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A05JOE PATTERSON 🄿$54514838Neva Parker (2024 cand.) 🄿$1514992
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A06MAGGY KRELL 🄿$1,06615066Jagtar SinghNew (2/2026)Columbus Ward did not qualify (3/2026)
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A07JOSH HOOVER 🄿$54014837Amy Slavensky (Supt., San Juan USD) 🄿$28Sanaz Motamedi (real estate agent)New (10/2025)Vance Taylor ended his campaign (1/2026). Chris Hoang did not qualify (3/2026). Kevin O. Martinez did not qualify (3/2026).
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A08DAVID TANGIPA 🄿$16415015Joshua B. Engel did not qualify (3/2026).
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A09HEATH FLORA$4614413James Shoemaker (2024 St Senate cand.)New (12/2025)15063Michael J. PerezNew (2/2026)
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Matthew C. Adams (EQCA Field Organizer) 🄿$10Brandon J. Owen (real estate agent)New (2/2026)Tami NobrigaNew (3/2026)15043
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A10STEPHANIE NGUYEN 🄿$36114859Vinaya K. Singh (2024 candidate)No Filings
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A11LORI D. WILSON 🄿$23014823Jenny Callison (2022 cand.)No Filings14822
Rochelle Conner (author, nonprofit executive)
New (11/2025)
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A12OPEN1
Holli Thier (Tiburon Mayor & 2002 ASM cand)
$265Eric A. Lucan (Marin Co. Supe)$233
Steve Schwartz (organic farmer & 2022 cand)
$38DAMON CONNOLLY changed to a SD02 run (4/2025)
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Eli Beckman (Corte Madera Town Council)$25315137Jackie Elward (Rohnert Park CC)$104Eryn Cervantes (correctional officer) 🄿New (10/2025)
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A13RHODESIA RANSOM 🄿$32014998Thomas PattiNew (3/2026)14955Ali JafriNew (3/2026)Eliza DyNew (3/2026)
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A14BUFFY WICKS 🄿$45014555Mark Rendon [Green]New (3/2026)Borgar SolnordalNew (3/2026)Mark Rendon changed party from Green to Republican (3/2026)
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A15ANAMARIE AVILA FARIAS 🄿$23915125Arthur WebbNew (3/2026)
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A16REBECCA BAUER-KAHAN 🄿$69914501Joseph A. Rubay (2024 candidate)$2614380
Chirag Kathrani (Civic Technology Entrepreneur)
New (2/2026)
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A17MATT HANEY 🄿$20014819David Chiu and David Campos both have inactive campaign accounts (1/2026).
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A18MIA BONTA 🄿$86414764
Andre Sanford (mental health professional)
New (1/2026)14996Ned NuergeNew (3/2026)Michael Goldstein [Green]New (3/2026)
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A19CATHERINE STEFANI 🄿$32514993Philip Louis WingNew (2/2026)
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A20LIZ ORTEGA 🄿$14314839Patricia MugaNew (2/2026)
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A21DIANE PAPAN 🄿$72914840Jabra J. MuhawiehNew (2/2026)
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A22JUAN ALANIS 🄿$63414905
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A23MARC E. BERMAN 🄿$1,78014323Rick GiorgettiNew (3/2026)David G. JohnsonNew (3/2026)
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A24ALEX T. LEE 🄿$26514675Yang Shao (Fremont CC)$38Max Hsia (Digital creator)$0Steven Hsia changed name to Max Hsia (10/2025)
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A25ASH KALRA 🄿$4314319Himat Bainiwal (attorney) 🄿New (1/2026)
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A26PATRICK AHRENS 🄿$27915018Tim Gorsulowsky 🄿New (3/2026)14357
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A27OPEN1Brian Pacheco (Fresno Co. Supervisor) 🅴🄿$51215138Mike Murphy (fmr. Merced Mayor)$296Japjeet Singh Uppal (Livingston CC)New (1/2026)ESMERALDA SORIA changed to SD14 run (4/2025), Priya Lakireddy ended her campaign (10/2025), Leticia Gonzalez ended her campaign (12/2025). Quintin Levesque changed from No Party Preference to Democratic (1/2026). Quintin Levesque did not qualify (3/2026).
