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María Elena Durazo

State Senator · Senate District 26 · Party: Democratic

3008 final-passage votes on record.

Their job

A member of California's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.

Latest votes
  • Voted Yes on SB 451 (Gambling.). It passed. Jun 4, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 595 (Local government: investments and financial reports.). It passed. Jun 4, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 261 (Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.). It passed. Jun 4, 2025

Votes from the official record of each vote. How Quick mode works

Record at a glance

3008
Final-passage votes
5157
All recorded votes

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OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 26
Party
Democratic
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

Today
1993Today

No issues page found

María Elena Durazo's website (senate.ca.gov ↗) has no page titled Issues, Priorities or Platform that ThePillory could find, as of Oct 11, 2026. It's searched again every few months.

This tab shows María Elena Durazo'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.

  • SB 451

    Gambling.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 595

    Local government: investments and financial reports.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 261

    Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.

    3rd Reading SB261 Wahab et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 471

    Office of the Developmental Services Ombudsperson.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 701

    Signal jammers.

    3rd Reading SB701 Wahab et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 632

    Community colleges: California College Promise.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 453

    Microgrid incentive program.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 655

    Dwelling units: indoor temperature.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 556

    Habitat enhancement and restoration: floodplains.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 540

    Independent System Operator: independent regional organization: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

    3rd Reading SB540 Becker et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 244

    Public postsecondary education: disabled student services: assessments.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 601

    Water: waste discharge.

    3rd Reading SB601 Allen et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 680

    Sex offender registration: unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 498

    Incarcerated persons: communications.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 3

    Elections: signature verification and results.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 50

    Connected devices: device protection requests.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 84

    Disability access: construction-related accessibility claims: notice of violation and opportunity to correct.

    3rd Reading SB84 Niello et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 472

    Pupil instruction: Holocaust and genocide education: notice, survey, and grant program.

    3rd Reading SB472 Stern et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 775

    Board of Psychology and Board of Behavioral Sciences.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 500

    Energy: usage data.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 675

    Imperial County Air Pollution Control District: members and duties.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 776

    Optometry.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 759

    Crimes: supervised release.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 271

    Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children: childcare services, resources, and programs.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 403

    End of Life Option Act: sunset.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 716

    Local government: ordinances: penalties for violation: nonresidential structures.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 357

    Juveniles: delinquency.

    3rd Reading SB357 Menjivar et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 645

    Juries: peremptory challenges.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 423

    California Public Records Act: private detention facilities.

    3rd Reading SB423 Smallwood-Cuevas

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 800

    State bridges and overpasses: suicide prevention.

    Special Consent SB800 Reyes et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 727

    The Great Redwood Trail Agency.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 681

    Housing.

    3rd Reading SB681 Wahab et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 763

    Conspiracy against trade: punishment.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 435

    California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: personal information: exemptions.

    3rd Reading SB435 Wahab et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 526

    Health facilities: clinics.

    3rd Reading SB526 Menjivar et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 761

    CalFresh: student eligibility.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 540

    Independent System Operator: independent regional organization: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

    3rd Reading SB540 Becker et al. Reconsider

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 29

    Civil actions: decedent's cause of action.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 14

    State agencies: solid waste diversion: single-use plastic bottles.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 596

    Health facilities: administrative penalties.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 536

    Workers' compensation insurance fraud reporting.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 331

    Health care coverage: hearing aids.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 248

    Firearms: information to new owners.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 86

    California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: sales and use tax exclusion.

    Special Consent SB86 McNerney et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 835

    Pupil instruction: Cambridge International Education programs.

    3rd Reading SB835 Ochoa Bogh et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 842

    Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 710

    Property taxation: active solar energy systems.

    Special Consent SB710 Blakespear et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 613

    Methane emissions: petroleum and natural gas producing low methane emissions.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 633

    Plastic beverage containers: recycling.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 704

    Firearms: firearm barrels.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

Older votes

Money raised and spent by the campaign committees María Elena Durazo 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

$49,798

Spent $810,095

Totals

  • Raised
    6 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $49,798
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $810,095
  • From individuals (itemized)
    1 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $2,000 4%

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
    $18,600
  • Education
    $10,400
  • Health care
    $3,499
  • Construction and engineering
    $1,800
  • Energy and utilities
    $1,500
  • Issue and advocacy groups
    $1,500
  • Media and entertainment
    $1,500
  • Agriculture and food
    $1,000

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 84% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.

How industries are assigned

Top employers of individual donors

No employer was named by 3 or more donors.

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.

Committees, parties and organizations

  • California Nurses Association Political Action Committee (CNA-PAC)
    3 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $7,500
  • Faculty for Our University's Future, A Committee Sponsored by the California Faculty Association
    1 contribution · small contributor committee · Education
    $7,400
  • California State Council of Laborers PAC
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $5,900
  • Amarok
    1 contribution · organization · Not classified
    $2,500
  • Union Pacific Railroad Company
    1 contribution · organization · Labor unions
    $2,000
  • State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Construction and engineering
    $1,800
  • California Correctional Peace Officers Association Political Action Committee
    1 contribution · committee · Issue and advocacy groups
    $1,500
  • California Veterinary Medical Association PAC
    1 contribution · committee · Health care
    $1,500
  • PACE of California School Employees Association SCC
    1 contribution · small contributor committee · Education
    $1,500
  • PG&E Corporation
    2 contributions · organization · Energy and utilities
    $1,500

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between María Elena Durazo's own committees aren't counted.

Independent expenditures for and against

Spent to support: $0

None reported.

Spent to oppose: $0

None reported.

Spending on ads and outreach about María Elena Durazo 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 (1)

The committees María Elena Durazo 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.

Maria Elena Durazo for State Senate 2026

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $10,544 · cash at end $153,712 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $29,328 · cash at end $156,462 Statement ↗
    $998 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $3,325 · cash at end $185,312 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $20,320 · cash at end $188,117 Statement ↗
    $800 received
Committee record ↗

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.

Methodology
Disclosures

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 Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 27, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 28, 2025 · covers 2024 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 27, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 29, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 14, 2023 · covers 2022 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2023 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2022 · covers 2021 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2021 · covers 2020 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 25, 2020 · covers 2019 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 28, 2019 · covers 2018 Statement (PDF) ↗

Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 6, 2026. How

Committees

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Issues

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