Houston Brignano
Republican
Ballot designation filed with the California Secretary of State: Technology Executive.
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- Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)
2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
U.S. House, California District 36
2 candidates, listed alphabetically.
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Candidates
Ted W. Lieu
DemocraticIncumbent
Current office: U.S. Representative, California District 36
Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 36th congressional district, serving since 2015. House committee assignments: Committee on Foreign Affairs; Committee on the Judiciary.
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- House Member Data (MemberData.xml) (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain (U.S. government work))
- congress-legislators: legislators-current.json (service dates) (@unitedstates project, CC0 1.0)
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (U.S. Congress, Public domain (U.S. government work))
- Ted Lieu (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)
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Candidate list and race details
- Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)
- 2026 United States House of Representatives elections (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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