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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 39

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

On the ballot

Mark Takano — Democratic
Steve Manos — Republican

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

Record in office

Mark Takano (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2013 and has sponsored 26 bills in the 119th Congress; 6 of their career bills have become law. Steve Manos 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

Takano — Committees: Education and Workforce; Veterans' Affairs Takano — HR 366 (2023): Korean American VALOR Act Takano — HR 5983 (2021): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4150 Chicago Avenue in Riverside, California, as the "Woodie Rucker-Hughes Post Office Building". Takano — HR 8247 (2020): Veterans COMPACT Act of 2020 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

Mark Takano

$893,848 raised

Individuals$477,99054%
PACs & committees$404,80046%

Steve Manos 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

Mark Takano (Democratic)61.0% · 75,467 votes

Steve Manos (Republican)39.0% · 48,177 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.