2026

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Endorsed Candidates

State Assembly

State Assembly District 12

Jackie became the first Black woman elected to the Rohnert Park Council in 2020 by defeating a six-term incumbent. During her tenure on the Council and as Mayor, Jackie has focused on building more homes that Rohnert Park residents can afford, helping the unhoused get off the streets, expanding access to open space and parks, improving water quality and efficiency, and making public investments in transportation, sustainable agriculture, and clean energy, all while maintaining a balanced budget.

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State Assembly District 31

Sandra is running for Assembly because she knows government must do better for families who are struggling and deliver for our communities. She’s stepping up to stand with the hardworking families of District 31—because the Central Valley deserves a real champion who understands our challenges and will always have our backs.

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State Assembly District 65

Fatima Iqbal-Zubiar is running to uplift working families and protect our communities. A South La leader and coalition builder, she’s fighting to lower the cost of living, expand affordable housing, create good union jobs, advance climate justice, strengthen public education, protect basic rights, and build a care-first justice system that keeps communities safe.

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State Assembly District 68

Jessie Lopez is a Santa Ana City Councilmember and daughter of immigrants who knows firsthand the challenges working families face. As the first in her family to graduate college, she turned lived experience into action-expanding affordable housing, addressing homelessness, protecting public land, and improving water quality. Now, she’s running for State Assembly to fight for working families across California.

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LA City

LA City Attorney

Marissa Roy is a lifelong Angeleno who has fought for workers, renters, immigrants, and consumers as a Deputy City Attorney and Deputy Attorney General. She has returned stolen wages, defended immigrant communities, and held corporations accountable. She is running to make the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office a powerful force for civil rights and public accountability.

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LA City Council District 1

Eunisses Hernandez is a community organizer, lifelong Highland Park resident, daughter of Mexican immigrants, and Councilmember for Los Angeles City Council District 1. Prior to elected office, she co-founded La Defensx, an organization dedicated to shifting Los Angeles County’s reliance on criminalization and incarceration towards systems of care, and her leadership was instrumental in policy victories like Measure J, which reallocate resources into community-based services and alternatives to incarceration.

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LA City Council District 9

Estuardo is a lifelong organizer from South Central committed to ensuring Los Angeles works for the people who make it run-workers, parents, immigrants, neighbors. Rooted in community and raising his daughter here, he’s fighting for a city built on dignity, safety, justice, and joy.

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LA City Council District 11

Faizah Malik is one of LA’s leading public interest lawyers and housing advocates. For over 15 years, she’s fought to keep thousands of Angelenos in their homes, created new affordable housing, and championed policies that bring stability and opportunity to working families.

Faizah is running for City Council to deliver real affordability, fight displacement, and make City Hall work for all of us—not just the wealthy.

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LA City Council District 13

Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez was born and raised in Los Angeles, the proud son of Mexican immigrants and street vendors who worked tirelessly to provide more opportunities for their six children than they had in Mexico.

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