Federal

United States Representative, District 41

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%. Republican Mitch Clemmons took 35.8%, a gap of 1.7 points. Sánchez currently represents District 38. Under Prop 50 the lines were redrawn. She is running here in District 41. That is 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

Linda Sánchez is a labor lawyer from Orange County who has served in Congress since 2003. Before running for office she worked for an electrical workers union and later led the county's AFL-CIO labor council. In the House she became the first Latina to sit on the Ways and Means Committee. She now serves as the top Democrat on its trade panel. She has authored bills on health premiums, caregiver tax relief and retirement savings. Her office says a bill of hers became part of the 2010 health care law. It stopped insurers from charging women higher premiums.

She says her mission is fighting for the working class, and that she has never forgotten where she comes from. In July 2026 she joined dozens of other House Democrats in a legal brief opposing giving immigration agents access to IRS tax data. That came as she pushed back on ICE enforcement in her district.

She promises to lower costs for working families. She says she will keep pushing back against ICE actions in her community. Her campaign lists jobs, health care and immigration among her top issues. She says she wants Southern California to be a good place to live and work for everyone.

Mitch Clemmons

Mitch Clemmons is the Republican candidate for this seat, listed on the ballot as plumbing Contractor. They have not served in elected office.

No campaign website, interview or news coverage of their reasons for running could be located, and no vote, lawsuit or other public incident is on record.

With no published platform to draw on, their promises cannot be listed here in their own words. That is a gap in what is public, not a comment on their candidacy.

Record in office

Mitch Clemmons has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Linda Sánchez (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2003 and has sponsored 21 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 of their career bills have become law. Per Congress.gov and the public-domain congress-legislators roster, retrieved 2026-09-21.

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%

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.

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