The chief election for California's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives volition have place on June 7, 2022. Voters will elect members from 52 congressional districts to represent the Golden State.

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District iii

The commune

Roughly the size of West Virginia, this district runs up the rain-shadowed eastern side of the Sierra from Death Valley to Lassen National Forest before spilling out of the mountains into the foothills northeast of Sacramento. Those suburbs are where well-nigh of the district'south voters live.

Voter registration: 33.two% Democratic, 38.3% Republican, xix.seven% no party preference

The scoop

Earlier the state's electoral map was redrawn, the foothills from Gold Canton to Kings Canyon were the domain of longtime Republican Rep. Tom McClintock. But the new electoral map divided that old district in ii. When McClintock opted to run in the southwestern-nearly segment, that left this new seat wide open.

Two darlings of California conservatism stepped up: Rocklin Assemblymember Kevin Kiley and Sacramento Canton Sheriff Scott Jones. Kiley, a 37-year-old lawyer, ran a long-shot entrada for governor in final yr's retrieve race and has spent much of his legislative career introducing equally long-shot bills designed to irk and embarrass Democrats. Jones, who narrowly lost a bid for Congress in 2016, raised his contour as sheriff past assailing California'due south "sanctuary state" law, publicly beefing with Black Lives Affair activists and refusing to enforce country COVID restrictions.

Though the district leans red, it'due south not quite every bit ruby as its prior incarnation. Democrat Kermit Jones, a Placerville internal medicine doctor with a law degree, is hoping his relatively moderate political message and his impressive resume — plus a GOP vote split between Kiley and Jones — will give him a path to the November ballot.

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District 9

The district

San Joaquin Canton officials spent much of 2021 lobbying the land redistricting commission to put every bit much of the canton — one of the fastest growing in the state — within a unmarried congressional district. They got their wish. Information technology's a collage of Sacramento River Delta towns, Bay Area commuter 'burbs and foothill communities — just all roads ultimately pb to Stockton.

Voter registration: 43.4% Democratic, 28.five% Republican, twenty.7% no political party preference

The scoop

When Rep. Jerry McNerney joined the throng of House Democrats rushing for the exits this yr, two-term Autonomous Rep. Josh Harder, whose electric current seat is centered in Turlock, opted to move north in search of bluer pastures. Though that opens Harder to criticism equally a "carpetbagger," he hands shook off that characterization in 2018, when he offset ran for election later a lengthy stint at a Bay Area venture capital letter firm. A consistently eye-of-the-party Democratic vote in Congress, Harder has been happy to show off his centrist credentials, his bipartisan inclinations and his understanding of Ag'due south water woes. Example in point: on the election, Harder describes himself non as a member of Congress, but an "agriculture committeeman."

Though the district leans blue, GOP strategists believe its many long-commuting, working-class voters might exist gettable. Tom Patti, a Republican county supervisor and former boxing coach to Mike Tyson, may be best known for challenging vaccine requirements during the pandemic. And so far, he has raised the well-nigh campaign cash — though his warchest is nevertheless a small-scale fraction of Harder's. Only Patti volition have to compete for the second spot on the November election with iii other Republicans. That includes Jonathan Madison, a Bay Area lawyer who has cobbled together a degree of name recognition and conservative cred as an occasional guest on Play tricks Concern.

Notation from H.R.: Patti was likewise arrested in 2018 for crashing his car while driving under the influence; the supervisor said he mistakenly took the wrong medication.

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Commune 13

The commune

This Central Valley district includes the large "M"s that run downwards the heart of the Key Valley: Merced, Madera and half of Modesto. A bulk of voters here are Latino, which gives the district its Autonomous disposition. Simply because Republicans tend to turn out in higher numbers here, national GOP groups run into this as eminently flippable.

Voter registration: 42.nine% Autonomous, 28.five% Republican, 21.5% no party preference

The scoop

When Rep. Josh Harder hopped up due north to run in a more Dem-friendly district, Assemblymember Adam Gray was quick to footstep up to accept his place. One of the more concern-friendly Democrats in the country Associates, Gray quickly amassed endorsements from virtually every major political party official in the state. But some progressives and left-leaning involvement groups are bankroll Phil Arballo instead, citing Gray'southward industry-friendly leanings. If Arballo sounds familiar, it's because he ran confronting then-Rep. Devin Nunes in 2020. He didn't come up particularly shut, only running against one of the most reviled Republicans in American liberaldom helped him build up an enviable small-dollar donor network and social media profile.

