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Luz Maria Rivas

Luz Maria Rivas

Democratic · California · 2026 · Incumbent

Running for U.S. House, CA-29, California

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • STEM education, per house.gov
  • Infrastructure and disaster-response telecommunications, per house.gov
Biography

Rivas is an electrical engineer who earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering at MIT, worked as an engineer for Motorola, and earned a Master of Education degree from Harvard, per the campaign site. Rivas founded the nonprofit DIY Girls in 2012, served six years in the California State Assembly, and represents California's 29th District in Congress, per the campaign site.

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U.S. House, CA-29California · 2026

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