Review note: Mia Bonta campaign site and Andre Sandford for Assembly may have more bias because they are advocacy voter guides compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.
- 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
- assembly.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California State Assembly — Mia Bonta member page (committee assignments)
- miabonta.com (opens in a new tab)Mia Bonta campaign site — biography and 2026 priorities
- leginfo.legislature.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Legislature — AB 2624 (2025-2026) bill text and legislative counsel's digest
- gov.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)Office of Governor Newsom — bill signing announcement listing AB 2624 (Bonta)
- andresandfordforassembly.com (opens in a new tab)Andre Sandford for Assembly — campaign site (biography and platform)
- alamedapost.com (opens in a new tab)Alameda Post — "UPDATE: Alameda's Candidates Mostly Set for November 5 Election" (Sandford bio note)
- alamedapost.com (opens in a new tab)Alameda Post — Letters to the Editor, May 17 2024 (Sandford's own letter on why he is running)
- 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 September 24, 2026.
State of California
Member of the State Assembly, District 18
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
Assemblymember Mia Bonta took 76.9% of the June 2 vote. Andre Sandford took 10.9% and claimed the second slot. He finished ahead of a Republican and a Green Party candidate in the four-candidate field. Both finalists are Democrats. The district covers Alameda, Emeryville and part of Oakland.
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, and this district's current member already holds it.
With two Democrats on the ballot, party is not the axis. One candidate has the highest signed-into-law count of any Assembly incumbent on this ballot; the other is running from outside the party structure on housing, healthcare and childcare. Weigh legislative productivity inside the majority against a challenge to how that majority sets its priorities.
Mia Bonta
Mia Bonta is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and chairs the Assembly Health Committee. Her campaign says she also founded the California Legislative Children's Caucus. She was an East Bay nonprofit leader before she was elected.
In 2026 she authored a bill to protect immigrant service providers from doxxing and harassment. Some had faced threats over their work with immigrants. Governor Newsom signed the bill into law in August 2026. She says California can be the place that delivers for working families instead of the powerful.
She promises to keep defending health care access, invest in community safety and put kids first with child care and education support. She says she will stand up to Washington on health care and schools.
Andre Sandford
Andre Sandford is a Democrat and a former child protective services and housing program manager. He holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and a master's degree in behavioral science. He ran for this seat in 2024 and is running again in 2026.
He says he decided to run for office after a robbery involving his family in 2023. He changed his party registration from independent to Democratic in January 2026. He has not held elected office.
He promises to fight for affordable housing, expand child care and health coverage, and invest in public safety and education. His priorities include rent caps, fentanyl accountability and smaller class sizes.
Record in office
Andre Sandford has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Mia Bonta (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 14 of them signed into law. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-09-21.
Financial info
- Small donors
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Businesses & other orgs
Mia Bonta
Primary — $646,763
- Small donors$1,620<1%
- Individuals$66,65510%
- PACs & committees$413,49864%
- Businesses & other orgs$163,20025%
November — $42,900
- Individuals$23,60055%
- PACs & committees$9,40022%
- Businesses & other orgs$9,90023%
1Andre Sandford has no contributions reported to Cal-Access for this race.
2Figures 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 2026-09-21.
3Andre Sandford has no itemized contributions dated after the June 2, 2026 primary reported to Cal-Access yet.
4Total is itemized (Schedule A) contributions and self-funding loans dated after the June 2, 2026 primary, through June 29, 2026 — small-dollar unitemized (under $100) contributions aren't independently dated in Cal-Access's raw export, so they aren't reflected here and this may undercount true small-donor activity since the primary. This also doesn't include money reported only on 24-hour late-contribution reports (Form 497) that haven't yet appeared in a periodic Form 460 filing. Per the California Secretary of State's Cal-Access raw data export, retrieved 2026-08-30.