California State Senate District 28

2 candidates · General election, November 3, 2026 · Only voters in this district

What this office does

Your member of the state Senate, the smaller chamber of the state legislature. Writes and votes on state laws and the state budget, and confirms many of the governor's appointees.

Candidates

Lola Smallwood-CuevasIncumbent

Democrat
Moderately left · from who donates to them (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford)

Joe Lisuzzo

Republican
Moderately right · from who donates to them (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford)

Filled dots are published academic scores; hollow dots are AI estimates from the candidate's own public record. How placements work.

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