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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 26

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

On the ballot

Jacqui Irwin — Democratic
Sam Gallucci — Republican

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. Jacqui Irwin (Democratic) is a sitting Assemblymember and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 9 of them signed into law. Sam Gallucci 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

Irwin — AB 932 (2025): Community youth athletics programs: sex or gender discrimination. Irwin — AB 483 (2025): Fixed term installment contracts: early termination fees. Irwin — AB 1344 (2025): Restrictions on firearm possession: pilot project. 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

Jacqui Irwin

$822,382 raised

Individuals$651,83280%
PACs & committees$164,05020%

Sam Gallucci

$377,078 raised

Individuals$144,55738%
Self-funding$232,52062%

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

Jacqui Irwin (Democratic)41.3% · 79,790 votes

Sam Gallucci (Republican)20.9% · 40,334 votes

Chris Espinosa (Democratic)10.3% · 19,902 votes

Michael S. Koslow (Republican)9.6% · 18,454 votes

William "Bill" Scott (Republican)8.4% · 16,204 votes

Sonia Kacker (Democratic)4.6% · 8,940 votes

Liam Andres O'Neill Hernandez (Democratic)1.7% · 3,305 votes

Daniel Miller (Republican)1.6% · 3,179 votes

Sasan Samadzadeh (Democratic)1.6% · 3,122 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.