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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 51

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

On the ballot

Rick Chavez Zbur — Democratic · Incumbent
Colin D. Hernandez — Democratic

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

Record in office

Rick Chavez Zbur (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 7 of them signed into law. Colin D. Hernandez 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

Zbur — AB 478 (2025): Accessibility to emergency information and services: evacuations: pets. Zbur — AB 309 (2025): Hypodermic needles and syringes. Zbur — AB 1084 (2025): Change of name and gender and sex identifier. 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
Self-funding

Rick Chavez Zbur

$1,199,192 raised

Small donors$1,144<1%
Individuals$450,68438%
PACs & committees$411,10035%
Businesses & other orgs$327,55028%

Colin D. Hernandez

$11,769 raised

Small donors$1,42715%
Individuals$5,99563%
Self-funding$2,13022%

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

Rick Chavez Zbur (Democratic)54.1% · 71,047 votes

Colin D. Hernandez (Democratic)22.1% · 29,026 votes

Jake Head (Republican)11.7% · 15,372 votes

Michael Geraghty (Republican)9.4% · 12,412 votes

Dick Lucas (No Party Preference)2.7% · 3,552 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.