I did not have the correct logic. I fixed the problem by adding ‘state=CA’ where state is the name/ID of the row and CA is the value i am sorting for.
{% set table = hubdb_table_rows(679969, 'state=CA') %}
{% if table == [] %}
<p class='align-center'>Sorry, no listings found for that Search. Try changing your fiter and search again.</p>
{% else %}
{% for row in table %}
<div class="container row-fluid">
<div class="state-post-listing">
<ul>
<li><a href="{{ row['embed'] }}">{{ row['date'] }} | {{ row['name'] }} | {{ row['state'] }}<a/></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}