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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 17

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

On the ballot

Matt Haney — Democratic · Incumbent
Manuel Noris-Barrera — Republican

This person holds your district's seat in the California State Assembly (2-year term).

Record in office

Matt Haney (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 34 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 7 of them signed into law. Manuel Noris-Barrera 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 2026-08-03.

Record details

Haney — AB 2455 (2026): Bruce Lee Day. Haney — AB 289 (2025): State highway work zone speed safety program. Haney — AB 1445 (2025): Downtown revitalization and economic recovery financing districts. 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

Matt Haney

$638,137 raised

Small donors$330<1%
Individuals$51,6008%
PACs & committees$362,24858%
Businesses & other orgs$215,03034%

Manuel Noris-Barrera 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 2026-08-03.

June 2 primary — how they advanced

Matt Haney (Democratic)99.4% · 106,260 votes

Manuel Noris-Barrera (Republican) · write-in0.4% · 468 votes

Bradley Wiedmaier (Peace and Freedom) · write-in0.1% · 127 votes

Starchild (Libertarian) · write-in0.0% · 17 votes

Source review: Very strong (98/100) · 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)
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 3, 2026.