U.S. House

James Gallagher

U.S. Representative for California’s 1st District

Party
Republican
In office since
June 10, 2026
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Running for the House in CA-1

Candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot for CA-1
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Mike McGuireDemocratic$1.8M$153K
James GallagherIncumbentRepublican$1.5M$333K

Under California's top-two system, the two leading finishers in the June 2 primary advance regardless of party, so both candidates can be from the same party.

Certified candidate list from California Secretary of State, retrieved September 24, 2026. Write-in candidates are not listed. Fundraising from Federal Election Commission filings, reported through June 30, 2026; a dash means no FEC record.

On the record

Gallagher doesn’t have enough recorded votes from 2023 to 2026 on the DNA Scan’s statements for us to show a record. How we match votes to the Scan.

Committee assignments3
  • House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Contact
Washington office
408 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0501

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission; the November ballot from the California Secretary of State. Updated October 5, 2026.

More on Gallagher: Congress.gov · FEC filings · GovTrack