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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 52

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

On the ballot

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

Incumbent Jessica Caloza (D) took 85.8% of the June vote in this East and Northeast LA district; Republican Andrea Lee Anderson advances to the November 3 rematch. June's margin tells you where this district's politics sit.

Assembly terms run two years, one of 80 seats, with a 12-year lifetime cap in Sacramento. In a district this lopsided, the stakes are less about November than about what its representative does inside the majority: committee work, budget asks, and which bills they author.

Jessica Caloza

Democrat, first-term Assemblymember and the first Filipina elected to the California Legislature. She navigated the Eaton Fire response in her first month, then rolled out a 2026 bill package on affordability, renters, and workers. Her record is short but active.

Strengths

Quick start on constituent-facing work; experience as a deputy chief of staff to the Attorney General and an LA Public Works commissioner.

Trade-offs

A short record so far — most of her agenda is still in progress.

Keep in mind

No controversies surfaced in coverage of her first term.

Andrea Lee Anderson

Republican, endorsed by the California Republican Assembly. She listed no ballot designation, and coverage surfaced almost no biographical or platform detail. Her campaign materials are effectively the only source available.

Strengths

Offers district voters a ballot alternative.

Trade-offs

An unusually thin public record to evaluate.

Keep in mind

If you're considering her, read her campaign materials directly — there is little independent reporting to lean on.

Record in office

Jessica Caloza (Democratic) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 34 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 2 of them signed into law. Andrea Lee Anderson 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

Caloza — AB 920 (2025): Permit Streamlining Act: housing development projects: centralized application portal. Caloza — AB 553 (2025): CalFresh: food access. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Jessica Caloza

$1,170,626raised
  • Small donors$1,361<1%
  • Individuals$200,60018%
  • PACs & committees$577,95051%
  • Businesses & other orgs$363,60032%

Andrea Lee Anderson 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

Jessica Caloza (Democratic)85.8% · 95,743 votes
Andrea Lee Anderson (Republican)14.2% · 15,895 votes
Source review: Very strong (97/100) · 5 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with several source types checked for context.

Last updated August 3, 2026.