California Primary
June 02, 2026
The full voter guide with evaluations is estimated to be released on May 06, 2026.
The list below shows the candidates who have officially filed for this election.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 1
Audrey Denney
Democrat | Calif.
James Gallagher
Republican | Calif.
Janice Karrman
Democrat | Calif.
Timothy Sean Kelly
No Party Preference | Calif.
Mike McGuire
Democrat | Calif.
Richard T. Minner
No Party Preference | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 2
Gregory Burgess
No Party Preference | Calif.
Tim Geist
Republican | Calif.
Nicolette Hahn Niman
No Party Preference | Calif.
Jared Huffman
Democrat | Calif.
Robin Littau
Republican | Calif.
Paul Saulsbury
Republican | Calif.
Angelita Valles
Republican | Calif.
Rose Penelope Yee
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 3
Chris Bennett
Democrat | Calif.
Ami Bera
Democrat | Calif.
Christine Bish
Republican | Calif.
Lyndon "Pacey" Cervantes
Democrat | Calif.
Heidi Hall
Democrat | Calif.
Laura Koscki
Republican | Calif.
Chris Richardson
Green | Calif.
Robb Tucker
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 4
Sharon Brown
Republican | Calif.
Mandy Ghusar
Republican | Calif.
Eric Jones
Democrat | Calif.
Jimih Jones
Republican | Calif.
John MacKenzie
Republican | Calif.
Ray Riehle
Republican | Calif.
Thomas M Roach
No Party Preference | Calif.
Mike Thompson
Democrat | Calif.
Chuck Uribe
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 5
Michael J. "Mike" Barkley
Democrat | Calif.
Michael Masuda
Democrat | Calif.
Tom McClintock
Republican | Calif.
Dan Stroud
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 6
Lauren Babb Tomlinson
Democrat | Calif.
Martha Guerrero
Democrat | Calif.
Thien Ho
Democrat | Calif.
Kevin Kiley
No Party Preference | Calif.
Richard Pan
Democrat | Calif.
Michael Stansfield
Republican | Calif.
Tyler Vanderberg
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 7
Doris Matsui
Democrat | Calif.
Robby Morin
Democrat | Calif.
Enayat Nazhat
Democrat | Calif.
Ralph Nwobi
Republican | Calif.
Mai Vang
Democrat | Calif.
Zachariah Wooden
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 8
Nicolas Carjuzaa
Democrat | Calif.
John Garamendi
Democrat | Calif.
Rudy Recile
Republican | Calif.
Aaron Rowden
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 9
Josh Harder
Democrat | Calif.
Khalid Jeffrey Jafri
Republican | Calif.
John McBride
Republican | Calif.
Parminder "Happy" Singh
Republican | Calif.
Martin "Vmann" Veprauskas
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 10
Mark DeSaulnier
Democrat | Calif.
Jeff Frese
Republican | Calif.
Angela Griffiths
Republican | Calif.
Joshua Hamilton
Democrat | Calif.
Mitchell Maisler
Democrat | Calif.
Katherine Piccinini
Republican | Calif.
Bob Rowland
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 11
John "Gus" Buffler
Democrat | Calif.
Saikat Chakrabarti
Democrat | Calif.
Connie Chan
Democrat | Calif.
Nathan Deer
No Party Preference | Calif.
Keith Freedman
Democrat | Calif.
David Ganezer
Republican | Calif.
Omed Hamid
Democrat | Calif.
Gregory M Haynes
Democrat | Calif.
Marie Hurabiell
Democrat | Calif.
Scott Wiener
Democrat | Calif.
Jingchao Xiong
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 12
Jamie Joyce
Democrat | Calif.
Lateefah Simon
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 13
Daniel Garibay Rodriguez
Democrat | Calif.
Adam Gray
Democrat | Calif.
Vin Kruttiventi
Republican | Calif.
Kevin Lincoln
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 14
Victor Aguilar, Jr.
Democrat | Calif.
Suzanne Chenault
No Party Preference | Calif.
Carin Elam
Democrat | Calif.
Melissa Hernandez
Democrat | Calif.
