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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 37

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 Gregg Hart took 62.5% of the June 2 vote and Republican Sari Domingues took 37.5%; they were the only two candidates on the primary ballot. The district covers Santa Barbara and the surrounding coast.

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 authored 32 bills and had 4 signed into law, a lower conversion rate than most of his colleagues on this ballot — worth weighing alongside the fact that he faces a challenger with almost no campaign at all. This district's real question is what it is getting from a safe seat, not who will hold it.

Gregg Hart

Democrat, the sitting Assemblymember for this district. He is lead author of 32 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 4 of them signed into law. He took just under two-thirds of the June vote.

Strengths

An established seat with committee standing built over multiple terms.

Trade-offs

Four bills signed from 32 authored is among the weaker conversion rates on this ballot — the seat is active, the return on that activity is thin.

Keep in mind

A 62.5% primary is a fact about this district's registration as much as about his record.

Sari Domingues

Republican, and the only other candidate on this district's ballot, with 37.5% of the June vote. She raised $4,854, all of it from individuals and small donors. She has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.

Strengths

She took more than a third of the June vote on under $5,000 — one of the widest gaps between votes earned and money raised on this ballot.

Trade-offs

That total is under one percent of the incumbent's, and she has no record in office to be judged on.

Keep in mind

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

Record in office

Gregg Hart (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 32 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 4 of them signed into law. Sari Domingues 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

Hart — AB 14 (2025): Coastal resources: Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program. Hart — AB 1466 (2025): Groundwater adjudication. Hart — AB 471 (2025): County air pollution control districts: Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District: board members: compensation. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Gregg Hart

$676,628raised
  • Individuals$166,70025%
  • PACs & committees$326,95049%
  • Businesses & other orgs$174,85026%

Sari Domingues

$4,854raised
  • Small donors$84917%
  • Individuals$4,00583%

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

Gregg Hart (Democratic)62.5% · 71,528 votes
Sari Domingues (Republican)37.5% · 42,848 votes
Source review: Very strong (97/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

Last updated August 10, 2026.