California legislative races 2026

From the official California Secretary of State, Official Certified List of Candidates (Nov. 3, 2026 General Election).

District 2: Damon Connolly (Dem), Tief Gibbs (Rep)
District 4: Jaron Brandon (Dem), Alexandra Duarte (Rep)
District 6: Sean Frame (Dem), Roger Niello (Rep)
District 8: Angelique Ashby (Dem), Susan A Mason (Rep)
District 10: Scott Sakakihara (Dem), Linda R. Price (Rep)
District 12: Nathan Magsig (Rep), William Brown Jr. (Lib)
District 14: Esmeralda Soria (Dem), Darin S. DuPont (Rep)
District 16: Melissa Hurtado (Dem), Guillermo Asuncion Gonzalez (Rep)
District 18: Steve Padilla (Dem), Art Hodges (Rep)
District 20: Caroline Menjivar (Dem), Tony Rodriguez (Rep)
District 22: Susan Rubio (Dem), Mike Netter (Rep)
District 24: John M. Erickson (Dem), Brian Goldsmith (Dem)
District 26: Sara Hernandez (Dem), Sarah Rascón (Dem)
District 28: Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (Dem), Joe Lisuzzo (Rep)
District 30: Bob J. Archuleta (Dem), Araceli Martinez (Rep)
District 32: Tiffanie Tate (Dem), Kelly Seyarto (Rep)
District 34: Avelino Valencia (Dem), Rhonda Shader (Rep)
District 36: Chris Duncan (Dem), Tony Strickland (Rep)
District 38: Catherine S. Blakespear (Dem), Laura Bassett (Rep)
District 40: Mara Elliott (Dem), Kristie Bruce-Lane (Rep)

