Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. House · California's 50th 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.

Scott Peters
Democratic · Incumbent
Currently represents California's 50th District in the U.S. House.
Steve Cohen
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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Scott PetersSteve Cohen
Party on the ballotDemocratic1Republican1
StatusIncumbent3Challenger
Raised$2,191,968 through October 14, 20264$4,092 through October 14, 20265
Cash on hand$2,567,6564$2,0325

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.

Scott Peters — 10 issues
  • Small business loans and programs
    Expand SBA loans, research awards and contracting help for small businesses
    His campaign website lists a law he wrote that gives defense contractors credit for hiring small businesses at every level of a project.6
  • Nuclear power
    His campaign website lists a 2024 law he wrote that lowers licensing fees for next-generation nuclear reactors.6
  • Permitting for energy projects
    His campaign website says he wants to speed up clean energy projects, and lists a 2018 law he wrote giving hydropower projects more time to get permitted.6,7
  • Wildfire prevention and forest management
    His campaign website says he wants to prevent the next big wildfire, and that he co-led the Fix Our Forests Act, which it says speeds up forest work that cuts wildfire risk and which passed the House.7
  • Homelessness
    His campaign website says he wants to get more people off the street and into housing, and lists laws he wrote letting local nonprofits receive federal homelessness aid directly and opening HUD-VA housing vouchers to veterans with other-than-honorable discharges.6,7
  • Zoning and new housing
    His campaign website says he wants to build more homes and cut the red tape that slows them down, and that he co-led a 2026 law ending a 1974 rule that required manufactured homes to sit on a permanent steel chassis.6,7
  • Legal status for immigrants here without permission, including Dreamers
    His campaign website says he supports a secure border and an immigration system that works, including a real path for Dreamers and for the workers San Diego's economy depends on.7
  • Medicare drug price negotiation
    His campaign website says his plan laid the groundwork for Medicare drug-price negotiation, $35 insulin and a cap on seniors' drug costs that became law in the Inflation Reduction Act, and that he wants to bring lower drug prices to more families.6,7
  • Fraud and improper payments in federal programs
    His campaign website lists a 2025 law he wrote that stops payments to providers who have died by checking Medicaid rolls against federal death records.6
  • Targeted tax breaks for individuals and families
    Add or expand breaks for costs such as education savings, adoption and selling a home
    His campaign website says he wrote the law, made permanent in 2025, that lets employers help pay off workers' student loans tax-free.6,8
Steve Cohen — 2 issues

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