The Winner
If you live in California's 1st U.S. House District, you are now represented in Congress by James Gallagher) (R-CA), who has been declared the winner of the 2026 congressional race, according to the Associated Press. The California Secretary of State certified the result on June 11. The seat stays in Republican hands.
The Race
Five candidates ran in the special election, which Gallagher won outright in the special primary on June 2. The seat was vacant on Election Day because of the death of Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa, which opened it on Jan. 6, according to the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House.
The district covers Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, and Modoc counties, among 12 in all, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It has about 761,000 residents, according to geographic data for the district, with a median household income of about $70,400 and a median age of about 38.
About 23.6 percent of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the population is about 65.3 percent white, 23.7 percent Hispanic, 6.1 percent Asian, and 1.8 percent Black, with an unemployment rate of about 7.1 percent and about 15.7 percent of residents below the poverty line.
What's Next
Gallagher was sworn in on June 10, according to the Clerk of the U.S. House. He serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure, Foreign Affairs, and Science, Space, and Technology committees, according to the Office of Congressman James Gallagher, which reported the assignments on its website as of Nov. 11.
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