Review note: Jesse Gabriel for Assembly 2026 (campaign site, about page) may have more bias because it is an advocacy voter guide compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.
- 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
- calmatters.org (opens in a new tab)CalMatters — 2026 primary voter guide and statewide race coverage
- a46.asmdc.org (opens in a new tab)Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel — official Assembly site (biography, news room)
- jessegabriel.com (opens in a new tab)Jesse Gabriel for Assembly 2026 (campaign site, about page)
- 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 September 24, 2026.
State of California
Member of the State Assembly, District 46
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel took 66.2% of the June 2 vote. Republican Tracey Schroeder took 33.8%, the only other candidate on the primary ballot. The district covers much of the western San Fernando Valley.
The winner holds one of 80 Assembly seats for a two-year term, inside a 12-year lifetime cap on service in Sacramento. This district's member currently chairs the Assembly Budget Committee, which negotiates the annual state budget with legislative leadership and the Governor and directs hundreds of billions of dollars in spending — a good deal more reach than a single seat ordinarily carries.
One number below needs context before you read it. The incumbent is recorded as lead author of 156 bills, roughly five times any other member on this ballot — because the Budget Committee chair is the nominal author of the budget trailer bills that implement the state budget each year. It is a function of the chairmanship, not a measure of individual initiative. Weigh the office he holds and how he uses it rather than the raw count.
Jesse Gabriel
Jesse Gabriel is the Assemblymember for this district and chairs the powerful Assembly Budget Committee, which helps write the state's yearly budget. Before Sacramento he worked as a constitutional rights attorney, including work defending young immigrants known as Dreamers. He has authored bills on food safety, gun violence prevention and hate-crime protections.
He says his work is about being a voice for children, families and small businesses. In 2023 he wrote the California Food Safety Act, banning several food additives linked to health risks. The law was signed and has since inspired similar bans in more than two dozen other states. He also leads the Legislature's Jewish Caucus and has pushed to strengthen hate-crime laws.
He promises to keep protecting reproductive freedom, gun safety and the environment. He says he will keep working across party lines on the state budget and on policies for working families and small businesses.
Tracey Schroeder
Tracey Schroeder is a teacher and the Republican candidate for this seat. They have not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress. No campaign website or news coverage of their background could be located.
No documented statement of why they are running, and no documented record of their conduct in any office, could be located.
No campaign website or news coverage of their platform could be located. What is known comes from their ballot designation as a teacher.
Record in office
Tracey Schroeder has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Jesse Gabriel (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 156 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 42 of them signed into law. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-09-21.
Financial info
- Small donors
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Businesses & other orgs
Tracey Schroeder
Primary — $3,428
- Individuals$2,62884%
- Businesses & other orgs$50016%
November — $100
- Individuals$100100%
Jesse Gabriel
Primary — $1,155,042
- Small donors$5,9531%
- Individuals$269,52024%
- PACs & committees$467,29541%
- Businesses & other orgs$403,20035%
November — $67,300
- Individuals$17,70026%
- PACs & committees$19,30029%
- Businesses & other orgs$30,30045%
1Figures 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 2026-09-21.
2Total is itemized (Schedule A) contributions and self-funding loans dated after the June 2, 2026 primary, through June 30, 2026 — small-dollar unitemized (under $100) contributions aren't independently dated in Cal-Access's raw export, so they aren't reflected here and this may undercount true small-donor activity since the primary. This also doesn't include money reported only on 24-hour late-contribution reports (Form 497) that haven't yet appeared in a periodic Form 460 filing. Per the California Secretary of State's Cal-Access raw data export, retrieved 2026-08-30.