California Legislature · Statewide General Election
Member of the State Assembly, District 41
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On the ballot
- John Harabedian — Democratic · Incumbent
- Adam Christopher Vena — Republican
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
Assemblymember John Harabedian took 63.3% of the June 2 vote and Republican Adam Christopher Vena took 36.7%; they were the only two candidates on the primary ballot. The district covers Pasadena and the western San Gabriel 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. A first-term member is still building the committee position that determines how much of that agenda actually moves.
The incumbent raised more than $1 million in his first term while converting 3 of 33 authored bills into law — the lowest conversion rate among Assembly incumbents on this ballot. Those two facts are worth weighing as a pair rather than separately, particularly against an opponent who has reported no fundraising at all.
John Harabedian
Democrat, the sitting Assemblymember for this district, in his first term. He is lead author of 33 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 3 of them signed into law. He raised $1,056,690.
Strengths
A high volume of bills authored in a first session, and the resources to run a substantial campaign.
Trade-offs
Three bills signed from 33 authored is the lowest conversion rate among Assembly incumbents here — a busy first session with little of it reaching law.
Keep in mind
More than $1 million raised against an opponent with no reported fundraising is worth noticing, whatever conclusion you draw from it.
Adam Christopher Vena
Republican, and the only other candidate on this district's ballot, with 36.7% 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 more than a third of the June vote with no reported campaign funding at all.
Trade-offs
No money and no record in office leaves 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
John Harabedian (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 33 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 3 of them signed into law. Adam Christopher Vena 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
Harabedian — AB 91 (2025): State and local agencies: demographic data. Harabedian — AB 238 (2025): Mortgage forbearance: state of emergency: wildfire. Harabedian — AB 493 (2025): Mortgages: hazard insurance proceeds. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.
Financial info
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Businesses & other orgs
- Self-funding
John Harabedian
$1,056,690 raised
- Individuals$120,97612%
- PACs & committees$453,25043%
- Businesses & other orgs$475,85045%
- Self-funding$500<1%
1Adam Christopher Vena 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.