State Senator, 26th District
State Senate District 26; California
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 67 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 938,391 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(39,287,377 ÷ 938,391) ÷ ln(50,000) = 67.26, measured against a statewide vote in CA (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · declared
Sara Hernandez is a housing and environmental attorney elected in 2022 to the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees. A former middle school teacher, she founded the nonprofit HYPE to help low-income students reach college and has represented asylum seekers pro bono.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 2 for, 2 against, Public Education Quality 2 for, Civil Rights 1 for,
Democratic · declared
Sarah Rascón recently served as director of county and regional affairs for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, working with the county Board of Supervisors and 87 neighboring cities. She has about 15 years in Northeast LA community work, from voter registration drives to youth STEM programs.
Records: Environment and Public Health 1 for
Sources: dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov · results.lavote.gov