Summary
The 2024 United States House District 27 election in California will be held on November 5, 2024. The seat is currently held by Susan Wild.
The two leading candidates are George Whitesides – Democrat and Mike Garcia – Republican.
Mike Garcia was re-elected with 53.2% of the vote in 2022.
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News
Los Angeles Times, – April 26, 2024
California House Districts 13, 22, 27, 41, 45, and 47.
Over 2,000 miles west of the nation’s Capitol, the battle for control of the House of Representatives in 2025 is being waged in farmland along Highway 99, fast-growing commuter communities north and east of Los Angeles and Orange County beach towns and inland suburbs.
While Republicans currently have a razor-thin majority in the House, partisan makeup of next year’s Congress will almost certainly be decided this November — at least in part — by a handful of hypercompetitive California races.
California “is, along with New York, one of the two most important paths to potential Democratic control of the House,” said Dave Wasserman, senior editor and elections analyst for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
About
Money
Total Raised and Spent
Source: Open Secrets
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[m] | Margin of error | Mike Garcia (R) | George Whitesides (D) | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact Research (D)[B] | April 12–18, 2024 | 650 (V) | – | 44% | 47% | 9% |
Web Links
- Garcia onAir Post
- Garcia Campaign Site
- Garcia Government Site
- Whitesides onAir Post
- Whitesides Campaign Site
- Wikipedia
Mike Garcia
Current Position: US Representative of CA 25th District since 2020 (formerly 27th)
Affiliation: Republican
District: Most of northern Los Angeles County, including the cities of Santa Clarita, Palmdale, and Lancaster, and parts of the northwestern San Fernando Valley
Quotes:
Decades of mismanagement have left our forests as overstocked tinderboxes waiting to burn. I’m taking steps to improve forest management policy by cosponsoring @RepWesterman’s Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2021, which would address the many threats of wildfire. @NatResources
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George Whitesides
George Thomas Whitesides (born March 3, 1974) is an American businessman and public official. He was CSO (Chief Space Officer) and long time CEO of Virgin Galactic, a firm developing commercial space vehicles at the Mojave Air and Space Port. He still serves as a member of the Virgin Galactic Advisory Board.
Whitesides was previously Chief of Staff of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Administrator Charles Bolden, a position to which he was named after serving on the NASA transition team for the incoming Obama administration.
On February 22, 2023, he announced his candidacy for California’s 27th congressional district in the 2024 election.
Issues
Mike Garcia
Source: Campaign Site
Economy and Jobs
With a proven track record as a leader of job creation and winning new business while also advocating for and promoting minorities and women, Mike Garcia knows what it takes to be successful and contribute to the economy. Garcia knows that our economy is strong in spite of government, not because of it. He opposes job-killing liberal policies, like AB-5, that crush California’s workers and small businesses. Mike Garcia will go to Congress and go to bat for our community to create a climate that brings good paying jobs and economic activity.
Taxes
Tax and spend, big government, and bloated bureaucracy — that’s the big three in Washington and Sacramento. The 2017 tax cuts are working for the country, but California taxpayers are being unfairly punished for their zip code. Californians are getting squeezed by higher property and gas taxes. California and the federal government have a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Garcia is fighting to protect Prop. 13 to keep property taxes low, repeal the SALT deduction cap, and cut taxes for Californians. Smaller government and lower taxes are the keys to strong economic growth.
Inflation and Cost of Living
Between gas prices, housing costs and prices for everyday items like groceries, it’s becoming harder and harder to stay afloat in California. Thanks to the record inflation unleashed by Democrats’ multi-trillion-dollar spending spree, our families and businesses are on the brink. Mike knows what it’s like to raise a family and run a business in our state, and he’s seen too many members of our community head for the state line. He’s pushed for a Constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget, and he’s fighting to stop reckless spending, cut taxes, and put an end to Sacramento’s failed, job-killing laws like AB-5.
Crime and Law Enforcement
As understaffed law enforcement officers work to confront a spike in crime, politicians in L.A., Sacramento, and Washington are setting our officers up for failure. Mike, whose stepdad is a former LAPD officer, is proud to work to keep our neighborhoods safe by providing our departments the resources they need. A vocal critic of the Defund the Police movement, he has proudly stood with our officers as they’ve faced cuts in funding, an increase in violence against police, a wave of progressive backlash, and vaccine mandates that threaten to crush their departments. In May, Mike joined forces with multiple law enforcement agencies to lead the largest drug bust in our nation’s history, confiscating billions of dollars of cartel-linked illegal marijuana from growing operations across the California desert. Our families and businesses suffer most when liberal politicians defund our departments and refuse to enforce the law. Mike is fighting every day to put a stop to the failed policies that are crushing our communities.
National Security
Garcia knows firsthand the important role that the United States plays around the world as a force for good, but that the first priority must always be national security and protecting the homeland, to include securing and better surveillance of our borders. Mike Garcia will make it a priority to ensure our men and women in uniform have the funding and tools necessary to keep America safe, and only send them into battle when it is absolutely necessary.
Socialism
Mike Garcia is a first-generation American citizen whose family came to the United States legally for more opportunity and for a shot at the American Dream. Garcia knows what’s at stake, and he’ll fight against Democrats’ dangerous socialist agenda and restore our country’s guiding principles, most importantly freedom, that he helped protect in his 20 years as a Naval Officer.
Term Limits
Garcia supports term limits because it’s time to get rid of the career politicians in both parties. Washington, DC truly is a swamp, filled with career politicians who are more concerned with their next election than making tough decisions. The Founding Fathers wanted citizens to step up and serve their community in office for a brief period and then make way for new representation before they lost touch with their constituency.
National Debt
The $22 trillion in debt is unsustainable and will be back breaking in the long run. Unless we do something about it, the interest payments on our debt will soon exceed the military budget and Medicaid. That poses problems for readiness and national security. Navy Admiral and Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Michael Mullen has said that “the single, biggest threat to our national security is debt.”
George Whitesides
It’s time we have bold, new leadership in CA-27, the congressional district that stretches from the Antelope Valley to Santa Clarita to the northern San Fernando Valley. As a local leader, former NASA Chief of Staff and aerospace entrepreneur, George Whitesides is committed to moving Southern California forward. Now, he’s ready to deliver for CA-27.
George’s campaign is connecting with voters across the district on the path to win this seat in 2024. In Congress, he will be committed to creating great jobs in the district, finding solutions to the wildfire crisis, protecting a woman’s right to choose and protecting Social Security and Medicare for seniors. George is committed to moving CA-27 forward, including working across the aisle. With your support, George will make that happen.
