United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2026

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	2026 U.S. Senate Elections; 2026 U.S. House Elections

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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 is March 6, 2026.

Partisan breakdown

California congressional partisan composition
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	43	45
Republican	0	8	8
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	1	1
Total	2	52	54

Candidates

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

District 1

See also: California's 1st Congressional District election, 2026

General election candidates

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Did not make the ballot:

Doug LaMalfa (Incumbent) (Republican Party)

Primary candidates

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Audrey Denney (Democratic Party)
Mike McGuire (Democratic Party)
James Salegui (Democratic Party)
Casey Stewart (Democratic Party)
Angelita Valles (Republican Party)
Kyle Wilson (Democratic Party)

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District 2

See also: California's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026

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Jared Huffman (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Kevin Eisele (Democratic Party)
Paul Saulsbury (Republican Party)
Colby Smart (No party preference)
Rose Penelope Yee (Democratic Party)

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District 3

See also: California's 3rd Congressional District election, 2026

General election candidates

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Did not make the ballot:

Tyler Vandenberg (Democratic Party)

Primary candidates

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Ami Bera (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Kevin Kiley (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
Chris Bennett (Democratic Party)
Lyndon Cervantes (Democratic Party)
Heidi Hall (Democratic Party)

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District 4

See also: California's 4th Congressional District election, 2026

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Mike Thompson (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Sharon Brown (Republican Party)
Heath Fulkerson (Republican Party)
Mandy Ghusar (Republican Party)
Eric Jones (Democratic Party)
Laurie MacKenzie (Republican Party)
Trevor Merrell (Democratic Party)
John Wesley Tyler (Independent)

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District 5

See also: California's 5th Congressional District election, 2026

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Tom McClintock (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
Mike Barkley (Democratic Party)
Paul Danbom (Democratic Party)
Michael Masuda (Democratic Party)
Angelina Sigala (Democratic Party)
Kate Sills (Democratic Party)
Jason Weland (Republican Party)

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District 6

See also: California's 6th Congressional District election, 2026

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Lauren Babb Tomlinson (Democratic Party)
Christine Bish (Republican Party)
Craig DeLuz (Republican Party)
Thien Ho (Democratic Party)
Richard Pan (Democratic Party)
Kindra Pring (Democratic Party)
Raymond Riehle (Republican Party)
Michael Stansfield (Republican Party)
Tyler Vandenberg (Democratic Party)

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District 7

See also: California's 7th Congressional District election, 2026

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Doris Matsui (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Erica Lee (Democratic Party)
Kathryn Ming (Republican Party)
Robert Morin (Democratic Party)
Enayat Nazhat (Democratic Party)
Mai Vang (Democratic Party)

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District 8

See also: California's 8th Congressional District election, 2026

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Did not make the ballot:

Mandy Ghusar (Peace and Freedom Party)

Primary candidates

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John Garamendi (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Nicolas Carjuzaa (Democratic Party)
Harinder Lamba (Democratic Party)
Rudy Recile (Republican Party)
Aaron Rowden (Democratic Party)

District 9

See also: California's 9th Congressional District election, 2026

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Josh Harder (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
John McBride (Republican Party)
Jim Shoemaker (Republican Party)
Parminder Singh (Republican Party)

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District 10

See also: California's 10th Congressional District election, 2026

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Mark DeSaulnier (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Jeffrey Frese (Republican Party)
Josh Hamilton (Democratic Party)
Mitchell Maisler (Democratic Party)
Katherine Piccinini (Republican Party)

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District 11

See also: California's 11th Congressional District election, 2026

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Did not make the ballot:

Nancy Pelosi (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)

Primary candidates

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Cole Bettles (Democratic Party)
Saikat Chakrabarti (Democratic Party)
Connie Chan (Democratic Party)
David Ganezer (Republican Party)
Omed Hamid (Democratic Party)
Darren Helton (Democratic Party)
Daniel Wheeler (Democratic Party)
Scott Wiener (Democratic Party)
Jingchao Xiong (Democratic Party)

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District 12

See also: California's 12th Congressional District election, 2026

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Lateefah Simon (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Heath Fulkerson (Republican Party)

District 13

See also: California's 13th Congressional District election, 2026

General election candidates

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Did not make the ballot:

Angelina Sigala (Democratic Party)

