Mia BontaIncumbent

Candidate for Assembly District 18

Mia Bonta sits in the California State Assembly, for District 18. She is the Democratic incumbent there. That district covers Oakland, Alameda, and Emeryville. She was first elected in a special vote, in September 2021. She has won again since then, in 2022 and in 2024. She advanced to the November 2026 election, after she came in first in the June 2026 primary. She won 76.9% of the vote there (84,226 votes), per the Statement of Vote. She faces a fellow Democrat, Andre Sandford. Before she joined the Legislature, Bonta was the CEO of a group, Oakland Promise. It is a nonprofit that works on school outcomes, for kids with low income, from birth through college. She was elected president of a school board too, the Alameda Unified School District Board, in 2018. She holds a degree from Yale University. She also holds a master's, in education, from Harvard's Graduate School of Education. And she holds a J.D., from Yale Law School. In the Assembly, she has served on a few committees: Budget, Education, Health, and Economic Development. She leads one policy committee too. Sources do not agree on which one -- some say Education, some say Health, in different years. She is a member of two caucuses, the California Legislative Progressive Caucus, and the California Legislative Black Caucus. She is married to Rob Bonta, the California Attorney General, whom she met at Yale. Born January 26, 1972. Home: Alameda and Oakland, California. Occupation: she is a state lawmaker. Before that, she led Oakland Promise, as its CEO. Prior office: she has been the incumbent since September 2021, in the California State Assembly, for District 18. Before that, she was president of the Alameda Unified School District Board, elected in 2018.

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