Wendy Huang
Republican | Calif.
Dena Maldonado
Republican | Calif.
Matt Ortega
Democrat | Calif.
Rakhi Israni Singh
Democrat | Calif.
Aisha Wahab
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 15
Anthony Van Dang
Democrat | Calif.
Jim Garrity
No Party Preference | Calif.
Charles Hoelter
Republican | Calif.
Mantosh Kumar
Democrat | Calif.
Kevin Mullin
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 16
Kevin Johnson
Republican | Calif.
Sam Liccardo
Democrat | Calif.
Peter Sundin Soulé
Republican | Calif.
Jotham Stein
No Party Preference | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 17
Ethan Agarwal
Democrat | Calif.
Joe Dehn
Libertarian | Calif.
Mike Katz
Democrat | Calif.
Ro Khanna
Democrat | Calif.
Jennie Ha Phan
Republican | Calif.
Ritesh Tandon
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 18
Luis Arreguin
Democrat | Calif.
Chris Demers
No Party Preference | Calif.
Shane Lewis
Republican | Calif.
Zoe Lofgren
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 19
Ana Luz Acevedo-Cabrera
No Party Preference | Calif.
Thomas Coxe
No Party Preference | Calif.
Sean Dougherty
Democrat | Calif.
Tuka Gafari
Republican | Calif.
Lars Mapstead
Libertarian | Calif.
Jimmy Panetta
Democrat | Calif.
Peter Coe Verbica
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 20
Ben Dewell
No Party Preference | Calif.
Vince Fong
Republican | Calif.
Jeremy Fox
No Party Preference | Calif.
Sandra Van Scotter
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 21
Jim Costa
Democrat | Calif.
Eric Garcia
Democrat | Calif.
Lourin Hubbard
Democrat | Calif.
Kyle Kirkland
Republican | Calif.
Lance Kruse
No Party Preference | Calif.
Lorenzo Rios
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 22
Jasmeet Bains
Democrat | Calif.
David G. Valadao
Republican | Calif.
Randy Villegas
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 23
Tessa Lynn Hodge
Democrat | Calif.
Karen Leigh Matthews
No Party Preference | Calif.
Karsten Scott Nicholson
Democrat | Calif.
Jay Obernolte
Republican | Calif.
Eli C. Owens
No Party Preference | Calif.
Pat Wallis
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 24
Sarah Bacon
Democrat | Calif.
Salud Carbajal
Democrat | Calif.
Helena Pasquarella
Peace & Freedom | Calif.
Bob Smith
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 25
Ceci Andrade Truman
Republican | Calif.
Ronald Huffman
Republican | Calif.
Joe Males
Republican | Calif.
Raul Ruiz
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 26
Chris Espinosa
Democrat | Calif.
Sam Gallucci
Republican | Calif.
Jacqui Irwin
Democrat | Calif.
Sonia Kacker
Democrat | Calif.
Michael S. Koslow
Republican | Calif.
Daniel Miller
Republican | Calif.
Liam Andres O'Neill Hernandez
Democrat | Calif.
Sasan Samadzadeh
Democrat | Calif.
William "Bill" Scott
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 27
Jason Gibbs
Republican | Calif.
Caleb Norwood
Democrat | Calif.
Roberto Ramos
Democrat | Calif.
George Whitesides
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 28
Judy Chu
Democrat | Calif.
Peter Roybal
Democrat | Calif.
April A. Verlato
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 29
Angelica Maria Duenas
Democrat | Calif.
Rudy Melendez
Republican | Calif.
Luz Maria Rivas
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 30
John Armenian
No Party Preference | Calif.
Dennis Feitosa
Republican | Calif.
Laura Friedman
Democrat | Calif.
Pini Herman
Democrat | Calif.
Joel Lava
Democrat | Calif.
Scott Alan Meyers
Republican | Calif.
Cameron Tennyson
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 31
Eric Ching
Republican | Calif.
Gil Cisneros
Democrat | Calif.
Erskine Levi
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 32
Chris Ahuja
Democrat | Calif.
Dory Benami
Democrat | Calif.
