Los Angeles County voters on Tuesday had their final say on their top two choices for the November general election ballot to represent them in the Assembly and state Senate.
By state law — California is a “jungle primary” state — Tuesday was all about choosing the top two, regardless of party, in an array of legislative races from the L.A. County coast to the county’s more inland regions.
That means this year voters across the county had 24 Assembly races to consider, from District 34, which encompasses three counties (Kern, L.A. and San Bernardino) to the District 67 seat, which touches areas of L.A. County and Orange County. And, of course, everything in between.
In addition to that, there are eight state Senate races L.A. County voters are weighing in on this primary season.
• Also see: June 2 Primary Election Results
In an era of steep federal cuts, a polarized national politique, a deepening housing affordability crisis, wildfire recovery and other public safety hazards, and the ongoing impact of strict immigration enforcement, there was no shortage of issues that candidates for the state Legislature were running on.
Note too that of the 24 races, five of them — 34, 42, 65, 66 and 67 — had no incumbent. That’s because Assemblymembers Tom Lackey, Jacqui Irwin, Mike Gipson, Al Muratsuchi and Sharon Quirk-Silva, respectively, are termed out.
By law, they can’t seek reelection.
Here’s a look at the results so far from Election Day 2026.
Note that these are very early results, culled from the LA County Registrar’s results and the state Secretary of State’s website.
The polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, and the Los Angeles County registrar’s office released multiple updates soon after. The first round comprised vote-by-mail ballots that arrived before Election Day. Following updates, which arrived after this publication’s deadline, included VBMs that arrived on Election Day, as well as all ballots cast at Voter Centers.
Results will continue to come in and be updated as the election moves toward certification by the county and state.
Assembly District 34
One Democrat, business owner and mayor of the city of Big Bear Lake Randall Putz, is running against three Republicans, Hesperia Unified school board trustee Manny Lin, business owner Charles Frederick Hughes, and attorney Steve Fox.
The seat extends into three counties, L.A., San Bernardino and Kern. It includes the communities of Barstow, Palmdale, Lancaster and Needles.
In early results, Putz had 40%, Fox had 18.5%, Hughes had 36.6%, according to the California Secretary of State’s Office. Lin had garnered 4.8%.
Assembly District 39
Democratic state Assemblyman Juan Carrillo’s incumbency was being challenged by Republican Paul Andre Marsh, a community services liaison.
This district takes in parts of L.A. and San Bernardino counties. It includes parts of northern Antelope Valley and stretches into the San Bernardino counties of Adelanto, Hesperia and Victorville.
In early results, Carrillo was leading 60.5% to Marsh’s 39.5%, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.
Assembly District 40
The District 40 seat encompasses communities in Santa Clarita Valley and northwestern San Fernando Valley.
Pilar Schiavo, the incumbent Democrat, was looking to hold on to the seat against the challenges of business owners Elizabeth Wong Ahlers and Andreas Farmakalidis and businessman Rickey Tracy Hayes II.
In early numbers, Schiavo was leading with 52.8%, Ahlers had 14.8%, Farmakalidis had 8.7% and Hayes had 23. 7%, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.
Assembly District 41
The 41st Assembly seat represents voters in Pasadena, Altadena, La Cañada Flintridge, Monrovia and Sierra Madre in L.A. County and Rancho Cucamonga, Wrightwood and San Antonio Heights in San Bernardino County. That includes area scorched by the Eaton fire in January of 2025.
Here, Democratic incumbent John Harabedian was leading early with 62%. He is being challenged by Republican Adam Christopher Vena, who had 38%.
Assembly District 42
The district includes portions of Ventura and L.A. counties, including Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Calabasas and Pacific Palisades.
Termed-out Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, is running for a U.S. House seat to replace retiring Rep. Julia Brownley.
Agoura Hills City Councilmember Deborah Klein Lopez, a Democrat, is running against Simi Valley City Councilmember Rocky Rhodes and small business owner Ted Nordblum.
Early results showed Lopez with 51.2 % of the vote, Nordblum at 26.5% and Rhodes at 22.3%.
Assembly District 43
Democratic Assemblymember Celeste Rodriguez and Republican Ricardo Benitez, an electrical contractor were competing for the seat, which represents San Fernando Valley towns including Pacoima, Mission Hills, Sylmar, Arleta, Sun Valley, Panorama City, Lake View Terrace, Valley Glen, Van Nuys and San Fernando.
Rodriguez was leasing with 70.5%, and Benitez had 29.5%.
Assembly District 44
The district represents residents in the San Fernando Valley and stretches from Sherman Oaks east through North Hollywood and Burbank and north to La Crescenta.
Incumbent Assemblyman Nicholas “Nick” Schultz, a Democrat, was being challenged by Republicans Charlotte Gerry, a dentist, and Carolyn Daniels, an independent contractor.
Schultz was up with 67.2%, Daniels at 23.5% and Gerry had 9.3% of the vote.
Assembly District 46
State Assemblyman Jessie Gabriel, a Democrat, is being challenged by Republican Tracey Schroeder, a teacher.