So far two GOP hopefuls have fatigued the most money and attention: John Duarte, a nut and grape farmer who sued the federal government over the Clean Water Act, and David Giglio, a Fresno sports card and game shop owner who launched his entrada in 2021 and has been collecting entrada funds and high-profile endorsements ever since.

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Commune 15

The commune

From South San Francisco down the Caltrain corridor to Redwood Urban center, this is among the well-nigh affluent, and overwhelmingly Democratic, districts in the state. But at that place's another side to the newly drawn commune: Information technology includes some of San Francisco'south poorest and most violence-ravaged neighborhoods.

Voter registration: 55.6% Democratic, 12.eight% Republican, 26.ane% no party preference

The scoop

Since Rep. Jackie Speier was beginning elected to stand for South San Francisco and the northern reach of Silicon Valley in Congress in 2008, she has never won reelection with less than 75% of the vote. Now that she'due south retiring, voters are in for a rare treat: A competitive election.

The Democratic powers that exist take lined upwardly behind Kevin Mullin, the second-ranking Democrat in the Assembly and a reliable progressive vote. So, too, has Speier, who helped propel Mullin'southward begetter to state office in 2002 and hired the younger Mullin as commune director when she was in the state Senate.

But to the surprise of many in Sacramento, Mullin'southward path to victory is inappreciably preordained. David Canepa — a San Mateo County supervisor who emphasizes his support for Medicare for all and tuition-costless community higher and has railed against the "attempted coronation" of Mullin — has emerged as a fundraising powerhouse. The aforementioned tin be said of Emily Beach, an regular army vet who sits on the Burlingame City Quango, where she'south pushed for the preservation of open spaces and less car-centric transportation infrastructure. While Democrat Andrew Watters remains on the ballot, he has withdrawn.

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District 22

The commune

Starting on the Valley side of the Tehachapis, the commune runs east of downtown Bakersfield before spanning northward all the way to Tulare, Hanford and Kettleman City. If the map looks familiar, information technology'south considering it'south virtually identical to the state Senate'due south 16th. The demographics are similar — roughly lx% of the population here is Latino — though it swings a bit more consistently Democratic in its voting beliefs.

Voter registration: 43.1% Autonomous, 26.0% Republican, 23.one% no party preference

The scoop

David Valadao has always been a political outlier. A Republican from a Hanford dairy family unit, he was first elected in 2012 and has regularly outperformed the bluish tint of his district. The underground to his success: A moderate brand of Republicanism, coupled with depression turnout among the area's largest Democratic leaning voting bloc, Latinos. That luck petered out during the "blue wave" election in 2018, when he was temporarily unseated by a Democrat, but in 2020 Valadao was back in Congress.

But there accept been 2 big changes since November 2020. Starting time, when former President Trump was impeached subsequently his supporters breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Valadao was i of just 10 Republicans to bandage a "yea" vote. Many inside the GOP base still oasis't forgiven him. That includes Chris Mathys, a self-described "RINO hunter" (an epithet that stands for "Republican in name only") who served on the Fresno urban center council in the late 1990s when, most notably, he led the charge confronting an affordable housing development. This twelvemonth, he tried and failed to include the championship "Trump Conservative" under his name on the election. Despite all that, Mathys hasn't been endorsed past the former president, making Valadao the only impeachment-backing Republican without a Trump-endorsed challenger.

The second major alter: The land'south redistricting commission left the portion of the Valley that includes Hanford even more Autonomous-leaning than it was before. Thus the bigger threat to Valadao'due south tenure in Congress likely comes from Democrat Rudy Salas, who has been representing Hanford and the I-v side of Kern County in the Assembly since 2012. One of the Capitol's more than business-friendly Democrats, his bipartisan claims to fame include being the solitary Democrat to vote against a gas revenue enhancement hike in 2017 and an effort this year to increase penalties on shoplifters.

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Commune 27

The district

Information technology includes a little bit of San Fernando Valley to the south, a large chunk of Antelope Valley to the north, but the center of this district is Santa Clarita. This is a historically conservative valley, populated past the "white flight" out of Los Angeles proper in the 1970s and domicile to many a suburb-seeking cop. Just few places are allegorical of the suburban shift away from the Republican Party during the Trump years every bit this function of northern Los Angeles Canton.

Voter registration: 41.3% Autonomous, 29.vi% Republican, 21.8% no party preference

The scoop

From Republican Steve Knight to Democrat Katie Colina back to Republican Mike Garcia, this district, one time a GOP stronghold, has been ping-ponging back and along since 2016. In 2020, Garcia, the conservative onetime Navy pilot and Georgetown graduate, held on to the seat by a mere 333 votes, the 3rd closest outcome of any congressional race in the country. And that was before redistricting jettisoned the district's most conservative outpost in Simi Valley, giving Autonomous voters even more than of an edge.

