2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

California Senate District 40

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Kristie Bruce-Lane

Republican

Work: San Diego water board member; former pharmaceutical sales executive

Ballot designation filed with the California Secretary of State: Businesswoman/Victims Advocate.

Kristie Bruce-Lane serves on a San Diego water board, according to her candidate profile. She worked in pharmaceutical sales for Merck, Novartis and Takeda and earlier in agricultural marketing and logistics at Monsanto and Seminis; her ballot designation is "Businesswoman/Victims Advocate."

Sources for Bruce-Lane

Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)
Kristie Bruce-Lane: candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Mara Elliott

Democratic

Work: Attorney; former San Diego City Attorney (2016-2024)

Ballot designation filed with the California Secretary of State: Ethics Attorney.

Mara Elliott was elected San Diego City Attorney in 2016, re-elected in 2020, and served until December 2024. She is a lawyer who worked in the City Attorney's office under Jan Goldsmith before her election; her ballot designation is "Ethics Attorney."

Sources for Elliott

Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)
Mara Elliott (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), 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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