Gabriel was at 62.2% and Schroeder was at 37.8%.
The winner will represent western San Fernando Valley in L.A. County and a small portion of Ventura County. Communities include Encino and Van Nuys near its eastern border and West Hills and Woodland Hills further west.
Assembly District 48
District 48 includes a swath of the San Gabriel Valley, including West Covina, Baldwin Park, Glendora, Covina, Azusa, Duarte and Monrovia.
Republican real estate businessman Dan T. Tran is challenging Assemblymember Blanca Rubio.
Rubio was leading with 62.6%, with Tran at 37.4%, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.
Assembly District 49
Assemblymember Mike Fong, a Democrat, represents a district that extends The winner in November will represent Alhambra, Arcadia, El Monte, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino, South Pasadena and Temple City.
He’s being challenged by attorney Long David Liu.
Liu, at 35.3%, was trailing Fong, who had 64.7%.
Assembly District 51
Business owner Dick Lucas was running under a No Party Preference designation. Republicans Michael Geraghty, a retired businessman, and military recruiter Jake Head were running. Democrats Colin D. Hernandez, a digital communications strategist, and Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur were running.
Zbur was at 54.4%, Hernandez had 17.1%, Head was at 14.6%, Geraghty was at 11.3%, and Lucas was at 2.6%.
The 51st District represents Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica.
Assembly District 52
The district covers East Los Angeles, including the neighborhoods of Lincoln Heights, Highland Park, Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, Los Feliz, Silver Lake and Echo Park.
Assemblymember Jessica Caloza is being challenged for the seat by Republican Andrea Lee Anderson.
Caloza had garnered 82% in early results, and Anderson was at 18%.
Assembly District 53
Incumbent assemblywoman Michelle Rodriguez had garnered 58.9% of the vote in early results, against Republican special education aide Rafaela Romero’s 41.1%.
Whoever ultimately wins will represent parts of L.A. and San Bernardino counties, including Pomona, Ontario, Chino, Upland and Montclair.
Assembly District 54
Democratic Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez is running unopposed for a second term.
The seat represents L.A.’s Koreatown, Westlake, Chinatown, Little Tokyo and Boyle Heights, as well as the cities of Vernon and Montebello.
Assembly District 55
Isaac G. Bryan is the Democratic incumbent. Bryan was at 62.7% against Republican software engineer Keith G. Cascio, 19.5%; Democrat Ashley M. Brown, a social worker, 16.7%; and No Party Preference candidate William “Billion” Campbell, 1.1%.
This district represents Crenshaw, Culver City, Ladera Heights, Mar Vista, Del Rey, Palms, Pico-Robertson, Beverly Grove and Mid-Wilshire.
Assembly District 56
Assemblymember Lisa Calderon, the incumbent Democrat, is getting a challenge from retired teacher and former Whittier City Councilwoman Jessica Martinez.
Martinez was trailing at 38.7% to Calderon’s 61.3% as they vie to represent a district that includes the southeastern parts of L.A. County and the San Gabriel Valley, including El Monte, Hacienda Heights, La Habra Heights, La Puente, Pico Rivera and Whittier.
Assembly District 57
The district represents South Central and Downtown L.A.
Assemblymember Sade Elhawary, a Democrat, was being challenged by Republican Constance Jewel Menzies, an in-home care provider.
Elhawary was at 83.2% and Menzies had garnered 16.8%.
Assembly District 61
Assemblymember Tina Simone McKinnor was running unopposed for a district that includes Inglewood, Westchester, Lennox, Hawthorne, Westmont and Lawndale.
Assembly District 62
Assemblymember Jose Luis Solache had garnered 69.7% to retired Marine Paul Irving Jones, a Republican, who had 30.3%.
This district represents voters in Bellflower, Huntington Park, Lakewood, Lynwood, Maywood, Paramount, South Gate and Walnut Park.
Assembly District 64
Republican Raul Ortiz Jr., a pest control manager, is challenging Democrat Blanca Pacheco, the assemblywoman who represents the district, which represents Southeast L.A., including Bell, Bell Gardens, Cudahy, Downey, East Whittier, La Mirada, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, South Whittier and La Habra.
Pacheco was up with 63.4% to Ortiz’s 36.6%.
Assembly District 65
A total of six candidates were vying for this district, which stretches from the Port of Los Angeles up to Compton and includes parts of Carson and Long Beach.
On the Democratic side, hopefuls are Magali Sanchez-Hall, an environmental justice advocate; Fatima Iqbal-Zubair, an advocacy nonprofit manager; Lamar Lyons, Neighborhood Council president; Vinson Eugene Allen, a doctor; and Ayanna Davis, an educator and school board trustee.
Lydia A. Gutierrez was the lone Republican vying for the seat.
Davis had garnered 46.4% to Gutierrez’s 21.9%. Iqbal-Zubair had 14.5%, followed by Magali Sanchez-Hall’s 7.7% of the vote and Allen’s 3.7%.
