Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. House · California's 10th District

2 candidates on the ballot.1

How this race is decided: Under California's top-two system, only the two candidates who received the most votes in the June 2, 2026, primary, regardless of party preference, appear on this general-election ballot.1,2

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Mark DeSaulnier
Democratic · Incumbent
Currently represents California's 10th District in the U.S. House.
Jeff Frese
Republican · Challenger

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Mark DeSaulnierJeff Frese
Party on the ballotDemocratic1,3Republican1,3
StatusIncumbent4Challenger
Raised$721,776 through October 14, 20265Not found in the public sources we checked
Cash on hand$467,2205Not found in the public sources we checked

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Mark DeSaulnier — 12 issues
  • Birth control and IVF
    His campaign website says he sponsors the Right to Contraception Act and the Access to Family Building Act to protect access to contraception and IVF.6
  • Who sets abortion law
    A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
    His campaign website says he voted for the Women's Health Protection Act to create a federal right to abortion access and is working to write reproductive rights into federal law.6
  • Discrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity
    His campaign website says he is a consistent advocate for LGBTQ+ equality and opposes efforts to roll back civil rights protections.6
  • Union organizing rules
    His campaign website says he is working to protect the right to organize, safe workplaces and wages that keep up with the cost of living, and to give workers a voice as AI changes their industries.6
  • Electric vehicles
    His campaign website lists among his accomplishments writing the Clean Corridors Act, a $2.5 billion national electric vehicle charging program enacted in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.6
  • Air pollution limits
    His campaign website says he served nine years on the California Air Resources Board and is working to protect clean air standards, including California's vehicle emission standards, against federal rollbacks.6,7
  • Conservation and development on federal lands
    His campaign website says he opposes efforts in Congress to weaken protections for federal lands.6
  • Health insurance system
    His campaign website says he wants to promote health care for all and to protect Medicare and Social Security.8
  • Immigration enforcement inside the country
    His campaign website says he opposes mass deportation policies that separate families, seeks accountability for people killed or injured by ICE, and supports immigration reform.6
  • Highway and transit funding
    His campaign website lists transportation projects he championed, including the Caldecott Tunnel's fourth bore, BART service to Antioch, the Highway 4 expansion and a modernization of I-680, and says he is working on cleaner transportation that shortens commutes.6
  • Children and social media
    His campaign website says he is pushing to hold social media platforms accountable for their effects on young people's mental health.6
  • Veterans' disability and survivor benefits
    His campaign website says he wrote legislation to give veterans full access to disability pay and separation pay, voted for the PACT Act, and is working to protect veterans' benefits and VA funding from cuts.6
Jeff Frese — 13 issues
  • Foreign ownership of farmland
    Ban farmland purchases by all foreign buyers
    His campaign website says foreign ownership of American farmland and family homes should be blocked.9
  • Cash bail and pretrial release
    Require bail or jail before trial for more charges
    His campaign website calls for ending cashless bail and keeping repeat offenders off the streets.9
  • Transgender students in school sports
    Require teams based on sex at birth
    His campaign website says people born male should be kept off girls' sports teams.9
  • Stock trading by members of Congress
    Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
    His campaign website says members of Congress should be banned from trading stocks.9
  • Term limits for Congress
    Shorter limits, such as three House terms (six years) and two Senate terms (12 years)
    His campaign website calls for eight-year term limits for members of Congress.9
  • Voter ID
    His campaign website calls for voter ID in federal elections, including showing ID to vote in person, along with same-day voting with ID, paper ballots and a national Election Day holiday.9
  • Voting by mail
    His campaign website says voting by mail should be kept.9
  • Large investors buying single-family homes
    His campaign website says Wall Street firms and hedge funds should be banned from buying single-family homes.9
  • Social Security benefit levels
    His campaign website says Social Security and Medicare benefits should not be cut, and that part of the Social Security trust fund should be invested in the S&P 500.9
  • Social Security retirement age
    Keep it at 67
    His campaign website says the Social Security retirement age should not be raised.9
  • Federal spending levels
    His campaign website says he would stop the deficit spending that it says drives up mortgage rates and prices.9
  • Preventing government shutdowns
    His campaign website calls for withholding pay from members of Congress when there is no budget.9
  • Targeted tax breaks for individuals and families
    His campaign website says teachers should pay no federal income tax.9

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.