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2 candidates are tracked for California Assembly District 14 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Buffy Wicks and Mark Rendon. Candidate information follows official Contra Costa County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Buffy Wicks (Democratic) and Mark Rendon (Green) meet on the November 3 ballot; Buffy Wicks is the incumbent, per the Secretary of State's list. June 2 top-two primary result: Buffy Wicks (DEM) 81.2 percent and Mark Rendon (GRN) 10.0 percent advanced over Borgar Solnordal (REP) 8.8 percent, per the Secretary of State's Statement of Vote. California's top-two primary decides who prints in November; the field is the Secretary of State's Certified List of Candidates for the General Election (August 27, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Buffy Wicks represents California's 14th Assembly District, covering parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, per the Assembly's official website. She chairs the Appropriations Committee and the Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation, and also serves on the Housing and Community Development, Natural Resources, and Privacy and Consumer Protection committees, per the same source. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Mark Rendon is a retired Oakland Unified School District music teacher of 29 years running for California's 14th Assembly District as a Green Party candidate, per his campaign site. He was active in the Oakland Education Association and the California Teachers Association, where he founded a Green Party caucus, and holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and UC Berkeley.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Universal healthcare through a state CalCare (Medicare for All) system
- Social housing, including a state bank to acquire vacant properties for unhoused residents
- Free public education and environmental protection
Source: candidate campaign site.
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