Assembly District 66
Four Democrats were competing for the seat, which includes many South Bay communities, stretching from El Segundo and Manhattan Beach southward through Torrance and San Pedro.
Here’s how they were doing in early results:
Ranch Palos Verdes Mayor Paul Seo, 27.3%; Registered Nurse Jessica Zonia Maldonado, 23.3%; School board trustee Sara Deen, 22.2%; Scott Houston, a small business owner, 5.3%; Shannon Ruiz-Ross, a beach commissioner, 5.2%.
Assembly District 67
Two Republicans and four Democrats were seeking to represent the district, which includes Buena Park, Cypress and Fullerton in Orange County, as well as some communities in southern L.A. County.
Republicans Adrian Oscar Ayub, a real estate entrepreneur, and Paulo Morales, a law enforcement officer, had 6.1% and 32.5% respectively.
Among the Democrats, results showed Councilmember Mark Pulido at 27.2%; Ada Briceno, a workers’ rights advocate, 20.3%; Councilmember Ali Taj at 8.3%; and Paul Gonzalez, a county safety representative, at 5.5%.
Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, is termed out.
Assembly District 69
Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal is getting an intraparty challenge this year, as fellow Democrat Carolyn Essex runs to unseat him.
Lowenthal was at 72.7% and Essex, 27.3%.
The winner in November will represent parts of southern L.A. County, including Avalon, Carson and Long Beach.
Senate District 20
Sen. Caroline Menjivar faces two challengers this primary, including fellow Democrat Roberto David LaCarra, who is a community college professor, and Republican Tony Rodriguez.
Menjivar was at 58.5%, Rodriguez had 32.1%.
The 20th District includes Burbank, Pacoima, Panorama City and Sylmar.
Senate District 22
Here, incumbent Democratic Sen. Susan Rubio faces Republican Mike Netter and R. R. Jimenez, a no party preference candidate.
Early results showed Rubio with 59.8%, with Netter at 37.3%.
This district represents Azusa, Chino, Ontario, Pomona and West Covina and includes some communities in San Bernardino County.
Senate District 24
This coastal district, from Agoura Hills and Malibu down to Torrance and Rancho Palos Verdes in the South Bay, while stretching up to include Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, drew 10 candidates who are all vying to replace termed-out Sen. Ben Allen. And it’s been an expensive race.
The Democratic candidates are: Eric Alegria, vice president of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified school board; Amaris Dordar, an attorney; John Erickson, a West Hollywood City Council member; Ellen Evans, a neighborhood association co-founder; Brian Goldsmith, a media consultant; Mike Newhouse, the owner of a small law firm; Dr. Sion Roy, a Santa Monica College Board trustee; and Zennon Ulyate-Crow, executive director of a nonprofit.
Real estate agent Kristina Irwin and G. Rick Marshall, a chief financial officer, are running as Republicans.
Early results showed the top finishers as Goldsmith at 19.8%, Marshall at 19.4%, Erickson with 16.6% and Irwin at 15.8%.
Senate District 26
This was another race that drew big bucks this primary season. Here, eight candidates are running for the open seat. Sen. María Elena Durazo is running for a county Board of Supervisors seat instead of seeking reelection in this district, which includes portions of East L.A. and southeastern L.A. County.
Retired teacher Paul Bowers, civil rights advocate Juan Camacho, former Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo, affordable housing advocate Sara Hernandez, Silver Lake Neighborhood Council member Maebe Pudlo and environmental protection director Sarah Rascón are running as Democrats.
Republicans Claudia Agraz, a construction project administrator, and Pastor Sang “Sam Shin” Masog are also on the ballot.
Top finishers included Hernandez, leading with 31.9%, Rascón with 15.4% and Carrillo at 13.6%.
Senate District 28
Democratic Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas faces challengers Joe Lisuzzo, a neighborhood council member and Republican, and Daphne D. Bradford, an educator and no party preference candidate in this race.
Smallwood-Cuevas was at 74.3% and Lisuzzo at 19.9%.
The 28th Senate District includes Playa Vista, Pico Robertson, Culver City, Ladera Heights, Leimert Park, Jefferson and Florence, as well as parts of Downtown L.A.
Senate District 30
In this Orange and L.A. counties district, Democratic Sen. Bob Archuleta is running for reelection and only faces Republican Araceli Martinez. That means both will advance to the general election.
Early results showed Archuleta at 62.4% and Martinez at 37.6%
This district includes Pico Rivera and Whittier, as well as Norwalk and Diamond Bar.
Senate District 34
Here, Democratic Assemblymember Avelino Valencia was at 62.3% and Republican Rhonda Shader was at 37.7%. They are the only two candidates running in this district that is mostly Orange County, but includes South Whittier.
Senate District 36
Republican Sen. Tony Strickland was at 43.2% of the vote and Democrat Chris Duncan was at 56.8% in this coastal district that spans Orange and L.A. counties. They are the only two candidates running here and will both advance to the general. This district includes Artesia and Cerritos.