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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 4

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

On the ballot

Mike Thompson — Democratic
Eric Jones — Democratic

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

Record in office

Mike Thompson (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 1999 and has sponsored 26 bills in the 119th Congress; 13 of their career bills have become law. Eric Jones 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

Thompson — Committees: Ways and Means Thompson — HR 735 (2022): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 502 East Cotati Avenue in Cotati, California, as the "Arturo L. Ibleto Post Office Building". Thompson — HR 3589 (2020): Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act Thompson — HR 2254 (2018): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2635 Napa Street in Vallejo, California, as the "Janet Capello 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
Party
Self-funding

Mike Thompson

$4,203,207 raised

Individuals$2,280,97755%
PACs & committees$1,848,31145%
Party$1,835<1%

Eric Jones

$8,378,929 raised

Individuals$3,007,22936%
Self-funding$5,364,13364%

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

Mike Thompson (Democratic)41.0% · 84,753 votes

Eric Jones (Democratic)22.2% · 45,992 votes

Ray Riehle (Republican)20.7% · 42,883 votes

Sharon Brown (Republican)4.7% · 9,818 votes

John Mackenzie (Republican)4.7% · 9,691 votes

Chuck Uribe (Republican)3.5% · 7,235 votes

Jimih Jones (Republican)1.5% · 3,001 votes

Mandy Ghusar (Republican)1.0% · 1,987 votes

Thomas M Roach (No Party Preference)0.7% · 1,527 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.