US Midterms 2026
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Ami Bera, a Democrat and physician who has represented California in the U.S. House since 2013, faces Republican Robb Tucker in the 2026 election for California's 3rd congressional district.
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The article reports that U.S. lawmakers, including Ami Bera (CA-03), expressed outrage over an attempted mass shooting at a Hindu temple and emphasized that no American should fear practicing their faith.
Ami Bera is the U.S. Representative for California's 3rd Congressional District (CA-03).
Ami Bera, the California-3rd District congressman, commented on the Chicago temple incident in which a teen allegedly attempted a mass shooting.
The article is a guide to Elk Grove Unified School District trustee races and includes endorsements for candidates. It notes that Ami Bera, the U.S.
Ami Bera (CA-03) is mentioned among Indian-American candidates; as of June 30, he had raised about $1.25 million and held roughly $1.83 million in cash.
No story this week names this candidate.
Ami Bera was born on March 2, 1965, in Los Angeles to a family that had immigrated from India. His father, Babulal Bera, came to the United States from Rajkot, Gujarat, in 1958, and his mother, Kanta, joined him two years later.
Bera was raised in the Orange County city of La Palma, where he attended John F. Kennedy High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in biological sciences at the University of California, Irvine, and received his Doctor of Medicine degree there in 1991.
Bera began his career in Sacramento health care, serving from 1997 to 1999 as medical director of Care Management at Mercy Healthcare.
He later became chief medical officer for the County of Sacramento and associate dean for admissions at the UC Davis School of Medicine, where he was also a clinical professor from 2005 to 2012.
His first run for Congress came in 2010, when he lost to Republican incumbent Dan Lungren in the 3rd district by 51% to 43%. In a 2012 rematch in the renumbered 7th district, Bera defeated Lungren by 51% to 49%.
Bera has served in the U.S. House since 2013 and represents California's 6th congressional district. He was re-elected over Doug Ose with 50.4% in 2014, over Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones with 51% in 2016, over Andrew Grant with 55% in 2018 and over Buzz Patterson with 56% in 2020.
In the 119th Congress he sits on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and he serves as vice chair of outreach for the New Democrat Coalition. For the 2026 cycle, Bera filed to run in California's 3rd congressional district.
In the 2026 election for California's 3rd congressional district, Ami Bera is the Democratic incumbent, having been re-elected with 57.6% of the vote in 2024.
In the top-two primary he finished first with 34.26% of the vote, ahead of Republican Robb Tucker at 29.86%, while Democratic Nevada County supervisor Heidi Hall, tech strategist Christopher Bennett and Republican realtor Christine Bish were among the candidates eliminated.
Bera faces Tucker, a Nevada County supervisor since 2025, in the general election on November 3, 2026.
