Christian Mendez

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Christian Mendez
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Democratic Party

Candidate, U.S. House California District 46

Elections and appointments
Next election

November 3, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

California State University, Long Beach, 2017

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Birthplace
Los Angeles, Calif.
Profession
Data analyst
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Christian Mendez (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 46th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]

Mendez also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 40th Congressional District. He will not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 3, 2026.

Mendez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Christian Mendez was born in Los Angeles, California. He earned a bachelor's degree from the California State University, Long Beach in 2017. Mendez's career experience includes working as a data analyst.[1]

Elections

2026

U.S. House California District 46

See also: California's 46th Congressional District election, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.
General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House California District 46

Incumbent Lou Correa, Christian Mendez, and David Pan are running in the general election for U.S. House California District 46 on November 3, 2026.

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David Pan (R)

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U.S. House California District 40

See also: California's 40th Congressional District election, 2026

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General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House California District 40

The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House California District 40 on November 3, 2026.

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Young Kim (R)
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Claude Keissieh (D)
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Joe Kerr (D)
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Nina Linh (D)
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Perry Meade (D)
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Lisa Ramirez (D)
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Paula Swift (D) Candidate Connection
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Tiffanie Tate (D)
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Esther Kim Varet (D)
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Ken Calvert (R)
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Maricar Payad (American Independent Party)
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Christian Ahmed (No party preference)

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Campaign themes

2026

U.S. House California District 46

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Christian Mendez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mendez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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My name is Christian Mendez. I'm a Democratic Socialist currently performing Data Science work as a job.
  • Affordability. You deserve free Medicare For All, Reduced Rent, affordable homes, affordable education and the ability to actually live not just survive.
  • Justice. You deserve to be safe in your communities. That means ICE should be abolished. ICE agents should go to prison for crimes committed and Trump and his Admin deserve to be investigated.
  • Equality. No matter who you are, you deserve an equal opportunity. I don't care if you're white, black, brown, Catholic, Jewish, Gay/Straight or Trans. You deserve an equal opportunity. You deserve to be treated like a valued Person.
Economic Policy. It has an effect on all other forms of Policy. Economic Policy can affect personal attitudes on anything from Science to Race. As we enter the Era of AI, I'm also interested in AI policy and what consequences it will have.
Living? AOC and Bernie. They have conviction and courage to say what they believe. Past? Fred Hampton. Amazing young man taken too early.
Having ideals, conviction, honesty and courage.
One of positive change.
Bush and Gore debacle.
McDonald's Cook! I loved it. 1 and 6 months. Best coworkers.
The Lord of the Rings. First book I bought. It's imaginative and has a sense of nostalgia.
Captain America
Controlling my need to eat candy.
No. We all start with no experience.
Economic Inequality. If Democrats win the next cycle and do nothing with that power, the pendulum will swing to the other extreme. If the Republicans elect a competent young Fascist, then there will be no return.
I wonder if a longer term would allow for better governance. However, I can't answer hypotheticals.
Necessary. Far too many old heads in Congress. They lose touch with normal people in their bubbles.
Bernie and AOC. I admire them both.
A resident recently told me about their commute times being 2 hours one way. They do so in order to afford living in California.
No. Democrats have "compromised" for 40 years. Those compromises have gotten us to this miserable point in politics.
The U.S should play a large role. In fact, many of the major milestones should be a result of U.S intervention. If companies control such a powerful tool, what do you think would happen? If a company ends up being more powerful than a Nation, why would that company listen to the Nation?

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U.S. House California District 40

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign finance summary

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Christian Mendez campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2026* U.S. House California District 40Withdrew general$0 N/A**
2026* U.S. House California District 46Candidacy Declared general$0 N/A**
Grand total$0 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on November 12, 2025


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