California Legislature · Statewide General Election
Member of the State Assembly, District 14
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
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On the ballot
- Buffy Wicks — Democratic · Incumbent
- Mark Rendon — Green
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks took 81.2% of the June 2 vote. The second slot went to Green Party candidate Mark Rendon with 10.0%, who edged out Republican Borgar Solnordal at 8.8% — so the November ballot in this East Bay district offers a Democrat and a Green rather than the usual pairing. The district covers Berkeley, Richmond, El Cerrito, San Pablo and Piedmont.
The winner holds one of 80 Assembly seats for a two-year term, inside a 12-year lifetime cap on service in Sacramento. An Assemblymember authors bills, sits on the policy committees that decide which bills advance, and argues for the district's share of the annual state budget. Seniority compounds here: a member several terms in chairs committees and shapes which bills reach a floor vote at all.
June's margin tells you where this district's politics sit, and the choice on offer is not between two governing programs of comparable reach. One candidate is a senior member of the majority with a legislative record and the committee position that comes with it; the other is a third-party challenger running without institutional backing. Weigh whether you are choosing a legislator for the next two years or registering a preference about the direction of the majority itself — both are legitimate uses of the vote, and this ballot makes the difference unusually stark.
Buffy Wicks
Democrat, the sitting Assemblymember for this district and one of the more senior members of the majority caucus. She is lead author of 31 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 9 of them signed into law — the highest signed-into-law count among candidates on this district's ballot. She took more than eight in ten votes in the June primary.
Strengths
Nine bills signed into law this session and the committee standing that comes with seniority — this district's asks have an unusually direct route into law.
Trade-offs
About half her money came from businesses and other organizations — a cost if you want a member at more distance from organized economic interests.
Keep in mind
An 81.2% primary is a fact about this district's registration as much as about her candidacy.
Mark Rendon
Green Party, a music teacher in Oakland Unified for 29 years who has served the Oakland Education Association as site representative, treasurer, secretary and executive board member, and as a delegate to the California Teachers Association State Council. He advanced by finishing 1.2 points ahead of the Republican in the June field. He has not served in the Legislature.
Strengths
Three decades in a district classroom and a long record in union governance — direct experience of the school funding decisions the Legislature makes.
Trade-offs
He is running on roughly one dollar for every nine hundred the incumbent has, and has no record in office to be judged on.
Keep in mind
Coverage surfaced little detail about his platform beyond his professional background; no outlet we cite reports his positions on specific legislation, so there is less to go on here than for his opponent.
Record in office
Buffy Wicks (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 31 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 9 of them signed into law. Mark Rendon has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-08-10.
Record details
Wicks — AB 593 (2025): CalFresh: data sharing. Wicks — AB 853 (2025): California AI Transparency Act. Wicks — AB 1043 (2025): Age verification signals: software applications and online services. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.
Financial info
- Small donors
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Businesses & other orgs
Buffy Wicks
$1,285,986 raised
- Small donors$416<1%
- Individuals$152,40212%
- PACs & committees$496,16639%
- Businesses & other orgs$624,59749%
Mark Rendon
$1,390 raised
- Individuals$1,259100%
1Figures are CA Form 460 filings through June 30, 2026 by committees controlled by each candidate, and can include transfers from a candidate's earlier committees. Semi-annual reports covering January–June 2026 were due July 31, 2026, so some totals lag a period behind. Per the California Secretary of State's Cal-Access raw data export, retrieved 2026-08-22.
June 2 primary — how they advanced
Source review: Very strong (98/100) · 5 cited sources
Official records anchor this contest, with several source types checked for context.
- sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)
- ballotpedia.org (opens in a new tab)Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary
- abc10.com (opens in a new tab)ABC10 Sacramento — California legislative race results and candidate tracking
- downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Legislative Information — public bill data (bulk download)
- sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State
Last updated August 10, 2026.