Federal · Statewide General Election
United States Representative, District 41
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
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On the ballot
- Mitch Clemmons — Republican
- Linda Sánchez — Democratic
This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).
Representative Linda Sánchez led the June 2 primary with 37.5% and Republican Mitch Clemmons took 35.8% — a gap of 1.7 points. Sánchez currently represents District 38; under Prop 50 the lines were redrawn and she is running here in District 41, the seat Ken Calvert is leaving. The district covers part of southeast Los Angeles and northern Orange 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. Seniority travels with a member who changes districts, even though the constituents do not.
This is a close race on unfamiliar ground. A 23-year member of Congress is asking a district she does not currently represent to elect her, and led it by under two points against a challenger with $1,709. Her funding is also the most committee-dependent of any Democrat in the delegation on this ballot. Weigh long federal seniority against both of those facts.
Linda Sánchez
Democrat, a sitting member of Congress since 2003 who currently represents District 38 and is running here in the renumbered District 41. She has sponsored 20 bills in the 119th Congress, and 1 of her career bills has become law. She raised $1,602,790, of which $1,243,176 came from PACs and committees.
Strengths
Twenty-three years of federal seniority and the committee standing that follows from it.
Trade-offs
Roughly 78 cents of every dollar came from PACs and committees, the most committee-dependent profile of any Democrat in this delegation.
Keep in mind
She led by only 1.7 points in a district she does not currently represent, against an opponent who spent $1,709.
Mitch Clemmons
Republican, who took 35.8% of the June vote, within two points of a 23-year incumbent. He raised $1,709. He has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.
Strengths
He finished 1.7 points behind a long-serving member of Congress on a campaign of under $2,000 — the widest vote-to-money gap in any close race on this ballot.
Trade-offs
That is effectively no campaign in resource terms, and he has no record in office to be judged on.
Keep in mind
Coverage surfaced little detail about his platform. That gap is what was available to us on 2026-08-10, not a comment on his candidacy.
Record in office
Linda Sánchez (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2003 and has sponsored 20 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 of their career bills have become law. Mitch Clemmons 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
Sánchez — Committees: Ways and Means Sánchez — HR 3144 (2019): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8520 Michigan Avenue in Whittier, California, as the "Jose Ramos Post Office Building". 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
- Self-funding
Mitch Clemmons
$1,709 raised
- Individuals$1,20971%
- Self-funding$50029%
Linda Sánchez
$1,602,790 raised
- Individuals$343,26222%
- PACs & committees$1,243,17678%
- 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.