Jimmy Gomez CA-34

Jimmy Gomez

Summary

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 34 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   The district is almost entirely within the City of Los Angeles and includes the following neighborhoods in Central, East, and Northeast Los Angeles: Boyle Heights, Chinatown, City Terrace, Cypress Park, Downtown Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, El Sereno, Garvanza, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Koreatown, Little Bangladesh, Little Tokyo, Lincoln Heights, Montecito Heights, Monterey Hills, Mount Washington, and Westlake.
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Before entering electoral politics, Gomez was a labor organizer, serving as the legislative and political director for the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health-Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) and the political representative for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

 

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Jimmy Gomez 1Congressman Jimmy Gomez proudly represents California’s 34th Congressional District, one of the most diverse and culturally rich districts in the country. In the 117th Congress, he serves as Vice Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, sits on the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means, and serves as an Assistant Whip for the House Democratic Caucus. Congressman Gomez is also a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), and Future Forum.

Prior to his election to Congress in June of 2017, Congressman Gomez served four and a half years in the California State Assembly where he served as Chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. In the Assembly, Congressman Gomez distinguished himself as a proven national champion of paid family leave and combatting climate change. He became a key figure in authoring landmark legislation to address public health, environmental justice, water conservation, access to education, civic engagement, campaign finance disclosure, LGBTQ rights, and affordable housing.

Congressman Gomez attended Riverside Community College before receiving a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and a M.A. in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He lives in Eagle Rock with his wife, Mary, and dog, Austin. He is a lifelong fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Personal

Full Name: Jimmy Gomez

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Mary

Birth Date: 11/25/1974

Birth Place: Fullerton, CA

Home City: Eagle Rock, CA

Religion: Roman Catholi

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Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 34, 2017-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 34, 2022

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 51, 2012-2017

Majority Whip, California State Assembly, 2012-2015

Education

MA, Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2003

BA, Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 1999

 

Professional Experience

Former Employee, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

Former Editor-In-Chief, Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy

Adjunct Faculty Member, Los Angeles Community College

Former Employee, Michael Feuer, Los Angeles City Councilman

Former Employee, Office of Former Congresswoman Hilda Solis

Former Employee, Subway

Former Employee, Target

Political Director, United Nurses Associations of California, 2009-2012

Offices

1530 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6235

LOS ANGELES OFFICE
350 S. Bixel Street, #120
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 481-1425

Contact

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District

Source: Wikipedia

California’s 34th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. Located in Los Angeles County, the district is represented by Democrat Jimmy Gomez. Its previous U.S. representative, Democrat Xavier Becerra of Los Angeles, resigned January 24, 2017, to become attorney general of California. Representative Gomez won a special election on June 6, 2017, beating fellow Democrat Robert Lee Ahn to replace Becerra.[3] He was later sworn in as the district’s U.S. representative on July 11, 2017.[4]

The district is almost entirely within the City of Los Angeles and includes the following neighborhoods in Central, East, and Northeast Los Angeles: Boyle Heights, Chinatown, City Terrace, Cypress Park, Downtown Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, El Sereno, Garvanza, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Koreatown, Little Bangladesh, Little Tokyo, Lincoln Heights, Montecito Heights, Monterey Hills, Mount Washington, and Westlake.

Wikipedia

California’s 34th congressional district since 2017. His district includes the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Eagle Rock, Boyle Heights, Downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, and other communities. A member of the Democratic Party, Gomez served in the California State Assembly from 2012 to 2017.

