State Senator, District 8
State Senate District 8; 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 945,676 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 ÷ 945,676) ÷ ln(50,000) = 67.22, 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 · Incumbent · declared
Angelique Ashby has served in the California Senate since 2022, after time as a Sacramento city councilmember and vice mayor. She authored a 2024 law creating a hospital self-identification procedure for trafficking and domestic-violence victims.
Records: Corporate Accountability 35 for, Civil Rights 30 for, Environment and Public Health 26 for,
Republican · declared
Susan Mason is the Republican nominee for California's 8th State Senate District (Sacramento area) in the 2026 general election, challenging Democratic incumbent Angelique Ashby. A retired nurse, she previously ran for the same district in 2022. She has not previously held elected office.
Source: ballotpedia.org