# Member of the State Assembly, District 52 Compare records and positions simply between Jessica Caloza or Andrea Lee Anderson for Member of the State Assembly, District 52 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 - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/assembly-52 - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: September 21, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 97 out of 100 (Very strong), across 5 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Jessica Caloza** — California State Assemblymember · Democratic · Incumbent - **Andrea Lee Anderson** — No Ballot Designation · Republican Incumbent Jessica Caloza (D) took 85.8% of the June vote in this East and Northeast LA district; Republican Andrea Lee Anderson advances to the November 3 rematch. June's margin tells you where this district's politics sit. Assembly terms run two years, one of 80 seats, with a 12-year lifetime cap in Sacramento. In a district this lopsided, the stakes are less about November than about what its representative does inside the majority: committee work, budget asks, and which bills they author. June's margin means the November result is not really in question, so the useful question is what this district gets from a seat held this comfortably. One candidate has a first-term record you can examine; the other has almost no public record at all. Weigh what has been done with the seat so far, and note that accountability here will come from constituents rather than from the ballot. ## Jessica Caloza Democrat, first-term Assemblymember and the first Filipina elected to the California Legislature. She navigated the Eaton Fire response in her first month, then rolled out a 2026 bill package on affordability, renters, and workers. Her record is short but active. **Strengths:** Quick start on constituent-facing work; experience as a deputy chief of staff to the Attorney General and an LA Public Works commissioner. **Trade-offs:** A short record so far — most of her agenda is still in progress. **Keep in mind:** No controversies surfaced in coverage of her first term. ## Andrea Lee Anderson Republican, endorsed by the California Republican Assembly. Anderson listed no ballot designation, and coverage surfaced almost no biographical or platform detail. Anderson's campaign materials are effectively the only source available. **Strengths:** Offers district voters a ballot alternative. **Trade-offs:** An unusually thin public record to evaluate. **Keep in mind:** If you're considering Anderson, read Anderson's campaign materials directly — there is little independent reporting to lean on. ## Record in office Jessica Caloza (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 34 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 3 of them signed into law. Andrea Lee Anderson 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 2026-09-21. ## Record details Caloza — AB 2272 (2026): State contracting: subcontractors: prompt payment. Caloza — AB 920 (2025): Permit Streamlining Act: housing development projects: centralized application portal. Caloza — AB 553 (2025): CalFresh: food access. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record. ## Financial info - **Jessica Caloza** - Primary: $1,170,626 raised (Small donors: $1,361; Individuals: $200,600; PACs & committees: $577,950; Businesses & other orgs: $363,600) - November: $78,650 raised (Individuals: $43,350; PACs & committees: $14,500; Businesses & other orgs: $20,800) Andrea Lee Anderson has no contributions reported to Cal-Access for this race. 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. Andrea Lee Anderson has no itemized contributions dated after the June 2, 2026 primary reported to Cal-Access yet. 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. ## 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. [The Eastsider — 2026 Eastside legislative race coverage](https://www.theeastsiderla.com) 3. [Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary](https://ballotpedia.org) 4. [California Legislative Information — public bill data (bulk download)](https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/) 5. [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) ## The rest of the ballot Member of the State Assembly, District 52 is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. Vote or Else builds the full list for any California address and breaks down each contest the way this page does, with no account and without storing the address: https://voteorelse.com/ ## How to cite this page Vote or Else, "Member of the State Assembly, District 52 — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/assembly-52 (sources last retrieved September 21, 2026). Link the canonical page above rather than this Markdown file. 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