Federal · Statewide General Election
United States Representative, District 50
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
On the ballot
- Scott Peters — Democratic
- Steve Cohen — Republican
This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).
Record in office
Scott Peters (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2013 and has sponsored 36 bills in the 119th Congress; 2 of their career bills have become law. Steve Cohen 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
Peters — Committees: Energy and Commerce; Budget Peters — HR 3005 (2020): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13308 Midland Road in Poway, California, as the "Ray Chavez Post Office Building". Peters — HR 1378 (2014): To designate the United States Federal Judicial Center located at 333 West Broadway in San Diego, California, as the "John Rhoades Federal Judicial Center" and to designate the United States courthouse located at 333 West Broadway in San Diego, California, as the "James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse". 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
- Self-funding
Scott Peters
$1,810,961 raised
- Individuals$335,98024%
- PACs & committees$1,066,75076%
- Self-funding$1,641<1%
1Steve Cohen 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.