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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 14

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

On the ballot

Aisha Wahab — Democratic
Melissa Hernandez — Democratic

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

Record in office

This seat is open — no candidate on the November ballot currently holds it. Aisha Wahab (Democratic) is a sitting State Senator and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 7 of them signed into law. Melissa Hernandez has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-08-03.

Record details

Wahab — SB 722 (2026): Transit-oriented housing development: excluded parcels and sites. Wahab — SB 261 (2025): Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards. Wahab — SB 733 (2025): Sexual assault forensic evidence: testing. 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
Self-funding

Aisha Wahab

$575,282 raised

Individuals$394,25669%
PACs & committees$142,48325%
Self-funding$38,5007%

Melissa Hernandez

$635,004 raised

Individuals$579,90391%
PACs & committees$55,0009%

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

Aisha Wahab (Democratic)38.3% · 59,238 votes

Melissa Hernandez (Democratic)17.2% · 26,579 votes

Wendy Huang (Republican)13.2% · 20,354 votes

Rakhi Israni Singh (Democratic)13.0% · 20,041 votes

Dena Maldonado (Republican)12.1% · 18,788 votes

Victor Aguilar, Jr. (Democratic)2.1% · 3,276 votes

Matt Ortega (Democratic)1.7% · 2,612 votes

Carin Elam (Democratic)1.4% · 2,160 votes

Suzanne Chenault (No Party Preference)1.1% · 1,699 votes

Source review: Very strong (98/100) · 3 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)
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.