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Adam Gray (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Alberto Escobedo (No party preference)
Vin Kruttiventi (Republican Party)
Kevin Lincoln II (Republican Party)
Javier Lopez (Republican Party)

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District 14

See also: California's 14th Congressional District election, 2026

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Did not make the ballot:

Eric Swalwell (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)

Primary candidates

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Melissa Hernandez (Democratic Party)
Wendy Huang (Republican Party)
Rakhi Israni (Democratic Party)
Matt Ortega (Democratic Party)
Abrar Qadir (Democratic Party)

District 15

See also: California's 15th Congressional District election, 2026

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Kevin Mullin (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Mantosh Kumar (Democratic Party)
Brian Tetrud (Democratic Party)

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District 16

See also: California's 16th Congressional District election, 2026

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Sam Liccardo (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Kevin Johnson (Republican Party)
Jotham Stein (No party preference)

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District 17

See also: California's 17th Congressional District election, 2026

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Ro Khanna (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Nicholas Finan (Democratic Party)
Ha Phan (Republican Party)
Ritesh Tandon (Republican Party)

District 18

See also: California's 18th Congressional District election, 2026

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Zoe Lofgren (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Chris Demers (No party preference)
Zakaria Kortam (Republican Party)
Shane Lewis (Republican Party)

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District 19

See also: California's 19th Congressional District election, 2026

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Jimmy Panetta (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Sean Dougherty (Green Party)
Hannah James (Democratic Party)
Peter Verbica (Republican Party)

District 20

See also: California's 20th Congressional District election, 2026

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Vince Fong (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
Patrick Robb (Democratic Party)
Carol Kristina Roper (Democratic Party)
Sandra Van Scotter (Democratic Party)

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District 21

See also: California's 21st Congressional District election, 2026

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Jim Costa (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Lourin Hubbard (Democratic Party)
Kyle Kirkland (Republican Party)
Lorenzo Rios (Republican Party)

District 22

See also: California's 22nd Congressional District election, 2026

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David G. Valadao (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
Jasmeet Bains (Democratic Party)
Eric Garcia (Democratic Party)
Rudy Salas (Democratic Party)
Randy Villegas (Democratic Party)

District 23

See also: California's 23rd Congressional District election, 2026

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Jay Obernolte (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
Edwin Alonzo (Democratic Party)
Paul Chakalian (Democratic Party)
Alexis Claiborne (Democratic Party)
Tessa Lynn Hodge (Democratic Party)
David Jones (Democratic Party)
Karen Matthews (Independent)
Pat Wallis (Democratic Party)

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District 24

See also: California's 24th Congressional District election, 2026

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Salud Carbajal (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Bob Smith (Republican Party)

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District 25

See also: California's 25th Congressional District election, 2026

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Raul Ruiz (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Ronald Huffman (Republican Party)
John Kesselmark (Republican Party)
Joe Males (Republican Party)
Eli Owens (Independent)

District 26

See also: California's 26th Congressional District election, 2026

General election candidates

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Did not make the ballot:

Julia Brownley (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)

Primary candidates

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Sonia Devgan-Kacker (Democratic Party)
Chris Espinosa (Democratic Party)
Samuel Gallucci (Republican Party)
Crystal Golden (Republican Party)
Jacqui Irwin (Democratic Party)
Michael Koslow (Republican Party)
Kyle Langford (Democratic Party)
Kyle Rohrbach (Democratic Party)
William Scott (Republican Party)
Jonathan Wagoner (Republican Party)

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District 27

See also: California's 27th Congressional District election, 2026

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George Whitesides (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Jason Gibbs (Republican Party)
David Neidhart (Republican Party)
Roberto Ramos (Democratic Party)

District 28

See also: California's 28th Congressional District election, 2026

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Judy Chu (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Robert Gonzalez (Democratic Party)
Michael Tucker (Democratic Party)
April Verlato (Republican Party)

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District 29

See also: California's 29th Congressional District election, 2026

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Luz Maria Rivas (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Margarita Maria Carranza (Republican Party)
Angélica María Dueñas (Democratic Party)
Steven Sparrow (Republican Party)

District 30

See also: California's 30th Congressional District election, 2026

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John Armenian (No party preference)

