# United States Representative, District 34 Compare records and positions simply between Angela Gonzales-Torres or Jimmy Gomez for United States Representative, District 34 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term). - Jurisdiction: Federal - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/us-rep-34 - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: September 24, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 89 out of 100 (Strong), across 9 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Angela Gonzales-Torres** — Advocate For Justice · Democratic - **Jimmy Gomez** — U.S. Representative/Parent · Democratic 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 Jimmy Gomez has represented California's 34th District since June 2017. Before that he served four and a half years in the California State Assembly, where he chaired the Appropriations Committee. His site says he built a record as "a proven national champion of paid family leave and combatting climate change" (jimmygomezforcongress.com). The son of immigrants, he says he "grew up uninsured" and "worked his way through school" (campaign site). In the 119th Congress he sits on the Ways and Means Committee. He also serves as a deputy whip for the Democratic Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and he founded the Congressional Dads Caucus and the Congressional Renters Caucus (gomez.house.gov). He says he ran to be "A Fighter for Working Families" (campaign site). On July 24, 2026, he voted for a War Powers Resolution to end President Trump's military action against Iran. It was the fifth such vote he has cast. The measure passed with unanimous Democratic support and four Republican votes, days after four U.S. service members were killed in Iranian strikes. "I just left the house floor where I voted to end Trump's reckless war with Iran, a war that never should have been started in the first place," he said (gomez.house.gov). He added that the conflict was "driving up the cost of living in this country." He promises to keep fighting for housing affordability and renters' rights, and describes himself as "an outspoken leader in the fight for Medicare for All" (campaign site). He supports the Green New Deal, higher wages, expanded access to higher education, and immigrant rights. He says his campaign "rejects corporate PAC money" (campaign site). **Strengths:** Nearly a decade of federal seniority, a Ways and Means Committee seat, and a documented fifth vote to end the Iran military action. **Trade-offs:** A same-party primary challenge points to disagreement inside his own district's coalition over his engagement at home. **Keep in mind:** His record here is committee seniority and a progressive platform against a challenger's critique of absence; weighing those is the voter's call. ## Angela Gonzales-Torres Angela Gonzales-Torres describes themselves as "a lifelong Angeleno, the daughter of a deportee, and an equity and justice advocate" who were "raised by a single mother on programs like SNAP and Medicaid" in Highland Park (campaign site). They have served as president of the Highland Park Neighborhood Council, worked on the staff of the Los Angeles Mayor's office, and sat on Metro's Public Safety Advisory Committee as a regional representative. They now say they work "supporting people transitioning from prison into universities" (campaign site). They have not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress. Gonzales-Torres says "it's time for change, it's time for courage, and it's up to us" (campaign site). They are running against a fellow Democrat rather than a Republican, an intra-party challenge that is uncommon. They have not held elected office, so there is no independent record of votes or public conduct to set against that critique. Gonzales-Torres promises to take "corporate money's influence out of our politics" and to fund their campaign through small donors (campaign site). Their platform lists four priorities: affordability for working-class residents, equitable taxation and accountability, expanded funding for education and youth programs, and ending ICE operations and for-profit detention. **Strengths:** A documented record of neighborhood and city-level public service, and a clear personal account of why they are running. **Trade-offs:** No record in elected office; their critique of the incumbent's engagement is their own account, not independently verified here. **Keep in mind:** Weigh their community-organizing background against a sitting member's committee seniority; that is the comparison this race turns on. ## Record in office Angela Gonzales-Torres has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. 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. Per Congress.gov and the public-domain congress-legislators roster, retrieved 2026-09-21. ## 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 - **Angela Gonzales-Torres** — $228,724 raised (Individuals: $220,882; PACs & committees: $7,725) - **Jimmy Gomez** — $1,175,128 raised (Individuals: $650,567; PACs & committees: $521,112; Party: $33) 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 2026-09-21. ## Review notes - Angela Gonzales-Torres for Congress and Jimmy Gomez for Congress may have more bias because they are advocacy voter guides compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources. ## Sources 1. [CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)](https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/primary-election-june-2-2026/statement-vote) 2. [Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary](https://ballotpedia.org) 3. [Rep. Jimmy Gomez — Biography (used for career history, committee roles)](https://gomez.house.gov/biography/) 4. [Jimmy Gomez for Congress — campaign site (used for why running, promises)](https://www.jimmygomezforcongress.com/) 5. [Rep. Gomez Votes to End Trump's War with Iran Following House Passage of War Powers Resolution (used for documented fact)](https://gomez.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6155) 6. [Angela Gonzales-Torres for Congress — campaign site (used for biography, why running, promises)](https://www.angela4congress.com/about) 7. [congress-legislators — current members of Congress (unitedstates project)](https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-current.json) 8. [Congress.gov — member sponsored legislation (Library of Congress)](https://api.congress.gov/) 9. [FEC — 2026 House & Senate current-campaign financial summaries (bulk data)](https://www.fec.gov/files/bulk-downloads/2026/webl26.zip) ## The rest of the ballot United States Representative, District 34 is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. 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