United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2026
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June 2, 2026 |
November 3, 2026 |
2026 U.S. House Elections |
The U.S. House of Representatives elections in California are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect 52 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 52 U.S. House districts. The primary is June 2, 2026. The filing deadline was March 6, 2026.
Partisan breakdown
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 2 | 43 | 45 |
| Republican | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 52 | 54 |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Audrey Denney (Democratic Party)
- James Gallagher (Republican Party)
- Janice Karrman (Democratic Party)
- Timothy Kelly (No party preference)
- Mike McGuire (Democratic Party)
- Richard Minner (No party preference)
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District 2
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Jared Huffman (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Gregory Burgess (No party preference)

- Tim Geist (Republican Party)
- Nicolette Hahn Niman (No party preference)
- Robin Littau (Republican Party)
- Paul Saulsbury (Republican Party)
- Angelita Valles (Republican Party)
- Rose Penelope Yee (Democratic Party)
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District 3
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Ami Bera (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Chris Bennett (Democratic Party)

- Christine Bish (Republican Party)
- Lyndon Cervantes (Democratic Party)
- Heidi Hall (Democratic Party)
- Laura Koscki (Republican Party)
- Chris Richardson (Green Party)
- Robb Tucker (Republican Party)
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District 4
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Mike Thompson (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Sharon Brown (Republican Party)
- Mandy Ghusar (Republican Party)
- Eric Jones (Democratic Party)
- Jimih Jones (Republican Party)
- L. John MacKenzie (Republican Party)
- Raymond Riehle (Republican Party)
- Thomas Roach (No party preference)
- Chuck Uribe (Republican Party)

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District 5
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Tom McClintock (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- Mike Barkley (Democratic Party)

- Michael Masuda (Democratic Party)
- Dan Stroud (Democratic Party)
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District 6
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
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- Kevin Kiley (Incumbent) (No party preference)
- Lauren Babb Tomlinson (Democratic Party)
- Martha Guerrero (Democratic Party)
- Thien Ho (Democratic Party)
- Richard Pan (Democratic Party)
- Michael Stansfield (Republican Party)
- Tyler Vandenberg (Democratic Party)
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District 7
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Doris Matsui (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Robert Morin (Democratic Party)
- Enayat Nazhat (Democratic Party)
- Ralph Nwobi (Republican Party)
- Mai Vang (Democratic Party)
- Zachariah Wooden (Republican Party)
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District 8
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Primary candidates
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- John Garamendi (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Nicolas Carjuzaa (Democratic Party)
- Rudy Recile (Republican Party)
- Aaron Rowden (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
District 9
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
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- Josh Harder (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Khalid Jeffrey Jafri (Republican Party)
- John McBride (Republican Party)

- Parminder Singh (Republican Party)
- Martin Veprauskas (Republican Party)
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District 10
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Mark DeSaulnier (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Jeffrey Frese (Republican Party)
- Angela Griffiths (Republican Party)

- Josh Hamilton (Democratic Party)
- Mitchell Maisler (Democratic Party)

- Katherine Piccinini (Republican Party)
- Bob Rowland (Democratic Party)
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District 11
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- John Buffler (Democratic Party)
- Saikat Chakrabarti (Democratic Party)

- Connie Chan (Democratic Party)
- Nathan Deer (No party preference)

- Keith Freedman (Democratic Party)
- David Ganezer (Republican Party)
- Omed Hamid (Democratic Party)
- Gregory Haynes (Democratic Party)
- Marie Hurabiell (Democratic Party)
- Scott Wiener (Democratic Party)
- Jingchao Xiong (Republican Party)

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- Nancy Pelosi (Incumbent)
- Cole Bettles
- Darren Helton

- Daniel Wheeler
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District 12
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Lateefah Simon (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Jamie Joyce (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
District 13
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Adam Gray (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Daniel Garibay Rodriguez (Democratic Party)
- Vin Kruttiventi (Republican Party)
- Kevin Lincoln II (Republican Party)
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District 14
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Victor Aguilar (Democratic Party)
- Suzanne Chenault (No party preference)
- Carin Elam (Democratic Party)

- Melissa Hernandez (Democratic Party)
- Wendy Huang (Republican Party)
- Rakhi Israni (Democratic Party)
- Dena Maldonado (Republican Party)
- Matt Ortega (Democratic Party)
- Aisha Wahab (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Eric Swalwell (Incumbent)
- Abrar Qadir
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District 15
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Kevin Mullin (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Anthony Dang (Democratic Party)

- Jim Garrity (No party preference)
- Charles Hoelter (Republican Party)

- Mantosh Kumar (Democratic Party)

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District 16
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Sam Liccardo (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Kevin Johnson (Republican Party)
- Peter Soule (Republican Party)

- Jotham Stein (No party preference)

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District 17
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Ro Khanna (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Ethan Agarwal (Democratic Party)
- Joe Dehn (Libertarian Party)
- Jennie Ha Phan (Republican Party)
- Mike Katz (Democratic Party)

