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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 21

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

On the ballot

Jim Costa — Democratic
Kyle Kirkland — Republican

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

Record in office

Jim Costa (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2005 and has sponsored 29 bills in the 119th Congress; 2 of their career bills have become law. Kyle Kirkland 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

Costa — Committees: Agriculture; Foreign Affairs Costa — HR 6023 (2022): Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2021 Costa — HR 4389 (2013): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 East Merced Street in Fowler, California, as the "Cecil E. Bolt Post Office". 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

Jim Costa

$1,337,630 raised

Individuals$526,72240%
PACs & committees$796,71760%

Kyle Kirkland

$338,971 raised

Individuals$211,51162%
Self-funding$127,45938%

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

Jim Costa (Democratic)42.2% · 43,461 votes

Kyle Kirkland (Republican)26.3% · 27,076 votes

Lorenzo Rios (Republican)14.9% · 15,362 votes

Lourin Hubbard (Democratic)10.3% · 10,577 votes

Eric Garcia (Democratic)5.1% · 5,232 votes

Lance Kruse (No Party Preference)1.2% · 1,213 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.