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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 1

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

On the ballot

James Gallagher — Republican
Mike McGuire — Democratic

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

Record in office

James Gallagher (Republican) has served in the U.S. House since 2026 and has sponsored 2 bills in the 119th Congress; none of their bills have become law so far. Mike McGuire (Democratic) is a sitting State Senator and is lead author of 14 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 3 of them signed into law. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download) and Congress.gov and the public-domain congress-legislators roster, retrieved 2026-08-03.

Record details

Gallagher — Committees: Foreign Affairs; Science, Space, and Technology; Transportation and Infrastructure McGuire — SB 669 (2025): Rural hospitals: standby perinatal services. McGuire — SB 727 (2025): The Great Redwood Trail Agency. McGuire — SB 627 (2025): Law enforcement: masks. 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

James Gallagher

$1,488,906 raised

Individuals$959,75477%
PACs & committees$275,86322%
Party$7,0001%

Mike McGuire

$1,827,711 raised

Individuals$1,527,50584%
PACs & committees$300,07016%

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 2026-08-03.

June 2 primary — how they advanced

James Gallagher (Republican)42.1% · 92,975 votes

Mike McGuire (Democratic)41.8% · 92,121 votes

Audrey Denney (Democratic)14.2% · 31,378 votes

Janice Karrman (Democratic)0.8% · 1,697 votes

Timothy Sean Kelly (No Party Preference)0.7% · 1,640 votes

Richard T. Minner (No Party Preference)0.4% · 784 votes

Source review: Very strong (99/100) · 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)
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)
downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Legislative Information — public bill data (bulk download)
fec.gov (opens in a new tab)FEC — 2026 House & Senate current-campaign financial summaries (bulk data)

Last updated August 3, 2026.