Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. House · California's 7th 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.

Doris Matsui
Democratic · Incumbent
Currently represents California's 7th District in the U.S. House.
Mai Vang
Democratic · 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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Doris MatsuiMai Vang
Party on the ballotDemocratic1Democratic1,3
StatusIncumbent4Challenger
Raised$7,837,819 through October 14, 20265$1,828,418 through October 14, 20266
Cash on hand$1,995,7805$388,7636
Outside spending$500,161 for · $392,000 against7$1,312,815 for · $1,083,863 against8
Federal minimum wageAn earlier issues page still on her campaign website says she strongly supports raising the national minimum wage to keep pace with rising costs.9Her campaign website says she would raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation.10
Student loan forgivenessAn earlier issues page still on her campaign website says she supported the Biden administration's actions on student debt and cosponsored bills to write the SAVE income-based repayment plan into law and to double Pell Grant awards.9
Broad cancellation of student debt
Her campaign website calls for canceling student debt and says she will push for student debt forgiveness and oppose efforts to roll back debt relief.10,11
Health insurance systemHer campaign website says she helped pass the Affordable Care Act, and an earlier issues page still on the site says she will keep working to build on the law and its consumer protections.9,12
One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
Her campaign website says she will advocate for Medicare for All to guarantee health care for every American, and would work to eliminate medical debt and lower prescription costs.10,11
Immigration enforcement inside the countryHer campaign website says she works to protect residents from what it calls illegal ICE activity and has repeatedly voted against funding ICE.12
Abolish ICE and move any remaining enforcement work to other agencies
Her campaign website calls for abolishing ICE, including by ending its funding and moving the money to schools, health care and community needs, and for closing for-profit detention centers.10
Masks and identification for immigration officersHer campaign website says she opposes allowing masked ICE agents to disregard the rule of law.12
Require visible ID and body cameras, and ban most face coverings
Her campaign website says ICE agents should be barred from hiding their faces.10
Highway and transit fundingHer campaign website lists federal money she secured for Sacramento-area light rail, streetcar, bus and passenger rail projects, and says she continues to work with the regional transit agency and local leaders on affordable and reliable public transportation.12
Shift more money to public transit, walking and biking
Her campaign website says she would protect and grow public transit funding and invest in safe biking and walking routes.10
Rules for artificial intelligenceHer campaign website says she is working to set strong federal guardrails on how AI is developed and used, and that she wrote a bill to ban harmful algorithmic practices, increase transparency about how online platforms amplify and moderate content, and investigate discriminatory AI systems.12Her campaign website says she signed the AI Pact, which it says commits her to independent safety review before major new AI models are released, a right to sue when AI systems cause harm, and no taxpayer bailouts of AI companies.10

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.

