Jimmy Panetta represents California’s 19th District, running for reelection. He began his legal career in 1996 as a prosecutor for the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, later serving as a Deputy District Attorney in Monterey County prosecuting violent gang members. In 2003, he was commissioned as an Intelligence Officer with the U.S. Navy Reserve and deployed with a Special Operations task force to Afghanistan, earning the Bronze Star for meritorious service in a combat zone. In Congress, he serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means and the House Committee on Budget.

Salud Carbajal represents California’s 24th Congressional District and is running for reelection. He earned his bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Barbara and a master’s in organizational management from Fielding Graduate University, and served eight years in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, including active duty during the 1991 Gulf War. In 2004, he was elected to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, where he implemented a county Climate Action Plan and expanded solar energy access, before being elected to Congress. In Congress, he serves as a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Gil Cisneros is running to represent California’s 31st District again. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy after high school on an ROTC scholarship, earning his B.A. in Political Science from George Washington University, an MBA from Regis University, and an M.A. in Urban Education Policy from Brown University. He represented California’s 39th District in Congress in 2019, and in 2021, he was appointed Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the military’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, where he led the Pentagon’s new reproductive healthcare policy for service members and reforms to military sexual assault and harassment guidelines.

George Whitesides represents California’s 27th District and is running for reelection. He served as Chief of Staff for NASA during the Obama administration, where he led reform efforts that helped enable current U.S. space leadership and received the agency’s Distinguished Service. He then served as the first CEO of Virgin Galactic, growing the company into a global aerospace firm over a decade. He has also co-founded Megafire Action, the first organization dedicated to solving the nation’s megafire crisis, and co-chaired the Antelope Valley COVID-19 Task Force, for which he received NASA’s Exceptional Public Achievement Medal.

Derek Tran represents California’s Forty-Fifth Congressional District and currently serves in the U.S. House of Representatives. Before being elected to Congress in 2024, he worked as an attorney and served as a small-business owner and community leader in Orange County. In Congress, Tran has focused on issues including national security, veterans, economic opportunity, healthcare, and protecting democratic institutions, bringing his background as a first-generation American and attorney to his work in the House.

Brad Sherman represents California’s 32nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he has served since 1997. A Democrat with a strong focus on foreign policy, consumer protection, and economic issues, Sherman has developed a prominent congressional profile through his work on the House Foreign Affairs and Financial Services Committees. He currently serves as Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa and has been a leading voice on U.S. foreign policy and national security.

Ted Lieu represents California’s Thirty-Sixth Congressional District and is currently serving his sixth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He served in the California State Assembly and State Senate before being elected to Congress in 2014, and is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Colonel after service on active duty and in the Reserves. In Congress, Lieu has built a strong foreign policy and national security profile through his service on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, his military background, and his work on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, civil liberties, oversight, and the rule of law.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove represents California’s 37th Congressional District and comes from a background rooted in public service, state leadership, and advocacy for equity and justice. She previously served in the California State Senate and California State Assembly, where she worked on issues including criminal justice reform, housing, healthcare, and women’s rights. In Congress, Kamlager-Dove has built a foreign policy profile through her service on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where her work has focused on democracy and governance, U.S.-Africa relations, global human rights, and advancing U.S. engagement with international partners.

Sara Jacobs represents California’s Fifty-First Congressional District, which includes much of San Diego and surrounding communities. She worked on conflict prevention, international security, and development issues at the United Nations, UNICEF, the U.S. Department of State, and as a foreign policy advisor before being elected to Congress. In Congress, Jacobs has built a strong foreign policy and national security profile through her service on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Armed Services Committee, including as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa and as Founding Co-Chair of the Protection of Civilians in Conflict Caucus.

Jimmy Gomez represents California’s Thirty-Fourth Congressional District, one of the country’s most diverse districts, and has served in Congress since 2017. A graduate of UCLA and Harvard Kennedy School, he served in the California State Assembly, where he chaired the Assembly Appropriations Committee, before being elected to the U.S. House. In Congress, Gomez has built a national security profile through his service on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, including as Ranking Member on the CIA Subcommittee.

Jim Costa represents California’s Twenty-First Congressional District, which includes parts of Fresno and Tulare counties, and has served in Congress since 2005. He worked as a congressional aide and served for 24 years in the California State Legislature before being elected to the U.S. House. In Congress, Costa has built a strong foreign policy profile through his service on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where his work has focused on U.S. support for Ukraine, sanctions on Iran, recognition of the Armenian Genocide, U.S.-Israel relations, and defending democratic principles abroad.

Lou Correa represents California’s 46th Congressional District, including Anaheim, Santa Ana, Orange, and Garden Grove. He worked as a banker, attorney, and real estate broker before serving in the California State Assembly, Orange County Board of Supervisors, and California State Senate. In Congress, Correa has built a strong homeland security profile through his service on the House Homeland Security Committee, where his work has focused on border security, counterterrorism, law enforcement, intelligence, cybersecurity, and oversight of the Department of Homeland Security.

Ami Bera represents California’s Sixth Congressional District and has served in Congress since 2013. He spent two decades as a physician, healthcare administrator, Sacramento County Chief Medical Officer, and clinical professor before being elected to the U.S. House. In Congress, Bera has built a strong foreign policy and national security profile through his service on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, including as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific.