- 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
- cisneros.house.gov (opens in a new tab)cisneros.house.gov — Gil Cisneros biography
- cisneros.house.gov (opens in a new tab)cisneros.house.gov — Gil Cisneros press releases (votes, bills)
- 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 31
This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).
Representative Gil Cisneros took 61.1% of the June 2 vote. Republican Eric Ching took 23.8% to advance. The district covers part of the eastern San Gabriel 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. Seniority governs committee standing, so a longer-serving member carries influence a newcomer cannot.
The incumbent draws the majority of his funding from committees, and none of his 13 sponsored bills this Congress have become law. His opponent raised about a tenth as much, entirely from individuals. The practical question is what this district gets from a safe seat.
Gil Cisneros
Gil Cisneros served in the Navy for about a decade. In 2010 he and his wife won a lottery jackpot. They turned to philanthropy and funded college scholarships through their family foundation. He was first elected to Congress in 2018 and later served as a Pentagon personnel official under President Biden. In 2025 he returned to the House, representing this eastern San Gabriel Valley district. He sits on the Armed Services Committee.
In July 2026 he voted against that year's defense policy bill. His office said it added what it called cultural war provisions. He has also objected to Pentagon changes in military promotion rules. He says the changes make the process more political.
He promises to keep fighting for small businesses, veterans and Dreamers. His office has also pursued bills on water system funding and protections for minority-owned federal contractors.
Eric Ching
Eric Ching is an entrepreneur, by their ballot designation, and a Republican. They have not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.
Their campaign site carries no usable content, and no news coverage of their platform or record could be located. That is a gap in what is public, not a comment on their candidacy.
With no published platform to draw on, their promises cannot be listed here in their own words.
Record in office
Eric Ching has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Gil Cisneros (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2019 and has sponsored 15 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
- Self-funding
Eric Ching
$81,571 raised
- Individuals$81,321100%
Gil Cisneros
$705,263 raised
- Individuals$240,26434%
- PACs & committees$453,65065%
- Self-funding$6,6161%
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.