Mark DeSaulnier

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

§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.

Mark DeSaulnier was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, earned a history degree from the College of the Holy Cross, and worked as a probation officer, truck driver and hotel services employee before moving to California in the early 1970s.^5,6 He owned and managed several Bay Area restaurants and was a member of the Teamsters and the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees unions.^5,6 He served on the Concord City Council, as mayor of Concord and as a three-term Contra Costa County supervisor, and was elected to the State Assembly in 2006 and to the State Senate in 2008 and 2012.⁵ He represented the 11th District in Congress for eight years before redistricting and has represented the 10th District since 2023.⁷ He is the ranking member of the House Ethics Committee and of the Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, and serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.⁶

Why they say they're running

His campaign website says he wants to keep delivering results for the region by growing the economy, creating good-paying jobs, making education affordable without heavy debt, investing in infrastructure, protecting Medicare and Social Security, promoting health care for all, protecting the environment and creating new gun laws to protect the public.⁵

Service in Congress since 2023

• 2025–nowU.S. Representative, CA-10³
• 2023–2025U.S. Representative, CA-10³

Websites and accounts

• Campaign websitedesaulnierforcongress.com^1,2
• Official websitedesaulnier.house.gov³
• X (Twitter)x.com/RepDeSaulnier⁸
• Facebookfacebook.com/RepMarkDeSaulnier⁸
• Instagraminstagram.com/repdesaulnier⁸
• Campaign websitedesaulnierforcongress.com^7,9
• Facebookfacebook.com/MarkDeSaulnier⁷
• X (Twitter)twitter.com/MarkDeSaulnier⁷
• Instagraminstagram.com/desaulnierforcongress⁷

§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.

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Mark DeSaulnier served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Mark DeSaulnier sponsored or cosponsored 31 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

§5Money

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, 2026.⁶³

Where the money came from

§6Financial 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.

• Annual financial disclosure report⁶⁴filed May 14, 2026
• Annual financial disclosure report⁶⁵filed May 6, 2025