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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 45

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 James C. Ramos took 65.6% of the June 2 vote and Republican Greg Abdouch took 34.4%; they were the only two candidates on the primary ballot. The district covers San Bernardino and the surrounding Inland Empire.

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. Seniority compounds: a member several terms in chairs committees and shapes which bills reach a floor vote at all.

June's margin tells you where this district's registration sits. The incumbent has one of the stronger enacted records on this ballot; his funding is heavily institutional, with $45 total from small donors. Weigh that record against how little of his support comes from individual constituents in small amounts.

James C. Ramos

Democrat, the sitting Assemblymember for this district. He is lead author of 32 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 9 of them signed into law — among the stronger conversion rates on this ballot. He took nearly two-thirds of the June vote.

Strengths

Nine bills signed into law this session, and the committee standing that comes with multiple terms.

Trade-offs

Effectively none of his support arrived in small amounts, and about half came from businesses and other organizations.

Keep in mind

A 66% primary is a fact about this district's registration as much as about his record.

Greg Abdouch

Republican, and the only other candidate on this district's ballot, with 34.4% of the June vote. He raised $35,341, mostly from individuals at $26,181. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.

Strengths

A campaign funded almost entirely by individuals, and more than a third of the June vote on about five cents for every dollar the incumbent raised.

Trade-offs

That funding gap is close to total, and he has no record in office to be judged on.

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

James C. Ramos (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 32 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 9 of them signed into law. Greg Abdouch 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

Ramos — AB 2018 (2026): Missing persons: DNA testing. Ramos — AB 1948 (2026): Firearms: concealed carry licenses. Ramos — AB 831 (2025): Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Greg Abdouch

$35,341raised
  • Small donors$1,4604%
  • Individuals$26,18174%
  • Businesses & other orgs$6,70019%
  • Self-funding$1,0003%

James C. Ramos

$726,820raised
  • Small donors$45<1%
  • Individuals$112,77516%
  • PACs & committees$236,85033%
  • Businesses & other orgs$376,78352%

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

James C. Ramos (Democratic)65.6% · 44,283 votes
Greg Abdouch (Republican)34.4% · 23,188 votes
Source review: Very strong (97/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

Last updated August 10, 2026.