Federal · Statewide General Election
United States Representative, District 34
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
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On the ballot
- Angela Gonzales-Torres — Democratic
- Jimmy Gomez — Democratic
This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).
Representative Jimmy Gomez led the June 2 primary with 46.0% and fellow Democrat Angela Gonzales-Torres took 30.7%, so November is a contest between two members of the same party. The district covers downtown and northeast Los Angeles.
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.
With two Democrats on the ballot, party is not the axis. The incumbent fell short of a majority in his own primary at 46.0%, and his challenger is running a campaign funded almost entirely by individuals at about a fifth of the scale. Weigh nine years of federal service against a same-party challenge that took nearly a third of the vote.
Jimmy Gomez
Democrat, the sitting Representative for this district since 2017. He has sponsored 15 bills in the 119th Congress, and 2 of his career bills have become law. He raised $1,175,128, of which $650,567 came from individuals.
Strengths
Nearly a decade of federal seniority and the committee standing that comes with it.
Trade-offs
He took only 46.0% in his own primary, short of a majority.
Keep in mind
A same-party challenger taking 30.7% usually signals a disagreement inside the district's own coalition.
Angela Gonzales-Torres
Democrat, who advanced with 30.7% of the June vote against an incumbent of her own party. She raised $228,724, of which $220,882 came from individuals and $7,725 from PACs and committees. She has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.
Strengths
Nearly a third of the vote against a sitting member, on a campaign 97% funded by named individuals.
Trade-offs
That total is about a fifth 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
Jimmy Gomez (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2017 and has sponsored 16 bills in the 119th Congress; 2 of their career bills have become law. Angela Gonzales-Torres 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
Gomez — Committees: Ways and Means; House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Gomez — HR 599 (2024): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3500 West 6th Street, Suite 103 in Los Angeles, California, as the "Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office". Gomez — HR 5900 (2022): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2016 East 1st Street in Los Angeles, California, as the "Marine Corps Reserve PVT Jacob Cruz Post Office". Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.
Financial info
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Party
Angela Gonzales-Torres
$228,724 raised
- Individuals$220,88297%
- PACs & committees$7,7253%
Jimmy Gomez
$1,175,128 raised
- Individuals$650,56756%
- PACs & committees$521,11244%
- Party$33<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 2026-08-22.
June 2 primary — how they advanced
Source review: Very strong (95/100) · 5 cited sources
Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.
- 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
- 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 August 11, 2026.