State Assembly

District 1: Dianna Margaret James (Dem), Heather Hadwick (Rep)
District 2: Chris Rogers (Dem), Michael Greer (Rep)
District 3: Dom Belza (Rep), James "Jamie" Johansson (Rep)
District 4: Cecilia M. Aguiar-Curry (Dem) (unopposed)
District 5: Neva Parker (Dem), Joe Patterson (Rep)
District 6: Maggy Krell (Dem), Jagtar Singh (Dem)
District 7: Amy L. Slavensky (Dem), Josh Hoover (Rep)
District 8: David Jariustokaeutulelei Tangipa (Rep) (unopposed)
District 9: Matthew Adams (Dem), Heath Flora (Rep)
District 10: Stephanie Nguyen (Dem), Vinaya Singh (Rep)
District 11: Lori D Wilson (Dem), Jenny Leilani Callison (No )
District 12: Jackie Elward (Dem), Eric Lucan (Dem)
District 13: Rhodesia Ransom (Dem), Tom Patti (Rep)
District 14: Buffy Wicks (Dem), Mark Rendon (Gre)
District 15: Anamarie Avila Farias (Dem), Arthur Webb (No )
District 16: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (Dem), Joseph A. Rubay (Rep)
District 17: Matt Haney (Dem), Manuel Noris-Barrera (Rep)
District 18: Mia Bonta (Dem), Andre Sandford (Dem)
District 19: Catherine Stefani (Dem), Philip Louis Wing (Rep)
District 20: Liz Ortega (Dem), Patricia Muga (Rep)
District 21: Diane Papan (Dem), Jabra J Muhawieh (Rep)
District 22: Juan Alanis (Rep) (unopposed)
District 23: Marc Berman (Dem), David G. Johnson (Rep)
District 24: Alex Lee (Dem), Max Hsia (Rep)
District 25: Ash Kalra (Dem), Himat Singh Bainiwal (Rep)
District 26: Patrick Ahrens (Dem), Tim Gorsulowsky (Rep)
District 27: Brian Pacheco (Dem), Mike Murphy (Rep)
District 28: Gail Pellerin (Dem), Carol Pefley (Rep)
District 29: Robert Rivas (Dem), Dennis P. Sanchez (Rep)
District 30: Dawn Addis (Dem), Shannon Kessler (Rep)
District 31: Annalisa Perea (Dem), Jim Polsgrove (Rep)
District 32: David Couch (Rep) (unopposed)
District 33: Hipolito Angel Cerros (Dem), Alexandra (Ali) Macedo (Rep)
District 34: Randall Putz (Dem), Charles Frederick Hughes (Rep)
District 35: Andrae Gonzales (Dem), Saul Ayon (Rep)
District 36: Ida S. Obeso-Martinez (Dem), Jeff Gonzalez (Rep)
District 37: Gregg Hart (Dem), Sari Domingues (Rep)
District 38: Steve Bennett (Dem), Michael MacDonald (Dem)
District 39: Juan Carrillo (Dem), Paul Andre Marsh (Rep)
District 40: Pilar Schiavo (Dem), Rickey Tracy Hayes II (Rep)
District 41: John Harabedian (Dem), Adam Christopher Vena (Rep)
District 42: Deborah Klein Lopez (Dem), Ted Nordblum (Rep)
District 43: Celeste Rodriguez (Dem), Ricardo Benitez (Rep)
District 44: Nicholas "Nick" Schultz (Dem), Carolyn Daniels (Rep)
District 45: James C. Ramos (Dem), Greg Abdouch (Rep)
District 46: Jesse Gabriel (Dem), Tracey Schroeder (Rep)
District 47: Leila Namvar (Dem), Greg Wallis (Rep)
District 48: Blanca Rubio (Dem), Dan T. Tran (Rep)
District 49: Mike Fong (Dem), Long David Liu (Rep)
District 50: Robert Garcia (Dem), Victoria Viveros Mageno (Rep)
District 51: Colin D. Hernandez (Dem), Rick Chavez Zbur (Dem)
District 52: Jessica Caloza (Dem), Andrea Lee Anderson (Rep)
District 53: Michelle Rodriguez (Dem), Rafaela Romero (Rep)
District 54: Mark Gonzalez (Dem), Alexandra Briseno (Rep)
District 55: Ashley M. Brown (Dem), Isaac G. Bryan (Dem)
District 56: Lisa Calderon (Dem), Jessica Martinez (Rep)
District 57: Sade Elhawary (Dem), Constance Jewel Menzies (Rep)
District 58: Clarissa Cervantes (Dem), Leticia Castillo (Rep)
District 59: Phillip Chen (Rep), Victor Hernandez (Gre)
District 60: Corey A Jackson (Dem), Ed Delgado (Rep)
District 61: Tina Simone McKinnor (Dem), Brian Lockwood (Rep)
District 62: José Luis Solache (Dem), Paul Irving Jones (Rep)
District 63: Natasha Johnson (Rep), Kevin Akin (Pea)
District 64: Blanca Pacheco (Dem), Raul Ortiz Jr. (Rep)
District 65: Ayanna Davis (Dem), Lydia A. Gutiérrez (Rep)
District 66: Sara Deen (Dem), Paul Seo (Dem)
District 67: Mark Pulido (Dem), Paulo Morales (Rep)
District 68: Jessie Lopez (Dem), David Penaloza (Dem)
District 69: Carolyn J. Essex (Dem), Josh Lowenthal (Dem)
District 70: Paula Swift (Dem), Tri Ta (Rep)
District 71: JJ Galvez (Dem), Kate Sanchez (Rep)
District 72: Chris Kluwe (Dem), Gracey Van Der Mark (Rep)
District 73: Cottie Petrie-Norris (Dem), Urson Russell (Rep)
District 74: Sergio Farias (Dem), Laurie Davies (Rep)
District 75: Gerald C. Boursiquot (Dem), Carl DeMaio (Rep)
District 76: Darshana Patel (Dem), Carrie S. Espinoza Villanueva (Rep)
District 77: Tasha Boerner (Dem), Trinity Hannaway (Rep)
District 78: Chris Ward (Dem), Payton Galvez (Rep)
District 79: LaShae Sharp-Collins (Dem), Andrew Lawson (Rep)
District 80: David A. Alvarez (Dem), Alejandro Galicia (Rep)

California legislative races

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