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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 29

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

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On the ballot

This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).

Representative Luz Maria Rivas took 51.0% of the June 2 vote and fellow Democrat Angélica María Dueñas took 24.9%, so November is a contest between two members of the same party. The district covers the northeast San Fernando 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.

With two Democrats on the ballot, party is not the axis. The incumbent barely cleared a majority in her own primary and draws the majority of her funding from committees; the challenger is funded entirely by individuals at about a twentieth of the scale. Weigh a first federal term against a same-party challenge running on very different money.

Luz Maria Rivas

Democrat, the sitting Representative for this district since 2025, in her first term. She has sponsored 13 bills in the 119th Congress, none of which have become law so far. She raised $670,678, including $356,790 from PACs and committees.

Strengths

Incumbency and committee assignments, with a substantial individual base at $311,994.

Trade-offs

She cleared a majority by one point in her own primary, and none of her 13 sponsored bills have become law.

Keep in mind

One term is a short federal record to judge.

Angélica María Dueñas

Democrat, who advanced with 24.9% of the June vote against an incumbent of her own party. She raised $37,153, all of it from individuals. She has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.

Strengths

A quarter of the vote against a sitting member, on a campaign funded entirely by individuals with no committee money at all.

Trade-offs

That total is about six percent of the incumbent's, and she has no record in office to be judged on.

Keep in mind

Coverage surfaced little detail about why she is challenging an incumbent Democrat. That gap is what was available to us on 2026-08-10, not a comment on her candidacy.

Record in office

Luz Maria Rivas (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2025 and has sponsored 14 bills in the 119th Congress; none of their bills have become law so far. Angélica María Dueñas has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Per Congress.gov and the public-domain congress-legislators roster, retrieved 2026-08-10.

Record details

Rivas — Committees: Natural Resources; Science, Space, and Technology Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Angélica María Dueñas

$37,153raised
  • Individuals$37,153100%

Luz Maria Rivas

$670,678raised
  • Individuals$311,99447%
  • PACs & committees$356,79053%

Total 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 2026-08-22.

June 2 primary — how they advanced

Luz Maria Rivas (Democratic)51.0% · 62,385 votes
Angélica María Dueñas (Democratic)24.9% · 30,469 votes
Rudy Melendez (Republican)24.0% · 29,362 votes
Source review: Very strong (95/100) · 5 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

Last updated August 11, 2026.