California Legislature · Statewide General Election
Member of the State Assembly, District 6
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
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On the ballot
- Maggy Krell — Democratic · Incumbent
- Jagtar Singh — Democratic
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
Assemblymember Maggy Krell took 85.9% of the June 2 vote and fellow Democrat Jagtar Singh took 14.1%, so November is a contest between two members of the same party. The district covers part of Sacramento and its northern suburbs.
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. A first-term member is still building the committee position that determines how much of that agenda actually moves.
An 85.9% primary against a same-party challenger with no reported funding means the practical question here is what the incumbent does with a secure seat. Her first-session record and her $1.3 million in mostly institutional funding are the substance; the ballot will not test either.
Maggy Krell
Democrat, the sitting Assemblymember for this district. She is lead author of 31 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 5 of them signed into law. She raised $1,319,679, among the larger Assembly totals on this ballot.
Strengths
Five bills signed into law and a commanding primary result in her first cycle defending the seat.
Trade-offs
Almost none of her support arrived in amounts under $100, so her base is institutional rather than broad.
Keep in mind
More than $1.3 million raised against an opponent with no reported fundraising is worth noticing, whatever conclusion you draw from it.
Jagtar Singh
Democrat, who advanced with 14.1% of the June vote against an incumbent of his own party. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress. Cal-Access shows no contributions reported for his committee.
Strengths
He gave this district a contested November ballot rather than an uncontested one.
Trade-offs
No reported funding and no record in office leaves very little for a voter to evaluate.
Keep in mind
Coverage surfaced almost no detail about why he is challenging an incumbent Democrat. That gap is what was available to us on 2026-08-10, not a comment on his candidacy.
Record in office
Maggy Krell (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 31 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 5 of them signed into law. Jagtar Singh 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
Krell — AB 1549 (2026): Alternative domestic violence program. Krell — AB 316 (2025): Artificial intelligence: defenses. Krell — AB 348 (2025): Full-service partnerships. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.
Financial info
- Small donors
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Businesses & other orgs
Maggy Krell
$1,319,679 raised
- Small donors$330<1%
- Individuals$103,2008%
- PACs & committees$603,85046%
- Businesses & other orgs$594,85246%
1Jagtar Singh has no contributions reported to Cal-Access for this race.
2Figures 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
Source review: Very strong (97/100) · 4 cited sources
Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.
- 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
- 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 August 10, 2026.