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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

State Senator, District 22

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

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On the ballot

This person holds your district's seat in the California State Senate (4-year term).

Senator Susan Rubio took 62.3% of the June 2 vote and Republican Mike Netter took 34.6% to claim the second slot. The district covers the San Gabriel 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. A four-year term means the winner will not face voters again until 2030.

The incumbent authored 35 bills and had 4 signed into law, a modest return, on a campaign of more than $1.1 million with no small-donor total reported at all. Her opponent raised under $13,000. The practical question here is what this district is getting from a safe seat over four years.

Susan Rubio

Democrat, the sitting Senator for this district. She is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 4 of them signed into law. She raised $1,156,853.

Strengths

An established seat with committee standing built over multiple terms, and $129,825 from individual donors.

Trade-offs

Four bills signed from 35 authored is a low conversion rate for a majority member.

Keep in mind

Effectively none of her support arrived in amounts under $100.

Mike Netter

Republican, who advanced with 34.6% of the June vote. He raised $12,976, mostly from individuals and small donors. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.

Strengths

A campaign funded almost entirely by individuals, and more than a third of the vote on about one percent of the incumbent's money.

Trade-offs

That resource gap is close to total, and he has no record in office to be judged on.

Keep in mind

Coverage surfaced almost no biographical or platform detail about him. That gap is what was available to us on 2026-08-10, not a comment on his candidacy.

Record in office

Susan Rubio (Democratic) is the sitting State Senator for this district and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 4 of them signed into law. Mike Netter 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

Rubio — SB 680 (2025): Sex offender registration: unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Rubio — SB 443 (2025): Retirement: joint powers authorities. Rubio — SB 387 (2025): Physicians and surgeons: special faculty permits: academic medical centers. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Mike Netter

$12,976raised
  • Small donors$1,0319%
  • Individuals$9,54581%
  • PACs & committees$8007%
  • Businesses & other orgs$4003%

Susan Rubio

$1,156,853raised
  • Individuals$129,82512%
  • PACs & committees$448,39742%
  • Businesses & other orgs$495,75046%

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 2026-08-22.

June 2 primary — how they advanced

Susan Rubio (Democratic)62.3% · 107,472 votes
Mike Netter (Republican)34.6% · 59,749 votes
R. R. Jimenez (No Party Preference)3.1% · 5,282 votes
Source review: Very strong (97/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

Last updated August 10, 2026.