Mantosh Kumar
Mantosh Kumar (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 15th Congressional District. Kumar declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on June 2, 2026.[source]
Kumar completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2026
See also: California's 15th 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 election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 15
Incumbent Kevin Mullin, Charles Hoelter, Mantosh Kumar, and Brian Tetrud are running in the primary for U.S. House California District 15 on June 2, 2026.
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 | Kevin Mullin (D) | |
 | Charles Hoelter (R) | |
 | Mantosh Kumar (D)  | |
 | Brian Tetrud (D) | |
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Mantosh Kumar completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kumar's responses.
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- An Affordability Crisis - Our CA-15 communities are suffering from skyrocketing costs for essentials like groceries, insurance, taxes, and utilities are outpacing wages. Teachers, nurses, and police can't afford to live in the communities that they serve and endure long commutes. Heartbroken retirees are forced to leave their long-time homes where they lived all their lives. This cruel, unsustainable situation stems from years of unrepresentative, PAC-funded, self-serving politics. As your Congressman, I will fight back by recognizing healthcare as a right ("Medicare for All"), repealing Trump’s inflationary tariffs, and holding insurance companies and county boards accountable for arbitrarily raising premiums and property taxes.
- Fight authoritarianism - Tired of Democrats' weak-kneed response to Trump and his enablers' assault on democracy? Mantosh Kumar will change that.
As your Congressman, Mantosh—a bold Democrat challenger—will fiercely defend our institutions: impeach threats to elections, expose authoritarian plots, and unite us against subversion. No more tepid talk; he'll lead historic reforms to safeguard voting rights, curb executive overreach, and restore civility in Washington. Inspired by Lincoln, FDR and JFK, Mantosh will fight for you—affordable housing, healthcare, and a thriving economy—while battling the forces eroding our republic. Vote Mantosh Kumar: The fighter CA-15 needs to alter history's course.
Join at mantosh.us. #MantoshForCongress - Get ready for the future - In AI's transformative era, Mantosh Kumar— a tech-business leader — is uniquely suited to prepare our kids, educators, and workforce. With decades solving complex challenges, driving large-scale ops excellence, Mantosh will champion AI training programs: empowering schools with AI curricula, up-skilling teachers to inspire excitement over fear, and retraining workers for AI-driven jobs. He'll partner with tech firms for apprenticeships, advocate ethical AI policies to protect privacy/jobs, fund community AI labs for hands-on learning, and push legislation for safety nets like transition grants —ensuring prosperity for all Americans.
Key focuses:
- Defending democracy: Restore civility, combat authoritarianism & special interests, ensure accountable representation.
- Universal healthcare: Medicare for All, affordable access without predatory denials — aligning with 60%+ public support.
End unaffordability for teachers, nurses & workers; combat homelessness via wage-housing balance.
- Economic opportunity: Good-paying jobs, dignified wages, AI training to prepare kids, educators & workforce for transformation.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
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