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A28GAIL PELLERIN 🄿$14014820Carol Pefley (realtor) 🄿$17
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A29ROBERT RIVAS 🄿$1,95114382James W. Paine (2024 cand)New (1/2026)15046Dennis P. SanchezNew (3/2026)
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A30DAWN J. ADDIS 🄿$52914636Shannon Kessler (Save Girls’ Sports) 🄿$109
Susannah Brown (data strategy consultant)
New (1/2026)
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A31OPEN1Annalisa Perea (Fresno CC) 🄿$30014989Sandra Celedon (nonprofit CEO) 🅴$106James Polsgrove (Clovis USD)$20Esmeralda Hurtado changed to SD14 run (10/2025)
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A32OPEN1David Couch (Kern Co. Supervisor) 🅴$4415135STAN ELLIS declined reelection (9/2025), Dusty B. Beach withdrew 11/2025 and started a campaign for BOE-01 (1/2026)
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A33ALI MACEDO$55115000Hipolito Angel CerrosNew (3/2026)Micah Boughamer did not qualify (3/2026).
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A34OPEN1Charles Frederick Hughes (AV UHSD) 🅴🄿$33515139Randall Putz (Big Bear Lake CC) 🄿$11Manny Y. Lin (Hesperia USD)No FilingsSteve Fox (fmr Assembly)New (2/2026)13875Thurston "Smitty" Smith ended his campaign (5/2025). Fillmore L. Smiley IV did not qualify (3/2026). Cedric White did not qualify (3/2026).
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A35OPEN1Andrae Gonzales (Bakersfield CC) 🄿$27815140Ana M. Palacio (ER nurse)$102Saul Ayon (McFarland Mayor)$61JASMEET BAINS changed to CA22 run (7/2025). Tim Prado did not qualify (3/2026).
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A36WATCHJEFF GONZALEZ 🄿$40314568Tomas Oliva (El Centro CC & 2024 cand)$64Oscar Ortiz (Indio CC)$61Ida Obeso-Martinez (Imperial CC)$25Marlon Ware did not qualify (3/2026).
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A37GREGG HART 🄿$52814844Sari M. Domingues (2024 candidate) 🄿No Filings15050Poornima S. Wagh did not qualify (3/2026).
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A38STEPHEN A. BENNETT 🄿$58714709Michael MacDonaldNew (2/2026)
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A39JUAN CARRILLO 🄿$24214845Paul Andre Marsh (2024 candidate)$114926
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A40PILAR SCHIAVO 🄿$99014846
Andreas Farmakalidis (2024 LAUSD candidate)
No Filings
Elizabeth Ahlers (2024 State Senate cand)
New (1/2026)15006Rickey Tracy Hayes IINew (3/2026)Andreas Farmakalidis changed from Dem to NPP (11/2025), Andreas Farmakalidis changed from NPP to Republican (12/2025)
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A41JOHN HARABEDIAN 🄿$42715019Adam Christopher VenaNew (3/2026)
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A42OPEN1Deborah Klein Lopez (Agoura Hills CC) 🄿 🅴$25715141Ted K. Nordblum (2024 candidate)$5815052Rocky Rhodes (Simi Valley CC)New (1/2026)Dan Weikel ended his campaign (8/2025). Kelly Honig appears to have failed to qualify because although she submitted a complete package, her Declaration of Candidacy was filed in Ventura County (rather than Los Angeles where she lives). Tonia P. H. Arey did not qualify (3/2026).
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A43CELESTE RODRIGUEZ 🄿$24615001Ricardo Benitez (2020 ASM candidate)No Filings14092
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A44NICHOLAS SCHULTZ 🄿$28415071Charlotte Yvonne GerryNo FilingsCarolyn DanielsNew (3/2026)Tiffany Brain did not qualify.
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A45JAMES C. RAMOS 🄿$1,14014275Greg Abdouch (?) 🄿$2
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A46JESSE GABRIEL 🄿$2,91114484Tracey Schroeder (teacher)New (1/2026)15054
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A47GREG WALLIS$42314925Leila Namvar (Indio public arts analyst)$40Jason Byors (IT consultant)$81Lucas Pinon did not qualify.
