Candidate · November 3, 2026

Norma J. Torres

On the ballot for U.S. House · California's 35th District

DemocraticIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$923K
cash on hand
$245K
issues with public statements
6

§1On the ballot

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

OfficeU.S. House · California's 35th District1
Party on the ballotDemocratic1
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents California's 35th District in the U.S. House.2
How it's decidedUnder 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.1,3
Also on the ballot

§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.

Norma Torres was born in Guatemala and moved to Pomona in 1990, and she worked for 17 years as a 911 dispatcher for the Los Angeles Police Department.4 She served on the Pomona City Council and became Pomona's first Latina mayor in 2006.4 She served in the California State Assembly from 2008 to 2012 and the State Senate from 2013 to 2014.4 She has represented the 35th District in Congress since 2015, serves on the House Appropriations Committee and is the mother of three sons.4,5

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website says she is running to keep pushing for the community's priorities, make sure working families are not left behind, and defend them from what it calls the Trump administration's immigration abuses and attempts to cut health care and education.4

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, CA-352
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, CA-352

Websites and accounts

§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

Federal Medicaid funding

Her campaign website says she strongly opposed the Medicaid cuts in a Republican bill and is fighting to restore those health services.8

  1. Reduce federal Medicaid spending further, such as by giving states fixed yearly amounts (block grants or per-person limits)
  2. Keep the funding rules set by the 2025 law
  3. Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Health insurance system

Her campaign website says health care is a human right and that she has fought to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and expand community health centers.8

Immigration

Legal status for immigrants here without permission, including Dreamers

Her campaign website says she wrote a bill to update immigration law so that millions of immigrants could adjust their status and start on a path to citizenship.9

  1. No new legal status, including for people brought here as children
  2. Legal status only for people brought here as children, such as DACA recipients
  3. Legal status, but not citizenship, for most who pass background checks and pay a fine
  4. A path to citizenship for most who meet requirements such as background checks
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Immigration enforcement inside the country

Her campaign website says she opposes the administration's mass deportation program and wrote the Fairness to Freedom Act, which would guarantee a lawyer in deportation cases.4,9

Infrastructure and Transportation

Passenger trains and Amtrak

Her campaign website says she voted for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which it says is bringing high-speed rail from Rancho Cucamonga to Las Vegas.10

Highway and transit funding

Her campaign website says the infrastructure law she voted for is improving roads and highways and that she is working to expand public transit.10

§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 Norma J. Torres served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Norma J. Torres sponsored or cosponsored 22 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

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§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

Raised$922,924
Spent$981,343
Cash on hand$244,897
Debts owed by the campaign$10

Where the money came from

Individual donors$338K · 37%
PACs and other political committees$581K · 63%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$3,448 · 0%

§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.