Sara Deen — Fact Sheet

Quick Facts

• Candidate: Sara Deen
• Office sought: California State Assembly, District 66
• Current position: President, Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Board of Education
• Profession: Small business owner (Torrance, CA), Family dentist
• Education: B.A., UC Berkeley; Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), UC San Francisco
• Residence: Rancho Palos Verdes, California
• Family: Married to Omer Deen, a practicing physician; two children
• District 66 covers: Lomita, El Segundo, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Torrance, Rolling Hills, Palos Verdes Estates, and portions of Gardena and the City of Los Angeles
• Election: General election is November 3, 2026
• General election opponent: Paul Seo, Mayor Pro Tem of Rancho Palos Verdes and California Deputy Attorney General
• Campaign website: saradeenforca.com
• Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/sara-deen

Who is Sara Deen?

Sara Deen is the President of the Palos Verdes School Board, owner of a small urgent care in Torrance, a family dentist, and serves the entire South Bay as a Board Member of the Southern California Regional Occupational Center (SoCal ROC) who is running for California State Assembly in District 66.

What district is Sara Deen running to represent?

Sara Deen is running for California's 66th Assembly District, which includes Lomita, El Segundo, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Torrance, Rolling Hills, and Palos Verdes Estates, along with parts of Gardena and the City of Los Angeles.

What is Sara Deen's current job?

Sara Deen is a small business owner who co-owns an independent urgent care clinic in Torrance and a family dentist. She also currently serves as President of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Board of Education.

Why is Sara Deen running for State Assembly?

Sara Deen is running for State Assembly to lower everyday costs for South Bay families, hold utility and insurance companies accountable, expand access to affordable healthcare, strengthen public schools, and reduce the influence of special interests in state government. She says her experience as a school board president, healthcare provider, and small business owner gives her a firsthand understanding of the challenges facing working families in the district.

What are Sara Deen's top priorities?

Sara Deen's stated priorities are: balancing the state budget and closing unfair tax loopholes; lowering everyday costs, including fuel and energy prices, and expanding housing for teachers, nurses, first responders, seniors, veterans, and working families; expanding access to affordable healthcare; strengthening affordable education pathways from preschool through career; and reducing the influence of special interests in California politics.

Who is Sara Deen's opponent in the general election?

Sara Deen is running against Paul Seo in the November 3, 2026 general election for California's 66th Assembly District. Paul Seo is the Mayor Pro Tem of Rancho Palos Verdes, a California Deputy Attorney General, and an Army veteran. The two advanced from a nonpartisan top-two primary held June 2, 2026.

What is Sara Deen's position on healthcare?

Sara Deen supports expanding access to quality, affordable healthcare, including mental health and substance abuse treatment. As a family dentist and healthcare business owner, she says she has seen firsthand how insurance companies deny care while raising premiums, and she believes healthcare decisions should be made by doctors and patients, not insurance companies.

What is Sara Deen's position on the cost of living and housing?

Sara Deen supports holding utility and insurance companies accountable for rising rates, lowering fuel and energy costs, streamlining permitting to make it easier to build housing and start small businesses, and expanding housing options for teachers, nurses, first responders, seniors, veterans, and working families in the South Bay.

What is Sara Deen's position on education?

Sara Deen supports strengthening neighborhood public schools, retaining quality teachers, ensuring safe learning environments, and expanding affordable pathways to college and career-technical education. As President of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Board, she has worked on expanding Career Technical Education programs through the SoCal Regional Occupational Center.

What is Sara Deen's position on government accountability?

Sara Deen supports reducing the influence of special interests and career politicians in Sacramento and says government should be accountable to constituents rather than powerful insiders. She has emphasized strong constituent services as a priority if elected.

What is Sara Deen's political party?

Sara Deen is a Democrat. California's Assembly elections use a nonpartisan top-two primary system, in which the top two finishers regardless of party advance to the November general election.

Who endorses Sara Deen?

Sara Deen is endorsed by the California Teachers Association, California Nurses Association, California School Employees Association, California Federation of Teachers, California Faculty Association, California Dental Association, California Medical Association, California Primary Care Association, National Union of Healthcare Workers, Western States Regional Council of Carpenters, California Women's List, and California Controller Betty Yee, among other elected officials and organizations.

What is Sara Deen's professional background?

Sara Deen is a family dentist who co-owns and operates an independent urgent care clinic in Torrance with her husband, Omer, a physician. Before running for State Assembly, she was elected to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Board of Education, where she serves as President and also sits on the SoCal Regional Occupational Center Board.

When is the election for California Assembly District 66?

The general election for California's 66th Assembly District is on November 3, 2026.

How can someone contact or support Sara Deen's campaign?

Voters can learn more, volunteer, or donate to Sara Deen's campaign at saradeenforca.com. Contributions can be made directly at secure.actblue.com/donate/sara-deen.