# Member of the State Assembly, District 46

Compare records and positions simply between Tracey Schroeder or Jesse Gabriel for Member of the State Assembly, District 46 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).

- Jurisdiction: California Legislature
- Election: November 3, 2026 California general election
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## On the ballot

- **Tracey Schroeder** — Teacher · Republican
- **Jesse Gabriel** — Member of the State Assembly, 46th District · Democratic · Incumbent

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

Jesse Gabriel represents the San Fernando Valley in the State Legislature and chairs the Assembly Budget Committee. It “works closely with legislative leadership and the Governor to craft California's state budget” and directs “hundreds of billions of dollars in state spending” (campaign site). Before entering public service he was a constitutional rights attorney. In 2017 he was “part of a team of leading constitutional attorneys who successfully fought to protect” Dreamers under DACA, and he also represented Holocaust survivors and domestic-violence victims (assemblymember's official site). A graduate of UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School, he has authored bills on food safety, gun violence prevention and hate-crime protections.

Gabriel describes himself as “a champion for children, working families, small businesses, reproductive freedom, gun safety, and the environment” (campaign site). In 2023 he authored the California Food Safety Act, a “first-in-the-nation” law banning food additives such as Red No. 3. It was signed by the governor and “inspired similar legislation across more than 30 states” (assemblymember's official site). He also co-chairs the California Legislative Jewish Caucus. There he has “led statewide efforts to combat antisemitism” and strengthen hate-crimes laws (assemblymember's official site).

He promises to keep advancing “reproductive freedom, gun safety, and the environment.” He points to measures like the Second Chance Sports Act, bipartisan legislation he authored to “expand access to organized sports programming” in state correctional facilities as a public-safety and recidivism-reduction strategy (assemblymember's official site).

**Strengths:** Chairs the Assembly Budget Committee, among the most consequential posts in the Legislature, with a wide-ranging record of enacted laws.

**Trade-offs:** The chairmanship gives him outsized influence over how the state spends money, which is also where the closest scrutiny of him belongs.

**Keep in mind:** His committee post means comparing his output to a typical member's is not apples to apples; judge the office and how he has used it.

## Tracey Schroeder

Tracey Schroeder is a teacher and the Republican candidate for California's 46th Assembly District. They have not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress. No campaign website or independent news coverage of their background could be located.

No documented statement of their motivation for 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.

**Strengths:** Schroeder took more than a third of the vote against an incumbent committee chair with no money and no campaign infrastructure that could be found.

**Trade-offs:** No record in office and no documented platform leave very little for a voter to judge beyond their party and occupation.

**Keep in mind:** Coverage of this race turned up almost nothing about Schroeder; that gap is about available information, not a comment on their candidacy.

## 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.

## 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**
  - Primary: $3,428 raised (Individuals: $2,628; Businesses & other orgs: $500)
  - November: $100 raised (Individuals: $100)
- **Jesse Gabriel**
  - Primary: $1,155,042 raised (Small donors: $5,953; Individuals: $269,520; PACs & committees: $467,295; Businesses & other orgs: $403,200)
  - November: $67,300 raised (Individuals: $17,700; PACs & committees: $19,300; Businesses & other orgs: $30,300)

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 2026-09-21.

Total 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.

## Review notes

- 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.

## Sources

1. [CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)](https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/primary-election-june-2-2026/statement-vote)
2. [Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary](https://ballotpedia.org)
3. [CalMatters — 2026 primary voter guide and statewide race coverage](https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2026/)
4. [Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel — official Assembly site (biography, news room)](https://a46.asmdc.org/)
5. [Jesse Gabriel for Assembly 2026 (campaign site, about page)](https://jessegabriel.com/about-jesse/)
6. [California Legislative Information — public bill data (bulk download)](https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/)
7. [Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State](https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/raw-data-campaign-finance-and-lobbying-activity)

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