2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

California Assembly District 7

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Josh Hoover

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Assembly Member, District 7
Work: State Assemblymember, 7th District; former legislative chief of staff

Josh Hoover is the sitting State Assembly Member for District 7 in the California State Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Website Contact Authored Bills County.

Josh Hoover has served in the California Assembly since 2022 and earlier served on the Folsom Cordova Unified School District board. Before that he worked as a legislative staffer, including as chief of staff to Assemblyman Kevin Kiley and legislative director for Assemblyman Jay Obernolte.

Hoover's committees

Rules
Rules
Joint Committee on Rules

Sources for Hoover

Josh Hoover: official member information (California State Legislature (California State Senate; California State Assembly), Public record)
California State Legislature: current member roster (California State Legislature (California State Senate; California State Assembly), Public record)
Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)
Josh Hoover: candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Josh Hoover (politician) (Wikipedia, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Amy L. Slavensky

Democratic

Work: Public school educator; former deputy superintendent, San Juan Unified; former Amador County superintendent

Ballot designation filed with the California Secretary of State: Public School Educator.

Amy L. Slavensky was a leadership coach and deputy superintendent at San Juan Unified School District and superintendent of Amador County Unified School District. She earlier directed elementary, K-8 and early childhood education at San Juan Unified; her ballot designation is "Public School Educator."

Sources for Slavensky

Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)
Amy L. Slavensky: candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)

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