Kevin Kiley
Candidate for U.S. Representative, Congressional District 6
Kevin Patrick Kiley was born January 30, 1985. He is the incumbent U.S. House member for California's 3rd District. He was first elected in 2022 and re-elected in 2024. He lives in Rocklin, California. He holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University. He also holds a teaching credential. It is from Loyola Marymount University. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School. He taught in Los Angeles through Teach for America. He was a law clerk at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He then worked at the firm Irell & Manella. His field there was intellectual-property law. He served two terms in the California State Assembly, 2016 to 2022. He represented District 6 there. In 2021, California held a recall election for governor. He ran in it as a Republican. He lost, finishing sixth. Proposition 50 brought new district maps in mid-decade. The new lines redrew his district to favor Democrats. In March 2026, Kiley announced a run for the newly configured 6th District. He chose that seat rather than his prior one. The district covers Rocklin, Roseville, and Citrus Heights. It also takes in parts of Sacramento County. On March 9, 2026, he changed his registration from Republican to no party preference. He continues to caucus with the House Republican Conference. He faces Democrat Richard Pan on November 3, 2026. Pan is a former state senator and a pediatrician. Both advanced from the June 2026 top-two primary. Home: Rocklin, California. Occupation: U.S. House member, the incumbent. He is also an attorney. Prior office: incumbent U.S. House member for CA-3 since 2023. Earlier: California State Assembly, District 6, 2016 to 2022.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Supports congressional oversight of trade policy and opposed the Trump administration's emergency tariffs on Canada, arguing tariff and trade decisions should be debated and voted on by Congress rather than imposed unilaterally.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
States he has opposed policies that raise the cost of living and has worked on measures to lower gas, electricity, water, housing, and grocery costs; also introduced legislation to block states from retroactively taxing former residents' assets (aimed at a proposed California wealth tax).
Source → - Health & Health Care
Has criticized rising health care costs as a 'political failure' and co-sponsored bipartisan legislation aimed at lowering family health care costs, while also voting for the 2025 reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) that included substantial Medicaid cuts and a defunding provision for Planned Parenthood.
Source → - Immigration & Border
Supports stronger immigration enforcement funding and has called for a comprehensive, bipartisan overhaul of Homeland Security/immigration law rather than temporary funding patches, criticizing 'hyper-partisanship' on the issue.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Has consistently voted against measures expanding abortion access and for restrictions, including supporting the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and legislation restricting abortion coverage in health plans.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports school choice and charter schools and has been critical of teachers' unions' influence over education policy; chairs a House subcommittee on K-12 education.
Source → - Criminal Justice & Courts
Supported California's Proposition 36 (2024), a state ballot measure increasing penalties for certain drug and theft offenses, and has highlighted securing federal funding for local law enforcement agencies; no specific federal sentencing/bail legislation position was found.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Has an extremely low environmental-voting record per the League of Conservation Voters, has opposed California's zero-emission vehicle and oil-drilling-ban mandates, and has instead prioritized wildfire/forest-management measures, including co-sponsoring the Fix Our Forests Act and introducing a biomass-facility tax credit bill.
Source → - Foreign Policy & Defense
Supports continued U.S. military aid to Ukraine and has backed supplemental aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan; also favors greater congressional authority over trade/tariff decisions tied to national security.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Introduced legislation to bar states from redrawing congressional maps more than once per decade (absent a court order), filing a discharge petition to force a House floor vote on the bill, framing it as an anti-gerrymandering measure.
Source → - Technology & Privacy
Co-sponsored bipartisan legislation increasing criminal penalties for using AI to commit fraud (e.g., voice cloning, deepfakes) while framing the goal as letting AI innovation proceed with appropriate guardrails.
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