# Angelique Ashby

Angelique Ashby is a Democratic member of the California Senate for district 8.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California Senate, district 8
- Serving since: 2022-12-05
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/564f2203-7cae-4a40-bc93-5c05a935b98f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/564f2203-7cae-4a40-bc93-5c05a935b98f (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Ashby reported $782.2K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

## What Ashby says (CA 2025–26 session)

1,428 classified statements: 1,428 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Ashby | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.4% | 2.4% | 148 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 1.3% | 10.3% | 266 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 34.2% | 42.9% | 223 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.3% | 3.4% | 171 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 16.1% | 16.1% | 151 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.1% | 0.8% | 125 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 24% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Health 17% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Housing and Community Development 14% (State Senate Democrats 6.7%); Families 8.8% (State Senate Democrats 5.0%); Transportation and Public Works 8.2% (State Senate Democrats 5.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.40 (standard error 0.02), from 433 donors and 569 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

3,673 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (California Senate 93.8%). Party unity 99.5% (98.7%). 4 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB113 Gabriel By Laird · AB 113 Budget Act of 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB113/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB2564 Ward et al. By Wiener · AB 2564 Surveillance pricing. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2564/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB1349 Bryan et al. By Cabaldon · AB 1349 Consumer protection: ticket sellers. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1349/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB187 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Laird · AB 187 Employment. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB187/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB2694 Alvarez et al. By Cabaldon · AB 2694 Public postsecondary education: community colleges: statewide baccalaureate degree program. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2694/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB191 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Laird · AB 191 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB191/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB2059 Wilson et al. By Cortese · AB 2059 California Environmental Quality Act: transportation impacts: vehicle miles traveled: mitigation. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2059/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB1680 Calderon et al. By Allen · AB 1680 California FAIR Plan Association. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1680/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB1331 Elhawary et al. By Durazo · AB 1331 Workplace surveillance. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1331/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB173 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Laird · AB 173 Health. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB173/

## Legislation (CA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 35 bills: 35 reached committee, 27 passed one chamber, 21 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 79. 91.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California Senate 88.1%; rank 23 of 39).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 176: Relative to National Small Business Month. (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR176/
- SR 101: Relative to the election of members of the Senate Committee on Rules. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR101/
- SCR 138: Relative to Architecture Week. (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR138/
- SCR 137: Relative to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day. (became law, 2026-06-15) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR137/
- SB 1356: Proprietary security services. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1356/
- SB 1283: Electric vehicle charging stations: installation: permits. (became law, 2026-09-20) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1283/
- SB 1140: Pupil safety: limiting school access to unauthorized individuals. (became law, 2026-09-20) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1140/
- SB 1111: Digital replicas. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1111/
- SB 1050: False advertising: synthetic performers. (became law, 2026-09-16) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1050/
- SB 1010: Hazardous waste: major appliances: recycling. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1010/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $782.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorAshby, https://twitter.com/AshbyForSenate, https://twitter.com/angeliqueashby/status/2114529579998343448
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorAshby, https://twitter.com/AshbyForSenate, https://twitter.com/angeliqueashby/status/2114406419315486729
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorAshby, https://twitter.com/AshbyForSenate, https://twitter.com/angeliqueashby/status/2114459226835980414
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorAshby, https://twitter.com/AshbyForSenate, https://twitter.com/angeliqueashby/status/2113804702664307026
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorAshby, https://twitter.com/AshbyForSenate, https://twitter.com/angeliqueashby/status/2113812317154763030
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorAshby, https://twitter.com/AshbyForSenate, https://twitter.com/angeliqueashby/status/2114048941176357166
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorAshby, https://twitter.com/AshbyForSenate, https://twitter.com/angeliqueashby/status/2114103333195825220
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorAshby, https://twitter.com/AshbyForSenate, https://twitter.com/angeliqueashby/status/2113659672528073064
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorAshby, https://twitter.com/AshbyForSenate, https://twitter.com/angeliqueashby/status/2113310299461931388
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorAshby, https://twitter.com/AshbyForSenate, https://twitter.com/angeliqueashby/status/2113396676304191881

## Links

- Official site: https://sd08.senate.ca.gov/
- Campaign site: https://ashbyforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorAshby
- X: https://x.com/AshbyForSenate
- X: https://x.com/angeliqueashby
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorAshby
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshbyForSenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/angeliqueashby
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorashby
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AshbyForSenate/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angeliqueashby/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/564f2203-7cae-4a40-bc93-5c05a935b98f