- 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
- mckinnor.asmdc.org (opens in a new tab)Assemblymember Tina McKinnor — official site, Biography and home pages (bio, committee roles, bill announcements)
- ourweekly.com (opens in a new tab)Our Weekly — Gov. Newsom vetoes Tina McKinnor's bill (AB 1383 veto, quotes from Newsom and McKinnor)
- leginfo.legislature.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Legislature — AB-1383, Public employees' retirement benefits (bill text, authorship, coauthors)
- 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 September 24, 2026.
State of California
Member of the State Assembly, District 61
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).
Assemblymember Tina Simone McKinnor took 98.6% of the June 2 vote. Republican Brian Lockwood took 1.4%. The district covers Inglewood, Hawthorne and part of the South Bay.
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. Committee assignment is where most of the leverage sits, and it is handed out by the majority's leadership.
A 97-point primary margin means the practical question is what the incumbent does with a seat she holds without contest, not who holds it. Her record and her funding sources are the substance; the ballot itself will not test either.
Tina Simone McKinnor
Tina Simone McKinnor chairs the Assembly's Public Employment and Retirement Committee. She also chairs its select committee on the 2028 Olympics. Before her 2022 election she worked in Democratic Party operations. She was also chief of staff to several Assemblymembers.
This month Governor Newsom vetoed her bill to let police and firefighter unions negotiate richer pension formulas. He warned it would raise state and local costs. About 500 public safety workers had rallied at the Capitol urging him to sign it. She said the bill "only applies prospectively" and does not touch existing pension guardrails.
She promises to keep pushing on rental housing affordability and reducing microplastics. She wants to eliminate discriminatory housing policies. She says reparations payments should not be taxed by the state.
Brian Lockwood
No campaign website or news coverage of Lockwood's platform could be located, and they filed no ballot designation. They have not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.
No contributions were reported for their campaign.
Record in office
Brian Lockwood has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Tina Simone McKinnor (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 34 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 8 of them signed into law. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-09-21.
Financial info
- Small donors
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Businesses & other orgs
Tina Simone McKinnor
Primary — $823,774
- Small donors$975<1%
- Individuals$33,9054%
- PACs & committees$425,82053%
- Businesses & other orgs$347,50043%
November — $42,900
- Individuals$5,90014%
- PACs & committees$4,0009%
- Businesses & other orgs$33,00077%
1Brian Lockwood 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 2026-09-21.
3Brian Lockwood has no itemized contributions dated after the June 2, 2026 primary reported to Cal-Access yet.
4Total 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.