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State Senator, District 8

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State of California

State Senator, District 8

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

Senator Angelique Ashby took 68.1% of the June 2 vote. Republican Susan A Mason took 27.2% and claimed the second slot. The district covers Sacramento and its northern suburbs.

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 has a strong enacted record and a heavily institutional funding profile; her opponent has reported no campaign funding at all. The practical question here is what this district is getting from a safe seat over the next four years.

Angelique Ashby

Angelique Ashby is a Democrat and the sitting state senator for this district. She spent twelve years on the Sacramento City Council, eight of them as vice mayor, the longest run in the city's history. Before that she worked as an attorney, including in the county public defender's office. On the council, she says she helped bring a Fortune 100 company to the region and secured funding for schools, parks, and flood control. She now serves as the Senate's Majority Leader.

She is running for a second Senate term. Last year she introduced a bill to create one regional agency to run homelessness and housing services across Sacramento County. She says a response to homelessness should not stop at city or county lines. The bill has not yet passed.

She promises to keep working on housing and food access. This year she introduced a bill to make it easier for college students to get food assistance as federal support shrinks. She says California must step up so students can stay in school and finish their degrees.

Susan A Mason

Susan A Mason is a Republican running to represent this district. Their ballot designation lists them as a retired nurse. Coverage of this race did not turn up further detail about their career or background.

Mason has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress, so they have no legislative record for voters to weigh. No campaign website or public statement from them about this race was found.

No platform or list of promises from Mason could be found. What is documented is their name on the ballot and their designation as a retired nurse.

Record in office

Angelique Ashby (Democratic) is the sitting State Senator for this district and is lead author of 32 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 10 of them signed into law. Susan A Mason 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 2026-09-21.

Financial info

Angelique Ashby

Primary — $1,056,744

$1,056,744raised
  • Small donors$535<1%
  • Individuals$80,8008%
  • PACs & committees$539,00052%
  • Businesses & other orgs$421,70040%

November — $49,800

$49,800raised
  • Individuals$9,70019%
  • PACs & committees$12,50025%
  • Businesses & other orgs$27,60055%

Susan A Mason 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.

Susan A Mason 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 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.

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