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2026 California House race, District 25

Raul Ruiz (Democrat) and Joe Males (Republican), who advanced from California's all-party primary, are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in California District 25, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the California Secretary of State.

The November ballot

Ruiz
$2.1M
Males
$936K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Certified list: California Secretary of State. Not a prediction.

The seat

Raul Ruiz

Democrat · Holds the seat now

First took office 2013 · Age 54

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in California

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 15 days before, or same-day through Election Day at your county office or polling place.

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How they won the primary

Nonpartisan primaryTop two advance

The primary · 147,806 votes

  • Raul Ruiz Advanced: 60.0% 88,699
  • Joe Males Advanced: 18.9% 27,927
  • Ronald Huffman: 12.3% 18,221
  • Ceci Andrade Truman: 8.8% 12,959

Every candidate runs on one ballot and the top two advance to November, whatever their party. Primary results as recorded September 19, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: California Secretary of State certified Statement of Vote. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$3.4M
Outside money
$4.8K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Ruiz$8
Opposing Ruiz$4.6K
Supporting Males$200
Opposing Males-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

4%$88KSmall donors$687K73%
49%$1MLarge donors$193K21%
46%$969KPACs$450<1%
<1%$17KOther$56K6%

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

3 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

D+13 in 2024

  • Raul Ruiz Won: 56.3%
  • Ian M. Weeks: 43.7%

245,031 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
781K
Median household income
$67K
Unemployment
8.3%
Living below the poverty line
15.5%
Without health insurance
7.8%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.