# Member of the State Assembly, District 2

Compare records and positions simply between Chris Rogers or Michael Greer for Member of the State Assembly, District 2 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).

- Jurisdiction: California Legislature
- Election: November 3, 2026 California general election
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## On the ballot

- **Chris Rogers** — Assemblymember · Democratic · Incumbent
- **Michael Greer** — Retired Teacher · Republican

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 their platform has been published. Weigh the record on its own terms, and weigh how much you can reasonably conclude about the alternative.

## Chris Rogers

Chris Rogers, a Democrat, is the Assemblymember for District 2 and took office in December 2024 (assembly.ca.gov). He chairs the Select Committee on Climate Innovation and Infrastructure and sits on the Assembly's budget, transportation, and utilities and energy committees, representing Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma and Trinity counties (assembly.ca.gov).

He says the flood of corporate money since the Citizens United decision has concentrated political power, quoting George Carlin's line that "it's a big club, and you're not in it" (Redheaded Blackbelt). In April 2026 he introduced AB 1984, which would use California's corporate code to limit companies' power to spend on state elections; it received a committee hearing for testimony only that month and, per the Legislature's own bill-status page, had not advanced out of committee as of this writing (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov).

He promises to keep fighting for "rural healthcare, climate action, and the North Coast communities he calls home" (campaign site). He also says voters should press whoever wins the governor's race on corporate election spending, CPUC appointments and rural health care funding before offering support (Redheaded Blackbelt).

**Strengths:** A named bill aimed at limiting corporate election spending, a select committee chair post, and seats on budget and utilities panels in his first term.

**Trade-offs:** His signature bill has sat in committee facing business opposition since an April hearing, with no floor vote yet.

**Keep in mind:** One legislative session is a short record. His current term runs through December 2026, when voters can weigh what came of AB 1984.

## Michael Greer

Michael Greer, a Republican and retired teacher, is running for this seat for the second time after losing to Chris Rogers in November 2024. They have not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.

No campaign website, social media page or local news article carrying Greer's own reasons for running could be located. Because they have never held elected office, there is no vote, lawsuit or reversal to document.

No published platform, issue list or set of promises for Greer turned up in a search of local coverage or a campaign site. What is documented here is limited to their party, their profession and their candidacy.

**Strengths:** Greer is giving voters a choice in a district that would otherwise go uncontested, and this is their second run for the seat.

**Trade-offs:** No record in any office to judge, and no campaign material could be found stating what they would do if elected.

**Keep in mind:** No record in office to judge; coverage of this race carries little beyond their name, party and candidacy.

## 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, 12 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 2026-09-21.

## 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

- **Chris Rogers**
  - Primary: $653,203 raised (Small donors: $5,449; Individuals: $81,275; PACs & committees: $358,918; Businesses & other orgs: $200,600)
  - November: $31,210 raised (Individuals: $11,910; PACs & committees: $9,400; Businesses & other orgs: $9,900)

Michael Greer 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 2026-09-21.

Michael Greer has no itemized contributions dated after the June 2, 2026 primary reported to Cal-Access yet.

Total is itemized (Schedule A) contributions and self-funding loans dated after the June 2, 2026 primary, through June 30, 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.

## Review notes

- Chris Rogers for Assembly may have more bias because it is an advocacy voter guide compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.

## Sources

1. [CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)](https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/primary-election-june-2-2026/statement-vote)
2. [Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary](https://ballotpedia.org)
3. [Chris Rogers for Assembly — campaign website (Assembly District 2)](https://www.chrisrogersforassembly.com/)
4. [California State Assembly — official member page, District 2 (Chris Rogers committee assignments and district counties)](https://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers/02)
5. [Redheaded Blackbelt (Kym Kemp) — "'It's a Big Club and You're Not In It': Assemblymember Chris Rogers on Dark Money, Rural Power and the June Primary"](https://kymkemp.com/2026/04/07/its-a-big-club-and-youre-not-in-it-assemblymember-chris-rogers-on-dark-money-rural-power-and-the-june-primary/)
6. [California Legislature — AB 1984 (2025-2026) bill status (used for the bill's committee history and current status)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1984)
7. [California Legislative Information — public bill data (bulk download)](https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/)
8. [Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State](https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/raw-data-campaign-finance-and-lobbying-activity)

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