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A48BLANCA RUBIO 🄿$14214372Dan Tran (2024 cand.)New (2/2026)
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A49MIKE FONG 🄿$1,34914466Long "David" Liu (2024 cand.)New (11/2025)15055
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A50ROBERT GARCIA 🄿$8615124Victoria Viveros MagenoNew (3/2026)Roberto Jesus Moreno Jr.New (3/2026)
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A51RICK CHAVEZ ZBUR 🄿$8384403Dick C. Lucas (software engineer)New (11/2025)Jake HeadNew (3/2026)
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Colin D. Hernandez (9th generation Californian)
No FilingsMichael E. GeraghtyNew (3/2026)
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A52JESSICA CALOZA 🄿$45014994Andrea Lee AndersonNew (3/2026)
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A53MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ 🄿$15815110Rafaela RomeroNew (3/2026)Michael Huizar did not qualify.
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A54MARK GONZALEZ 🄿$46215022
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A55ISAAC BRYAN 🄿$50114761Ashley M. Brown (school social worker)New (1/2026)William "Billion" CampbellNew (2/2026)Keith CascioNew (2/2026)14877
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A56LISA CALDERON 🄿$32314677Jessica Martinez (2024 candidate) 🄿$014569
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A57ZEINAB SADE ELHAWARY 🄿$13615023Constance Jewel MenziesNew (3/2026)
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A58WATCH1LETICIA CASTILLO 🄿$37915107Clarissa Cervantes (Riverside CC) 🄿$17115024Paco Licea did not qualify.
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A59PHILLIP CHEN 🄿$1,61714271Victor Hernandez [Green]New (3/2026)Ashley Eagle did not qualify.
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A60COREY JACKSON 🄿$27614860Ed Delgado (Moreno Valley CC)$76Ron Edwards (2024 candidate)$2
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A61TINA McKINNOR 🄿$15414829
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A62JOSE LUIS SOLACHE 🄿$24514488Paul Irving Jones (USMC veteran)New (3/2026)14964
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A63NATASHA JOHNSON 🄿$59BILL ESSAYLI resigned (4/2025), Chris Shoults ended his campaign (5/2025). Zachary Consalvo did not qualify.
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A64BLANCA PACHECO 🄿$94414848Raul Ortiz Jr. (2024 candidate)$214939
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A65OPEN1Fatima S. Iqbal-Zubair (CADEM official)$254Eugene Allen (2022 Ins. Comm. candidate)$76Lamar Lyons (2024 SD35 candidate)No FilingsLydia A. GutierrezNew (3/2026)13239Ayanna Davis terminated one committee (1/2025), Alvin R. Austin ended his campaign (2/2025), Myla Rahman ended her campaign (1/2026)
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Ayanna Davis (Compton USD) 🄿🅴$1499167Magali Sanchez-Hall (UCLA Project Mgr)$6
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A66OPEN1Paul Seo (Rancho Palos Verdes CC)$43915142Scott Houston (West Basin MWD)$218
Jessica Zonia Maldonado (2024 ASM cand.)
$19George BarksNew (3/2026)14878Houston Brignano changed to a CA36 run (11/2025). Steve Williams did not qualify.
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Sara Deen (PVP USD)$362Shannon Ruiz-Ross (CADem leadership)$42
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A67OPEN1Ali Sajjad Taj (Artesia CC) 🅴$59115143Mark Pulido (Cerritos Mayor)$358Adrian O. Ayub (Cerritos CC)No Filings
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Ada Briceño (union president) 🄿$393Paulo Mireles Morales (police officer)$17Paul GonzalesNew (3/2026)
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A68OPEN1David Penaloza (Santa Ana CC) 🄿🅴$24715144Jessie Lopez (Santa Ana CC)$124Mayra RuizNew (1/2026)
Shannon Wingfield (Tribal Council member)
No FilingsAVELINO VALENCIA changed to SD34 run (12/2024). Jonathan Hernandez did not qualify.
