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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 38

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

This is one contest. Enter your address to see every race on your November ballot, and keep track of your picks.

On the ballot

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

This is an open seat. Democrat Hilda Solis led the June 2 primary with 47.6% and Republican Pedro Antonio Casas took 35.8%. The district covers part of the San Gabriel Valley and east Los Angeles County.

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. Because this seat is open, whoever wins starts at the bottom of the seniority ladder.

Neither candidate currently holds state or federal legislative office, so there is no such record on either side to compare. The gap in resources is close to total — more than $1 million against no reported funding. Weigh what each candidate has been able to make public, and note the leading candidate fell just short of a majority.

Hilda Solis

Democrat, who led the June primary with 47.6% of the vote, just short of a majority. She raised $1,049,534, of which $858,285 came from individuals and $124,249 from PACs and committees. She has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.

Strengths

She led the field by 12 points and built a campaign 82% funded by named individuals rather than committees.

Trade-offs

She has no state or federal legislative record to be judged on here.

Keep in mind

She led with 47.6%, just short of a majority, so November depends on where the rest of the June field's support settles.

Pedro Antonio Casas

Republican, who advanced with 35.8% of the June vote. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress. Federal filings show no contributions reported for his committee.

Strengths

He took more than a third of the vote in an open seat with no reported campaign funding at all.

Trade-offs

No money and no record in office leaves very little for a voter to evaluate beyond party.

Keep in mind

Coverage surfaced almost no biographical or platform detail about him. That gap is what was available to us on 2026-08-10, not a comment on his candidacy.

Record in office

This is an open seat: no candidate on the November ballot currently serves in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress, so there is no legislative record to compare here. These records cover only those offices.

Financial info

Hilda Solis

$1,049,534raised
  • Individuals$858,28587%
  • PACs & committees$124,24913%

Pedro Antonio Casas has no fundraising on file with the FEC.

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

Hilda Solis (Democratic)47.6% · 65,369 votes
Pedro Antonio Casas (Republican)35.8% · 49,196 votes
Monica M. Sanchez (Democratic)13.3% · 18,268 votes
Erik Lutz (Democratic)3.2% · 4,443 votes
Source review: Very strong (94/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

Last updated August 11, 2026.