United States Representative, District 35

Norma J. Torres has represented this Inland Empire district in Congress since 2015. She started her career as a 911 dispatcher in Los Angeles. She later served as a state senator. There she worked on California's rollout of the Affordable Care Act. In Congress she sits on the Appropriations Committee's transportation and housing panel. She also chairs a Congressional Hispanic Caucus task force on aviation policy. She has authored bills on emergency communications, military cold cases, and federal aid to the region.

She says working families deserve a champion in Congress. She says she is committed to helping them get ahead. On September 24, 2026, she and Senator Alex Padilla introduced the BASIC Act. The bill would create a federal grant program. It would help college students afford food, housing and child care. She said no student should have to wonder where their next meal will come from while working toward a degree.

She promises to keep fighting for equal pay and economic opportunity for working families. She supports expanding access to health care and protecting reproductive rights. She says she will keep delivering federal funding for Inland Empire infrastructure and community projects.

Mike Cargile is a Republican and a former Army officer. He says he is a third-generation Army officer. He has not served in the California Legislature or Congress. He describes himself as an America First constitutional conservative.

He says he is running to fulfill an oath he swore as a young Army officer. He swore to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. He says the country's founding principles are under serious threat. He wants to help restore trust in government. He has not held elected office, so there is no voting record to weigh.

He lists three main priorities: closing the border, protecting children, and strengthening the economy. He describes himself as opposed to abortion except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the mother's life. He supports law enforcement, opposes sanctuary policies, and says his campaign is funded only by individual donors rather than by parties or corporations.