Jake Levine
Democrat | Calif.
Marena Lin
Democrat | Calif.
Josh Sautter
Democrat | Calif.
Brad Sherman
Democrat | Calif.
Doug Smith
No Party Preference | Calif.
Larry Thompson
Republican | Calif.
Anna Wilding
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 33
Pete Aguilar
Democrat | Calif.
Antonis P. Christodoulou
Democrat | Calif.
Tom Herman
Republican | Calif.
Ernest "Earnie" Richter
Republican | Calif.
Ling Ling Shi
No Party Preference | Calif.
Stephanie M. Vargas
Republican | Calif.
Eugene Weems
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 34
Loren Colin
No Party Preference | Calif.
Arthur Dixon
Democrat | Calif.
Jimmy Gomez
Democrat | Calif.
Angela Gonzales-Torres
Democrat | Calif.
Calvin Lee
Republican | Calif.
Robert George Lucero Jr
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 35
Mike Cargile
Republican | Calif.
Norma J. Torres
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 36
Claire Ragge Anderson
No Party Preference | Calif.
Houston Brignano
Republican | Calif.
Rustin Knudtson
Democrat | Calif.
Ted W. Lieu
Democrat | Calif.
Frederick Reardon
Democrat | Calif.
Marianne Shamma
Democrat | Calif.
Melissa Toomim
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 37
Ryan Duckett
Democrat | Calif.
Baltazar Fedalizo
Republican | Calif.
Elizabeth Fenner
Democrat | Calif.
Steve Hill
No Party Preference | Calif.
Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Democrat | Calif.
Todd Lombardo
Democrat | Calif.
Samantha Mota
Democrat | Calif.
John Thompson Parker
Peace & Freedom | Calif.
Juan Rey
No Party Preference | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 38
Pedro Antonio Casas
Republican | Calif.
Erik Lutz
Democrat | Calif.
Monica M. Sanchez
Democrat | Calif.
Hilda Solis
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 39
Steve Manos
Republican | Calif.
Mark Takano
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 40
Ken Calvert
Republican | Calif.
Francis Xavier Hoffman
Democrat | Calif.
Claude M Keissieh
Democrat | Calif.
Joe Kerr
Democrat | Calif.
Esther Kim-Varet
Democrat | Calif.
Young Kim
Republican | Calif.
Nina Linh
No Party Preference | Calif.
Lisa Ramirez
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 41
Mitch Clemmons
Republican | Calif.
Hector De La Torre
Democrat | Calif.
Linda Sanchez
Democrat | Calif.
Shonique Williams
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 42
Brian Burley
Republican | Calif.
Robert Garcia
Democrat | Calif.
Long Pham
Republican | Calif.
Larisa Vermeulen
No Party Preference | Calif.
Noah Von Blom
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 43
Cristian Morales
Republican | Calif.
Myla Rahman
Democrat | Calif.
David Sedlik
Democrat | Calif.
Maxine Waters
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 44
Genevieve Angel
Republican | Calif.
Nanette Diaz Barragán
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 45
Mark Lenard
Republican | Calif.
Chi "Charlie" Nguyen
Republican | Calif.
Derek Tran
Democrat | Calif.
Chuong V. Vo
Republican | Calif.
Tom Vo
Republican | Calif.
Amy Phan West
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 46
Frank Bahena
Democrat | Calif.
Lou Correa
Democrat | Calif.
Christian Mendez
Democrat | Calif.
David Pan
Republican | Calif.
Amando "Mando" Perez-Serrato
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 47
U.S. Rep., Dist. 48
Ammar Campa-Najjar
Democrat | Calif.
Abel Chavez
Democrat | Calif.
Stephen Clemons
Democrat | Calif.
Corinna Contreras
Democrat | Calif.
Jim Desmond
Republican | Calif.
Kevin Patrick O'Neil
Republican | Calif.
Ferguson Porter
Democrat | Calif.
Luis F. Reyna
No Party Preference | Calif.
Brandon Riker
Democrat | Calif.
Mike Schaefer
Democrat | Calif.
Eric Shaw
Democrat | Calif.
