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Sade Elhawary

Democrat, State Assembly
District 57, Los Angeles
Time in office:
  • Assembly: 2024-present

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Bio

Sade Elhawary, 38, was a community organizer, serving most recently as the Youth Engagement manager on the campaign for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. She previously worked as a college counselor and history teacher as well as a youth mentor with the Community Coalition and the ALLIANCE Student Leadership Program. In 2019, Elhawary became a foster parent to a student she was mentoring. She hopes to focus on education and youth workforce development in the Senate.

Bill Activity

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Of 26 bills:
7 Passed
4 Failed
15 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 26 bills: 7 passed, 4 failed, and 15 are currently pending.

Alignment Meter

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Financials

This feature tracks three sources of money intended to help a candidate win election: 1-Money given directly to a candidate’s committee, 2-Money given to an Independent Expenditure Committee, 3-Money given to a political party. (NOTE: Senators are elected every four years. Twenty of the 40 Senators are on the ballot in even-numbered years, so Senators may do little or no fundraising in the first two-year session of their Senate term).

Election

This display shows money given directly to the incumbent’s campaign committee (NOTE: The industry categories for donors come from Open Secrets, a nonpartisan research organization for campaign finance. Some contributions are “uncoded,” meaning they have not been assigned to an industry sector. As a result, the total for each sector is also an estimate).

Candidate Contributions

$11.3K

Communications & Electronics

$31.5K

Construction

$1.6K

Defense

$100.0

Energy & Natural Resources

$4.0K

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$34.7K

General Business

$21.1K

Government Agencies/Education/Other

$25.1K

Health

$14.5K

Ideology/Single Issue

$52.0K

Labor

$325.5K

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$91.6K

Party

$450.0

Transportation

$1.4K

Uncoded

$560.0K

Unitemized Contributions

$273.8K

Candidate Donations

Individuals, corporations, organizations and committees are limited to a maximum donation to candidates of $5,500 for the primary and for the general elections.

Total
$1.4M

206.0% higher than the average legislators

Independent Expenditures

Money from Independent Expenditure Committees (IEC) for advertising or grassroots activity targeting a candidates run for office is unlimited, but it cannot be spent in coordination with the candidate or the candidate's campaign.

Total
$535.0K

491.0% higher than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$2.0M

251.0% higher than the average legislators

This is a total of the money targeting this legislator's campaign(s) including direct donations to the candidate, money spent by Independent Expenditure Committees and money from political parties.


Influence

There are three categories of donations to legislators after they are elected that encourage a working relationship between the donor and the legislator. The three categories are: 1-Gifts, 2-Travel, 3-Behests.

No personal gifts data found

Committees

Most of the policy work in the state Capitol is done in “Standing” committees. Legislators also work on budget subcommittees. There are also “Special” and “Select” committees with a more narrow topic focus. And there are “Joint” committees with members from the Senate and Assembly.

Interest Group Rankings

Hearings

Featured Comments

Below are links to the video and transcript of recent, substantive comments by this legislator in committee hearings or floor sessions.

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Sep 13, 2025

AB 1231

Criminal procedure: Safer Communities Through Opportunities Act.

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Sep 12, 2025

AB 896

Foster care: placement transition planning.

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Sep 10, 2025

AB 1275

Regional housing needs: regional transportation plan.

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Sep 10, 2025

AB 1037

Public health: substance use disorder.

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Sep 10, 2025

AB 742

Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves.

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Jul 15, 2025

AB 1331

Workplace surveillance.

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Jul 15, 2025

AB 742

Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves.

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Jul 15, 2025

AB 1037

Public health: substance use disorder.

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Jul 15, 2025

AB 1231

Criminal procedure: Safer Communities Through Opportunities Act.

Preview image for AB 7422MIN
Jul 7, 2025

AB 742

Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves.

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Jul 2, 2025

AB 1037

Public health: substance use disorder.

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Jul 1, 2025

AB 822

Commission on the State of Hate.

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District

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District 57 is a Safe Democratic District
Democratic Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election

Previous Election (2024):

Efren Martinez
38.9%
Sade Elhawary
61.1%
WON

Party Registration

Census Data

Median age0102030

Median age