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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 19

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

On the ballot

Jimmy Panetta — Democratic
Peter Coe Verbica — Republican

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

Record in office

Jimmy Panetta (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2017 and has sponsored 53 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 of their career bills have become law. Peter Coe Verbica 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 2026-08-03.

Record details

Panetta — Committees: Ways and Means; Budget Panetta — HR 1097 (2024): Everett Alvarez, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023 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

Jimmy Panetta

$2,887,610 raised

Individuals$1,297,93345%
PACs & committees$1,559,10755%

Peter Coe Verbica

$76,324 raised

Individuals$72,31995%
PACs & committees$3,5005%
Self-funding$5051%

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

Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)58.4% · 127,294 votes

Peter Coe Verbica (Republican)20.5% · 44,590 votes

Sean Dougherty (Democratic)11.5% · 25,052 votes

Tuka Gafari (Republican)6.3% · 13,715 votes

Ana Luz Acevedo-Cabrera (No Party Preference)1.6% · 3,496 votes

Lars Mapstead (Libertarian)1.2% · 2,615 votes

Thomas Coxe (No Party Preference)0.5% · 1,078 votes

Source review: Very strong (98/100) · 4 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)
fec.gov (opens in a new tab)FEC — 2026 House & Senate current-campaign financial summaries (bulk data)

Last updated August 3, 2026.