California Legislature · Statewide General Election
Member of the State Assembly, District 24
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On the ballot
- Max Hsia — Republican
- Alex Lee — Democratic · Incumbent
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
Assemblymember Alex Lee took 65.4% of the June 2 vote and Republican Max Hsia took 25.0%. The district covers Milpitas, Fremont and part of San Jose.
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. Committee assignment is where most of the leverage sits, and it is handed out by the majority's leadership.
The incumbent has one of the smaller business-funded shares on this ballot and one of the larger committee-funded ones, which is a different funding pattern from most of his neighbours rather than a smaller one. The challenger, per the Milpitas Beat, is running explicitly to break the district's Democratic hold. Weigh a legislative record against an argument about one-party representation.
Alex Lee
Democrat, the sitting Assemblymember for this district. He is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 8 of them signed into law. He took just under two-thirds of the June vote.
Strengths
Eight bills signed into law this session, and at $6,651 one of the larger small-donor bases among Assembly incumbents on this ballot.
Trade-offs
About 77 cents of every dollar came from PACs and committees, well above the ballot median — the small-donor base sits alongside that, not instead.
Keep in mind
His funding leans on organized committees rather than corporate giving; that is a different dependency, not an absence of one.
Max Hsia
Republican, running in a district that has not elected one in years. Per the Milpitas Beat he is campaigning explicitly on breaking the Democratic hold on the seat. He took a quarter of the June vote and has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.
Strengths
He raised $28,144 and took 25% of the June vote, a real campaign rather than a placeholder candidacy.
Trade-offs
That is about five cents for every dollar the incumbent raised, and he has no record in office to be judged on.
Keep in mind
The coverage we found describes his strategy more than his policy positions; what he would do with the seat is less documented than why he wants it.
Record in office
Alex Lee (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. Max Hsia 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
Lee — AB 1733 (2026): License and registration renewal: continuing education. Lee — AB 678 (2025): Interagency Council on Homelessness. Lee — AB 867 (2025): Veterinary medicine: cat declawing. 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
Max Hsia
$28,144 raised
- Small donors$7243%
- Individuals$23,29595%
- Self-funding$6223%
Alex Lee
$520,464 raised
- Small donors$6,6511%
- Individuals$80,04715%
- PACs & committees$400,57677%
- Businesses & other orgs$33,0506%
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) · 5 cited sources
Official records anchor this contest, with several source types checked for context.
- 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
- milpitasbeat.com (opens in a new tab)The Milpitas Beat — Assembly District 24 candidate coverage
- 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.