2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

U.S. House, California District 45

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Derek Tran

DemocraticIncumbent

Current office: U.S. Representative, California District 45

Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 45th congressional district, serving since 2025. House committee assignments: Committee on Armed Services; Committee on Small Business.

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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))
Derek Tran (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)

Chuong V. Vo

Republican

The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 52 U.S. representatives from the state of California, one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.

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2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California (districts 27–52) (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (California Secretary of State, Public record)

Sources

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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