California Legislature · Statewide General Election
State Senator, District 10
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
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On the ballot
- Linda R. Price — Republican
- Scott Sakakihara — Democratic
This person holds your district's seat in the California State Senate (4-year term).
This is an open seat. Democrat Scott Sakakihara led the June 2 primary with 29.1% and Republican Linda R. Price took 23.2%. The district covers part of southern Alameda County and the Tri-Valley.
The winner holds one of 40 State Senate seats for a four-year term, inside a 12-year lifetime cap on service in Sacramento. Senate districts are twice the size of Assembly districts, terms run twice as long, and the Senate confirms the Governor's appointments. Because this seat is open, whoever wins starts without seniority.
Neither candidate has held state office, so there is no legislative record on either side, and the funding gap is close to total — one raised more than $1.2 million, the other has reported nothing. That shapes how much either candidate has been able to say publicly, and therefore how much there is here for a voter to weigh.
Scott Sakakihara
Democrat, who led the June primary with 29.1% of the vote in a crowded field. He raised $1,242,176, including $96,820 from individuals, $85,400 from PACs and committees and $3,064 from small donors. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.
Strengths
He led the field and assembled by far the larger campaign in an open seat, which usually indicates early institutional consolidation.
Trade-offs
He led with only 29.1%, meaning seven in ten June voters chose someone else; and he has no record in office to be judged on.
Keep in mind
In an open seat with a fragmented primary, June's order is a weak guide to November.
Linda R. Price
Republican, who advanced with 23.2% of the June vote. She has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress. Cal-Access shows no contributions reported for her committee.
Strengths
She took more than a fifth of the vote in a crowded field with no reported campaign funding at all.
Trade-offs
No money and no record in office leaves very little for a voter to evaluate beyond party.
Keep in mind
Coverage surfaced almost no biographical or platform detail about her. That gap is what was available to us on 2026-08-10, not a comment on her candidacy.
Record in office
This is an open seat: no candidate on the November ballot currently serves in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress, so there is no legislative record to compare here. These records cover only those offices.
Financial info
- Small donors
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Businesses & other orgs
- Self-funding
Scott Sakakihara
$1,242,176 raised
- Small donors$3,064<1%
- Individuals$96,8208%
- PACs & committees$85,4007%
- Businesses & other orgs$7,9001%
- Self-funding$1,048,99284%
1Linda R. Price 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 (94/100) · 3 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
- sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State
Last updated August 10, 2026.