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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 46

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 Jesse Gabriel took 66.2% of the June 2 vote and Republican Tracey Schroeder took 33.8%; they were the only two candidates 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

Democrat, the sitting Assemblymember for this district and chair of the Assembly Budget Committee. He is lead author of 156 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 33 of them signed into law — counts that reflect the budget trailer bills that come with the chairmanship. He raised $1,155,042.

Strengths

The Budget chairmanship makes this district's representative one of the most consequential members of the Legislature, with influence over state spending.

Trade-offs

A large institutional base for a member who helps decide how public money is allocated — the chairmanship is both the strength and the exposure.

Keep in mind

His 156-bill count should not be compared like-for-like against other members; strip the budget trailer bills and the comparison changes.

Tracey Schroeder

Republican, and the only other candidate on this district's ballot, with 33.8% of the June vote. She raised $3,428. She has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.

Strengths

She took more than a third of the vote against a committee chair on a budget of under $3,500.

Trade-offs

That is roughly three-tenths of one percent of the incumbent's total, 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

Jesse Gabriel (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 156 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 33 of them signed into law. Tracey Schroeder 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

Gabriel — AB 179 (2026): Housing. Gabriel — AB 181 (2026): Education governance: State Board of Education: Superintendent of Public Instruction: Education Commissioner: State Department of Education: transfer of duties. Gabriel — AB 126 (2026): Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Tracey Schroeder

$3,428raised
  • Individuals$2,62884%
  • Businesses & other orgs$50016%

Jesse Gabriel

$1,155,042raised
  • Small donors$5,9531%
  • Individuals$269,52024%
  • PACs & committees$467,29541%
  • Businesses & other orgs$403,20035%

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

Jesse Gabriel (Democratic)66.2% · 68,506 votes
Tracey Schroeder (Republican)33.8% · 34,973 votes
Source review: Very strong (99/100) · 5 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with several source types checked for context.

Last updated August 10, 2026.