Candidate · November 3, 2026
Jeff Frese
On the ballot for U.S. House · California's 10th District
- issues with public statements
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§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 10th District1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Republican1, |
| Status | Challenger |
| 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, |
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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.
Jeff Frese's campaign website describes him as a small business owner from Moraga who built a national snack brand from his own kitchen, sold it, and has run consumer companies since then.4 He earned a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Cortland.5
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says his focus is the issues that most directly affect families in the district: their children's schools, their safety, their bills, their jobs and the retirement they were promised.4
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitefreseforcongress.com1,
2 - Campaign websitefreseforcongress.com4,
6 - Instagraminstagram.com/freseforcongress4
- X (Twitter)x.com/VoteFrese4
- Facebookfacebook.com/freseforcongress4
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@freseforcongress4
- TikToktiktok.com/@votefrese4
- Otherreddit.com/user/FreseForCongress4
§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.
Elections and Government Reform
His campaign website calls for eight-year term limits for members of Congress.4
- Shorter limits, such as three House terms (six years) and two Senate terms (12 years)
- Longer limits, such as 12 to 18 years in each chamber
- No term limits
His campaign website says members of Congress should be banned from trading stocks.4
- Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
- Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
- No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
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.4
His campaign website says voting by mail should be kept.4
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website calls for withholding pay from members of Congress when there is no budget.4
His campaign website says he would stop the deficit spending that it says drives up mortgage rates and prices.4
His campaign website says teachers should pay no federal income tax.4
Housing
His campaign website says Wall Street firms and hedge funds should be banned from buying single-family homes.4
Agriculture and Rural Life
His campaign website says foreign ownership of American farmland and family homes should be blocked.4
- Ban farmland purchases by all foreign buyers
- Ban purchases by buyers tied to China, Russia, Iran or North Korea
- Require more reporting and national security reviews of purchases, but no outright bans
- Keep current reporting rules, with no new limits on foreign buyers
Crime, Policing and Prisons
His campaign website calls for ending cashless bail and keeping repeat offenders off the streets.4
- Require bail or jail before trial for more charges
- Keep current bail rules
- End or reduce cash bail, with judges deciding release based on risk
Education
His campaign website says people born male should be kept off girls' sports teams.4
- Require teams based on sex at birth
- Let each state decide
- Let schools or sports organizations set rules case by case
- Teams based on gender identity
Social Security and Medicare
His campaign website says the Social Security retirement age should not be raised.4
- Raise the full retirement age
- Keep it at 67
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 500.4