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A69JOSH LOWENTHAL 🄿$61514489Carolyn J. EssexNew (3/2026)JOSH LOWENTHAL terminated one committee (4/2022)
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A70TRI TA 🄿$37614891Paula Williams Swift (consultant) 🄿$3Tanya Cook did not qualify (3/2026).
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A71KATE SANCHEZ 🄿$18314879Juan Jose Galvez San Martin (?) 🄿$9
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A72OPEN1Gracey Van Der Mark (Huntington Beach CC) 🄿$10915145Matthew Harper (fmr. Assembly)$10814096Chris Kluwe (fmr. NFL) 🄿$96Frank WagonerNew (3/2026)DIANE DIXON changed to Co. Supervisor run (4/2025), Nathan Steele ended his campaign (12/2025). Nicholas Taurus, Mark P. Meuser, and Jordan Kirby did not qualify.
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A73COTTIE PETRIE-NORRIS 🄿$1,76414597Urson Russell (election integrity advocate)$1
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A74LAURIE DAVIES 🄿$54414662Sergio Farias (San Juan Capistrano CC) 🄿$42Chris Duncan changed to SBOE4 run (3/2025)
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A75CARL DeMAIO 🄿$1,610141190Gerald Boursiquot (USAF veteran) 🄿$1
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A76DARSHANA PATEL 🄿$80115081Carrie S. Espinoza VillanuevaNew (2/2026)Isiah J. White did not qualify (3/2026).
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A77TASHA BOERNER 🄿$22914556Trinity HannawayNew (3/2026)
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A78CHRISTOPHER M. WARD 🄿$52614678Antonio Salguero [Libertarian]New (1/2026)Payton GalvezNew (3/2026)
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A79LASHAE SHARP-COLLINS 🄿$17115025Andrew K. Lawson (educator) 🄿No Filings
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A80DAVID A. ALVAREZ 🄿$53514825Zenith KhanNew (3/2026)Alejandro GaliciaNew (3/2026)14883Abel Martinez did not qualify (3/2026).
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New Members:13Likely Assembly Democrats:60Likely Assembly Republicans:19Dem/Rep Toss Up
(AD58)
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Total Cash On Hand for Assembly
$45,977,000
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District Registration Notes
(As of 12/30/2025 (released 2/17/2026)

Future Updates
April 3, 2026 (published 5/13/2026)
May 18, 2026 (published 6/25/2026)
July 3, 2026 (published X/X/2026)
September 4, 2026 (published X/X/2026)
October 19, 2026 (published X/X/2026)
A07 - Democratic registration advantage is 3.91% (REP Hoover was reelected in 2024 by 7.2% with a 4.39% DEM advantage)
A22 - Democratic registration advantage is 3.21% (REP Alanis was reelected in 2024 by 12.6% with a 4.18% DEM advantage)
A33 - Republican registration advantage is 3.74% (REP Macedo was elected in 2024 by 25.8% with a 2.56% REP advantage)
A36 - Democratic registration advantage is 11.94% (REP Jeff Gonzalez was elected in 2024 by 3.4% with a 13.60% DEM advantage)
A40 - Democratic registration advantage is 10.09% (DEM Shiavo was reelected in 2024 by 5.6% with a 11.27% DEM advantage)
A47 - Democratic registration advantage is 4.97% (REP Wallis was reelected in 2024 by 2.2% with a 5.54% DEM advantage)
A58 - Democratic registration advantage is 13.66% (REP Castillo was elected in 2024 by 0.4% with a 14.99% DEM advantage)
A70 - Democratic registration advantage is 2.22% (REP Ta was reelected in 2024 by 9.4% with a 2.58% DEM advantage)
A74 - Republican registration advantage is 0.75% (REP Davies was elected in 2024 by 1.6% with a 0.19% REP advantage)
A76 - Democratic registration advantage is 6.88%
(DEM Patel was reelected in 2024 by 8.0% with a 6.82% DEM advantage)
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Finance Notes [Cash on Hand]
(Updates: 4/23/2026, 5/21/2026, 7/31/2026)
Days Until Next Finance Update7PARTY ENDORSEMENTS
California Democratic Party [Source]
California Republican Party [
Source]
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