In 2026, Gomez’s re-election campaign has been embroiled in controversy after the House Ethics Committee opened a sexual misconduct investigation into him due to a staffer alleging Gomez sexually assaulted her.[2][3][4][5][6] Gomez was personal friends with former Congressman Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress amid criminal investigations into alleged rape and sexual misconduct, and had chaired Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign before it was suspended.[7][8][9] Gomez has denied violating any Ethics rules and maintained that his conduct was “consensual”.[10]

Early life and education

Born and raised in Southern California, Gomez is the son of working-class immigrant parents.[11] His mother was a domestic worker and a nursing home laundry attendant.[12] His father was a bracero (farm worker).[13] After graduating from high school, without any plans to attend college, Gomez worked at Subway and Target.[14] He eventually attended Riverside Community College and earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science with a minor in urban planning from the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his Master of Arts in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.[15] Gomez was a staffer for former U.S. Representative Hilda Solis.[16] He was also a labor organizer.[17][18]

California State Assembly

Gomez’s official California Assembly portrait

Gomez was a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 51st district.[15] He was first elected in 2012, and reelected in 2014 with over 83% of the vote. California’s 51st Assembly district includes Northeast Los Angeles and unincorporated East Los Angeles. He served as State Assembly Majority Whip from 2013 to 2014.[19] Gomez was a member of the California Latino Legislative Caucus.[20]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2017

On December 5, 2016, Gomez announced his candidacy for the special election to succeed Xavier Becerra in the United States House of Representatives for California’s 34th congressional district.[21] Gomez received endorsements from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, and Senate leader Kevin de León, among others.[22]

On April 4, 2017, Gomez came in first during the special election. Since he did not receive a majority of the vote, he faced a fellow Democrat, Los Angeles City Planning Commissioner Robert Lee Ahn, the runner-up, in a special runoff election on June 6. Gomez won with 60% of the vote. He is only the third person to represent this district since its creation in 1963 (it was numbered as the 30th from 1963 to 1975, the 25th from 1975 to 1993, the 30th from 1993 to 2003, the 31st from 2003 to 2013, and has been the 34th since 2017). Ed Roybal won this district in 1963 and handed it to Becerra in 1993.

2018

Gomez faced Green Party candidate Kenneth Mejia in the general election and won with 72.5% of the vote.

2020

Gomez was challenged in the 2020 election by MacArthur Park Neighborhood Council board member and fellow Democrat David Kim. On November 3, Gomez defeated Kim in a closer than expected race, with 53% of the vote to Kim’s 47%.[23]

2022

David Kim challenged Gomez again in 2022. Gomez won, but by a smaller margin than in 2020 with 51% of the vote to Kim’s 48%.[24] On October 22, 2022, Los Angeles City Councilmember-elect Eunisses Hernandez alleged that a female canvasser for Gomez and Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo made anti-Asian comments about their challengers, David Kim, who is Korean-American, and Mia Livas Porter, who is Filipina-American, respectively, while visiting Hernandez’s home. In late October 2022, a Highland Park voter made similar allegations except this time it involved two female canvassers. In response, both Gomez’s and Carrillo’s campaigns offered an apology to their challengers and reached out to Hernandez via Twitter and separate phone conversations assuring that they had taken action to ensure the canvasser(s)-in-question were no longer part of the campaign.[25]

2024

David Kim challenged Gomez again in 2024. Gomez won with 55% of the vote to Kim’s 44%.[26]

2026

Gomez is running for reelection and faced several challengers in the primary on June 2, 2026.[27] He advanced to the general election, winning nearly 46% of the vote, and will face fellow Democrat Angela Gonzales-Torres in the general election.[28]

Tenure

Gomez’s term began on June 6, 2017. He was sworn into office on July 11, 2017.[29][30] On October 1, 2020, Gomez co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that condemned Azerbaijan’s offensive operations against the Armenian-populated enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, denounced Turkey’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and called for an immediate ceasefire.[31] In November 2020, Gomez was named a candidate for United States Trade Representative in the Biden administration.[32]

In January 2021, Gomez introduced legislation to expel Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House for some of her social media postings from before her 2020 election to Congress.[33] After Greene heckled President Biden at his State of the Union address on March 2, 2022, Gomez once again introduced a resolution of expulsion, but added Representative Lauren Boebert, who had joined her in the heckling. Gomez also spoke about the “triggering” feeling he experienced after he returned to the Congressional Gallery for the first time since right-wing rioters had attacked those chambers in an attempt to halt the counting of electoral votes on January 6, 2021.[34]

