Gregory Burgess
Gregory Burgess (No Party Affiliation) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 2nd Congressional District. Burgess declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on June 2, 2026.[source]
Burgess completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Gregory Burgess earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1990, a graduate degree from the University of Oregon in 1995, and a graduate degree from the University of Minnesota in 2010. Burgess' career experience includes working as a public servant.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: California's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on June 2, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Nonpartisan primary
Nonpartisan primary election for U.S. House California District 2
The following candidates are running in the primary for U.S. House California District 2 on June 2, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Jared Huffman (D) | |
 | Kevin Eisele (D)  | |
 | Rose Penelope Yee (D) | |
 | Paul Saulsbury (R) | |
 | Gregory Burgess (No Party Affiliation) | |
 | Colby Smart (No party preference) | |
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Gregory Burgess completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burgess' responses.
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- Show Your Work — Legislation, Not Promises. I drafted three federal bills before asking for a single vote. The CA-2 CAFE Community Health Act addresses housing, workforce development, tax reform, the American Solidarity Fund, and AI-workforce augmentation. The Seashore to Stockyard Food Security Act covers fisheries collapse, timber revitalization, regenerative agriculture, wolf-livestock coexistence, and post-cannabis economic transition. The North Coast Healthcare Act tackles rural provider shortages, senior independence, chronic disease prevention, and fraud recovery. Every bill includes constitutional authority, deficit neutrality, sunset clauses, and GAO/CBO oversight. My platform contains 30+ drafted Acts. Read them at vote-roar.com
- The Point Reyes Precedent — Defending Families on Federal Land. The Nature Conservancy paid $30 million to displace 11 ranching families and 90-plus farmworkers from land Congress designated a Pastoral Zone in 1962. Ranchers were silenced by NDAs. Then TNC proposed bringing cattle back under its control. I filed five formal challenges: DOI Inspector General complaint, House Natural Resources whistleblower tip, Coastal Commission challenge, appropriations rider request, and Supplemental EIS demand. I wrote 53 letters to members of Congress, drafted the Federal Lands Stewardship Act, and am collecting Field Hearing Petition signatures at www.vote-roar.com. If this decision stands, it becomes a nationwide template that could allow oil drilling
- $100 Cap. No PACs. Our incumbent raised over $445,000 — with PAC and Washington insider money. I cap every donation at $100 and accept zero PAC money. When 350 neighbors invest $100 each, their representative works for them. I visited Modoc and Siskiyou counties in December 2025, weeks before our incumbent’s first trip to his redrawn district. I then drafted legislation addressing $52 million in grasshopper losses, healthcare deserts without cardiologists or surgeons, timber economy collapse, wildfire insurance crises, and Pacific fishery closures. I also submitted 12 California state bills to the “There Ought to be a Law” contest. You don’t need special-interest money to do the work — you need to show up, listen, and write the bills
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 10, 2026
