California's 20th 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

Vince Fong · Republican · current term began January 3, 2025 (elected November 5, 2024)

Officeholder source (1)

Every displayed fact traces to the documents below. Verification status describes how the statement was checked, not how reliable a claim is.

  • Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Official source

    Official member roll, 119th Congress, publish-date 2026-09-02: 435 voting members, 5 Delegates (AS, DC, GU, MP, VI), 1 Resident Commissioner (PR)

    Retrieved 2026-09-28

    https://clerk.house.gov/xml/lists/MemberData.xml

Upcoming contests

2026-11-03 — general

General election · 2026-11-03 · fills 120th Congress 2027-01-03..2029-01-03

  • Sandra Van Scotter · Democratic

    Qualified for the general-election ballot

  • Vince Fong · Republican

    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

CandidateReceiptsDisbursementsCash on handDebtCoverage endInd. spending for / against
Sandra Van ScotterDemocratic — no matching FEC candidate record——————
Vince FongRepublican$1,849,356$1,434,838$453,750$0June 30, 2026none reported

“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

Vince Fong · Republican · California · served in 2 Congresses since 2024

Identity verified against the official Congress.gov member record (Bioguide F000480), 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.8892-119 — CAL Repayment Actsponsor latest action 2026-05-19: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · subjects: Labor and Employment
  • HR.8748-119 — Surface Transportation Research and Development Act of 2026sponsor latest action 2026-05-20: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. · subjects: Transportation and Public Works
  • HR.4661-119 — AMERICA DRIVES Actsponsor latest action 2025-07-24: 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.