California Donor Table: 2026 Priority Candidate List
Updated 3/27/2026
CDT recommends these priority candidates to invest in for the 2026 mid-term elections in November. California is a huge state, and we most certainly omitted great candidates from across the state. This list, including priority and other candidates, is quite long. If you have the capacity to give beyond this list, want to concentrate on a specific region or constituency, or want other more detailed advice, please reach out to us.
This list focuses on candidates who need support. These races include local candidates, state legislative candidates running against corporate-backed Democrats fighting through the general election, and others facing recalls.
While this list mentions our organizational grantees who made these referrals, it does not include the possible independent expenditures many may make in these races. We will advise on this work in future correspondence.
We encourage you to support these candidates directly through their ActBlue pages or contribute to our PEPAC ActBlue page.
Statewide
- Tom Steyer — Governor of California — Link to Donate
- Michael Tubbs — Lieutenant Governor — Link to Donate
- Rob Bonta — Attorney General — Link to Donate
- Dr. Shirley N. Weber — Secretary of State — Link to Donate
- Malia Cohen — State Controller — Link to Donate
- Jane Kim — Insurance Commissioner — Link to Donate
Bay Area
Regional Lead: Working Families Party
- Damon Connolly — Senate District 2 — Link to Donate
- Connie Chan — Congressional District 11 — Link to Donate
- Lateefah Simon — Congressional District 12 — Link to Donate
- Aisha Wahab — Congressional District 14 — Link to Donate
- Ro Khanna — Congressional District 17 — Link to Donate
- Chris Rogers — Assembly District 2 — Link to Donate
- Jackie Elward — Assembly District 12 — Link to Donate
- Liz Ortega — Assembly District 20 — Link to Donate
- Alex Lee — Assembly District 24 — Link to Donate
- Ash Kalra — Assembly District 25 — Link to Donate
Central Valley
Regional Lead: Working Families Party, Community Water Center, and Courage California
- Sean Frame — Senate District 6 — Link to Donate
- Esmeralda Soria — Senate District 14 — Link to Donate
- Manpreet Kaur — Senate District 16 — Link to Donate
- Randy Villegas — Congressional District 22 — Link to Donate
- Sandra Celedon — Assembly District 31 — Link to Donate
Orange County
Regional Lead: Working Families Party, Courage CA, CHISPA, and OC Action
- Isuri Ramos — Santa Ana City Council District 6 — Link to Donate
- Ada Briceño — Assembly District 67 — Link to Donate
- Jessie Lopez — Assembly District 68 — Link to Donate
- Chris Kluwe — Assembly District 72 — Link to Donate
Los Angeles
Regional Lead: Courage California and LA Table
- Caroline Menjivar — Senate District 20 — Link to Donate
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas — Senate District 28 — Link to Donate
- Angela Gonzales-Torres — Congressional District 34 — Link to Donate
- Karen Bass — Re-election for Los Angeles Mayor — Link to Donate
- Marissa Roy — LA City Attorney — Link to Donate
- Kenneth Mejia — LA City Controller — Link to Donate
- Eunisses Hernandez — LA City Council District 1 — Link to Donate
- Faizah Malik — LA City Council District 11 — Link to Donate
- Hugo Soto-Martinez — LA City Council District 13 — Link to Donate
- Isaac Bryan — Assembly District 55 — Link to Donate
- Tina McKinnor — Assembly District 61 — Link to Donate
- Fatima Iqbal-Zubair — Assembly District 65 — Link to Donate
- Sara Deen — Assembly District 66 — Link to Donate
Inland Empire
Regional Lead: Working Families Party, Inland Empire United, and Courage CA
- Clarissa Cervantes — Assembly District 58 — Link to Donate
- Corey Jackson — Assembly District 60 — Link to Donate
- Oscar Ortiz — Assembly District 36 — Link to Donate
Sacramento
Regional Lead: Sacramento Table and Working Families Party
- Lauren Babb Tomlinson — Congressional District 6 — Link to Donate
- Mai Vang — Congressional District 7 — Link to Donate
San Diego
- Ammar Campa Najjar — Congressional District 48 — Link to Donate
To engage further in coordinated candidate work, please reach out to our coordinated CDT staff, Zully Rodriguez (zully@californiadonortable.org).
