Federal · Statewide General Election
United States Representative, District 25
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
On the ballot
- Raul Ruiz — Democratic
- Joe Males — Republican
This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).
Record in office
Raul Ruiz (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2013 and has sponsored 35 bills in the 119th Congress; 4 of their career bills have become law. Joe Males 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
Ruiz — Committees: Energy and Commerce Ruiz — HR 8641 (2025): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the "Walter Francis Ulloa Memorial Post Office Building". Ruiz — HR 897 (2023): Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act Ruiz — HR 7925 (2022): To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the "Sy Kaplan VA Clinic". 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
Raul Ruiz
$2,093,907 raised
- Individuals$1,107,92453%
- PACs & committees$969,25147%
Joe Males
$936,496 raised
- Individuals$880,028100%
- PACs & committees$450<1%
1Total 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
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.