Federal · Statewide General Election
United States Representative, District 43
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
On the ballot
- Maxine Waters — Democratic
- Cristian Morales — Republican
This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).
Record in office
Maxine Waters (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 1991 and has sponsored 46 bills in the 119th Congress; 3 of their career bills have become law. Cristian Morales 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
Waters — Committees: Financial Services Waters — HR 5569 (2010): National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010 Waters — HR 4573 (2010): Haiti Debt Relief and Earthquake Recovery Act of 2010 Waters — HR 289 (2005): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8200 South Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California, as the Sergeant First Class John Marshall 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
Maxine Waters
$863,683 raised
- Individuals$338,65746%
- PACs & committees$400,50054%
1Cristian Morales has no fundraising on file with the FEC.
2Total 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
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.