Candidate · November 3, 2026
Sandra Van Scotter
On the ballot for U.S. House · California's 20th District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $48K
- cash on hand
- -$1,680
- issues with public statements
- 3
§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 20th 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.
Sandra Van Scotter worked for about 20 years as a respiratory therapist, first in inpatient hospital care and later in cardiac testing at an outpatient clinic.4,
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she is running so the district has a representative who answers constituents, holds town halls and fights for them, and that she decided to run after seeing how the 2025 tax and spending law known as the One Big Beautiful Bill affected the people with disabilities she serves.4,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitesandra4cd20.com1,
2 - Blueskybsky.app/profile/sandra4cd20.bsky.social4
- Facebookfacebook.com/SandraVanScotterforCongress4
- Instagraminstagram.com/sandravanscotter4cd204
- Threadsthreads.com/@sandravanscotter4cd204
- Othersandravanscotter4cd20.substack.com4
§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 supports Medicare for All and amending the Constitution to make Medicare a right.6
- 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
Her campaign website says the cuts in H.R. 1 will harm Medi-Cal recipients, people with disabilities, seniors and working families in the district, and that she will work in Congress to reverse them.6
- Reduce federal Medicaid spending further, such as by giving states fixed yearly amounts (block grants or per-person limits)
- Keep the funding rules set by the 2025 law
- Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding
Immigration
Her campaign website says she supports a pathway to legal status for undocumented workers who have built their lives here, similar to the amnesty passed under President Reagan, and that border security and human dignity can go together.6
§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 | $47,739 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $42,429 |
| Cash on hand | -$1,680 |
| Debts owed by the campaign | $1,479 |