Sunrise Orange County 2026 Primary Election
Progressive Voter Guide

The Sunrise OC Voter Guide includes three choices for each statewide and county race in the 2026 Primaries:

• Recommendation: The candidate selected is running the most progressive campaign in the race but is not necessarily progressive and therefore not endorsed by Sunrise OC. All candidates whose names are present on this voter guide are recommended.
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• No recommendation: No candidate in the race stands out to Sunrise OC as running a particularly more progressive campaign than their opponents.
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• Endorsement: Sunrise OC members met with the candidate to discuss their position on climate justice key issues, including their stances on explicitly acknowledging the Gaza genocide, abolishing ICE, passing a Make Polluters Pay policy, implementing rent control, expanding public transportation, and accepting donations from oil companies. The hub then discussed the candidate, their campaign, and their answers to our questions and voted to endorse the candidate as a champion of climate justice values for this election.

Please use this voter guide as a reference for your choices. We recommend researching the candidates running for each race before voting, but we understand that can take a substantial amount of time. We are pleased to help you fill out your ballot and get out your vote!‍
Important Dates:
- Last Day to register to vote: June 2, 2026
- Election day polls open between 7:00am to 8:00pm
- Final day to in-person vote or return mail ballot - June 2, 2026, 8:00pm pst

Important URL Links:
- Orange County Voter information and voter information change: link

California State Races

California State Governor
Tom Steyer

Of the top polling CA gubernatorial candidates, Steyer’s campaign appears to be the most progressive. At the time of publishing, he is the only candidate to openly support a Billionaire Tax, Medicare for All on a statewide level, and a Make Polluters Pay policy. He also committed to protecting trans girls’ right to play girls’ sports and prosecuting ICE agents.

As Steyer is a billionaire who has profited from private prisons and coal mining and has not explicitly acknowledged the genocide in Palestine —all of which are antithetical to Sunrise’s core mission— Sunrise OC cannot endorse Steyer as a champion of climate justice values. However, his main Democratic opponent, Becerra, accepted massive campaign donations from Chevron and Meta and would likely maintain the status quo if elected to office. With this and his stated campaign goals in mind, we believe Steyer’s campaign aligns most closely with our legislative aims out of those of the front running candidates, and Sunrise OC feels it is appropriate to recommend Steyer as a strategic vote.

California Lieutenant Governor
Oliver Ma
proudly Endorsed by Sunrise OC

Secretary of State
Gary N. Blenner

Controller
Meghann Adams

Treasurer
Eleni Kounalakis

Attorney General
Marjorie Mikels - or - Rob Bonta

Insurance Commissioner
Jane Kim

Board of Equalization Member District 4
Cody Petterson

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Nichelle Henderson

California State Senate Races

California State Senate District 30
No Recommendation

California State Senate District 32
Tiffanie Tate

California State Senate District 33
Lena Gonzalez

California State Senate District 34
No Recommendation

California State Senate District 36
Chris Duncan

California State Senate District 38
Catherine Blakespear

California State Assembly Races

California State Assembly District 59
Victor Hernandez

California State Assembly District 64
No Recommendation

California State Assembly District 67
Ada Briceno

California State Assembly District 68
Jessie Lopez

California State Assembly District 70
Paula Swift

California State Assembly District 71
No Recommendation

California State Assembly District 72
Chris Kluwe
Proudly endorsed by sunrise oc

California State Assembly District 73
No Recommendation

California State Assembly District 74
Sergio Farias

U.S. Congressional Representatives (CA)

Representative District 38
Hilda Solis

Representative District 40
No recommendation

Representative District 41
Hector De La Torre

Representative District 42
Robert Garcia

Representative District 45
Derek Tran

Representative District 47
Hunter Garcia Miranda
Proudly Endorsed by Sunrise OC

U.S. Representative District 49
Mike Levin

Orange County Supervisor races

OC Supervisor, 2nd District
Vicente Sarmiento

OC Supervisor, 4th District
Connor Traut

OC Supervisor, 5th District
Katrina Foley

Orange 
County Races

Orange County Assessor
No Recommendation

Auditor-Controller
No Recommendation

Clerk-Recorder
Maria Holly Barraza

Treasurer-Tax Collector
Dana L. Schultz

Judicial Offices

Judicial Office No. 13
robert Mestman

Judicial Office No. 41
Ami Sagel

Educational Offices

County Superintendent of Schools
No Endorsement

Member, County Board of Education, Trustee Area 5
Jason Sam