Lisa CalderonIncumbent

Candidate for Assembly District 56

Lisa Calderon is a Democrat who holds California's 56th Assembly seat. The district covers Whittier. It also covers South El Monte and Hacienda Heights. It covers other towns nearby too. She first won a seat in 2020. That seat was then numbered District 57. She kept the same area under new lines. Those lines were drawn after the 2022 map redraw. Before the Legislature, Calderon was an aide. She aided Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. This was in the 1990s. She later spent over 20 years in one role. She was Government Affairs Director at Edison International. She holds a business degree. It is from Cal State Sacramento. She now chairs the Assembly's insurance panel. She also sits on four other panels. These cover budget items, human aid, and utilities. She is the second wife of a former state senator. His name is Charles Calderon. She is stepmother to former lawmaker Ian Calderon. She took his old seat. In the June 2, 2026 primary she received 60,224 votes (64.1%). Her foe is Republican Jessica Martinez, who received 33,711 votes (35.9%). Home: Whittier, California. Occupation: state lawmaker, once Government Affairs Director at Edison International. Prior office: incumbent, won District 57 in 2020, moved to District 56 after the 2022 map redraw. She has served without a break since December 2020.

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