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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 17

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

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On the ballot

This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).

Assemblymember Matt Haney took 99.4% of the June 2 vote to Republican Manuel Noris-Barrera's 0.4% — the most lopsided legislative primary on this ballot. The district covers eastern San Francisco, and the same two candidates met in November 2024.

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: a member several terms in chairs committees and shapes which bills reach a floor vote at all.

A 99-point primary margin means the practical question in this district is not who wins but what the incumbent does with a seat he holds without contest. Weigh his legislative output and his funding sources on their own terms rather than against an opponent — and if you want to register a different preference, note that this ballot gives you one alternative and very little published information about him.

Matt Haney

Democrat, the sitting Assemblymember for this district and a San Francisco supervisor before his election. He is lead author of 34 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 7 of them signed into law. He took more than 99% of the June primary vote.

Strengths

Seven bills signed into law this session and multiple terms of committee seniority — a direct route from this district into state law.

Trade-offs

Most of his money came from organizations rather than people — a cost if you want a member without those standing obligations.

Keep in mind

He faces no meaningful electoral pressure in this district, which means the accountability for how he uses the seat is not going to come from the ballot.

Manuel Noris-Barrera

Republican, an entrepreneur, business owner and realtor who also ran against this incumbent in November 2024. He took 0.4% of the June vote. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.

Strengths

He gives this district a name on the ballot other than the incumbent's, which a one-candidate race would not.

Trade-offs

Cal-Access shows no contributions reported for his committee, and he has no record in office to be judged on.

Keep in mind

Coverage surfaced almost no detail about his platform for 2026; what is published concerns his 2024 run. There is very little here for a voter to weigh, and that is a fact about the available record rather than about him.

Record in office

Matt Haney (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 34 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 7 of them signed into law. Manuel Noris-Barrera 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

Haney — AB 2455 (2026): Bruce Lee Day. Haney — AB 289 (2025): State highway work zone speed safety program. Haney — AB 1445 (2025): Downtown revitalization and economic recovery financing districts. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Matt Haney

$638,137raised
  • Small donors$330<1%
  • Individuals$51,6008%
  • PACs & committees$362,24858%
  • Businesses & other orgs$215,03034%

Manuel Noris-Barrera has no contributions reported to Cal-Access for this race.

Figures 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

Matt Haney (Democratic)99.4% · 106,260 votes
Manuel Noris-Barrera (Republican) · write-in0.4% · 468 votes
Bradley Wiedmaier (Peace and Freedom) · write-in0.1% · 127 votes
Starchild (Libertarian) · write-in0.0% · 17 votes
Source review: Very strong (97/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

Last updated August 10, 2026.