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2026 U.S. House

California's 34th Congressional District — 2026 Candidates

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U.S. House · CA-34
Primary: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 General: Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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2026 candidates we're tracking in CA-34

Jimmy Gomez

Jimmy Gomez

DemocraticIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Health care and Medicare for All
  • Abortion and reproductive rights
  • Housing affordability and renters' rights
About Jimmy Gomez

Jimmy Gomez is the Democratic candidate for California's 34th Congressional District on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's Certified List of Candidates (ballot designation: U.S. Representative/Parent). Jimmy Gomez is the sitting member. A son of Mexican immigrants, he attended community college, graduated from UCLA, earned a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School, and worked as a union organizer with AFSCME California and the United Nurses Associations of California before serving in the State Assembly, per the campaign site.

Angela Gonzales-Torres

Angela Gonzales-Torres

Democratic

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Get Money Out of Politics: abolish Super PACs
  • Affordability For All: housing, healthcare, and education shouldn't be luxuries
  • Tax the Rich, Not the Rest of Us
About Angela Gonzales-Torres

Angela Gonzales-Torres works as an academic counselor at Pasadena City College supporting formerly incarcerated and system-impacted students, and is program director for a permanent affordable-housing project in Altadena, per her campaign site. She has served as President of the Highland Park Neighborhood Council and on Metro's Public Safety Advisory Committee.

About this race

California's 34th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The California primary is Tuesday, June 2, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

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