2026 Los Angeles, California, Primary Progressive Voter Guide

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City of Los Angeles

City-Wide Offices

Mayor

Nithya Raman

City Attorney

Marissa Roy

City Controller

Kenneth Mejia

L.A. City Council

City Council, 1st District

Eunisses Hernandez

City Council, 3rd District

Barri Worth Girvan

City Council, 5th District

Henry Mantel

City Council, 7th District

don’t vote*

City Council, 9th District

Estuardo Mazariegos

City Council, 11th District

Faizah Malik

City Council, 13th District

Hugo Soto-Martínez

City Council, 15th District

don’t vote*

Board of Education

Member of the Board of Education, District 2

Rocio Rivas

Member of the Board of Education, District 4

Ankur Patel

Member of the Board of Education, District 6

Kelly Gonez

City of Glendale

Glendale City-Wide Offices

Glendale City Council (vote for 3)

Dan Brotman
Alek Bartrosouf
Elen Asatryan

Glendale City Clerk

Suzie Abajian

Glendale City Treasurer

Rafi Manoukian

Glendale Unified School Board

Area A

Ingrid Gunnell

Area C

Kathleen Cross

Area D

Aileen Dinkjian

City of Pasadena

Pasadena City Council

District 3

Justin L. Jones

District 5

Jess Rivas

District 7

Jason Lyon

State Legislature

CA State Senate

State Senate, 20th

Caroline Menjivar

State Senate, 22nd

don’t vote*

State Senate, 24th

John Erickson

State Senate, 26th

Sarah Rascón

State Senate, 28th

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas

State Senate, 30th

don’t vote*

State Senate, 34th

don’t vote*

State Senate, 36th

Chris Duncan

CA State Assembly

State Assembly, 34th

Randall Putz

State Assembly, 39th

Juan Carrillo

State Assembly, 40th

Pilar Schiavo

State Assembly, 41st

John Harabedian

State Assembly, 42nd

Deborah Klein Lopez

State Assembly, 43rd

Celeste Rodriguez

State Assembly, 44th

Nick Schultz

State Assembly, 46th

Jesse Gabriel

State Assembly, 48th

don’t vote*

State Assembly, 49th

Mike Fong

State Assembly, 51st

Colin Hernandez

State Assembly, 52nd

Jessica Caloza

State Assembly, 53rd

don’t vote*

State Assembly, 54th

don’t vote*

State Assembly, 55th

Isaac G. Bryan

State Assembly, 56th

don’t vote*

State Assembly, 57th

Sade Elhawary

State Assembly, 61st

Tina Simone McKinnor

State Assembly, 62nd

Jose Solache

State Assembly, 64th

don’t vote*

State Assembly, 65th

Fatima Iqbal-Zubair

State Assembly, 66th

Sara Deen

State Assembly, 67th

Ada Briceño

State Assembly, 69th

Carolyn J. Essex

U.S. Congress

US Rep 23rd

Tessa Lynn Hodge

US Rep 26th

Sasan Samadzadeh

US Rep 27th

Caleb Norwood

US Rep 28th

Judy Chu

US Rep 29th

Angélica Maria Dueñas

US Rep 30th

Joel Lava

US Rep 31st

Gil Cisneros

US Rep 32nd

Marena Lin

US Rep 34th

Angela Gonzales-Torres

US Rep 35th

Norma J. Torres

US Rep 36th

Marianne Shamma

US Rep 37th

Samantha Mota

US Rep 38th

Hilda Solis

US Rep 41st

Shonique Williams

US Rep 42nd

Robert Garcia

US Rep 43rd

Maxine Waters

US Rep 44th

Nanette Diaz Barragán

US Rep 45th

Derek Tran

Ballot Measures

COUNTY MEASURE ER

Yes

COUNTY MEASURE CB

Yes

COUNTY MEASURE TC

Yes

COUNTY MEASURE TT

Yes

Los Angeles County

County Supervisors

LA County Supervisor, District 1

Maria Elena Durazo

LA County Supervisor, District 3

Lindsey P. Horvath

 

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SHERIFF

Eric Strong

ASSESSOR

Jeffrey Prang

 

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Judges

Judge of the Superior Court, 2

Tal K. Valbuena

Judge of the Superior Court, 14

Angie Christides

Judge of the Superior Court, 39

Binh Q. Dang

Judge of the Superior Court, 60

don’t vote*

Judge of the Superior Court, 64

Rhonda A. Haymon

Judge of the Superior Court, 65

Anna Slotky Reitano

Judge of the Superior Court, 66

Ben Forer

Judge of the Superior Court, 81

Dan Kapelovitz

Judge of the Superior Court, 87

Anthony (A.J.) Bayne

Judge of the Superior Court, 116

Paul A. Thompson

Judge of the Superior Court, 131

David Ross

Judge of the Superior Court, 141

don’t vote*

Judge of the Superior Court, 176

Zachary Smith

Judge of the Superior Court, 181

Thanayi Lindsey

Judge of the Superior Court, 196

don’t vote*

State-Wide Offices

Governor

Tom Steyer

Lieutenant Governor

Oliver Ma

Secretary of State

Shirley N. Weber

Controller

Malia M. Cohen

Treasurer

Glenn Turner

Attorney General

Rob Bonta

Insurance Commissioner

Jane Kim

Member of State Board of Equalization (3rd District)

Samuel P. Sukaton

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Nichelle M. Henderson

 


Notes

* “don’t vote” indicates that either a bad candidate is running unopposed or all candidates in the race are so terrible there’s no one worth voting for


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