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2026 race

CA-34 — U.S. House

5 active candidates on file with the FEC. Incumbent: Jimmy Gomez.

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Primary · Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Called by audit: web-verified
Top-two primary — Jimmy Gomez and Angela Gonzales-Torres advanced to the general election.
  • DJimmy Gomez· inc.Advanced to general
  • DAngela Gonzales-TorresAdvanced to general
Source
Election day
135days
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
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Disclosed money in race
$1.4M
Candidate + outside spending. See finance breakdown below.
Incumbent

Currently in office

Challengers

Sorted by fundraising

Rob Lucero

D
ChallengerFEC H6CA34294

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Raised this cycle$176K
Cash on hand: $41K
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Angela Gonzales-Torres

D
ChallengerFEC H6CA34286

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Raised this cycle$166K
Cash on hand: $21K
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Arthur Dixon

D
ChallengerFEC H6CA34302

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Raised this cycle$17K
Cash on hand: $12K

Loren Colin

I
ChallengerFEC H6CA34278

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Raised this cycle$9K
Cash on hand: $5K
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Local signal

Early read on CA-34 — U.S. House

A directional read on where this seat is trending, from the signals we have so far. This is an early scaffold — more inputs light up as coverage and constituent activity accrue.

Coverage tone · leans negative
Recent news coverage of Jimmy Gomez over the last 90 days.
0 positive2 neutral2 negative
4 articles · AI-assessed sentiment toward the rep. A media signal, not a poll of the district.
Constituent stakes
No one here has staked a position on a tracked vote yet. As neighbors weigh in on /pressure campaigns, the district's lean will show up here.
Money in the race

Finance breakdown

Disclosed funding shaping this race — both the money candidates raise themselves and the outside spending dropped by independent groups. Issue-ad spending by 501(c)(4) groups is excluded; the FEC doesn't require disclosure of it. See the note below for details.

Total disclosed
$1.4M
Candidate fundraising + independent expenditures (FEC).
Candidate-direct (Schedule A)
$1.4M
Raised by candidate committees themselves.
Outside spending (Schedule E)
$0
No outside spending reported yet.
CandidateRaised directlyOutside forOutside againstNet in corner
Jimmy Gomez(D)incumbent
$1.0M——$1.0M
Rob Lucero(D)
$176K——$176K
Angela Gonzales-Torres(D)
$166K——$166K
Arthur Dixon(D)
$17K——$17K
Loren Colin
$9K——$9K
Where the money comes from

In-state vs out-of-state

Share of each candidate's itemized individual contributions from donors inside CA versus the rest of the country. Excludes sub-$200 unitemized donations (no geography on file) and PAC money — see note below.

Jimmy Gomez(D)70% in-state · $593K itemized
$414K in-state$179K out-of-state
What's counted, what isn't

Candidate-direct is each campaign's reported receipts on FEC Schedule A — individual contributions plus PAC contributions to the candidate's own committee — through the most recent filing.

Outside spending is independent expenditures on FEC Schedule E: money spent by PACs, super PACs, and party committees for or against a candidate, without legal coordination with the campaign. The committees listed under each candidate are the largest disclosed spenders on either side.

In-state vs out-of-state covers only itemized individual contributions — donations over $200, which are the only ones that carry a contributor address at the FEC. Sub-$200 unitemized donations (often a large share for grassroots campaigns) have no geography on file and are excluded, as is PAC money. So the percentages describe where a candidate's itemized individual money comes from, not where every dollar raised comes from.

Not counted: 501(c)(4) "social welfare" organizations run issue ads that frequently mention candidates by name but aren't classified as express advocacy under FEC rules — they file no Schedule E and don't appear in this breakdown. Press reporting on a race may cite figures that include this dark-money spending; ours doesn't.

Where they stand

Issue-by-issue comparison

Positions extracted from each candidate's campaign issues page by AI. Contested rows — where candidates disagree with each other — appear first.

StatementGomezLuceroGonzales-torresDixonColinYou
Abortion
A national law should protect access to abortion in every state.
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Abortion
Access to contraception should be guaranteed by federal law in all states (Right to Contraception Act).
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Abortion
States should be prohibited from criminalizing residents who travel out-of-state for abortion services.
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Agriculture
SNAP (food stamp) eligibility and benefit levels should be expanded.
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Criminal Justice
Marijuana should be legal under federal law.
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Criminal Justice
Federal law should allow individuals to sue police officers for civil-rights violations even when officers claim qualified immunity.
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Economy
The federal minimum wage should be raised.
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Economy
The expanded child tax credit (refundable, paid monthly) should be made permanent.
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Economy
The federal government should require employers to provide paid family and medical leave.
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Education
The government should forgive some federal student loan debt.
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Education
Federal Title IX protections should explicitly include sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Environment
The government should set legally enforceable limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
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Environment
The government should stop subsidizing oil and gas companies.
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Healthcare
The government should provide healthcare for everyone.
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Healthcare
A government-run public health insurance option should be added to the ACA marketplace.
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Housing
The government should spend more building affordable housing.
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Housing
Section 8 housing voucher funding should be increased substantially.
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Immigration
People who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children should have a path to citizenship.
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Immigration
The U.S. should do more to enforce immigration laws and secure the border.
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Labor
Federal labor law should make it easier for workers to form unions (PRO Act-style reforms).
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Governance & Other
Outside political spending — from PACs and super PACs — should be limited more strictly.
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Taxes
People making over $400,000 a year should pay higher taxes.
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Taxes
The estate tax (the "death tax") should be eliminated.
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SupportsOpposesNo public positionRinged = confirmed by the campaign

Recent coverage

In the news

Angela Gonzales-Torres
About this race page

Candidate roster is sourced from the FEC's active-candidate list for the 2026 cycle. Fundraising totals reflect committee filings through the last reporting period.

Alignment % compares the candidate's extracted policy positions against your quiz answers. Positions are pulled from the candidate's campaign issues page by AI; we save the source quote for each position so you can verify the extraction. Candidates without a campaign issues page show position data pending — we're working through the roster and re-checking stale extractions every 90 days.

News coverage is from the GDELT 2.0 global news feed, filtered to a curated list of national, political, and regional outlets.