CA-14 primary: first place
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JUN 6, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current rolePolitical candidate
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationCalifornia
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BackgroundPolitical candidate
EducationBarnard College, Columbia University (studied Political Economy)
Notable personal detailsCarin Elam is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in California’s 14th Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. She has worked in business and technology consulting, including with healthcare organizations, and later led business and workforce development at LightHouse for the Blind & Visually Impaired in San Francisco. She attended Barnard College, Columbia University, and completed a master’s program in International and European Governance while living in the Netherlands. She is based in Pleasanton, California.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports restoring and protecting tax credits for clean energy, electric vehicles, agricultural conservation, and home-efficiency rebates and pledges to protect federally funded programs that create jobs for people with disabilities; emphasizes bipartisan solutions to affordability and tariff policy to lower costs.
Healthcare
Supports expanding access and affordability through government action, including lowering the Medicare eligibility age and fighting health insurance practices that prioritize shareholder profits over patient care. Emphasizes bipartisan, pragmatic reforms to make healthcare more affordable and to protect public programs that serve vulnerable populations.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate opposes expanded local ICE facilities and deployments (including ICE presence at voting locations and airports) and emphasizes protecting voting rights while seeking oversight of federal actions. Her campaign frames immigration-enforcement deployments as a threat to local communities and voting access rather than endorsing enforcement expansion.
Climate & Energy
Supports restoring federal tax credits and incentives for clean energy, electric vehicles, agricultural conservation, and home efficiency rebates; favors federal programs that invest in clean energy job creation. Emphasizes bipartisan approaches to restore funding lost when the Inflation Reduction Act provisions were ended by opposing leadership.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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