California State Senate District 26 election winner
General Election
Voters choose the office holder.
Overview
Current roleDrag performer
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
Age39 years old (Jul 27, 1986)
GenderOther
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LocationCalifornia
BackgroundDrag performer
Notable personal detailsMaebe Pudlo (also known as Maebe A. Girl) is an American drag performer and politician in Los Angeles. She has served on the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council since 2019. Pudlo has run as a Democrat for U.S. House (California) and is a candidate for California State Senate District 26 in 2026.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Advocates progressive economic policies that expand social spending and revenue tools to fund them, including single‑payer universal healthcare, a Universal Basic Income, housing measures like a vacancy tax and statewide rent control, and raising wages to livable levels.
Healthcare
Supports universal/expanded public healthcare and policies to make health care affordable for all, including endorsement of single-payer-style CalCare. Advocates expanding government-provided health services as part of a progressive platform addressing housing, education, and health access.
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Immigration & Border
Supports immigrant rights and calls for abolishing ICE; prioritizes protections for immigrants as part of a progressive platform. Advocates for policies emphasizing humanitarian approaches rather than expanded enforcement.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate supports reproductive rights and lists reproductive rights/access to abortion as part of her progressive platform. Her campaign materials and media coverage describe reproductive rights as a human-rights issue and include abortion-rights support among policy priorities.
Climate & Energy
Supports aggressive, Green New Deal–style environmental action and centers environmental justice and protection of the environment as part of a progressive policy platform. Endorses policies framed under the GND and prioritizes clean-energy and justice-oriented climate measures as part of a broader progressive agenda.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports reimagining public safety by shifting certain responses to trained social-service providers, increasing civilian oversight of law enforcement, and funding public defenders and community-based programs. Campaign materials and candidate survey responses indicate agreement with police-practice reforms and community-centered public-safety approaches. No explicit campaign statement on specific gun-policy proposals (e.g., background checks or assault-weapon bans) was found in the reviewed sources.
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