- Ritesh Tandon (Republican Party)
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District 18
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Zoe Lofgren (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Luis Acevedo-Arreguin (Democratic Party)
- Chris Demers (No party preference)
- Shane Lewis (Republican Party)
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District 19
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Jimmy Panetta (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Ana Luz Acevedo-Cabrera (No party preference)
- Thomas Coxe (No party preference)
- Sean Dougherty (Democratic Party)
- Tuka Gafari (Republican Party)
- Lars Mapstead (Libertarian Party)
- Peter Verbica (Republican Party)
Did not make the ballot:
District 20
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
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- Vince Fong (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- Ben Dewell (No party preference)

- Jeremy Fox (No party preference)
- Sandra Van Scotter (Democratic Party)

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District 21
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Jim Costa (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Eric Garcia (Democratic Party)
- Lourin Hubbard (Democratic Party)
- Kyle Kirkland (Republican Party)
- Lance Kruse (No party preference)
- Lorenzo Rios (Republican Party)

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District 22
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
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- David G. Valadao (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- Jasmeet Bains (Democratic Party)
- Randy Villegas (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
District 23
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Jay Obernolte (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- Tessa Lynn Hodge (Democratic Party)

- Karen Matthews (No party preference)

- Karsten Nicholson (Democratic Party)
- Eli Owens (No party preference)
- Pat Wallis (Democratic Party)

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District 24
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Salud Carbajal (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Sarah Bacon (Democratic Party)
- Helena Pasquarella (Peace and Freedom Party)
- Bob Smith (Republican Party)

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District 25
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Raul Ruiz (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Ronald Huffman (Republican Party)
- Joe Males (Republican Party)
- Ceci Andrade Truman (Republican Party)

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District 26
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Sonia Devgan-Kacker (Democratic Party)

- Chris Espinosa (Democratic Party)
- Samuel Gallucci (Republican Party)
- Liam Hernandez (Democratic Party)

- Jacqui Irwin (Democratic Party)
- Michael Koslow (Republican Party)
- Daniel Miller (Republican Party)
- Sasan Samadzadeh (Democratic Party)
- William Scott (Republican Party)

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District 27
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- George Whitesides (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Jason Gibbs (Republican Party)
- Caleb Norwood (Democratic Party)
- Roberto Ramos (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
District 28
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Judy Chu (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Peter Roybal (Democratic Party)
- April Verlato (Republican Party)
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District 29
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Luz Maria Rivas (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Angélica María Dueñas (Democratic Party)
- Rudy Melendez (Republican Party)
Did not make the ballot:
District 30
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
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- Laura Friedman (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- John Armenian (No party preference)

- Dennis Feitosa (Republican Party)
- Pini Herman (Democratic Party)
- Joel Lava (Democratic Party)

- Scott Meyers (Republican Party)

- Cameron Tennyson (Democratic Party)
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District 31
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Gil Cisneros (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Eric Ching (Republican Party)
- Erskine Levi (Republican Party)

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District 32
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Brad Sherman (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Christopher Ahuja (Democratic Party)
- Dory Benami (Democratic Party)

- Jake Levine (Democratic Party)
- Marena Lin (Democratic Party)

- Josh Sautter (Democratic Party)

- Douglas Smith (No party preference)

- Larry Thompson (Republican Party)

- Anna Wilding (Democratic Party)

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District 33
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Pete Aguilar (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Antonis Christodoulou (Democratic Party)

- Tom Herman (Republican Party)
- Ernest Richter (Republican Party)
- Ling Ling Shi (No party preference)
- Stephanie Vargas (Republican Party)

- Eugene Weems (Republican Party)

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District 34
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Jimmy Gomez (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Loren Colin (No party preference)
- Arthur Dixon (Democratic Party)

- Angela Gonzales-Torres (Democratic Party)
- Calvin Lee (Republican Party)
- Robert Lucero (Democratic Party)
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District 35
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Norma Torres (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Mike Cargile (Republican Party)
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District 36
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Ted Lieu (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Claire Anderson (No party preference)
- Houston Brignano (Republican Party)

- Rustin Knudtson (Democratic Party)
- Frederick Reardon (Democratic Party)
- Marianne Shamma (Democratic Party)
- Melissa Toomim (Republican Party)
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District 37
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Ryan Duckett (Democratic Party)

- Baltazar Fedalizo (Republican Party)

- Elizabeth Fenner (Democratic Party)
- Steve Hill (No party preference)
- Todd Lombardo (Democratic Party)
- Samantha Mota (Democratic Party)

- John Parker (Peace and Freedom Party)
- Juan Rey (No party preference)

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District 38
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Pedro Casas (Republican Party)
- Erik Lutz (Democratic Party)
- Monica Sanchez (Democratic Party)
- Hilda Solis (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
District 39
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Mark Takano (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Steve Manos (Republican Party)
District 40
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Ken Calvert (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- Young Kim (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- Francis Hoffman (Democratic Party)
- Claude Keissieh (Democratic Party)
- Joe Kerr (Democratic Party)
- Nina Linh (No party preference)
- Lisa Ramirez (Democratic Party)
- Esther Kim Varet (Democratic Party)
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District 41
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Linda Sánchez (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Mitch Clemmons (Republican Party)
- Hector De La Torre (Democratic Party)
- Shonique Williams (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Katherine Aleman
- Jason Byors
- Anuj Dixit
- David Karson
- Gale Duane Lawton
- Tim Myers
- Shaaf Patel

