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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 37

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

On the ballot

Sydney Kamlager-Dove — Democratic
Samantha Mota — Democratic

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

Record in office

Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2023 and has sponsored 33 bills in the 119th Congress; none of their bills have become law so far. Samantha Mota 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

Kamlager-Dove — Committees: Foreign Affairs; Judiciary 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
Self-funding

Sydney Kamlager-Dove

$1,150,468 raised

Individuals$764,66066%
PACs & committees$383,84233%
Party$1,392<1%

Samantha Mota

$2,623 raised

Individuals$1,34951%
Self-funding$1,27449%

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

Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Democratic)55.2% · 70,990 votes

Samantha Mota (Democratic)11.7% · 15,019 votes

Baltazar Fedalizo (Republican)10.7% · 13,773 votes

Ryan Duckett (Democratic)6.5% · 8,410 votes

Elizabeth Fenner (Democratic)5.6% · 7,238 votes

Todd Lombardo (Democratic)3.6% · 4,696 votes

John Thompson Parker (Peace and Freedom)3.1% · 4,005 votes

Juan Rey (No Party Preference)1.9% · 2,470 votes

Steve Hill (No Party Preference)1.6% · 2,059 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.