Elect Robert Garcia to put CD-42 on the right track for progress.
Mayor Robert Garcia’s track record and policy positions demonstrate that he will be a progressive voice for the constituents of CD-42 and will govern effectively in the best interest of this diverse district.
Progressive Endorsements: Mayor Garcia has the endorsement of a majority of progressive groups, including Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, Equality California, Truth to Power PAC, CHIRLA Action Fund, and many labor organizations and Democratic clubs. He has also received the endorsement of many state and local elected leaders, including Senator Alex Padilla, Representative Katie Porter, Representative Alan Lowenthal, State Senator Lena Gonzalez, and many local elected leaders in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
Electoral history: Mayor Garcia is the mayor of Long Beach and was reelected to that office in 2018 over a nonpartisan challenger by a margin of 58 points.
Top issues: Voting rights and election security, worker protections and fair pay, education reform and universal pre-K, immigration reform, and civil rights protections.
Governance and community leadership experience: Mayor Garcia is currently serving his second term as mayor of Long Beach. Mayor Garcia has worked with the Biden administration to shelter unaccompanied minors who cross the U.S.-Mexico border, establish a guaranteed income pilot for low-income families, and move the city toward tuition-free community college. After losing his mother and stepfather to COVID-19, he has received national recognition for his administration’s aggressive rollout of the vaccine, which successfully prioritized teachers, frontline workers, and elderly community members, and resulted in an early reopening of Long Beach Public Schools. While his policy ambitions are progressive, he has a coalition approach to legislating, and encourages collaboration with local governments on non-legislative solutions to social issues.
Other background: Mayor Robert Garcia, a public official, has lived in Southern California since immigrating to the United States from Peru when he was five years old. He cites progressive change in American law with affording him several life-changing privileges, including his family’s access to housing and Medicaid during his youth, his public education, his naturalization as a U.S. citizen at 21, and his right to marry his partner after the Supreme Court’s ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges. As mayor of Long Beach, he works to return these kinds of benefits to his constituents.
The Race
Primary election results: The June 2022 results included Mayor Robert Garcia (D), 47%; John Briscoe (R), 26%; Cristina Garcia (R), 13%; Peter Mathews (D), 4%; J. Nicole Lopez (D), 3%; Julio Cesar Flores (I), 3%; William Moses Summerville (D), 3%; and Joaquin Beltran (D), 2%. Mayor Robert Garcia and John Briscoe will compete in a run-off in the November 8 general election.
Candidate fundraising and pledges: Mayor Garcia’s campaign has raised $1.2 million and is not funded by police, corporate PAC, or fossil fuel donors.
Opposing candidate: Republican John Briscoe
Opposing candidate’s fundraising and pledges: Briscoe’s campaign has raised $2,000 from individual donors, but is primarily funded by a $250,000 loan taken by the candidate.
The District
Counties in district: California’s 42nd Congressional District includes parts of Los Angeles County.
Voter registration: 55% Democrat, 16% Republican, and 22% No Party Preference. Republicans have typically held this district. Since the 2021 redistricting process, CD-42 is 16% more Democratic than it was during the 2020 general election cycle.
District demographics: 52% Latino, 10% Asian, and 9% Black. This district is considered to be one of the 16 strong Latino seats in the California congressional delegation.
Recent election results: CD-42 voted for Joe Biden for president in 2020 by 46 points and Gavin Newsom for governor in 2018 by 44 points.
The Position
Congressmembers represent and advocate for the needs of their district constituents at the United States Capitol. They are responsible for creating, debating, and voting on legislation that addresses issues within their district.
The United States is divided into 435 congressional districts, each with a population of about 710,000 individuals. Each district elects a representative to the House of Representatives for a two-year term. California has 53 congressional representatives, the largest delegation in the country. There is no term limit for this position.
Elect Robert Garcia to put CD-42 on the right track for progress.
Mayor Robert Garcia’s track record and policy positions demonstrate that he will be a progressive voice for the constituents of CD-42 and will govern effectively in the best interest of this diverse district.
Progressive Endorsements: Mayor Garcia has the endorsement of a majority of progressive groups, including Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, Equality California, Truth to Power PAC, CHIRLA Action Fund, and many labor organizations and Democratic clubs. He has also received the endorsement of many state and local elected leaders, including Senator Alex Padilla, Representative Katie Porter, Representative Alan Lowenthal, State Senator Lena Gonzalez, and many local elected leaders in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
Electoral history: Mayor Garcia is the mayor of Long Beach and was reelected to that office in 2018 over a nonpartisan challenger by a margin of 58 points.
Top issues: Voting rights and election security, worker protections and fair pay, education reform and universal pre-K, immigration reform, and civil rights protections.
Governance and community leadership experience: Mayor Garcia is currently serving his second term as mayor of Long Beach. Mayor Garcia has worked with the Biden administration to shelter unaccompanied minors who cross the U.S.-Mexico border, establish a guaranteed income pilot for low-income families, and move the city toward tuition-free community college. After losing his mother and stepfather to COVID-19, he has received national recognition for his administration’s aggressive rollout of the vaccine, which successfully prioritized teachers, frontline workers, and elderly community members, and resulted in an early reopening of Long Beach Public Schools. While his policy ambitions are progressive, he has a coalition approach to legislating, and encourages collaboration with local governments on non-legislative solutions to social issues.
Other background: Mayor Robert Garcia, a public official, has lived in Southern California since immigrating to the United States from Peru when he was five years old. He cites progressive change in American law with affording him several life-changing privileges, including his family’s access to housing and Medicaid during his youth, his public education, his naturalization as a U.S. citizen at 21, and his right to marry his partner after the Supreme Court’s ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges. As mayor of Long Beach, he works to return these kinds of benefits to his constituents.
The Race
Primary election results: The June 2022 results included Mayor Robert Garcia (D), 47%; John Briscoe (R), 26%; Cristina Garcia (R), 13%; Peter Mathews (D), 4%; J. Nicole Lopez (D), 3%; Julio Cesar Flores (I), 3%; William Moses Summerville (D), 3%; and Joaquin Beltran (D), 2%. Mayor Robert Garcia and John Briscoe will compete in a run-off in the November 8 general election.
Candidate fundraising and pledges: Mayor Garcia’s campaign has raised $1.2 million and is not funded by police, corporate PAC, or fossil fuel donors.
Opposing candidate: Republican John Briscoe
Opposing candidate’s fundraising and pledges: Briscoe’s campaign has raised $2,000 from individual donors, but is primarily funded by a $250,000 loan taken by the candidate.
The District
Counties in district: California’s 42nd Congressional District includes parts of Los Angeles County.
Voter registration: 55% Democrat, 16% Republican, and 22% No Party Preference. Republicans have typically held this district. Since the 2021 redistricting process, CD-42 is 16% more Democratic than it was during the 2020 general election cycle.
District demographics: 52% Latino, 10% Asian, and 9% Black. This district is considered to be one of the 16 strong Latino seats in the California congressional delegation.
Recent election results: CD-42 voted for Joe Biden for president in 2020 by 46 points and Gavin Newsom for governor in 2018 by 44 points.
The Position
Congressmembers represent and advocate for the needs of their district constituents at the United States Capitol. They are responsible for creating, debating, and voting on legislation that addresses issues within their district.
The United States is divided into 435 congressional districts, each with a population of about 710,000 individuals. Each district elects a representative to the House of Representatives for a two-year term. California has 53 congressional representatives, the largest delegation in the country. There is no term limit for this position.