The big question that Democrats now face is who they trust most to have on Garcia during what promises to be a tough election yr. Christy Smith is a known quantity with legislative experience. A relatively moderate former member of the Assembly, she ran in the special election to fill the seat afterwards Katie Loma resigned in 2019. She besides ran during the regularly scheduled election. Merely she lost both times. While most of the state's Democratic establishment is rallying behind her for another become, some are considering their alternatives. I candidate who has fatigued considerable coin and attention is Quaye Quartey. Similar Garcia, he's the son of immigrants, a Navy vet and a person of color. He's also new to politics, which he counts as a plus. He says he was inspired to run after the U.S. Capitol riot on January. 6, 2021.

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District 42

The district

Including all of Long Beach and Signal Hill, the district then shoots north, wending its way through southeast Los Angeles County all the manner to the City of Commerce. Wrapped within its borders are some of the land's densest Latino-bulk neighborhoods.

Voter registration: 54.7% Autonomous, 16.3% Republican, 22.2% no party preference

The scoop

Two long-serving members of Congress — Alan Lowenthal of Long Beach and Lucille Roybal-Allard of Commerce — were drawn into this commune, merely both announced that this term would exist their terminal. This being one of the safer Autonomous seats in the country, eight candidates, six of them Democrats, threw their hats into this very crowded band.

Pity the easily confused voter: The two most prominent contenders are both 44-year-old elected officials named Garcia. Robert Garcia is the mayor of Long Beach and has been 1 of the state party's well-nigh historic upwardly-and-comers for years. In 2019, it was Garcia, the city's first Latino and starting time openly gay mayor, who got to play host to the land Autonomous Party convention. The next year, he spoke at the national 1. His stewardship of the metropolis'southward public wellness response to a pandemic that killed both his mother and stepfather earned him additional accolades.

Running confronting him is Assemblymember Cristina Garcia. One of the Legislature'south more than progressive members, she represents the inland, less affluent role of the district and made gender disinterestedness her calling carte with bills to cut taxes on tampons and other menstrual products and to ban big toy stores from dividing their products past gender. In contrast to the mayor's vaunted status amongst Democratic leaders, she'due south also a bit of an outsider within her own political party. That's partly because her environmental justice advocacy work has put her at odds with the influential trades unions. Simply it's also because Garcia, i of the Capitol'southward most vocal champions of the #MeToo movement, was found in 2018 to accept violated the Legislature's sexual harrassment policy.

Because but the summit two candidates can proceed to November, there may only be room for one Garcia on the general election ballot. With so many candidates running, and merely a single Republican, there may only be room for i Democrat.

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Commune 49

The district

From Dana Point to Encinitas, this coastal stretch of SoCal is bisected by the Camp Pendleton Marine base. That likewise marks a pretty good political demarcation, with voters in tony due south Orange County leaning Republican and those in the littoral cities of northward San Diego County skewing Democratic. Add together them together and yous take one of the swingiest swing districts in the state.

Voter registration: 36.1% Democratic, 33.6% Republican, 23.four% no party preference

The scoop

In 2018, Mike Levin joined the course of starting time-fourth dimension candidates who rode a blue wave of anti-Trump disconent to a double-digit victory. In 2020, he won again with the benefit of a blue-skewed district and high turnout during a presidential election. But things are looking grimmer for the incumbent this year. The state'south new electoral map dropped Levin into a truthful toss-up district, and there's no Donald Trump on the ballot to run against.

No wonder so many Republicans accept eagerly lined up to take him on. Most familiar to the district's voters is Brian Maryott, former mayor of San Juan Capistrano and retired financial planner who ran against Levin in 2020 past leaning into his reputation every bit a smart coin guy. Maryott snagged the endorsement of the country GOP, but Lisa Bartlett, a termed-out Orangish Canton supervisor, is doing her best to shatter Maryott'south aura of inevitability. In belatedly March she filed a lawsuit compelling Maryott, who is retired, to remove "certified financial planner" from his ballot clarification.

While Bartlett is portraying herself every bit a "common sense" moderate who can win in a competitive district and Maryott often steers clear of the nigh incendiary hot-button issues that could alienate the area'southward well-to-exercise voters, Christopher Rodriguez is the candidate who most clearly channels Trump. A Marine combat veteran turned Realtor who was elected to the Oceanside city council in 2018, he supports the completion of the border wall, decries the malign influence of "weak men" and describes himself on his campaign website as "100% PRO LIFE."

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