Sexual assault investigation

On June 2, 2026 it was reported that the United States House Committee on Ethics was investigating Gomez on sexual misconduct allegations in the aftermath of a New York Post story which alleged that Gomez kissed an aide of another member of Congress outside a backyard party hosted by Eric Swalwell in 2023, which a Gomez spokesperson later denied at the time. A panel on the committee discovered other sexual misconduct allegations towards Gomez, including one where a staffer alleged Gomzez sexually harassed and assaulted her. These are currently under investigation.[35][36][37]

Committee assignments

For the 119th Congress:[38]

Caucus memberships

Gomez is a member of several dozen caucuses. A full list is available at his website.

Political positions

Abortion

Gomez has a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America and an F grade from the Susan B. Anthony List for his abortion-related voting record.[46] Gomez opposed the overturning of Roe v. Wade.[47]

Climate and environment

In 2025, Gomez received a score of 91% from the League of Conservation Voters, and a lifetime score of 97%.[48] Gomez had supported H.R. 471, which the LCV criticized as rolling back critical environmental protections and removing certain Endangered Species Act requirements.[49]

LGBTQ rights

Gomez received a score of 100 from the Human Rights Campaign for both the 115th and 116th Congresses.[50]

Cryptocurrency

Gomez supports cryptocurrency industry priorities and voted for the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act. The cryptocurrency industry Super PAC spent more than $500,000 to support his re-election bid in 2024.[51]

Israel–Palestine

Gomez voted to support Israel following the October 7 attacks.[52][53][54] Gomez is endorsed by AIPAC and received more than $1 million from them in his previous campaigns.[55] He supports taxpayer-funded aid to Israel.[56]

Artificial intelligence and data centers

Gomez is endorsed by Leading the Future, a controversial AI industry-funded Super PAC and lobby group that opposes AI safety regulations.[57]

Electoral history

2014 California State Assembly election

California’s 51st State Assembly district election, 2014
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent)20,62199.7
RepublicanStephen C. Smith (write-in)540.3
Total votes20,675 100.0
General election
DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent) 42,261 83.6
RepublicanStephen C. Smith8,27716.4
Total votes50,538 100.0
Democratic hold

2016 California State Assembly election

California’s 51st State Assembly district election, 2016
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent)62,366100.0
LibertarianMike Everling (write-in)70.0
Total votes62,373 100.0
General election
DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent) 110,036 86.1
LibertarianMike Everling17,72413.9
Total votes127,760 100.0
Democratic hold

2017 congressional special election

California’s 34th congressional district special general election, 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJimmy Gomez 25,569 59.2%
DemocraticRobert Lee Ahn17,61040.8%
Total votes43,179 100.00
Democratic hold

2018 congressional election

California’s 34th congressional district election, 2018
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent)54,66178.7
GreenKenneth Mejia8,98712.9
LibertarianAngela Elise McArdle5,8048.4
Total votes69,452 100.0
General election
DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent) 110,195 72.5
GreenKenneth Mejia41,71127.5
Total votes151,906 100.0
Democratic hold

New York Times Results

2020 congressional election

California’s 34th congressional district, 2020[58][59]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent)57,06652.0
DemocraticDavid Kim23,05521.0
DemocraticFrances Yasmeen Motiwalla14,96113.6
RepublicanJoanne L. Wright8,4827.7
DemocraticKeanakay Scott6,0895.6
Total votes109,653 100.0
General election
DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent) 108,792 53.0
DemocraticDavid Kim96,55447.0
Total votes205,346 100.0
Democratic hold

2022 congressional election

California’s 34th congressional district, 2022[58]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent)45,37650.7
DemocraticDavid Kim34,92139.0
RepublicanClifton VonBuck9,15010.2
Total votes89,447 100.0
General election
DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent) 62,244 51.2
DemocraticDavid Kim59,22348.8
Total votes121,467 100.0
Democratic hold

2024 congressional election

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Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent)41,61151.2
DemocraticDavid Kim22,70327.9
RepublicanCalvin Lee11,49514.1
Peace and FreedomAaron Reveles3,2234.0
DemocraticDavid Ferrell2,3122.8
Total votes81,344 100.0
General election
DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent) 105,394 55.6
DemocraticDavid Kim84,02044.4
Total votes189,414 100.0
Democratic hold

Personal life

Gomez is married to Mary Hodge, an aide to former Los Angeles mayor and former United States Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti.[62] They live in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles.[63] They have one son. As a result of the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct, Gomez admitted he had previously had an affair, saying to CNN that he had made “personal mistakes outside my marriage that have caused real pain to my wife and family”. Gomez said he had sought professional help to address his issues.[64][65] Gomez was a friend of Eric Swalwell and co-chaired his campaign in the 2026 California gubernatorial election until sexual misconduct allegations surfaced against Swalwell which led to him distancing himself from the campaign.[66][67]

Awards

See also

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  31. “Senate and House Leaders to Secretary of State Pompeo: Cut Military Aid to Azerbaijan; Sanction Turkey for Ongoing Attacks Against Armenia and Artsakh”. The Armenian Weekly. October 2, 2020.
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  33. Choi, Matthew (January 27, 2021). “Rep. Jimmy Gomez drafts resolution to oust Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress”. Politico. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  34. Rep. Gomez: Reps. Greene and Boebert heckling Biden was ‘disgusting’, MSNBC, March 2, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
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  49. “Stifling Public Input and Environmental Review on National Forests”. League of Conservation Voters. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
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California’s 34th congressional district
2017–present


    California’s 34th congressional district since 2017. His district includes the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Eagle Rock, Boyle Heights, Downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, and other communities. A member of the Democratic Party, Gomez served in the California State Assembly from 2012 to 2017.

    In 2026, Gomez’s re-election campaign has been embroiled in controversy after the House Ethics Committee opened a sexual misconduct investigation into him due to a staffer alleging Gomez sexually assaulted her.[2][3][4][5][6] Gomez was personal friends with former Congressman Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress amid criminal investigations into alleged rape and sexual misconduct, and had chaired Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign before it was suspended.[7][8][9] Gomez has denied violating any Ethics rules and maintained that his conduct was “consensual”.[10]

    Early life and education

    Born and raised in Southern California, Gomez is the son of working-class immigrant parents.[11] His mother was a domestic worker and a nursing home laundry attendant.[12] His father was a bracero (farm worker).[13] After graduating from high school, without any plans to attend college, Gomez worked at Subway and Target.[14] He eventually attended Riverside Community College and earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science with a minor in urban planning from the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his Master of Arts in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.[15] Gomez was a staffer for former U.S. Representative Hilda Solis.[16] He was also a labor organizer.[17][18]

    California State Assembly

    Gomez’s official California Assembly portrait

    Gomez was a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 51st district.[15] He was first elected in 2012, and reelected in 2014 with over 83% of the vote. California’s 51st Assembly district includes Northeast Los Angeles and unincorporated East Los Angeles. He served as State Assembly Majority Whip from 2013 to 2014.[19] Gomez was a member of the California Latino Legislative Caucus.[20]

    U.S. House of Representatives

    Elections

    2017

    On December 5, 2016, Gomez announced his candidacy for the special election to succeed Xavier Becerra in the United States House of Representatives for California’s 34th congressional district.[21] Gomez received endorsements from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, and Senate leader Kevin de León, among others.[22]

    On April 4, 2017, Gomez came in first during the special election. Since he did not receive a majority of the vote, he faced a fellow Democrat, Los Angeles City Planning Commissioner Robert Lee Ahn, the runner-up, in a special runoff election on June 6. Gomez won with 60% of the vote. He is only the third person to represent this district since its creation in 1963 (it was numbered as the 30th from 1963 to 1975, the 25th from 1975 to 1993, the 30th from 1993 to 2003, the 31st from 2003 to 2013, and has been the 34th since 2017). Ed Roybal won this district in 1963 and handed it to Becerra in 1993.

    2018

    Gomez faced Green Party candidate Kenneth Mejia in the general election and won with 72.5% of the vote.

    2020

    Gomez was challenged in the 2020 election by MacArthur Park Neighborhood Council board member and fellow Democrat David Kim. On November 3, Gomez defeated Kim in a closer than expected race, with 53% of the vote to Kim’s 47%.[23]

    2022

    David Kim challenged Gomez again in 2022. Gomez won, but by a smaller margin than in 2020 with 51% of the vote to Kim’s 48%.[24] On October 22, 2022, Los Angeles City Councilmember-elect Eunisses Hernandez alleged that a female canvasser for Gomez and Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo made anti-Asian comments about their challengers, David Kim, who is Korean-American, and Mia Livas Porter, who is Filipina-American, respectively, while visiting Hernandez’s home. In late October 2022, a Highland Park voter made similar allegations except this time it involved two female canvassers. In response, both Gomez’s and Carrillo’s campaigns offered an apology to their challengers and reached out to Hernandez via Twitter and separate phone conversations assuring that they had taken action to ensure the canvasser(s)-in-question were no longer part of the campaign.[25]

    2024

    David Kim challenged Gomez again in 2024. Gomez won with 55% of the vote to Kim’s 44%.[26]

    2026

    Gomez is running for reelection and faced several challengers in the primary on June 2, 2026.[27] He advanced to the general election, winning nearly 46% of the vote, and will face fellow Democrat Angela Gonzales-Torres in the general election.[28]

    Tenure

    Gomez’s term began on June 6, 2017. He was sworn into office on July 11, 2017.[29][30] On October 1, 2020, Gomez co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that condemned Azerbaijan’s offensive operations against the Armenian-populated enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, denounced Turkey’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and called for an immediate ceasefire.[31] In November 2020, Gomez was named a candidate for United States Trade Representative in the Biden administration.[32]

    In January 2021, Gomez introduced legislation to expel Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House for some of her social media postings from before her 2020 election to Congress.[33] After Greene heckled President Biden at his State of the Union address on March 2, 2022, Gomez once again introduced a resolution of expulsion, but added Representative Lauren Boebert, who had joined her in the heckling. Gomez also spoke about the “triggering” feeling he experienced after he returned to the Congressional Gallery for the first time since right-wing rioters had attacked those chambers in an attempt to halt the counting of electoral votes on January 6, 2021.[34]

    Sexual assault investigation

    On June 2, 2026 it was reported that the United States House Committee on Ethics was investigating Gomez on sexual misconduct allegations in the aftermath of a New York Post story which alleged that Gomez kissed an aide of another member of Congress outside a backyard party hosted by Eric Swalwell in 2023, which a Gomez spokesperson later denied at the time. A panel on the committee discovered other sexual misconduct allegations towards Gomez, including one where a staffer alleged Gomzez sexually harassed and assaulted her. These are currently under investigation.[35][36][37]

    Committee assignments

    For the 119th Congress:[38]

    Caucus memberships

    Gomez is a member of several dozen caucuses. A full list is available at his website.

    Political positions

    Abortion

    Gomez has a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America and an F grade from the Susan B. Anthony List for his abortion-related voting record.[46] Gomez opposed the overturning of Roe v. Wade.[47]

    Climate and environment

    In 2025, Gomez received a score of 91% from the League of Conservation Voters, and a lifetime score of 97%.[48] Gomez had supported H.R. 471, which the LCV criticized as rolling back critical environmental protections and removing certain Endangered Species Act requirements.[49]

    LGBTQ rights

    Gomez received a score of 100 from the Human Rights Campaign for both the 115th and 116th Congresses.[50]

