Raul RuizIncumbent

Candidate for U.S. Representative, Congressional District 25

Raul Ruiz is the incumbent in the U.S. House for California's 25th Congressional District. He has held the seat since January 2023. Before redistricting, he represented the 36th District from 2013-2023. Ruiz was born in Zacatecas, Mexico. He was raised in Coachella, California. His father's sister raised him after his mother's death. He earned a bachelor's degree from UCLA. He graduated magna cum laude. He holds a medical degree from Harvard. He also holds a Master of Public Policy and a Master of Public Health from Harvard. He did his residency at the University of Pittsburgh. His field there was emergency medicine. Before Congress, Ruiz worked as an emergency physician. He worked at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. He founded the Coachella Valley Healthcare Initiative in 2010. He was also a senior associate dean. That post was at the UC Riverside School of Medicine. He has done humanitarian medical relief work. That included work after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. In Congress, Ruiz serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He sits on three of its subcommittees. Those cover Communications and Technology, Health, and Environment. He advanced from the June 2, 2026 top-two primary. He won 60.0% of the vote (88,699 votes), per the certified Statement of Vote. He faces Republican Joe Males next. The general election is November 3, 2026. He is married to Monica Rivers, an emergency-room nurse. They have twin daughters. Home: Indio, California (Coachella Valley). Occupation: U.S. Representative; emergency physician (Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage). Prior office: incumbent. He was U.S. Representative for CA-36 (2013-2023). He has held CA-25 from 2023 to now.

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