California's 18th congressional district
Coverage: this seat is included in the 2026 national listing. State candidate coverage class: candidate coverage verified from the state's official list. Absence of candidate rows is not evidence that a race has no candidates — see the coverage ledger.
Candidate source
Candidate source: California Secretary of State — Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (retrieved 2026-09-28). Absence of a candidate row is never evidence that a race has no candidates.
How the candidate list was checked
Rows read from the official source: 104 · published here: 104 · left out by rule: 0 · held back for review: 0. Certified list observes 52 US House districts, all of 1-52 present; missing=[]; extra=[]; districts with !=2 candidates={}. Every district has exactly 2 candidates per CA top-two ballot. Source contains NO United States Senator contest for 2026 (CA seats: Class I term to 2031; Class III term to 2029) - task brief's 'Senate Class II' does not correspond to any 2026 CA ballot contest per the certified list.
Boundaries and sources
County–district classifications come from official block-assignment files, cross-checked against Census representations; render geometry is display-only.
Current officeholder
Zoe Lofgren · Democratic · current term began January 3, 2025 (elected November 5, 2024)
Upcoming contests
2026-11-03 — general
Shane Lewis · Republican
Qualified for the general-election ballot
Zoe Lofgren · Democratic
Qualified for the general-election ballot
Economic profile at this seat’s exact geography
Census economic profile: not available for this seat’s geography. Census block equivalency files show this state's district boundaries changed between the 119th Congress (the geography of the ACS 2020-2024 district product) and the 120th Congress plan governing the 2026 contest. Statistics are never transferred between different plans, even when a district number matches.
Campaign finances
2025-2026 two-year period (FEC cycle 2026). Committee totals are the FEC’s own candidate-level aggregation — never summed from committee rows here. Independent spending is reported separately and is never part of a candidate’s receipts. An FEC registration is not proof of ballot qualification; candidacy status comes verbatim from the accepted release.
General election · November 3, 2026
“No matching FEC candidate record” means no filing was located — it is never evidence that a candidacy does not exist, and never a ballot-status claim. Candidates’ coverage dates can differ; each row carries its own.
Current officeholder — Congress.gov context
Zoe Lofgren · Democratic · California · served in 16 Congresses since 1995
Identity verified against the official Congress.gov member record (Bioguide L000397), recorded through 2026-10-04T02:54:23Z. Current officeholding is separate from 2026 candidacy status. Official member website.
Recent housing, employment, energy and infrastructure legislation
From the member's sponsored then cosponsored legislation lists (newest first, limit 30 each), the newest items whose CONFIRMED official legislative subjects intersect {Housing and Community Development, Labor and Employment, Energy, Transportation and Public Works, Water Resources Development} are selected, at most 3 sponsored and 2 cosponsored, 5 total. Items whose relevance cannot be confirmed via the official /subjects endpoint are omitted.
- HR.10574-119 — American Leadership in Fusion Actsponsor latest action 2026-09-24: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. · subjects: Energy
- HJRES.154-119 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the Adverse Effect Wage Rate.sponsor latest action 2026-03-26: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · subjects: Labor and Employment
- HR.2946-119 — Clean Energy Victory Bond Act of 2025sponsor latest action 2025-04-17: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · subjects: Energy
- HR.3572-119 — To make projects in certain counties eligible for funding under the rural surface transportation grant program, and for other purposes.cosponsor latest action 2025-05-22: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · subjects: Transportation and Public Works
Sponsorship is a record of introduction or support — not passage, effectiveness, or economic impact.
Counties and this district
County boundaries for this seat are not published in this release. Explore individual counties on the county map.