Member of the State Assembly, District 42

Deborah Klein Lopez is a Democrat. Lopez is an Agoura Hills City Councilmember and mayor pro tem. They grew up in the district and came back to raise their own family there. Before public service they worked in financial analysis for companies including Reuters. They joined the council in 2018, two days before the Woolsey Fire hit their city. They later became mayor.

Lopez says costs are out of control. They are running to bring down what families pay for housing, health care, child care, gas and insurance. As mayor Lopez led the city council to pass the region's first Climate Action and Adaptation Plan.

Lopez promises to make California more affordable. They want to build more infill and workforce housing. They also promise to improve wildfire preparedness and insurance access, and to expand apprenticeship and job training programs.

Ted Nordblum is a Republican. He is president of a medical device company, West Coast Medical. He started out as a union heavy equipment operator. He later built the business himself. He has not held elected office.

He says his brother died of a fentanyl overdose in November 2021. That loss is why he is running, he says. In a published questionnaire, he said he would cut entitlements for undocumented immigrants and homeless residents. He called the Legislature's limits on cooperation with immigration agents seditious.

He promises to cut the gas tax and defend Prop 13. He says he would bring fiscal sanity back to Sacramento. He wants more in-state oil production and privatized health insurance. He also wants to end the Democratic supermajority in the Legislature.