CA-32 primary: first place
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JUN 6, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleLawyer
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderMale
LocationCalifornia
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BackgroundLawyer
EducationHarvard-Westlake School (graduated 2002)
Notable personal detailsJacob Caplan Levine is an American lawyer and Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in California’s 32nd congressional district in 2026. He served as Chief Climate Officer at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (2021–2024) and later as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Climate and Energy on the National Security Council (Aug. 2024–Jan. 2025). He previously worked on climate and energy policy in the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change and for California State Senator Fran Pavley, and held roles at the clean-tech company Opower.
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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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