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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 33

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 Alexandra (Ali) Macedo took 61.2% of the June 2 vote and Democrat Hipolito Angel Cerros took 38.8%; they were the only two candidates on the primary ballot. The district covers Tulare County and part of the southern Central Valley.

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. This district's member sits in the minority caucus, where enacting legislation requires majority-party agreement.

The two campaigns here are as far apart in resources as any on this ballot: one raised more than $1.1 million, the other has reported nothing at all. That imbalance is worth holding in mind as you read, because it shapes how much each candidate has been able to say publicly — and therefore how much there is for us to report about either of them.

Alexandra (Ali) Macedo

Republican, the sitting Assemblymember for this district. She is lead author of 34 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 5 of them signed into law — a notable count from the minority caucus, where bills need majority-party support to move. She raised $1,124,647, among the largest totals on this ballot.

Strengths

Five bills signed into law from the minority side of the aisle, which requires cross-party agreement that majority members do not need.

Trade-offs

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

Keep in mind

More than $1.1 million raised against an opponent with no reported fundraising is worth noticing, whatever conclusion you draw from it.

Hipolito Angel Cerros

Democrat, and the only other candidate on this district's ballot, with 38.8% of the June vote. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress. Cal-Access shows no contributions reported for his committee.

Strengths

He took nearly four in ten votes with no reported campaign funding at all, the largest vote share achieved on the smallest budget on this ballot.

Trade-offs

No money and no record in office means very little for a voter to evaluate beyond party.

Keep in mind

Coverage surfaced almost no biographical or platform detail about him. That gap is what was available to us on 2026-08-10, not a comment on his candidacy.

Record in office

Alexandra (Ali) Macedo (Republican) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 34 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 5 of them signed into law. Hipolito Angel Cerros 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

Macedo — AB 2090 (2026): Guardianships and conservatorships: accounting exemptions. Macedo — AB 2199 (2026): Statutory form power of attorney. Macedo — AB 1485 (2026): Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Alexandra (Ali) Macedo

$1,124,647raised
  • Individuals$132,62512%
  • PACs & committees$464,08942%
  • Businesses & other orgs$512,16346%

Hipolito Angel Cerros 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

Alexandra (Ali) Macedo (Republican)61.2% · 38,938 votes
Hipolito Angel Cerros (Democratic)38.8% · 24,656 votes
Source review: Very strong (97/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

Last updated August 10, 2026.