Richard Pan
Candidate for U.S. Representative, Congressional District 6
Richard Pan is a pediatrician. He is also a former California lawmaker. He is running for the U.S. House. His race is in California's redrawn 6th District. He served in the California State Assembly from 2010 to 2014. He served in the California State Senate, District 6, from 2014 to 2022. He wrote legislation on school vaccine requirements. It ended exemptions that were not medical. He also worked on measures to lower prescription drug costs. He holds a bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University. He earned a master's in public health. It is from Harvard University. He earned his M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He has worked at UC Davis Children's Hospital. He is a professor at UC Davis. Pan comes from a Taiwanese American immigrant family. He announced his campaign in October 2025. He advanced from the June 2, 2026 top-two primary. He finished with 23.2% of the vote (45,008 votes). He faces incumbent Rep. Kevin Kiley on November 3, 2026. Home: Sacramento, California area. Occupation: pediatrician. He is a professor at UC Davis. He has worked at UC Davis Children's Hospital. Prior office: California State Senator, District 6, 2014 to 2022. California State Assemblymember, District 5 (2010-2012) and District 9 (2012-2014). He is the challenger, not the incumbent, in this race.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Supports reducing regulatory burdens and expanding access to capital for small businesses, and rolling back tariffs he says raise consumer prices.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Says he will work to make housing, groceries, and other necessities more affordable and opposes tariffs he characterizes as a tax raising consumer prices.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Supports protecting the Affordable Care Act and Medicare from cuts and lowering prescription drug costs, citing his record cutting insulin prices as a state senator.
Source → - Immigration & Border
Supports a path to citizenship for immigrants, opposes family separations, and says ICE 'must be overhauled and replaced' with an agency he says would better protect constitutional rights.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Supports codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections and has been rated 100% by Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports relief for educational/student loan debt.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports universal background checks, a ban on assault-style weapons, secure firearm storage requirements, and funding for gun violence research.
Source → - Foreign Policy & Defense
Supports securing funding for first responders and emergency personnel and community-based violence prevention programs (public safety funding, adjacent to but not squarely a defense/foreign-policy plank).
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