# United States Representative, District 44 Compare records and positions simply between Genevieve Angel or Nanette Diaz Barragan for United States Representative, District 44 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-44 - 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: 93 out of 100 (Very strong), across 9 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Genevieve Angel** — Family Nurse Practitioner · Republican - **Nanette Diaz Barragan** — U.S. Representative, 44th District · Democratic Representative Nanette Diaz Barragan took 77.0% of the June 2 vote and Republican Genevieve Angel took 23.0%; they were the only two candidates on the primary ballot. The district covers the harbour area and southeast 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. Seniority governs committee standing, so a longer-serving member carries influence a newcomer cannot. The incumbent's funding is the most committee-weighted of any member in this part of the ballot — $606,750 of $785,765 — and Barragan's opponent raised under $14,000. The practical question is what this district gets from a safe seat. ## Nanette Diaz Barragan Nanette Diaz Barragan grew up in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles, the youngest of eleven children of immigrant parents from Mexico. Barragan's father repaired televisions and Barragan's mother worked in domestic service and factories (barragan.house.gov). They earned a degree from UCLA and a law degree from USC. They then spent ten years as a lawyer at the Los Angeles Legal Aid Foundation, representing low-income families. They were the first woman elected to the Hermosa Beach City Council in a decade, and they became the city's first Latina mayor. By Barragan's office's account, they helped block an oil company's proposal to drill new wells in Hermosa Beach and Santa Monica Bay while they were mayor (barragan.house.gov). They have represented this district in Congress since 2017, the first Latina to hold the seat, and they serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Barragan says they are "fighting for working people." Barragan's campaign lists "protecting American jobs, bringing more good-paying jobs with benefits" to their community, raising the minimum wage and "guaranteeing equal pay for equal work" (campaign site). Barragan's district, Barragan's office notes, has "refineries and urban oil wells next to homes and baseball fields" as "a common occurrence" (barragan.house.gov). They have led congressional efforts urging the Environmental Protection Agency to approve California's Clean Shipping Rule, to cut pollution from ships at the ports. Barragan's official priorities include education and student debt, health care, housing and homelessness, safer communities and support for seniors and veterans (barragan.house.gov). Barragan's campaign promises to protect jobs, raise the minimum wage and guarantee equal pay for equal work. They say they will keep fighting for working families in the district (campaign site). **Strengths:** Nearly a decade of federal seniority, a documented record on environmental justice, and a specific local win blocking oil drilling as mayor. **Trade-offs:** A safely Democratic district for most of their tenure has meant limited electoral pressure from a serious challenger. **Keep in mind:** Barragan's environmental record centers on advocacy and pressing federal agencies, not laws they alone passed; how much that persuades you is your call. ## Genevieve Angel Genevieve Angel is the Republican candidate for this seat, listed on the ballot as family Nurse Practitioner. 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. **Strengths:** Angel is giving this seat a contested general election rather than an uncontested one. **Trade-offs:** No record in office and no published platform leave little for a voter to judge beyond party and occupation. **Keep in mind:** No campaign website or news coverage of their candidacy could be located; that gap is what is public, not a comment on them. ## Record in office Genevieve Angel has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Nanette Diaz Barragan (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2017 and has sponsored 40 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 Barragan — Committees: Energy and Commerce Barragan — HR 1095 (2022): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, California, as the "PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building". Barragan — HR 189 (2022): John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2021 Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record. ## Financial info - **Genevieve Angel** — $13,898 raised (Individuals: $10,898; Self-funding: $3,000) - **Nanette Diaz Barragan** — $785,765 raised (Individuals: $170,769; PACs & committees: $606,750) 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 - Nanette Diaz Barragan campaign site (stated priorities and biography) may have more bias because it is an advocacy voter guide 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. Nanette Diaz Barragan — About (biography and committee record)](https://barragan.house.gov/about) 4. [Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan — Issues (stated legislative priorities)](https://barragan.house.gov/issues) 5. [Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan — Environment, Energy and Transportation (Clean Shipping Rule advocacy)](https://barragan.house.gov/environment) 6. [Nanette Diaz Barragan campaign site (stated priorities and biography)](https://barraganforcongress.com/) 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 44 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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