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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

Member of the State Assembly, District 59

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

On the ballot

Phillip Chen — Republican · Incumbent
Victor Hernandez — Green

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

Record in office

Phillip Chen (Republican) is the sitting Assemblymember for this district and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 4 of them signed into law. Victor 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

Chen — AB 460 (2025): Radiologic technologists: venipuncture: direct supervision. Chen — AB 665 (2025): Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation: report: Office of the Ombuds. Chen — AB 711 (2025): Civil Actions: shorthand reporters. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Individuals
PACs & committees
Businesses & other orgs

Phillip Chen

$1,109,432 raised

Individuals$121,20011%
PACs & committees$555,53650%
Businesses & other orgs$425,18239%

Victor Hernandez 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

Phillip Chen (Republican)66.3% · 83,929 votes

Victor Hernandez (Green)33.7% · 42,685 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.