Ricardo Cabrera, a Republican business owner, is challenging Democratic incumbent Sara Jacobs in California's 51st congressional district in the 2026 election.
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2026 race
Ricardo Cabrera, a business owner, is the Republican candidate in the 2026 election for California's 51st congressional district. The seat is held by Democrat Sara Jacobs, who was re-elected in 2024 with 60.7% of the vote.
In the top-two primary, Jacobs placed first with 57.74% and Cabrera finished second with 37.04%, ahead of Democrats David W. Engel, a civil engineer, and Stan Caplan, a business owner who was the Republican runner-up in the district in 2022.
Cabrera and Jacobs advanced to the general election on November 3, 2026.