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2026 California House race, District 41

Linda Sánchez (Democrat) and Mitch Clemmons (Republican), who advanced from California's all-party primary, are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in California District 41, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the California Secretary of State.

The November ballot

Sánchez
$1.6M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: Mitch Clemmons (Republican).

Certified list: California Secretary of State. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

Ken Calvert

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 1993 · Age 73

Not on the November ballot

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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 · 164,345 votes

  • Linda Sánchez Advanced: 37.5% 61,651
  • Mitch Clemmons Advanced: 35.8% 58,785
  • Hector De La Torre: 13.9% 22,797
  • Shonique Williams: 12.8% 21,112

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
$2.3M
Outside money
$360K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Sánchez$351K
Opposing Sánchez-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $8.6K of the race's $360K was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

2%$26KSmall donors$1.1K19%
20%$317KLarge donors$4K69%
77%$1.2MPACs$2003%
<1%$33Party--
--Self-funding$5009%
1%$16KOther--

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

9 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.

The district

Census context
People
798K
Median household income
$103K
Unemployment
6.1%
Living below the poverty line
8.7%
Without health insurance
6.0%

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.

How this seat voted last time

R+3 in 2024

  • Ken Calvert Won: 51.7%
  • Will Rollins: 48.3%

354,445 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.

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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.