CA-32 primary: first place
Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleAttorney
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderMale
LocationCalifornia
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BackgroundAttorney
EducationB.A., Harvard College (History)
Notable personal detailsJake Levine is an attorney and clean energy and climate policy professional who ran for the U.S. House in California’s 32nd Congressional District in 2026. He served in the Obama White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, worked as an energy and technology policy advisor to California State Senator Fran Pavley, and held roles at Opower. In the Biden administration, he served as Chief Climate Officer at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and later as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Climate & Energy on the National Security Council.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports expanding and strengthening refundable tax credits (Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit), guaranteeing paid family and sick leave, and policies aimed at improving affordability for working families; opposes corporate influence in campaigns.
Healthcare
Supports expanding access to care through consumer protections and strengthening the healthcare workforce; opposes policies that kick people off Medicaid and seeks measures to reduce medical debt and wait times. Policies emphasize workforce staffing, pay/education subsidies for healthcare workers, and protections against medical debt reporting to credit bureaus.
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Immigration & Border
Supports creating and streamlining a pathway to citizenship for undocumented residents, shutting down U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), redirecting funding toward immigration courts/judicial processes, and holding officials accountable for unconstitutional immigration actions.
Climate & Energy
Supports aggressive clean-energy and emissions-reduction policies including large public investment in clean energy, job training for a just transition, and ambitious net-zero and climate targets. Advocates expanding deployment of affordable renewable energy, accountability for energy projects, and establishing an American Clean Energy Corps to train workers for a clean-energy economy.
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Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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