Salud Carbajal
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DemocratIn office since Jan 2017

Salud Carbajal

U.S. Representative, CA-24 since 2017. Ran in 5 elections between 2016 and 2024, winning 5. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

U.S. Representative, CA-24Born 1964

In office
9 yrs
Since 2017
Bills became law
0
37 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed
0.9%
Chamber median 2.1%
With party
97%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+32.0
Won 2026
Next election
2028
Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Committees

119th Congress.

  • House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureAviationCoast Guard and Maritime Transportation · Ranking MemberHighways and Transit
  • House Committee on Agriculture
  • House Committee on Armed ServicesTactical Air and Land ForcesStrategic Forces

Source: congress-legislators committeesUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Legislation

119th Congress · 37 sponsored · 0 became law

No bills in this list for the 119th Congress.

Source: Congress.gov billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 3:27 PM ET

Voting record

119th Congress · placement by roll-call votes

Where Carbajal sits in the U.S. House

Carbajal is closer to the center than 67% of the chamber's Democrats.

Dem. medianRep. medianCarbajalMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Bill Foster, Ami Bera

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:06 PM ET

With Carbajal’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Democrats97%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills28%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the U.S. House.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Carbajal’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Carbajal was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2026U.S. House, CA-24WonD+32.0D+25.8+6.2
2024U.S. House, CA-24WonD+25.4——
2022U.S. House, CA-24WonD+21.1——
2020U.S. House, CA-24WonD+17.3——
2018U.S. House, CA-24WonD+17.1——
2016U.S. House, CA-24WonD+6.8——

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: California Secretary of State (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Campaign money, 2025–26

Raised
$1.9M
Spent
$1.2M
Cash
$3.3M

Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET

Campaign committees

Open committees can still raise and spend money.

SALUD CARBAJAL FOR CONGRESS
FEC
Active

Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET

Seats Carbajal has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Carbajal has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: California Secretary of State (unofficial)

In the polls

Included in 3 polls; Carbajal’s best result was 47% (California's 24th District, 2018).

Carbajal’s polls in the database →

Source: Polls: The New York Times and Wikipedia poll lists

How we know Carbajal

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET