Sean Frame
Candidate for State Senate District 6
Sean Frame is a Democratic candidate for California State Senate District 6. He is running in the November 2026 general election. Frame grew up in San Jose. He earned an undergraduate degree from San Jose State University. He earned a graduate degree from San Francisco State University. He now lives in unincorporated Sacramento County with his wife, Ellyn. Frame worked for nearly three decades as a small-business owner and filmmaker. He then took a job with the Sacramento County Office of Education. There he creates multimedia training materials for educators. He now serves as chief job steward for CSEA Local 480. That union represents school custodians, cooks, paraeducators, and other classified staff. Frame has not previously held elected legislative office. He served nine years on his local school board. He has said he took that role after a shooting at his son's elementary school. The school's principal was killed in that shooting. Frame previously ran for California State Assembly District 6 as a Democrat. That was in the March 2024 primary. He also briefly entered the 2020 U.S. House race for CA-4. He withdrew from that race. His campaign calls him a 'clean money candidate.' He does not accept corporate PAC donations. He has been endorsed by several labor unions. These include the California Federation of Labor/AFL-CIO, CTA, CFT, and CNA. He has also been endorsed by Democratic clubs and elected officials, including U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson. Home: Unincorporated Sacramento County, California. He grew up in San Jose. Occupation: Union education worker and chief job steward for CSEA Local 480, at the Sacramento County Office of Education. He is a former small-business owner and filmmaker. Prior office: None in the state legislature. He served nine years on a local school board. He lost the 2024 Assembly District 6 race. He is not the incumbent in this race.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Frame supports living wages, workers' rights, and collective bargaining, and frames his labor-union background as central to his economic agenda.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Frame says he wants to lower the cost of basic necessities such as rent, healthcare, and food for Sacramento- and Placer-area families, though he has not detailed specific state tax proposals.
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Frame supports building more affordable housing, restoring rent control, banning private-equity/Wall Street ownership of single-family homes, and declaring a statewide housing state of emergency, alongside expanded mental-health funding tied to homelessness.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Frame supports creating a California-based single-payer/'Medicare for All' health system, arguing health care should be a right rather than a market commodity, and supports increased mental-health service funding.
Source → - Education & Schools
Frame supports fully funding neighborhood public schools, increasing stable funding for community colleges, and reforming the CSU/UC systems to prioritize faculty and staff support over administrative pay; he cites his nine years on a local school board, during which he says he expanded broadband access, supported housing-insecure students, and launched a dual-language immersion program.
Source → - Family & Social Services
Frame supports expanded mental health services and has emphasized support for housing-insecure students and families based on his school board experience, though he has not laid out specific proposals on paid family leave, child care, or senior/disability services.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Frame supports achieving net-zero carbon emissions, growing a 'green economy' with union jobs, and prioritizing environmental justice, citing his own family's relocation due to wildfire risk and rising insurance costs.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Frame has positioned himself as a 'clean money' candidate who refuses corporate donations and corporate PAC funding, contrasting this with his opponent's acceptance of business, developer, insurance, and pharmaceutical industry money.
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