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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 36

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

On the ballot

Ted W. Lieu — Democratic
Houston Brignano — Republican

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

Record in office

Ted W. Lieu (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2015 and has sponsored 44 bills in the 119th Congress; 2 of their career bills have become law. Houston Brignano 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

Lieu — Committees: Foreign Affairs; Judiciary Lieu — HR 711 (2021): West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021 Lieu — HR 3116 (2015): Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act 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

Ted W. Lieu

$1,832,769 raised

Individuals$963,24463%
PACs & committees$570,47937%

Houston Brignano

$5,139 raised

Individuals$5,139100%

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

Ted W. Lieu (Democratic)60.9% · 142,982 votes

Houston Brignano (Republican)15.3% · 35,851 votes

Melissa Toomim (Republican)13.1% · 30,653 votes

Marianne Shamma (Democratic)7.2% · 17,000 votes

Rustin Knudtson (Democratic)1.3% · 3,001 votes

Frederick Reardon (Democratic)1.1% · 2,688 votes

Claire Ragge Anderson (No Party Preference)1.1% · 2,470 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.