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2026 candidates we're tracking in CA-50
Scott Peters
Top priorities
- Jobs and the economy
- Health care
- Medicare and Social Security
Per the campaign site.
About Scott Peters
Scott Peters represents California's 50th Congressional District. He worked as an environmental lawyer for 15 years and as an economist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before serving on the San Diego City Council, where he became the city's first Council President, per his official House website. In Congress, he serves on the House Energy and Commerce and Budget committees and focuses on climate and clean-energy policy, lowering drug costs, and San Diego's innovation economy, per the same source.
Steve Cohen
Top priorities
- Housing supply
- Healthcare costs and senior and veteran benefits
- Federal spending and border security
Per the press coverage.
About Steve Cohen
Cohen spent fifty years in broadcast journalism, including two decades as News Director of KUSI-TV in San Diego, per the campaign site. Cohen covered California politics beginning in 1982 and received awards from the San Diego Press Club and the San Diego County Republican Party for excellence in journalism, per the campaign site.
About this race
California's 50th 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.