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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 24

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

On the ballot

Salud Carbajal — Democratic
Bob Smith — Republican

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

Record in office

Salud Carbajal (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2017 and has sponsored 38 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 of their career bills have become law. Bob Smith 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

Carbajal — Committees: Agriculture; Armed Services; Transportation and Infrastructure Carbajal — HR 7158 (2025): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Battles Road in Santa Maria, California, as the "Larry Lavagnino Post Office Building". 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
Self-funding

Salud Carbajal

$1,650,355 raised

Individuals$1,065,07065%
PACs & committees$571,01635%

Bob Smith

$203,264 raised

Individuals$169,88288%
Party$1,2861%
Self-funding$22,49212%

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

Salud Carbajal (Democratic)54.4% · 113,716 votes

Bob Smith (Republican)35.9% · 75,085 votes

Sarah Bacon (Democratic)7.5% · 15,636 votes

Helena Pasquarella (Peace and Freedom)2.3% · 4,759 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.