Erskine Levi
Erskine Levi (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 31st Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.
Levi completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Erskine Levi was born in Hendersonville, North Carolina. He served in the U.S. Army from 1981 to 2002. Erskine earned a high school diploma from Monrovia High School, an associate degree from Citrus College in 1987, a bachelor's degree from California Polytechnic University in 1992, a graduate degree from Rio Hondo College in 1985, and a graduate degree from Azusa Pacific University in 1998. His career experience includes working as an educator and administrator. Levi has been associated with SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) and the American Legion.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: California's 31st Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House California District 31
Incumbent Gil Cisneros and Erskine Levi are running in the general election for U.S. House California District 31 on November 3, 2026.
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 | Gil Cisneros (D) | |
 | Erskine Levi (R)  | |
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Endorsements
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2024
See also: California's 31st Congressional District election, 2024
California's 31st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 31
Gil Cisneros defeated Daniel Martinez in the general election for U.S. House California District 31 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gil Cisneros (D) | 59.7 | 148,095 |
 | Daniel Martinez (R) | 40.3 | 99,856 | |
| Total votes: 247,951 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 31
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 31 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gil Cisneros (D) | 23.6 | 23,888 |
| ✔ | | Daniel Martinez (R) | 19.2 | 19,464 |
| Pedro Casas (R) | 16.9 | 17,077 | ||
 | Susan Rubio (D) | 15.8 | 16,006 | |
 | Bob Archuleta (D) | 10.0 | 10,151 | |
 | Mary Ann Lutz (D) | 6.5 | 6,629 | |
 | Gregory Hafif (D) | 4.9 | 4,914 | |
 | Kurt Jose (D) | 1.4 | 1,415 | |
| Erskine Levi (No party preference) | 1.2 | 1,166 | |
 | Y. Marie Manvel (No party preference) | 0.5 | 534 | |
| Total votes: 101,244 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ricardo Vazques (D)
- Elvira Moreno (R)
Endorsements
Levi received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Levi's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
2022
See also: California's 31st Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 31
Incumbent Grace Napolitano defeated Daniel Martinez in the general election for U.S. House California District 31 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Grace Napolitano (D) | 59.5 | 91,472 |
| Daniel Martinez (R) | 40.5 | 62,153 | |
| Total votes: 153,625 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 31
Incumbent Grace Napolitano and Daniel Martinez defeated Rocco Anthony De Luca and Erskine Levi in the primary for U.S. House California District 31 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Grace Napolitano (D) | 55.5 | 49,415 |
| ✔ | | Daniel Martinez (R) | 36.7 | 32,721 |
 | Rocco Anthony De Luca (D) | 7.8 | 6,948 | |
| Erskine Levi (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 17 | |
| Total votes: 89,101 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Carolyn Covell (R)
- Jennifer Duffy (D)
Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Erskine Levi completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Levi's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Keep America Safe. Enforce Immigration Laws. Deport Foreign Terrorist Gangs out of our Country. Make Legislation to Enforce Criminal Laws, strengthen our borders, beef up Federal Law Enforcement Agencies (US Marshalls, FBI, ICE and the Border Patrol)
- Election Integrity. We need National Voter ID Laws, Eliminate Mail-in Ballots (except for Medical Reasons, and Military Personnel). All votes counted on the Voting Day. Many states are able to do this. Why do some states take up to 30 Days to "count" Ballots?
- Foreign Policy. I do not want a war, I am not a War Hawk. Diplomacy First, but if we have to go to war, we need to win quickly and decisively. We need to get rid of waste/fraud in the Department of Defense, but we also need to build up our military, give it the most up-to-date equipment and training and of course eliminate DEI/WOKE Policies to make our military stronger and lethal. America First!
Security, Veteran's Affairs, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, Education and Workforce
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2024
Erskine Levi completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Levi's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Build up our Military and our firat reponders to better defend this country.
- Balance our nation's budget, eliminate wastful spending practices and lower our taxes!
- Defend our country and our allies against Tyrannical Governments and Terrorists. I back Israel!
Russo-Ukraine War
Israeli/Hamas/Iran War
China vs Taiwan Issue
National American Solidarity Party
Dr. Jacqueline Abernathy, Presidential Candidate (Primaries) 2023
Dr. James Hanink, Gubernatorial Candidate 2022
Amar Patel, Vice Presdential Nominee, American Solidarity Party, 2020
Desmond Silveira, Candidate for Secretary of State, 2022
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2022
Erskine Levi did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 13, 2025