    Cryptocurrency

    Gomez supports cryptocurrency industry priorities and voted for the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act. The cryptocurrency industry Super PAC spent more than $500,000 to support his re-election bid in 2024.[51]

    Israel–Palestine

    Gomez voted to support Israel following the October 7 attacks.[52][53][54] Gomez is endorsed by AIPAC and received more than $1 million from them in his previous campaigns.[55] He supports taxpayer-funded aid to Israel.[56]

    Artificial intelligence and data centers

    Gomez is endorsed by Leading the Future, a controversial AI industry-funded Super PAC and lobby group that opposes AI safety regulations.[57]

    Electoral history

    2014 California State Assembly election

    California’s 51st State Assembly district election, 2014
    Primary election
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent)20,62199.7
    RepublicanStephen C. Smith (write-in)540.3
    Total votes20,675 100.0
    General election
    DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent) 42,261 83.6
    RepublicanStephen C. Smith8,27716.4
    Total votes50,538 100.0
    Democratic hold

    2016 California State Assembly election

    California’s 51st State Assembly district election, 2016
    Primary election
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent)62,366100.0
    LibertarianMike Everling (write-in)70.0
    Total votes62,373 100.0
    General election
    DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent) 110,036 86.1
    LibertarianMike Everling17,72413.9
    Total votes127,760 100.0
    Democratic hold

    2017 congressional special election

    California’s 34th congressional district special general election, 2017
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    DemocraticJimmy Gomez 25,569 59.2%
    DemocraticRobert Lee Ahn17,61040.8%
    Total votes43,179 100.00
    Democratic hold

    2018 congressional election

    California’s 34th congressional district election, 2018
    Primary election
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent)54,66178.7
    GreenKenneth Mejia8,98712.9
    LibertarianAngela Elise McArdle5,8048.4
    Total votes69,452 100.0
    General election
    DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent) 110,195 72.5
    GreenKenneth Mejia41,71127.5
    Total votes151,906 100.0
    Democratic hold

    New York Times Results

    2020 congressional election

    California’s 34th congressional district, 2020[58][59]
    Primary election
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent)57,06652.0
    DemocraticDavid Kim23,05521.0
    DemocraticFrances Yasmeen Motiwalla14,96113.6
    RepublicanJoanne L. Wright8,4827.7
    DemocraticKeanakay Scott6,0895.6
    Total votes109,653 100.0
    General election
    DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent) 108,792 53.0
    DemocraticDavid Kim96,55447.0
    Total votes205,346 100.0
    Democratic hold

    2022 congressional election

    California’s 34th congressional district, 2022[58]
    Primary election
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent)45,37650.7
    DemocraticDavid Kim34,92139.0
    RepublicanClifton VonBuck9,15010.2
    Total votes89,447 100.0
    General election
    DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent) 62,244 51.2
    DemocraticDavid Kim59,22348.8
    Total votes121,467 100.0
    Democratic hold

    2024 congressional election

    [60][61]
    Primary election
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent)41,61151.2
    DemocraticDavid Kim22,70327.9
    RepublicanCalvin Lee11,49514.1
    Peace and FreedomAaron Reveles3,2234.0
    DemocraticDavid Ferrell2,3122.8
    Total votes81,344 100.0
    General election
    DemocraticJimmy Gomez (incumbent) 105,394 55.6
    DemocraticDavid Kim84,02044.4
    Total votes189,414 100.0
    Democratic hold

    Personal life

    Gomez is married to Mary Hodge, an aide to former Los Angeles mayor and former United States Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti.[62] They live in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles.[63] They have one son. As a result of the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct, Gomez admitted he had previously had an affair, saying to CNN that he had made “personal mistakes outside my marriage that have caused real pain to my wife and family”. Gomez said he had sought professional help to address his issues.[64][65] Gomez was a friend of Eric Swalwell and co-chaired his campaign in the 2026 California gubernatorial election until sexual misconduct allegations surfaced against Swalwell which led to him distancing himself from the campaign.[66][67]

    Awards

    See also

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