U.S. House race · November 3, 2026
U.S. Representative, California District 6
Represents the district in the U.S. House of Representatives, which writes federal laws, approves the federal budget and taxes, and oversees the executive branch.
2-year term. Under the map approved by voters through Proposition 50 in November 2025, the district covers parts of Sacramento, Placer and Yolo counties, including Rocklin, Roseville, Citrus Heights, North and East Sacramento and West Sacramento. Rep. Kevin Kiley, who currently represents District 3, is running here with no party preference after leaving the Republican Party in March 2026; Rep. Ami Bera, who currently represents District 6, is running in District 3. Kiley (24.3%) and Democrat Richard Pan (23.2%) were the top two finishers in the June 2, 2026 top-two primary.
The candidates
Listed alphabetically by last name.
Kevin Kiley
U.S. Representative, California District 3 (since 2023)Kevin Kiley is a former teacher, lawyer and state Assembly member who was elected to Congress as a Republican in 2022 and re-registered with no party preference in March 2026, saying he would continue to caucus with House Republicans. He is running in the redrawn 6th District on a message of independence from party leaders, constituent service and lowering living costs.
Richard Pan
Pediatrician; former California state senatorRichard Pan is a pediatrician and former UC Davis professor who served in the California Assembly and state Senate from 2010 to 2022, where he wrote the 2015 law ending personal-belief exemptions from school vaccine requirements. His campaign centers on health care, public health and science policy, lowering living costs, and opposing the Trump administration's health policies.
Compare on the issues
Summaries of each candidate's stated positions. See each profile for sources and details.
| Issue | Kevin Kiley No Party Preference | Richard Pan Democratic |
|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Says he has worked to lower living costs and links federal debt and spending to inflation; supported the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act. | Says he would roll back tariffs, pursue educational debt relief, cut red tape for small businesses and support apprenticeship programs. |
| Abortion | No public position found yet | Supports abortion rights and says he would work to codify Roe v. Wade. |
| Elections & Democracy | Says he supports Californians' right to vote by mail, and is the author of the PRESS Act on press freedom. | No public position found yet |
| Guns | No public position found yet | Supports universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, secure firearm storage and community violence prevention programs. |
| Health Care | No public position found yet | Says he would protect the Affordable Care Act and Medicare, stop insurers from denying care prescribed by doctors, and lower prescription drug costs. |
| Housing | Supports increasing and extending the federal Housing Tax Credit to address the shortage of affordable housing. | No public position found yet |
| Immigration | No public position found yet | Supports a path to citizenship and says ICE should be overhauled and replaced with an agency that enforces the law while protecting constitutional rights. |
| Social Security & Medicare | Lists the Social Security Fairness Act and the Medicare Protection Act among bills he sponsored or co-sponsored, and says he led a bipartisan effort to restore Medicare funding for senior programs. | No public position found yet |
| Taxes | Introduced a bill aimed at reducing California's gasoline taxes and backed the 2024 Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, including an expanded Child Tax Credit. | No public position found yet |