US Midterms 2026
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James Gallagher, a Republican who has represented California's 1st congressional district since 2026 and was minority leader of the California State Assembly from 2022 to 2025, faces Democrat Mike McGuire in the 2026 election.
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Rep. James Gallagher (R-CA) is urging the U.S. Trade Representative to address policies harming U.S.
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James Gallagher, whose full name is James Matthew Gallagher, was born on March 7, 1981, and is a descendant of Irish immigrants who settled in northern California in the early 1800s. His paternal grandfather, Robert Gallagher, served on the Sutter County Board of Supervisors from 1985 to 1989.
After graduating from East Nicolaus High School, Gallagher earned a bachelor's degree in political science from UC Berkeley and a Juris Doctor from UC Davis. He and his wife, Janna, who met in kindergarten at Browns School in Rio Oso, California, have five children.
James Gallagher began his political career as a fellow in the office of state Assemblyman Doug LaMalfa, and he has practiced law since 2007 while also serving as a partner in his family's fifth-generation rice and walnut farming operation. He was elected to the Sutter County Board of Supervisors in 2008 and served there until November 4, 2014, when he won election to the California State Assembly, succeeding fellow Republican Dan Logue.
Gallagher represented the Assembly's 3rd district, in the northern Sacramento Valley, from 2014 to 2026, became Republican caucus chairman in 2017, and served as minority leader of the Assembly from 2022 to 2025.
In 2026 he ran in the special election for California's 1st congressional district, which became vacant after the death of Doug LaMalfa, and defeated Democrats Audrey Denney and Mike McGuire by a large margin.
He was sworn into the U.S. House on June 10, 2026, and sits on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
James Gallagher is the Republican incumbent in California's 1st congressional district, having won the special election held on June 2, 2026, under the boundaries in place before Proposition 50, to finish the term of Doug LaMalfa, who had been re-elected with 65.3% of the vote in 2024.
The special election coincided with the top-two primary for the new district boundaries, in which Gallagher placed first with 42.15% of the vote and Democrat Mike McGuire second with 41.76%, ahead of Democrat Audrey Denney, who took 14.22%, and three other candidates.
McGuire, a former president pro tempore of the California State Senate, faces Gallagher in a rematch in the general election on November 3, 2026.
