# State Assembly, District 34 (local, San Bernardino County)

URL: https://www.californiapeople.org/local/ad-34

- title: State Assembly, District 34
- office: State Assembly
- cities: [barstow, big-bear-lake, apple-valley, hesperia, victorville, adelanto, needles, yucca-valley, twentynine-palms]
- areas: [Lucerne Valley, Phelan, Newberry Springs, Baker]

**Check your district:** state legislative lines split many cities, and public descriptions of the 2021 maps are incomplete. The cities listed here are the ones at least partly in this district based on the best available descriptions. Your sample ballot, or the county's [My Districts lookup](https://elections.sbcounty.gov/voterregistration/districtlookuptools/addresslookup/), shows which district you are actually in.

## Key findings
- **Open seat:** Republican Tom Lackey is termed out. The district covers most of the county's rural areas plus parts of Lancaster and Palmdale in Los Angeles County. [^1]
- **Randall Putz (D)**, a departing Big Bear Lake councilman whose ballot designation is mayor and business owner, faces **Charles Hughes (R)**. [^2][^3]

## State Assembly, District 34
### Randall Putz (D)
- Leaving the Big Bear Lake council this year. Answered KVCR's questionnaire. [^3][^4]

### Charles Hughes (R)
- Didn't answer KVCR's questionnaire. I found little independent reporting on this race. The KVCR voter guide has questionnaire answers from candidates who replied.

## Sources
[^1]: Wikipedia, California's 34th State Assembly district. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_34th_State_Assembly_district
[^2]: CA Secretary of State, certified candidate list (2026 general). https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2026-general/cert-list-candidates.pdf
[^3]: KVCR voter guide (candidate questionnaires). https://kvcr.org/voter-guide/san-bernardino
[^4]: SB County Sentinel, mayoral and council match-ups (Aug 7, 2026). https://sbcsentinel.com/2026/08/more-clarity-on-november-mayoral-and-city-council-match-ups/