Mark DeSaulnierIncumbent
Candidate for U.S. Representative, Congressional District 10
Mark DeSaulnier is the Democratic incumbent for California's 10th Congressional District. He has held the seat since 2023. He represented the predecessor 11th District from 2015 to 2023. He was born March 31, 1952, in Lowell, Massachusetts. He earned a B.A. in history from the College of the Holy Cross in 1974. He has worked as a probation officer and truck driver, and he owned and operated several restaurants in the Bay Area. He entered elected office on the Concord City Council in 1991. He served as Mayor of Concord in 1993. He sat on the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors from 1994 to 2006. He later served in the California State Assembly, 2006 to 2008. He served in the California State Senate from 2008 to 2015. He also had a stint on the California Air Resources Board, 1997 to 2006. DeSaulnier lives in Concord, California. He is running for re-election to Congress in the 2026 general election. Home: Concord, California. Occupation: U.S. Representative (incumbent). Prior office: incumbent since 2015. U.S. House: CA-11 2015-2023, CA-10 2023-present. California State Senate, 2008 to 2015. California State Assembly, 2006 to 2008. Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, 1994 to 2006. Concord City Council and Mayor, 1991 to 1994.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Supports worker protections as AI reshapes the economy, livable wages, and has authored legislation targeting worker dislocation and excessive executive pay.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Campaigns on lowering the cost of living (housing, groceries, health care) and has authored a tax measure targeting large corporations that pay executives excessively while underpaying workers.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Supports protecting Medicare, expanding access to quality care, reducing prescription drug costs, and protecting federally funded medical research (NIH); has authored cancer-care legislation.
Source → - Immigration & Border
Supports comprehensive immigration reform that he describes as humane rather than fear-based, opposes mass deportation policies, and has personally sponsored legislation granting legal status to a specific individual.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Supports federal protection of abortion access and reproductive rights, including contraception access, and states support for LGBTQ+ equality.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports expanding educational access and opportunity, with a legislative record focused on family engagement in education rather than a specific federal higher-ed/student-debt plan.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports federal gun-safety measures, including background-check and research legislation, and voted for the 2022 bipartisan gun safety law.
Source → - Criminal Justice & Courts
Advocates broadly for criminal justice reform, citing his role securing the 2024 exoneration of the Port Chicago 50, though no specific position on federal sentencing or bail policy was found.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Supports clean-energy transition and emissions reductions, drawing on his prior service on the California Air Resources Board, and has authored EV-infrastructure legislation and advocated for fossil-fuel worker transition programs.
Source → - Veterans' Affairs
Supports expanded veterans' health care benefits, citing his vote for the PACT Act, though no specific position on broader defense spending, foreign relations, or trade agreements was found.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Emphasizes government accountability and transparency, citing his record of holding frequent town halls and his role as the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee.
Source → - Technology & Privacy
Supports protecting local journalism and holding tech platforms accountable, including allowing news organizations to negotiate compensation with tech platforms and addressing platform effects on youth mental health.
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