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- sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)
- ballotpedia.org (opens in a new tab)Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary
- gray.house.gov (opens in a new tab)Rep. Adam Gray — official House site (About page and press releases on Yosemite, Medicaid funding and the CURRENT Act)
- kevinlincolnforcongress.com (opens in a new tab)Kevin Lincoln for Congress — campaign site (home and Issues page, used for biography, motivation and platform)
- stocktonia.org (opens in a new tab)Stocktonia — "Congress 2026: Kevin Lincoln to take on Rep. Adam Gray in District 13 after Proposition 50 passage" (used for the Gray campaign's counter-claim about Lincoln's mayoral record)
- unitedstates.github.io (opens in a new tab)congress-legislators — current members of Congress (unitedstates project)
- api.congress.gov (opens in a new tab)Congress.gov — member sponsored legislation (Library of Congress)
- fec.gov (opens in a new tab)FEC — 2026 House & Senate current-campaign financial summaries (bulk data)
Last updated September 24, 2026.
Federal
United States Representative, District 13
This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).
Representative Adam Gray took 42.0% of the June 2 vote. Republican Kevin Lincoln took 27.7%. Together the two campaigns have raised more than $6.4 million. That is among the most expensive contests on this ballot. The district covers the northern San Joaquin Valley.
The winner holds one of 435 seats in the U.S. House for a two-year term. A member introduces bills, sits on committees that shape federal legislation, votes on the federal budget and on war powers, and handles casework between constituents and federal agencies. A first-term member is at the bottom of the seniority ladder that governs committee assignments.
This is one of the genuinely competitive House seats in the state and the spending reflects it: $4.19 million against $2.24 million, with the incumbent short of a majority in his own primary at 42.0%. Both campaigns drew most of their money from individuals. Weigh a first federal term against a challenger with substantial resources of his own.
Adam Gray
Adam Gray has represented this district in the U.S. House since January 2025. Before that he served about a decade in the California State Assembly for Merced and Stanislaus counties. There he started a group called the Problem Solvers Caucus that focused on local issues. He grew up in Merced and has worked as a teacher at UC Merced. In Congress he sits on the Agriculture and Natural Resources committees.
He says his focus is bringing federal money and attention back to the Central Valley. In September 2026 he spoke out against a reported plan to sell part of Yosemite National Park. He said the park is not for sale and public lands need to stay protected. He has also pushed the Trump administration to release delayed Medicaid payments owed to California.
He promises to keep steering federal money, water projects and disaster relief toward Central Valley farmers and small towns. He has proposed rules to speed up permits for local building projects while keeping clean water rules in place. He calls his approach practical, bipartisan problem solving rather than partisan politics.
Kevin Lincoln
Kevin Lincoln is a Marine Corps veteran, pastor and former mayor of Stockton, where he served from 2021 to 2024. He grew up in Stockton and says he is the grandson of a Mexican immigrant. Before politics he worked in the security industry. He has not served in the California Legislature or Congress.
He says Washington has done too little about the cost of groceries, gas and housing for Central Valley families, and that is why he is running. As mayor, he says he raised police pay by 18% and increased the public safety budget while the city added jobs and cut crime and homelessness. Adam Gray's campaign has said Lincoln cannot run from a record of rising housing and utility costs and taxpayer-funded perks for himself. Lincoln points instead to the public safety gains above.
He promises to secure the border, enforce immigration law and oppose what he calls soft-on-crime policies. He also promises to cut wasteful government spending and lower taxes for Central Valley families. He supports current federal AI policy, saying it will create jobs and keep the country ahead of China.
Record in office
Kevin Lincoln has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Adam Gray (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2025 and has sponsored 8 bills in the 119th Congress; none of their bills have become law so far. Per Congress.gov and the public-domain congress-legislators roster, retrieved 2026-09-21.
Financial info
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Party
Kevin Lincoln
$2,237,084 raised
- Individuals$1,194,40983%
- PACs & committees$251,62117%
Adam Gray
$4,191,397 raised
- Individuals$2,422,91466%
- PACs & committees$1,265,07534%
- Party$4,808<1%
1Total raised is all receipts for the 2026 cycle; the breakdown lists direct contributions, so the pieces can sum below the total. Figures are FEC filings through June 30, 2026, per the FEC bulk campaign-finance summaries, retrieved 2026-09-21.