California Legislature · Statewide General Election
Member of the State Assembly, District 2
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
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On the ballot
- Chris Rogers — Democratic · Incumbent
- Michael Greer — Republican
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
Assemblymember Chris Rogers took 69.7% of the June 2 vote and Republican Michael Greer took 30.3%; they were the only two candidates and this is a rematch of November 2024, which Rogers also won. The district runs up the North Coast through Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties.
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 district this long and this rural spends much of its representative's time on travel and on securing money for communities far from the Capitol.
This is the same pairing the district saw in 2024, with the same result in June. One candidate now has a first-session legislative record to run on; the other does not, and little about his platform has been published. Weigh the record on its own terms, and weigh how much you can reasonably conclude about the alternative.
Chris Rogers
Democrat, the sitting Assemblymember for this district, who took office in December 2024. He is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 9 of them signed into law — one of the higher counts for a first-term member. He took just under seven in ten votes in June.
Strengths
Nine bills signed into law in a first session, and $5,449 from small donors is among the larger small-dollar bases on this ballot.
Trade-offs
Most of his money came from organizations rather than people, which is a standing set of relationships a first-term member arrives already holding.
Keep in mind
One session is a short record to judge, and his current term ends in December 2026.
Michael Greer
Republican, making his second run for this seat after losing it in November 2024. He took 30.3% of the June vote. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.
Strengths
He has contested this district twice, giving voters a consistent alternative in a seat that would otherwise go uncontested.
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 little detail about his platform — a gap in the published record rather than a judgment about him.
Record in office
Chris Rogers (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 9 of them signed into law. Michael Greer 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
Rogers — AB 1583 (2026): Criminal procedure: jurisdiction. Rogers — AB 330 (2025): Local Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Collection Act. Rogers — AB 720 (2025): Beverages: alcohol permits: container labeling. 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
Chris Rogers
$653,203 raised
- Small donors$5,4491%
- Individuals$81,27513%
- PACs & committees$358,91856%
- Businesses & other orgs$200,60031%
1Michael Greer 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 2026-08-22.
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.