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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 27

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

On the ballot

Jason Gibbs — Republican
George Whitesides — Democratic

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

Record in office

Jason Gibbs has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. George Whitesides (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2025 and has sponsored 16 bills in the 119th Congress; none of their bills have become law so far. Per Congress.gov and the public-domain congress-legislators roster, retrieved 2026-08-03.

Record details

Whitesides — Committees: Armed Services; Science, Space, and Technology 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

Jason Gibbs

$379,440 raised

Individuals$366,71297%
PACs & committees$10,0003%

George Whitesides

$3,963,530 raised

Individuals$2,806,00182%
PACs & committees$629,08818%
Party$6,895<1%

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

Jason Gibbs (Republican)41.0% · 62,758 votes

George Whitesides (Democratic)40.6% · 62,214 votes

Roberto Ramos (Democratic)9.7% · 14,868 votes

Caleb Norwood (Democratic)8.7% · 13,293 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.