- Tiffanie Tate
- Cody Wiebelhaus
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District 42
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Robert Garcia (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Noah Blom (Republican Party)
- Brian Burley (Republican Party)
- Long Pham (Republican Party)
- Larisa Vermeulen (No party preference)

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District 43
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Maxine Waters (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Cristian Morales (Republican Party)
- Myla Rahman (Democratic Party)
- David Sedlik (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
District 44
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Nanette Barragán (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Genevieve Angel (Republican Party)

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District 45
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Derek Tran (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Mark Leonard (Republican Party)

- Chi Charlie Nguyen (Republican Party)
- Amy Phan West (Republican Party)
- Chuong Vo (Republican Party)
- Thomas Vo (Republican Party)
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District 46
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Lou Correa (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Francisco Bahena (Democratic Party)

- Christian Mendez (Democratic Party)

- David Pan (Republican Party)
- Armando Perez-Serrato (Democratic Party)
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District 47
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Dave Min (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- William Brough (Republican Party)
- Christopher Gonzales (Republican Party)
- Jenny Rae Le Roux (Republican Party)
- Michael Maxsenti (Republican Party)
- Hunter Miranda (Democratic Party)

- Jesus Patino (No party preference)

- Derrick Michael Reid (Libertarian Party)
- Eric Troutman (No party preference)

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District 48
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Ammar Campa-Najjar (Democratic Party)
- Abel Chavez (Democratic Party)

- Stephen Clemons (Democratic Party)

- Corinna Contreras (Democratic Party)
- Jim Desmond (Republican Party)
- Kevin O'Neil (Republican Party)

- Ferguson Porter (Democratic Party)
- Luis Reyna (No party preference)

- Brandon Riker (Democratic Party)

- Mike Schaefer (Democratic Party)
- Eric Shaw (Democratic Party)
- Marni von Wilpert (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Darrell Issa (Incumbent)
- Mike Bucy
- Nicholas Davis
- Anuj Dixit
- Marc Iannarino
- Albert James Mora

- Curtis Morrison

- Brian Nash
- Jerlilia Ryans

- Whitney Shanahan
- Suzanne Till
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District 49
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Mike Levin (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Armen Kurdian (Republican Party)
- Star Parker (Republican Party)

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District 50
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Scott Peters (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Tim Arnous (Democratic Party)

- Steve Cohen (Republican Party)
- Lucinda Jahn (No party preference)
- Aishwarya Mitra (Democratic Party)

- Joseph Shea (Libertarian Party)
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District 51
General election candidates
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Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Sara Jacobs (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Ricardo Cabrera (Republican Party)

- Stan Caplan (Democratic Party)

- David Engel (Democratic Party)
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District 52
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Juan Vargas (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Jeff Belle (Republican Party)
- Deborah Calhoun Rhodes (Democratic Party)
Voting information
- See also: Voting in California
General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
- California's 1st Congressional District
- California's 2nd Congressional District
- California's 3rd Congressional District
- California's 4th Congressional District
- California's 5th Congressional District
- California's 6th Congressional District
- California's 7th Congressional District
- California's 8th Congressional District
- California's 9th Congressional District
- California's 10th Congressional District
- California's 11th Congressional District
- California's 12th Congressional District
- California's 13th Congressional District
- California's 14th Congressional District
- California's 15th Congressional District
- California's 16th Congressional District
- California's 17th Congressional District
- California's 18th Congressional District
- California's 19th Congressional District
- California's 20th Congressional District
- California's 21st Congressional District
- California's 22nd Congressional District
- California's 23rd Congressional District
- California's 24th Congressional District
- California's 25th Congressional District
- California's 26th Congressional District
- California's 27th Congressional District
- California's 28th Congressional District
- California's 29th Congressional District
- California's 30th Congressional District
- California's 31st Congressional District
- California's 32nd Congressional District
- California's 33rd Congressional District
- California's 34th Congressional District
- California's 35th Congressional District
- California's 36th Congressional District
- California's 37th Congressional District
- California's 38th Congressional District
- California's 39th Congressional District
- California's 40th Congressional District
- California's 41st Congressional District
- California's 42nd Congressional District
- California's 43rd Congressional District
- California's 44th Congressional District
- California's 45th Congressional District
- California's 46th Congressional District
- California's 47th Congressional District
- California's 48th Congressional District
- California's 49th Congressional District
- California's 50th Congressional District
- California's 51st Congressional District
- California's 52nd Congressional District
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in California in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in California, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| California | U.S. House | All candidates | 40-60 | $1,740 | 3/6/2026 | Source |
Political context
This section will be updated with information about the political landscape in California.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018