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Laura Friedman (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Dennis Feitosa (Republican Party)
Lester Herman (Democratic Party)
Darrell Reeves (Democratic Party)
Alan Starzinski (Democratic Party)

District 31

See also: California's 31st Congressional District election, 2026

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Gil Cisneros (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Erskine Levi (Republican Party)

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District 32

See also: California's 32nd Congressional District election, 2026

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Did not make the ballot:

Jake Rakov (Democratic Party)

Primary candidates

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Christopher Ahuja (Democratic Party)
Dory Benami (Democratic Party)
Orissa Ishii (Democratic Party)
Wyatt Karem (Democratic Party)
Jake Levine (Democratic Party)
Marena Lin (Democratic Party)
Mia Phillips (Democratic Party)
Josh Sautter (Democratic Party)
Larry Thompson (Republican Party)
Anna Wilding (Democratic Party)

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District 33

See also: California's 33rd Congressional District election, 2026

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Pete Aguilar (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Stephanie Vargas (Republican Party)
Eugene Weems (Democratic Party)

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District 34

See also: California's 34th Congressional District election, 2026

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Jimmy Gomez (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Loren Colin (No party preference)
Arthur Dixon (Democratic Party)
David Ferrell (Democratic Party)
Angela Gonzales-Torres (Democratic Party)
Calvin Lee (Republican Party)
Robert Lucero (Democratic Party)
Vivian Nguyen (Independent)

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District 35

See also: California's 35th Congressional District election, 2026

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Norma Torres (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Mike Cargile (Republican Party)
Michael Horvath (Republican Party)
W.H. Lane (Democratic Party)

District 36

See also: California's 36th Congressional District election, 2026

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Claire Anderson (No party preference)
Houston Brignano (Republican Party)
Rustin Knudtson (Democratic Party)
Ivan Perkins (Democratic Party)
Melissa Toomim (Republican Party)

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District 37

See also: California's 37th Congressional District election, 2026

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Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Ryan Duckett (Democratic Party)
Elizabeth Fenner (Democratic Party)
Steve Hill (No party preference)
Todd Lombardo (Democratic Party)
Samantha Mota (Democratic Party)

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District 38

See also: California's 38th Congressional District election, 2026

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Linda Sánchez (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Thomas Adams-Falconer (Democratic Party)
Monica Sanchez (Democratic Party)
Hilda Solis (Democratic Party)

District 39

See also: California's 39th Congressional District election, 2026

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Mark Takano (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)

District 40

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

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Did not make the ballot:

Christina Gagnier (Democratic Party)
Perry Meade (Democratic Party)
Tiffanie Tate (Democratic Party)

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Ken Calvert (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
Young Kim (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
Christian Ahmed (No party preference)
Claude Keissieh (Democratic Party)
Joe Kerr (Democratic Party)
Nina Linh (Independent)
Maricar Payad (American Independent Party)
Eric Peterson (Democratic Party)
Lisa Ramirez (Democratic Party)
Paula Swift (Democratic Party)
Esther Kim Varet (Democratic Party)

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District 41

See also: California's 41st Congressional District election, 2026

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Did not make the ballot:

Anuj Dixit (Democratic Party)
Tim Myers (Democratic Party)
Tiffanie Tate (Democratic Party)

Primary candidates

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Katherine Aleman (Democratic Party)
Jason Byors (Democratic Party)
Hector De La Torre (Democratic Party)
David Karson (Democratic Party)
Gale Duane Lawton (Democratic Party)
Shaaf Patel (Libertarian Party)
Cody Wiebelhaus (Republican Party)
Shonique Williams (Democratic Party)

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District 42

See also: California's 42nd Congressional District election, 2026

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Robert Garcia (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Brian Burley (Republican Party)
Philip Turek (Republican Party)

District 43

See also: California's 43rd Congressional District election, 2026

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Maxine Waters (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Eden Cristo (Democratic Party)
Craig Geiger (Republican Party)
Anish Jain (Republican Party)
Christopher Truman (Democratic Party)

District 44

See also: California's 44th Congressional District election, 2026

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Nanette Barragán (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)

District 45

See also: California's 45th Congressional District election, 2026

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Derek Tran (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Brian Forde (Democratic Party)
Mark Leonard (Republican Party)
Chi Charlie Nguyen (Republican Party)
Amy Phan West (Republican Party)
Michelle Steel (Republican Party)
Chuong Vo (Republican Party)
Thomas Vo (Republican Party)

