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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 45

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

On the ballot

Derek Tran — Democratic
Chuong V. Vo — Republican

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

Record in office

Derek Tran (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2025 and has sponsored 14 bills in the 119th Congress; none of their bills have become law so far. Chuong V. Vo 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

Tran — Committees: Armed Services; Small Business 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

Derek Tran

$4,981,277 raised

Individuals$3,582,67876%
PACs & committees$1,103,26024%
Party$4,179<1%

Chuong V. Vo

$495,763 raised

Individuals$468,76397%
PACs & committees$17,0003%

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

Derek Tran (Democratic)53.8% · 86,184 votes

Chuong V. Vo (Republican)15.3% · 24,591 votes

Chi "Charlie" Nguyen (Republican)11.8% · 18,846 votes

Tom Vo (Republican)8.5% · 13,643 votes

Mark Leonard (Republican)5.9% · 9,516 votes

Amy Phan West (Republican)4.7% · 7,526 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.