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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 9

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

On the ballot

Josh Harder — Democratic
John McBride — Republican

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

Record in office

Josh Harder (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2019 and has sponsored 41 bills in the 119th Congress; 2 of their career bills have become law. John McBride 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

Harder — Committees: Appropriations Harder — HR 4356 (2021): Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act Harder — HR 3399 (2020): To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to include California in the program, and for other purposes. 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

Josh Harder

$4,083,528 raised

Individuals$2,899,43385%
PACs & committees$506,62215%
Party$2,193<1%

John McBride

$52,178 raised

Individuals$10,30934%
PACs & committees$19,88266%

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

Josh Harder (Democratic)60.8% · 79,946 votes

John McBride (Republican)23.3% · 30,625 votes

Martin "Vmann" Veprauskas (Republican)7.5% · 9,813 votes

Khalid Jeffrey Jafri (Republican)6.8% · 8,900 votes

Parminder "Happy" Singh (Republican)1.7% · 2,247 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.