State · State Assembly
Chris Ward
State Assemblymember · Assembly District 78 · Party: Democratic
3950 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
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Office
- Office
- State Assemblymember
- District
- Assembly District 78
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No issues page found
Chris Ward's website (a78.asmdc.org ↗) has no page titled Issues, Priorities or Platform that ThePillory could find, as of Oct 8, 2026. It's searched again every few months.
This tab shows Chris Ward's platform in their own words (a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, and statements their office submits) and specific commitments, checked word for word against their source, with a status that changes only with evidence. How the platform is recorded
Showing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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AB 957
Cigarette and tobacco products: retail sale: pharmacies.
AB 957 Ortega Assembly Third Reading
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AB 911
Emergency telecommunications medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles.
AB 911 Carrillo Assembly Third Reading
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AB 400
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training: police canines.
AB 400 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading
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AB 675
Office of Farm to Fork: California Farm to School Program.
AB 675 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading
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AB 841
State Fire Marshal: personal protective equipment: battery fires.
AB 841 Patel Assembly Third Reading
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AB 524
Farmland Access and Conservation for Thriving Communities Act.
AB 524 Wilson Assembly Third Reading
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AB 450
Public social services: support for older and aging immigrants.
AB 450 Carrillo Assembly Third Reading
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AB 413
Department of Housing and Community Development: guidelines: translation.
AB 413 Fong Assembly Third Reading
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AB 378
Education finance: Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program.
AB 378 Valencia Assembly Third Reading
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AB 1039
State-funded assistance grants and contracts: advance payments.
AB 1039 Hart Assembly Third Reading
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AB 343
California Public Records Act: elected or appointed officials.
AB 343 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading
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AB 1180
Department of Financial Protection and Innovation: state payments.
AB 1180 Valencia Assembly Third Reading
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AB 1046
Short-lived climate pollutants: recovered organic waste product: agricultural crop preparation service.
AB 1046 Bains Assembly Third Reading
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AB 331
Elections: duties of election officials: voter information guides.
AB 331 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading
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AB 740
Virtual power plants: load shifting: integrated energy policy report.
AB 740 Harabedian Assembly Third Reading
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AB 797
Community Stabilization Act: Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura.
AB 797 Harabedian Third Reading Urgency
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AB 726
Planning and zoning: annual report: rehabilitated units.
AB 726 Ávila Farías Assembly Third Reading
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AB 649
Disability access: construction-related accessibility claim.
AB 649 Lowenthal Assembly Third Reading
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AB 443
Energy Commission: integrated energy policy report: curtailed solar and wind generation: hydrogen production.
AB 443 Bennett Assembly Third Reading
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AB 531
Geothermal powerplants and projects: certification and environmental review.
AB 531 Rogers Assembly Third Reading
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AB 399
Coastal resources: coastal development permits: blue carbon demonstration projects.
AB 399 Boerner Assembly Third Reading
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AB 963
Public works: prevailing wages: access to records.
AB 963 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading
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AB 61
Electricity and natural gas: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review.
AB 61 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading
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AB 489
Health care professions: deceptive terms or letters: artificial intelligence.
AB 489 Bonta Assembly Third Reading
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AB 947
Agriculture: Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995.
AB 947 Connolly Assembly Third Reading
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AB 782
Unlawfully restrictive covenants: redevelopment of commercial property for residential uses.
AB 782 Quirk-Silva Assembly Third Reading
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Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Chris Ward controls in 2025–2026, as reported to the California Secretary of State. These are facts about money; they don't explain any vote or action in office.
Raised · 2025–2026
$652,889
Spent $767,728
Totals
- Raised$652,889
- Spent$767,728
- From individuals (itemized)$41,701 6%
Sums of each statement's own figures for its period. Contributions under $100 aren't itemized, so they're in "Raised" but not in the lists below.
Top contributing industries (approximate)
- Labor unions$93,400
- Education$59,150
- Finance, insurance and banking$42,800
- Health care$39,900
- Tribal governments$34,500
- Pharmaceuticals and medical products$32,450
- Real estate$27,400
- Technology and telecommunications$27,300
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 72% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.
How industries are assignedTop employers of individual donors
- A NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT$275
The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $31,200 came from people who listed no employer (retired, not employed or self-employed). Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.
Committees, parties and organizations
- Association of CA School Administrators PAC - SCC$23,600
- United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund - SCC$17,700
- Airbnb Inc.$11,800
- Building a Stronger Future for CA PAC, sponsored by Western States Reg Council of Carpenters$11,800
- CA Council for Affordable Housing PAC$11,800
- CA State Council of Service Employees SCC$11,800
- Faculty for Our University's Future Sponsored by CFA - SCC$11,800
- LGBT Caucus Leadership Fund$11,800
- Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians$11,800
- Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians$11,800
Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Chris Ward's own committees aren't counted.
Independent expenditures for and against
Spent to support: $4,222
- San Diego Labor Coalition, Sponsored by Laborers' International Union of North America Local 89$4,222
Spent to oppose: $0
None reported.
Spending on ads and outreach about Chris Ward by committees that don't coordinate with the campaign; this money isn't given to the campaign. From Form 496 reports, which are filed for independent expenditures of $1,000 or more made in the 90 days before an election; spending outside that window isn't included. Each spender links to its committee record, where its own donors are listed.
Campaign committees and statements (2)
The committees Chris Ward controls, and each campaign statement (Form 460) with its own totals for its period. A committee can be for another office or a future race, or an officeholder account; each is listed under its own name.
Chris Ward for Assembly 2026
- Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026$133,204 received
- May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$62,950 received
- Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026$29,050 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026$88,363 received
Supporting California's Communities: Asm. Chris Ward's Ballot Measure Committee
- Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026$0 received
- May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$0 received
- Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026$0 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026$0 received
From the Cal-Access export of Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:54:52 GMT. California replaces Cal-Access with a new disclosure system after the November 2026 election.
MethodologyDisclosures
Statements of economic interests (Form 700)
California officials file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) each year: their investments, real property, income and gifts. Statewide officers and members of the Legislature file theirs with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), which publishes them.
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 19, 2026 · covers 2025 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Feb 20, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 17, 2025 · covers 2024 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 3, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Feb 28, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Candidate Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Dec 28, 2023 · covers 2023 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Candidate Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Nov 30, 2023 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 1, 2023 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Feb 28, 2022 · covers 2021 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 1, 2021 · covers 2020 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 6, 2026. How
Committees
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Issues
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