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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 33

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

On the ballot

Pete Aguilar — Democratic
Stephanie M. Vargas — Republican

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

Record in office

Pete Aguilar (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2015 and has sponsored 18 bills in the 119th Congress; 3 of their career bills have become law. Stephanie M. Vargas 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

Aguilar — Committees: Appropriations Aguilar — HR 1060 (2024): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1663 East Date Place in San Bernardino, California, as the "Dr. Margaret B. Hill Post Office Building". Aguilar — HR 1226 (2023): Wounded Warrior Access Act Aguilar — HR 2979 (2018): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, California, as the "Jack H. Brown 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

Pete Aguilar

$4,722,835 raised

Individuals$1,908,33348%
PACs & committees$2,091,00152%

Stephanie M. Vargas has no fundraising on file with the FEC.

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

Pete Aguilar (Democratic)53.5% · 64,068 votes

Stephanie M. Vargas (Republican)17.5% · 20,952 votes

Tom Herman (Republican)11.4% · 13,623 votes

Antonis P. Christodoulou (Democratic)7.5% · 9,013 votes

Eugene Weems (Republican)4.6% · 5,491 votes

Ernest "Ernie" Richter (Republican)4.5% · 5,368 votes

Ling Ling Shi (No Party Preference)1.0% · 1,152 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.