Federal · Statewide General Election
United States Representative, District 30
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
On the ballot
- Laura Friedman — Democratic
- Scott Alan Meyers — Republican
This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).
Your seat in Congress. Incumbent Laura Friedman (D) took 52.7% in June; small-business owner Scott Alan Meyers (R) advances with her to November 3 in this Burbank–Glendale–Hollywood Hills district.
House terms run two years, so this seat answers to voters constantly. One member of 435 can't move much alone — leverage comes from committee work and which party holds the majority, and California's delegation is the largest in the chamber.
House members vote on everything but specialize somewhere. Friedman's specialty is transportation safety and climate; Meyers runs on affordability and border security. In a district this blue, also weigh what kind of accountability you want from a safe-seat incumbent.
Laura Friedman
Democrat, first-term Representative after four Assembly terms and Glendale council years. She authored California's first speed-camera law and the Complete Streets law, and is already moving road-safety bills in Congress. Her specialty is making streets and transit safer.
Strengths
A genuine legislative record with named laws attached, plus local-government roots in the district.
Trade-offs
A first-termer in the minority party — her near-term wins are incremental (grants, oversight), not landmark laws.
Keep in mind
Constituents at a 2025 town hall pressed her to fight the administration harder; her answer is process and coalition work. Decide if that matches your temperament for this moment.
Scott Alan Meyers
Republican; attorney with 37 years of civil-law experience and a small-business owner. He runs on affordability, border security, education, and spending restraint. He has not held elected office.
Strengths
A long professional career and a straightforward platform, with the state Republican Party's endorsement.
Trade-offs
No record in elected office to evaluate.
Keep in mind
He's running in one of the safer Democratic districts in the state; his practical role in November is to give that platform a hearing.
Record in office
Laura Friedman (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2025 and has sponsored 11 bills in the 119th Congress; none of their bills have become law so far. Scott Alan Meyers 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
Friedman — Committees: Science, Space, and Technology; Transportation and Infrastructure 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
Laura Friedman
$827,895 raised
- Individuals$536,82665%
- PACs & committees$286,55035%
Scott Alan Meyers
$58,294 raised
- Individuals$18,29431%
- Self-funding$40,00069%
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 (97/100) · 6 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)
- fec.gov (opens in a new tab)Federal Election Commission — candidate committee filings
- ballotpedia.org (opens in a new tab)Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary
- 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.