Candidate · November 3, 2026
Mai Vang
On the ballot for U.S. House · California's 7th District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $1.8M
- cash on hand
- $389K
- issues with public statements
- 36
- outside spending for or against
- $2.4M
§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 7th District1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Democratic1, |
| 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.
Mai Vang was born and raised in Sacramento and was the first in her family to attend college.4 She co-founded Hmong Innovating Politics, a group that organized parents around their children's schools, and served on the Sacramento City Unified School District board.4 She is a member of the Sacramento City Council and works as a teacher, and her campaign website says she earned a master's degree.5,
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she is running to lower costs for working families and to bring a new generation of leadership to Washington that would pass Medicare for All, take on billionaires and protect communities from the Trump administration.5
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitemaiforus.com1,
2 - Facebookfacebook.com/MaiForUs5
- X (Twitter)twitter.com/maiforus5
- Instagraminstagram.com/maiforus5
- TikToktiktok.com/@maiforus5
- YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCnQC62sw1r3U1XF74j1nKfA5
§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.
Health Care
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.5,
- One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
- Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
- Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
- Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
Abortion and Reproductive Health
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.6
- A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
- Leave abortion law to each state
- A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)
Her campaign website says she would oppose any national restrictions on contraception.6
Economy, Jobs and Trade
Her campaign website says she will push to pass the PRO Act and fully fund the National Labor Relations Board.6
- Make it easier to form a union (for example, the PRO Act)
- Keep current rules
- Add requirements such as a secret-ballot election before every union is recognized
Her campaign website says she would raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation.6
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.6
- Lower or remove most tariffs
- Targeted tariffs on some countries or goods
- Broad tariffs on most imports
Family and Social Policy
Her campaign website says she will fight for universal child care that caps costs for families and guarantees living wages for child care workers.6
- Make child care free, or cap what families pay at a set share of income (such as 7%), paid for with new public funding
- Expand help for lower- and middle-income families through grants and tax credits
- Keep current child care funding and tax credits
- Lower costs mainly by easing rules on providers, not with new federal spending
Education
Her campaign website says she would protect public school funding and resist efforts to send public money to charter schools or private school vouchers.6
- Make them available to every family
- Offer them only to some students, such as those from low-income families or with disabilities
- No public money for private school or homeschooling costs
Her campaign website says she will champion free tuition at public colleges and universities.5,
- No free tuition program
- Free tuition at community colleges
- Free tuition at public colleges and universities
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.5,
- Narrow or end existing forgiveness programs, such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Keep current forgiveness programs, with no new cancellation
- Add targeted relief, such as more forgiveness for public service workers or through income-based repayment
- Broad cancellation of student debt
Taxes and Budget
Her campaign website says she will vote to raise taxes on billionaires and close corporate tax loopholes.6
Energy and Climate
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.5,
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Her campaign website says she would block efforts to open parks and open spaces to oil drilling and would stop new fossil fuel projects.6
- Stop or sharply limit new leases
- Continue leasing, but keep some coastlines and wildlife areas off-limits
- Lease more federal land and offshore areas for drilling
Her campaign website says she would expand access to zero-emission vehicles and restore the clean energy investments it says the Trump administration cut.6
Technology, Privacy and AI
Her 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.6
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.6
Housing
Her campaign website says she would pass federal laws to stop big corporations from buying up single-family homes.6
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.6
Her campaign website says federal homelessness policy should focus on prevention, mental health care, supportive services and permanent housing rather than clearing encampments.6
Immigration
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.6
- Abolish ICE and move any remaining enforcement work to other agencies
- Deport only people convicted of serious crimes or who threaten national security
- Focus on people with criminal records and recent border crossers
- Deport as many people here without legal permission as possible, with or without criminal records
Her campaign website says ICE agents should be barred from hiding their faces.6
- Let officers cover their faces and keep their names private
- Require visible ID and body cameras, but allow face coverings
- Require visible ID and body cameras, and ban most face coverings
Her campaign website says she will fight for a comprehensive pathway to citizenship and permanent protection for Dreamers and TPS recipients.6
- No new legal status, including for people brought here as children
- Legal status only for people brought here as children, such as DACA recipients
- Legal status, but not citizenship, for most who pass background checks and pay a fine
- A path to citizenship for most who meet requirements such as background checks
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.6
- Admit more immigrants, such as by adding work visas or clearing family backlogs
- Keep green cards and work visas near recent levels
- Admit fewer immigrants than in recent years
- Pause most new legal immigration for a time
Crime, Policing and Prisons
Her campaign website says qualified immunity should end for ICE agents so they can be held personally and legally accountable for civil rights violations.6
Foreign Policy and Defense
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.5,
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.6
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
Her campaign website says she will champion the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.6
- 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)
- Keep current law, as the Supreme Court read it in 2026, without the federal approval requirement
- Stop applying the law to how district maps are drawn
Her campaign website says she will vote to pass the Equality Act and restore federal nondiscrimination protections.6
- Pass broad protections such as the Equality Act
- Add protections with broad exemptions for religious groups and businesses
- No new federal protections; leave it to the states
Elections and Government Reform
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.6
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.5,
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
Environment and Public Lands
Her campaign website says she will vote against any legislation that opens federal lands to sale or privatization.6
- Transfer large areas of federal land to the states
- Sell limited amounts of federal land, such as near towns for housing
- Keep federal lands in federal ownership
Her campaign website says she would restore funding for fuel mitigation, rebuild the Forest Service and make wildfire prevention a national priority.6
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.6
Infrastructure and Transportation
Her campaign website says she would protect and grow public transit funding and invest in safe biking and walking routes.6
- Shift more money to public transit, walking and biking
- Keep the current split between highways and transit
- Spend federal money mainly on highways and roads, and leave transit to states and cities
§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, 2026.7
| Raised | $1,828,418 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $1,439,654 |
| Cash on hand | $388,763 |
| Debts owed by the campaign | $24,053 |
Where the money came from
Outside spending
Groups spending independently reported $1,312,815 supporting and $1,083,863 opposing Mai Vang this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 26, 2026.8
| Group | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA 2026 | — | $762,416 |
| National Nurses United for Patient Protection | $700,000 | — |
| Working Families Party PAC | $335,915 | — |
| Pro-Choice Majority Action | — | $300,000 |
| Leaders We Deserve | $167,838 | — |
| Justice Democrats PAC | $107,000 | — |
| CatholicVote.org | — | $12,161 |
| PROTECTING OUR VOTE PAC | — | $9,286 |
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 report9filed May 15, 2026
- Candidate financial disclosure report10filed Dec 9, 2025