Ami Bera
Candidate for U.S. Representative, Congressional District 3
Ami Bera is the incumbent U.S. Representative for California's 6th District. He was first elected to Congress in 2012. He is now running in the newly redrawn 3rd District. That district covers much of his current Sacramento-area constituency. Bera is a physician. He earned his M.D. from UC Irvine in 1991. He was medical director at Mercy Healthcare Sacramento. He served as chief medical officer for Sacramento County. He was a clinical professor at the UC Davis School of Medicine. He also served there as associate dean for admissions. He held those roles before entering politics. He has represented Sacramento-area districts since January 2013. He held the CA-7 seat first. He moved to CA-6 after the 2022 redistricting. Born March 2, 1965. Home: Elk Grove, California. Occupation: physician and U.S. Representative. Prior office: incumbent U.S. Representative since January 2013. He held CA-7 from 2013 to 2023. He has held CA-6 from 2023 to the present. He is running in the newly redrawn CA-3 for 2026.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Supports job training programs, particularly in clean energy fields, and policies to help small businesses grow.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Supports a health care system emphasizing patient care over profit and has made health care access, including reproductive health care, a central issue of his tenure and campaign, drawing on his background as a physician.
Source → - Immigration & Border
Has criticized aggressive ICE/Border Patrol enforcement actions in Sacramento and opposed Trump administration changes to green card processing and termination of Temporary Protected Status, favoring a more measured, less enforcement-heavy approach, though he has not laid out a detailed comprehensive immigration reform plan on his official issues pages.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Opposes the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade and supports federal legislation (the Women's Health Protection Act) to codify abortion rights, arguing reproductive health decisions should be made by patients and doctors, not politicians.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports continued federal investment in education to help students compete in the global economy, though no detailed position on student debt or pre-K specifically was found.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports federal restrictions on assault-style weapons, having voted for the House's 2022 assault weapons ban.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Strongly supports climate action and clean energy investment, backing major legislation such as the Inflation Reduction Act, and has emphasized wildfire prevention/forest resilience and Lake Tahoe protection as regional priorities.
Source → - Foreign Policy & Defense
Advocates a "tough and smart" approach to national security, addressing terrorism and nuclear proliferation, and lists veterans support as a campaign priority; he serves with a long-standing interest in U.S.-Asia relations given his background.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Supports banning members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks while in office, framing it as necessary to prevent conflicts of interest and restore public trust.
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