Pedro Casas, a Republican psychologist who ran for California's 31st congressional district in 2024, faces Democrat Hilda Solis, a Los Angeles County supervisor, for the open 38th district seat in 2026.
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2026 race
Pedro Casas, a psychologist who ran for California's 31st congressional district in 2024, is the Republican candidate for the 38th district in 2026. The seat is open because of redistricting.
In the top-two primary Casas finished second with 35.84% of the vote, behind Democrat Hilda Solis with 47.62% and ahead of Democrats Monica Sánchez, the mayor pro tem of Pico Rivera, and Erik Lutz, a Pico Rivera city councilor.
He faces Solis, a Los Angeles County supervisor who served as U.S. secretary of labor from 2009 to 2013, in the general election on November 3, 2026.