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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 35

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

On the ballot

Norma J. Torres — Democratic
Mike Cargile — Republican

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

Record in office

Norma J. Torres (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2015 and has sponsored 38 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 of their career bills have become law. Mike Cargile 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

Torres — Committees: Appropriations; House Administration Torres — HR 3329 (2020): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5186 Benito Street in Montclair, California, as the "Paul Eaton 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

Norma J. Torres

$769,061 raised

Individuals$268,06135%
PACs & committees$498,82065%

Mike Cargile

$4,759 raised

Individuals$4,759100%

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

Norma J. Torres (Democratic)59.5% · 76,029 votes

Mike Cargile (Republican)40.4% · 51,641 votes

Deborah Kristianto (No Party Preference) · write-in0.0% · 27 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.