Marni von Wilpert
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 49
Armen Kurdian
Republican | Calif.
Mike Levin
Democrat | Calif.
Star Parker
Republican | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 50
Tim Arnous
Democrat | Calif.
Steve Cohen
Republican | Calif.
Lucinda KWH Jahn
No Party Preference | Calif.
Aishwarya "Sparky" Mitra
Democrat | Calif.
Scott Peters
Democrat | Calif.
Joseph "Joe" Shea
Libertarian | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 51
Ricardo Cabrera
Republican | Calif.
Stan Caplan
Democrat | Calif.
David W Engel
Democrat | Calif.
Sara Jacobs
Democrat | Calif.
U.S. Rep., Dist. 52
Jeff Belle
Republican | Calif.
Deborah Calhoun Rhodes
Democrat | Calif.
Juan Vargas
Democrat | Calif.
Governor
Akinyemi Agbede
Democrat | Calif.
Mohammad Arif
Democrat | Calif.
James Athans Jr. Jr
Republican | Calif.
Larry Azevedo
Democrat | Calif.
Naomi Bar-Lev
No Party Preference | Calif.
Xavier Becerra
Democrat | Calif.
Chad Bianco
Republican | Calif.
Carolina Buhler
Democrat | Calif.
Joseph Cabrera
No Party Preference | Calif.
Elaine Culotti
No Party Preference | Calif.
Louis A. De Barraicua
Democrat | Calif.
Patricia De Luca Basualdo
Republican | Calif.
LivingForGod AndCountry DeMott
No Party Preference | Calif.
Randeep S. Dhillon
Republican | Calif.
Sophia Edum-a-Sam
Democrat | Calif.
Serge Fiankan
No Party Preference | Calif.
Lukasz Adam Filinski
No Party Preference | Calif.
Max Fomin
No Party Preference | Calif.
Derek Grasty
Democrat | Calif.
Don J. Grundmann
No Party Preference | Calif.
Jon Henderson
No Party Preference | Calif.
Lewis Herms
No Party Preference | Calif.
Rafael M. Hernandez
Republican | Calif.
Steve Hilton
Republican | Calif.
Joel E. Jacob
Democrat | Calif.
Dawit Kellel
No Party Preference | Calif.
Gary Howard Kidgell
Democrat | Calif.
Anne Komarovsk
No Party Preference | Calif.
Alicia Olivia Lapp
Republican | Calif.
Matthew Chase Levy
Democrat | Calif.
Duane Terrence Loynes Jr.
No Party Preference | Calif.
Matt Mahan
Democrat | Calif.
Amanda Martin
No Party Preference | Calif.
Brent Maupin
No Party Preference | Calif.
Daniel Mercuri
No Party Preference | Calif.
Leo Naranjo IV
Republican | Calif.
Tim Nelson
Republican | Calif.
Mauro Alberto Orozco
No Party Preference | Calif.
Thunder Parley
Democrat | Calif.
Katie Porter
Democrat | Calif.
Raji Rab
Democrat | Calif.
Satish Rao
Democrat | Calif.
Ramsey Robinson
Peace & Freedom | Calif.
Reza Safarnejad
No Party Preference | Calif.
Sam Sandak
No Party Preference | Calif.
Christine R. Sarmiento
No Party Preference | Calif.
Frederic C. Schultz
No Party Preference | Calif.
Barack D. Obama Shaw
Democrat | Calif.
Scott P Shields
Democrat | Calif.
Gretha Solorzano
Republican | Calif.
Tom Steyer
Democrat | Calif.
Eric Swalwell
Democrat | Calif.
Tony K. Thurmond
Democrat | Calif.
Margaret Trowe
No Party Preference | Calif.
Antonio Villaraigosa
Democrat | Calif.
Tom Woodard
Libertarian | Calif.
Betty T. Yee
Democrat | Calif.
Nancy D. Young
No Party Preference | Calif.
Leo Samuel Zacky
Republican | Calif.
Erin "Zez" Zezulak
Democrat | Calif.
David Zickefoose
Republican | Calif.
