Candidate · November 3, 2026
Pedro Antonio Casas
On the ballot for U.S. House · California's 38th 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 38th District1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Republican1, |
| 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, |
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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.
Pedro Antonio Casas was born in El Paso, Texas, to Mexican immigrants and grew up in Baldwin Park.4,
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running to fight for safer communities, stronger families, quality education and accountable leadership that puts people first.5
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitecasasforcongress.com1,
2 - Campaign websitecasasforcongress.com6,
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§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.
Education
His campaign website says athletes born male should compete only against other males and should be kept out of women's and girls' sports.5,
- 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
His campaign website says he supports private school vouchers.8
Crime, Policing and Prisons
His campaign website says he supports law enforcement and opposes any measures to defund it.8
Housing
His campaign website calls for using existing homelessness funds to build mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities with job re-entry training, regulating public spaces, and tighter oversight of tax money given to nonprofit groups.8
Energy and Climate
His campaign website says he would block new battery storage facilities, massive data centers and giant warehouses that it says harm neighborhoods.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
Guns
His campaign website says he would protect the Second Amendment by targeting criminals, not law-abiding owners, who misuse dangerous modifications such as Glock switches.5