California Legislature · Statewide General Election
Member of the State Assembly, District 15
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On the ballot
- Arthur Webb — No Party Preference
- Anamarie Avila Farias — Democratic · Incumbent
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
Assemblymember Anamarie Avila Farias took 69.6% of the June 2 vote and Arthur Webb, running with no party preference, took 30.4%; they were the only two candidates on the primary ballot and they meet again on November 3.
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. A first-term member is still building the committee position that determines how much of that agenda actually moves.
This is a two-candidate race with a wide June margin and an unusual information gap: one candidate has a documented legislative record and the other has almost no published record of any kind. Weigh the incumbent's first-session output against how much you are willing to decide on limited information about her opponent — and note that the absence of coverage is itself worth knowing when you vote.
Anamarie Avila Farias
Democrat, the sitting Assemblymember for this district, who took office in December 2024. She is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 8 of them signed into law. She took just under seven in ten votes in the June primary.
Strengths
Thirty-five bills authored and 8 signed into law in a single session — a high output for a first term.
Trade-offs
Her funding is institutional on both sides of the ledger, which is the ordinary shape for a member of the majority and a cost if you want it otherwise.
Keep in mind
One session in office is a short record to judge, and her current term ends in December 2026.
Arthur Webb
No party preference, and the only other candidate on this district's ballot in June, where he took 30.4%. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress. Of the $23,704 his campaign has raised, $23,022 is his own money.
Strengths
He gave this district a contested race rather than an unopposed one, and took nearly a third of the June vote doing it.
Trade-offs
Almost all of his funding is self-provided, and he has no record in office to be judged on.
Keep in mind
Coverage surfaced almost no biographical or platform detail about him. That gap is what was available to us on 2026-08-10, not a comment on his candidacy.
Record in office
Anamarie Avila Farias (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 8 of them signed into law. Arthur Webb 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
Farias — AB 726 (2025): Planning and zoning: annual report: rehabilitated units. Farias — AB 790 (2025): Homelessness: single women with children. Farias — AB 818 (2025): Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies. 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
- Self-funding
Arthur Webb
$23,704 raised
- Small donors$100<1%
- Individuals$100<1%
- Self-funding$23,02299%
Anamarie Avila Farias
$779,689 raised
- Small donors$35<1%
- Individuals$30,2504%
- PACs & committees$380,41549%
- Businesses & other orgs$360,75047%
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 (97/100) · 4 cited sources
Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.
- 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
- 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.