Lt. Governor
Rakesh Christian
No Party Preference | Calif.
David Collenberg
Republican | Calif.
Sean Collinson
No Party Preference | Calif.
David Fennell
Republican | Calif.
Josh Fryday
Democrat | Calif.
Janelle Kellman
Democrat | Calif.
Jeyson Lopez
Democrat | Calif.
Ebie Lynch
Republican | Calif.
Fiona Ma
Democrat | Calif.
Oliver Ma
Democrat | Calif.
Tim Myers
Democrat | Calif.
Gloria Romero
Republican | Calif.
Skip Shelton
Republican | Calif.
Abdur Rahman Sikder
Democrat | Calif.
Alice Stek
Peace & Freedom | Calif.
Michael Tubbs
Democrat | Calif.
Secretary of State
Gary N. Blenner
Green | Calif.
Michael Feinstein
Green | Calif.
Donald P. (Don) Wagner
Republican | Calif.
Shirley N. Weber
Democrat | Calif.
Controller
Meghann Adams
Peace & Freedom | Calif.
Malia M. Cohen
Democrat | Calif.
Herb W Morgan
Republican | Calif.
Treasurer
Anna M. Caballero
Democrat | Calif.
Jennifer Hawks
Republican | Calif.
Eleni Kounalakis
Democrat | Calif.
David Serpa
Republican | Calif.
Glenn Turner
Green | Calif.
Tony Vazquez
Democrat | Calif.
Attorney General
Rob Bonta
Democrat | Calif.
Michael E. Gates
Republican | Calif.
Marjorie Mikels
Green | Calif.
Insurance Commissioner
Eric Thor Aarnio
Republican | Calif.
Ben Allen
Democrat | Calif.
Steven Craig Bradford
Democrat | Calif.
Keith W. Davis
American Independent | Calif.
Merritt Farren
Republican | Calif.
Robert P Howell
Republican | Calif.
Jane Kim
Democrat | Calif.
Stacy A. Korsgaden
Republican | Calif.
Sean Lee
Republican | Calif.
Eduardo “Lalo” Vargas
Peace & Freedom | Calif.
Patrick Wolff
Democrat | Calif.
Member, State Board of Equalization, 1
Dusty Beach
Republican | Calif.
Nelson Esparza
Democrat | Calif.
Shannon Grove
Republican | Calif.
Nader F Shahatit
Republican | Calif.
Donald E. Williamson
Democrat | Calif.
Member, State Board of Equalization, 2
Sally J. Lieber
Democrat | Calif.
J Brett Marymee
Republican | Calif.
Mark McComas
Republican | Calif.
John Pimentel
Democrat | Calif.
Bill Shireman
Republican | Calif.
John W. Zaruka
Republican | Calif.
Member, State Board of Equalization, 3
Carlo Basail
Republican | Calif.
Rudy Bermudez
Democrat | Calif.
Mike Gipson
Democrat | Calif.
Stephan Hohil
Republican | Calif.
Zhijing Liu
Democrat | Calif.
Marie Manvel
No Party Preference | Calif.
Rey Portela
Republican | Calif.
Baru Alejandro Sanchez
Democrat | Calif.
Samuel P. Sukaton
Democrat | Calif.
Yvonne Yiu
Democrat | Calif.
Member, State Board of Equalization, 4
Martin Arias
Democrat | Calif.
Denis Bilodeau
Republican | Calif.
Gardner C. Osborne
Libertarian | Calif.
Cody Petterson
Democrat | Calif.
Tom Umberg
Democrat | Calif.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Richard Barrera
Non-Partisan | Calif.
Wendy Castaneda Leal
Non-Partisan | Calif.
Nichelle M. Henderson
Non-Partisan | Calif.
Frank Lara
Non-Partisan | Calif.
Ainye Long
Non-Partisan | Calif.
Gus Mattammal
Non-Partisan | Calif.
Al Muratsuchi
Non-Partisan | Calif.
Josh Newman
Non-Partisan | Calif.
Anthony Rendon
Non-Partisan | Calif.
Sonja Shaw
Non-Partisan | Calif.
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