Mike McGuire
Candidate for U.S. Representative, Congressional District 1
Mike McGuire is a Democrat in the California State Senate. He has represented District 2 since 2014. It covers Marin, Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, and Del Norte counties. He became Senate Majority Leader in 2022. He was Senate President pro Tempore from February 2024 to November 2025. He joined the Healdsburg school board in 1998, elected at age 19. He won a Healdsburg City Council seat in 2004. He won a seat on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors in 2010. He holds a B.A. in political science from Sonoma State University (2002). In November 2025, he announced a run for California's 1st Congressional District. The seat was redrawn after voters approved Proposition 50 in November 2025. That measure allowed mid-decade redistricting. He advanced from the June 2, 2026 primary with 41.8% of the vote (92,121 votes) in the certified results. He faces Republican James Gallagher on November 3, 2026. This race is separate from the special election held earlier in 2026. That contest filled the rest of Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa's term. LaMalfa died in January 2026. Gallagher won that special election. Born 1979, per Ballotpedia. Home: Sonoma County, California. Sources vary between Healdsburg and Geyserville. Occupation: California State Senator, District 2. He is now a candidate for the U.S. House. Prior office: state senator since 2014. Senate President pro Tempore, February 2024 to November 2025. This is his first run for the U.S. House.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Supports raising the federal minimum wage and reducing tariff-driven cost burdens on working families as part of an affordability agenda.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Frames tariffs and the loss of ACA subsidies as key drivers of higher household costs and supports restoring subsidies to lower costs for families.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Opposes federal Medicaid cuts, supports restoring ACA subsidies, and supports protecting Planned Parenthood funding and rural hospital access.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Supports protecting abortion access and reproductive health care.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports expanding community college career training programs (e.g., firefighting, healthcare, construction trades) as part of workforce development for the district.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Opposes fracking, supports wildfire prevention investment and expanded firefighting capacity, and criticizes federal cuts to forest management funding.
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