Candidate · November 3, 2026
Jacqui Irwin
On the ballot for U.S. House · California's 26th District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $1.2M
- cash on hand
- $458K
- issues with public statements
- 3
- outside spending for or against
- $366K
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · California's 26th District1 |
|---|---|
| Party on the ballot | Democratic1, |
| Status | Open seat — no incumbent is running for this seat. |
| How it's 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, |
| Also on the ballot |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Jacqui Irwin holds a bachelor's degree in systems engineering from UC San Diego and worked as an engineer at Teledyne Systems and at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Lab.4 She was first elected to the Thousand Oaks City Council in 2004 and served two terms as mayor of Thousand Oaks.4 She was first elected to the California State Assembly in 2014; there she chairs the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies and the Assembly Select Committee on Cybersecurity, and previously chaired the Military and Veterans Affairs Committee and the Revenue and Taxation Committee.4 She and her husband, Jon, have lived in Thousand Oaks for nearly 20 years and have three children.4
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website quotes her announcement that she is running to stand up for the district and the state in Congress, fight what she calls the Trump administration's assault on democracy and values, and prioritize public safety, affordability and the needs of Ventura and Los Angeles counties.5
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitejacquiirwin.com1,
2 - X (Twitter)x.com/jacquiirwin5
- Facebookfacebook.com/ElectJacquiIrwin5
- Blueskybsky.app/profile/irwinforcongress.bsky.social5
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Guns
Housing
Her campaign website says she helped secure $27 million in state Project Homekey funds for Thousand Oaks' first homeless housing facility and co-authored the Care Court law, which changes how local governments can step in to help people with mental illness who are living without shelter and unwilling to accept treatment voluntarily.7
Energy and Climate
Her campaign website says she supports accelerating renewable energy goals and planning.8
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.
Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.9
| Raised | $1,170,990 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $713,179 |
| Cash on hand | $457,811 |
| Debts owed by the campaign | $8,000 |
Where the money came from
Outside spending
Groups spending independently reported $366,028 supporting and $0 opposing Jacqui Irwin this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through May 28, 2026.10
| Group | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| Protect Progress | $366,028 | — |
Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.
§5Financial disclosures
Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.
- Candidate financial disclosure report11filed May 1, 2026