CalledUnofficial results
California Senate District 28
California State Senate · California
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas won re-election by 69.9 points over Joe Lisuzzo.
Top-two primaryStaggered Senate
Lola Smallwood-CuevasDemocrat · winner · incumbent
85.0%209,337
Joe LisuzzoRepublican
15.0%37,061
246,398 votes
Source: California Secretary of State unofficial resultsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 12:54 PM ET
Where the race moved
Against the 2024 presidential vote
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Lola Smallwood-CuevasNo Republican
$917.4K
Raised by the campaign
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$847.1K
Spent by the campaign
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$383.9K
Cash on hand
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Campaign money: California Secretary of State (Cal-Access), through Oct 17, 2026.
Source: California Secretary of State (Cal-Access) campaign filingsUpdated Oct 17, 2026
Pre-election forecast (final, Nov 3)
Our model's last run before Election Day, Nov 3, 2026. It no longer updates.
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
- >99%
- Joe Lisuzzo
- <1%
- Projected margin
- D+63.6