# Member of the State Assembly, District 55 Compare records and positions simply between Ashley M. Brown or Isaac G. Bryan for Member of the State Assembly, District 55 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-55 - 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 24, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 93 out of 100 (Very strong), across 7 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Ashley M. Brown** — School Social Worker · Democratic - **Isaac G. Bryan** — State Assemblymember · Democratic · Incumbent Assemblymember Isaac G. Bryan took 64.6% of the June 2 vote and fellow Democrat Ashley M. Brown took 18.9%, so November is a contest between two members of the same party. The district covers Culver City and the Baldwin Hills area of Los Angeles. 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. With two Democrats on the ballot, party is not the axis. The incumbent has the highest enacted-bill count of any candidate on this entire ballot — 14 signed into law from 35 authored — which is the clearest measure of legislative effectiveness the public record offers. Weigh that against whatever case a same-party challenge is making, noting that the challenger has reported no funding. ## Isaac G. Bryan Isaac Bryan is one of nine adopted children in a family of fifteen and, by their account, failed out of middle school and attended three high schools before earning a Master's in Public Policy from UCLA, graduating "top of my class" (campaign site). Before their 2021 election they co-chaired the 2020 Measure J campaign, which redirected nearly a billion dollars of the Los Angeles County budget toward youth development, job training and alternatives to incarceration (campaign site). In the Assembly they chair the Natural Resources Committee and the Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color, and have authored bills on foster care reunification, prison book bans and refinery worker safety (asmdc.org). "This district has given everything to me, and I fight everyday to make sure we have all of the things we need to thrive and grow," Bryan says of their reason for running (campaign site). Among their enacted bills is AB 2716, signed in 2024, which stops the operation of low-producing oil wells near communities and directs the resulting fees back to the neighborhoods affected by the drilling (asmdc.org). Bryan promises to end the gender wage gap and build "a livable wage for all," and says housing "should be a right" (campaign site). They frame the election as a choice between a state that "bends under the cruelty and violence and terror imposed from Washington" and one that "stands strong," and promise to keep fighting oil drilling near homes and schools (campaign site). **Strengths:** Co-chaired a nearly billion-dollar county ballot measure before taking office, chairs a policy committee, and has bills on housing, environment and justice signed into law. **Trade-offs:** No adverse record surfaced. The real trade-off is between Bryan's coalition politics and a more moderate approach some voters may prefer. **Keep in mind:** Bryan drew a fellow Democrat as a challenger despite a strong record, which usually reflects a disagreement inside the district's coalition rather than dissatisfaction with results. ## Ashley M. Brown Ashley M. Brown works as a school social worker and is challenging an incumbent of their own party. No campaign website, social media or local news coverage describing their career or background in more detail could be located. No statement from Brown about why they are challenging a sitting Democrat could be located. They have not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress, so there is no record in office to judge them by. No campaign website or published platform could be located. What is known about Brown's candidacy is limited to their name, occupation and place on the ballot. **Strengths:** Brown is a school social worker challenging their own party's incumbent, giving primary voters in this district an alternative. **Trade-offs:** No campaign website, no news coverage, and no record in office leaves little for voters to weigh beyond Brown's ballot designation. **Keep in mind:** No coverage of why Brown is challenging an incumbent from their own party could be located. What is known is their occupation and the ballot line. ## Record in office Ashley M. Brown has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Isaac G. Bryan (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 14 of them signed into law. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-09-21. ## Record details Bryan — AB 2286 (2026): Criminal procedure: attorney visits: medical settings. Bryan — AB 1768 (2026): Transactions and use taxes: Counties of Contra Costa and Los Angeles. Bryan — AB 247 (2025): Incarcerated individual hand crew members: wages. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record. ## Financial info - **Isaac G. Bryan** - Primary: $812,238 raised (Small donors: $467; Individuals: $198,285; PACs & committees: $344,500; Businesses & other orgs: $261,680) - November: $36,300 raised (Individuals: $11,400; PACs & committees: $10,500; Businesses & other orgs: $14,400) Ashley M. Brown 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. Ashley M. Brown 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 29, 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 - Isaac Bryan for Assembly 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. [Official Assembly site — Isaac G. Bryan biography (committee assignments, career background)](https://a55.asmdc.org/biography) 4. [Isaac Bryan for Assembly — About and Plan pages (his own account of background, motivation and promises)](https://isaacbryanforca.com/about/) 5. [Official Assembly site — Isaac G. Bryan legislative accomplishments (AB 2716 and other authored bills)](https://a55.asmdc.org/legislative-accomplishments-keeping-families-whole-ending-poverty-and-supporting-communities) 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) ## The rest of the ballot Member of the State Assembly, District 55 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 55 — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/assembly-55 (sources last retrieved September 24, 2026). Link the canonical page above rather than this Markdown file. Coverage is updated as the race develops, so quote it with its retrieval date.