2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

U.S. House, California District 9

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Josh Harder

DemocraticIncumbent

Current office: U.S. Representative, California District 9

Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 9th congressional district, serving since 2019. House committee assignments: Committee on Appropriations.

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

John McBride

Republican

Ballot designation filed with the California Secretary of State: Athletic Performance Coach.

About sources

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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