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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 51

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

On the ballot

Sara Jacobs — Democratic
Ricardo Cabrera — Republican

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

Record in office

Sara Jacobs (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2021 and has sponsored 30 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 of their career bills have become law. Ricardo Cabrera 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

Jacobs — Committees: Armed Services; Foreign Affairs Jacobs — HR 9308 (2022): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6401 El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego, California, as the "Susan A. Davis Post Office". 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

Sara Jacobs

$1,639,893 raised

Individuals$414,67627%
PACs & committees$207,25013%
Self-funding$929,34760%

Ricardo Cabrera 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

Sara Jacobs (Democratic)57.7% · 111,765 votes

Ricardo Cabrera (Republican)37.0% · 71,692 votes

David W Engel (Democratic)3.2% · 6,173 votes

Stan Caplan (Democratic)2.0% · 3,943 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.