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District 46

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

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Lou Correa (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Francisco Bahena (Democratic Party)
Christian Mendez (Democratic Party)
David Pan (Republican Party)

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District 47

See also: California's 47th Congressional District election, 2026

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Dave Min (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Julia Hashemieh (Republican Party)
Sage Lam (Republican Party)
Michael Maxsenti (Republican Party)
Hunter Miranda (Democratic Party)
Eric Troutman (Independent)

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District 48

See also: California's 48th Congressional District election, 2026

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Did not make the ballot:

Anuj Dixit (Democratic Party)
Suzanne Till (Democratic Party)
Albert James Mora (No party preference)

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Darrell Issa (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
Mike Bucy (Independent)
Ammar Campa-Najjar (Democratic Party)
Abel Chavez (Democratic Party)
Stephen Clemons (Democratic Party)
Corinna Contreras (Democratic Party)
Nicholas Davis (Democratic Party)
Curtis Morrison (Democratic Party)
Brian Nash (Democratic Party)
Ferguson Porter (Democratic Party)
Brandon Riker (Democratic Party)
Whitney Shanahan (Democratic Party)
Marni von Wilpert (Democratic Party)

Did not make the ballot:

Marc Iannarino

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District 49

See also: California's 49th Congressional District election, 2026

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Mike Levin (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Julian Arellano (No party preference)
Jim Desmond (Republican Party)
Star Parker (Republican Party)
Eli Stern (Republican Party)

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District 50

See also: California's 50th Congressional District election, 2026

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Scott Peters (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Tim Arnous (Democratic Party)
Timothy Bilash (Democratic Party)
Aishwarya Mitra (Democratic Party)
Ernesto Perez (Democratic Party)

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District 51

See also: California's 51st Congressional District election, 2026

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Sara Jacobs (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Mike Bucy (Independent)
John-Samuel Etheridge Williams (Republican Party)

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District 52

See also: California's 52nd Congressional District election, 2026

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Juan Vargas (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)

Voting information

See also: Voting in California

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

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:

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

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↑ 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

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California's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Alex Padilla (D)

Adam Schiff (D)

Representatives

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Vacant

District 2

Jared Huffman (D)

District 3

Kevin Kiley (R)

District 4

Mike Thompson (D)

District 5

Tom McClintock (R)

District 6

Ami Bera (D)

District 7

Doris Matsui (D)

District 8

John Garamendi (D)

District 9

Josh Harder (D)

District 10

Mark DeSaulnier (D)

District 11

Nancy Pelosi (D)

District 12

Lateefah Simon (D)

District 13

Adam Gray (D)

District 14

Eric Swalwell (D)

District 15

Kevin Mullin (D)

District 16

Sam Liccardo (D)

District 17

Ro Khanna (D)

District 18

Zoe Lofgren (D)

District 19

Jimmy Panetta (D)

District 20

Vince Fong (R)

District 21

Jim Costa (D)

District 22

David Valadao (R)

District 23

Jay Obernolte (R)

District 24

Salud Carbajal (D)

District 25

Raul Ruiz (D)

District 26

Julia Brownley (D)

District 27

George Whitesides (D)

District 28

Judy Chu (D)

District 29

Luz Rivas (D)

District 30

Laura Friedman (D)

District 31

Gil Cisneros (D)

District 32

Brad Sherman (D)

District 33

Pete Aguilar (D)

District 34

Jimmy Gomez (D)

District 35

Norma Torres (D)

District 36

Ted Lieu (D)

District 37

Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D)

District 38

Linda Sánchez (D)

District 39

Mark Takano (D)

District 40

Young Kim (R)

District 41

Ken Calvert (R)

District 42

Robert Garcia (D)

District 43

Maxine Waters (D)

District 44

Nanette Barragán (D)

District 45

Derek Tran (D)

District 46

Lou Correa (D)

District 47

Dave Min (D)

District 48

Darrell Issa (R)

District 49

Mike Levin (D)

District 50

Scott Peters (D)

District 51

Sara Jacobs (D)

District 52

Juan Vargas (D)

Democratic Party (45)

Republican Party (8)

Vacancies (1)

[1] Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.

[2] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018

[3] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018

[4] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018

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