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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 40

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

On the ballot

Pilar Schiavo — Democratic · Incumbent
Rickey Tracy Hayes II — Republican

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

Record in office

Pilar Schiavo (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. Rickey Tracy Hayes II 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

Schiavo — AB 2147 (2026): Criminal procedure: jurisdiction of public offenses. Schiavo — AB 301 (2025): Planning and zoning: housing development projects: postentitlement phase permits: state agencies. Schiavo — AB 656 (2025): Account cancellation. 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

Pilar Schiavo

$1,335,478 raised

Small donors$1,018<1%
Individuals$42,7954%
PACs & committees$967,35080%
Businesses & other orgs$195,13316%

Rickey Tracy Hayes II

$47,442 raised

Small donors$8652%
Individuals$20,89546%
PACs & committees$23,20052%

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

Pilar Schiavo (Democratic)55.6% · 74,496 votes

Rickey Tracy Hayes II (Republican)22.3% · 29,879 votes

Elizabeth Wong Ahlers (Republican)14.0% · 18,694 votes

Andreas Farmakalidis (Republican)8.1% · 10,855 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.