Doris Matsui — 7 issues
  • Clean energy tax credits
    Her official House biography says she helped secure clean energy tax incentives and credits through the Inflation Reduction Act, and an earlier issues page still on her campaign website says she supported that law's clean energy investments.9,13
  • Air pollution limits
    Strengthen limits, such as tighter standards for soot and for pollution from trucks and factories
    Her campaign website says she has led efforts to strengthen nationwide vehicle pollution standards, opposed rollbacks of national clean vehicle standards and of California's vehicle emissions authority, and worked to extend and expand a program that replaces or retrofits older diesel engines.12
  • Conservation and development on federal lands
    Protect more land, such as with new national monuments or wilderness areas
    Her campaign website says she co-chairs a congressional task force on public lands and waters and opposed Park Service staff cuts and President Trump's attempts to log public forests, and an earlier issues page still on the site says she is leading efforts for greater protection of old-growth and mature forests on federal lands.9,12
  • Federal Medicaid funding
    Her campaign website says she has cosponsored five bills to repeal President Trump's cuts to federal health care safety-net funding.12
  • Medicare coverage of new tests and services
    Add more services by law, such as permanent telehealth from home and testing and treatment by pharmacists
    Her campaign website says she passed a law that permanently lets Medicare patients get mental health treatment by telehealth at home, and that she is working through the CONNECT Act to make all telehealth services permanent for Medicare patients.12
  • Medicare drug price negotiation
    Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments helping pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which it says caps prescription drug costs for Medicare patients; an earlier issues page still on the site says the law lets Medicare negotiate lower prices for some prescription drugs.9,12
  • High-speed internet access
    Pay to build networks where service is lacking, and help low-income households with monthly bills
    Her campaign website says she is working to protect the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program and to restore the Affordable Connectivity Program, which gave low-income families monthly internet discounts.12
Mai Vang — 29 issues
  • Birth control and IVF
    Her campaign website says she would oppose any national restrictions on contraception.10
  • Who sets abortion law
    A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
    Her campaign website says she wants federal protections that guarantee the right to choose in every state, and that she will work to write abortion rights into federal law and oppose any national ban.10
  • Discrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity
    Pass broad protections such as the Equality Act
    Her campaign website says she will vote to pass the Equality Act and restore federal nondiscrimination protections.10
  • Voting Rights Act protections
    Restore and widen protections by law, such as federal approval of voting changes in places with a history of discrimination (for example, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act)
    Her campaign website says she will champion the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.10
  • Qualified immunity for police
    Her campaign website says qualified immunity should end for ICE agents so they can be held personally and legally accountable for civil rights violations.10
  • Tariffs
    Lower or remove most tariffs
    Her campaign website says she opposes the tariffs it says are squeezing California producers, and that refunds of tariffs the courts ruled illegal should go to the small businesses and families that paid them.10
  • Union organizing rules
    Make it easier to form a union (for example, the PRO Act)
    Her campaign website says she will push to pass the PRO Act and fully fund the National Labor Relations Board.10
  • Tuition-free college
    Free tuition at public colleges and universities
    Her campaign website says she will champion free tuition at public colleges and universities.10,11
  • Vouchers and education savings accounts
    No public money for private school or homeschooling costs
    Her campaign website says she would protect public school funding and resist efforts to send public money to charter schools or private school vouchers.10
  • Campaign finance rules
    Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
    Her campaign website says she will champion a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United and work to get rid of super PACs, and that her campaign takes no corporate PAC money.10,11
  • Proof of citizenship to register to vote
    Her campaign website says she will vote against the SAVE Act, which it says would keep millions of women who changed their names through marriage or divorce from voting.10
  • Stock trading by members of Congress
    Her campaign website says she will fight for a total ban on stock trading by members of Congress and will not trade stocks herself if elected.10,11
  • Data centers and electricity costs
    Pause or limit new data centers
    Her campaign website says she would push for a moratorium on new data centers and has signed on to Senator Bernie Sanders' moratorium on new data center construction, and that she would end tax breaks for data center developers and require them to cover the rate increases their power use causes.10,11
  • Electric vehicles
    Her campaign website says she would expand access to zero-emission vehicles and restore the clean energy investments it says the Trump administration cut.10
  • Oil and gas drilling on federal land and offshore
    Stop or sharply limit new leases
    Her campaign website says she would block efforts to open parks and open spaces to oil drilling and would stop new fossil fuel projects.10
  • Clean Water Act coverage of wetlands and streams
    Her campaign website says she would restore EPA funding and enforcement, protect clean drinking water standards and block federal rollbacks of water protections that she says put groundwater at risk.10
  • Selling or transferring federal lands
    Keep federal lands in federal ownership
    Her campaign website says she will vote against any legislation that opens federal lands to sale or privatization.10
  • Wildfire prevention and forest management
    Her campaign website says she would restore funding for fuel mitigation, rebuild the Forest Service and make wildfire prevention a national priority.10
  • Child care costs
    Make child care free, or cap what families pay at a set share of income (such as 7%), paid for with new public funding
    Her campaign website says she will fight for universal child care that caps costs for families and guarantees living wages for child care workers.10
  • Paid family and medical leave
    Her campaign website says she would champion paid family leave and paid sick days.10,11
  • Military aid to Israel
    Her campaign website says she would work to end U.S. military aid that she says enables war crimes and the occupation of Gaza, and would sign on to the Block the Bombs legislation to stop the flow of weapons used against civilians.10,11
  • Who decides on military action
    Her campaign website says she would work to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force and return decisions about war and peace to the people.10
  • Homelessness
    Her campaign website says federal homelessness policy should focus on prevention, mental health care, supportive services and permanent housing rather than clearing encampments.10
  • Large investors buying single-family homes
    Her campaign website says she would pass federal laws to stop big corporations from buying up single-family homes.10
  • Limits on rent increases
    Her campaign website says she would champion a federal renters' bill of rights making just-cause eviction protections and fair rent standards a national standard.10
  • Legal immigration levels
    Admit more immigrants, such as by adding work visas or clearing family backlogs
    Her campaign website says she would end green card limits that she says keep families apart and fully fund the services needed to clear backlogs.10
  • Legal status for immigrants here without permission, including Dreamers
    A path to citizenship for most who meet requirements such as background checks
    Her campaign website says she will fight for a comprehensive pathway to citizenship and permanent protection for Dreamers and TPS recipients.10
  • Taxes on very large fortunes
    Her campaign website says she will vote to raise taxes on billionaires and close corporate tax loopholes.10
  • Data privacy
    Her campaign website says she opposes license-plate camera networks such as Flock and would work to stop government agencies from buying people's location data, require warrants before that data is searched and limit how long it is kept.10

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