Candidate · State Assembly, District 65
Lydia A. Gutiérrez
What this job does: Your district's vote in the 80-member California State Assembly. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and with the Senate can place measures such as Props. 1, 2, 4, 5 and 43 on the ballot. A term is two years.
- Occupation
- Public School Teacher (ballot designation)
Background
- Holds a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Pepperdine University and a master's degree in multicultural bilingual education from California State University, Dominguez Hills. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- Has worked as an elementary and middle school teacher, and earlier as an accounting clerk and cost estimating administrator. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- Ran for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2010 and 2014 and for State Senate District 25 in 2008. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- Received 19.2 percent of the vote in the June 2, 2026 primary, placing second of six candidates. source: theballotbrief.com
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