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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

State Senator, District 28

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

On the ballot

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas — Democratic · Incumbent
Joe Lisuzzo — Republican

This person holds your district's seat in the California State Senate (4-year term).

Record in office

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (Democratic) is the sitting State Senator for this district and is lead author of 33 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 4 of them signed into law. Joe Lisuzzo 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

Smallwood-Cuevas — SB 464 (2025): Employer pay data. Smallwood-Cuevas — SB 578 (2025): California Workplace Outreach Program. Smallwood-Cuevas — SB 303 (2025): Employment: bias mitigation training: unlawful discrimination. 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

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas

$705,039 raised

Small donors$2,608<1%
Individuals$81,39912%
PACs & committees$455,18165%
Businesses & other orgs$161,23323%

Joe Lisuzzo 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

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (Democratic)77.5% · 151,178 votes

Joe Lisuzzo (Republican)16.2% · 31,606 votes

Daphne D. Bradford (No Party Preference)6.3% · 12,265 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.