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CA-22 primary: first place
$2.3K
JUN 6, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleState Representative
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
Age41 years old (Jul 2, 1985)
GenderFemale
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LocationCalifornia
BackgroundPhysician
EducationIllinois Institute of Technology — B.S., Biology (2006)
Notable personal detailsJasmeet Kaur Bains is an American physician and politician. She has served as a Democratic member of the California State Assembly representing the 35th district since December 5, 2022, and ran for U.S. House in California’s 22nd Congressional District in the 2026 cycle. She earned a B.S. in biology from Illinois Institute of Technology and an M.D. from the American University of Antigua, and practiced family medicine in Kern County.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Economy & Taxes
Supports tax policies that reduce costs for working families and veterans while opposing tax breaks for Wall Street and billionaires; emphasizes investments in jobs and programs to support the Central Valley rather than tax cuts for the wealthy. Advocates for supporting small businesses and creating good-paying jobs as part of economic policy.
Healthcare
Advocates expanding access to quality healthcare—especially behavioral health, addiction treatment, and rural health equity—and has sponsored legislation to increase availability of addiction recovery services and address insurance coverage gaps for behavioral health. Focus areas include building local medical education capacity, improving mental health and substance use disorder treatment access, and reducing barriers to care for underserved Central Valley communities.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate has sponsored legislation to protect students and school funding from the impacts of federal immigration enforcement and has framed immigration enforcement near schools as harmful to children and families. Her public actions emphasize protecting immigrant communities from enforcement-related harms while pursuing state-level protections and training for affected communities.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports broad access to abortion and protections for reproductive health care, opposes restrictive bans and criminalizing clinicians, and has voted for bills expanding access and legal protections for abortion and related care. Positions emphasize defending reproductive rights against out-of-state restrictions and ensuring providers are not penalized for delivering reproductive health services.
Climate & Energy
Supports increasing local fossil fuel production and rolling back state policies that limit oil drilling and raise consumer energy costs, while participating in regional environmental justice work. Opposed state-level energy tax increases and described ending the governor’s restrictions on oil drilling in Kern County as a priority.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports efforts to reduce gun violence through targeted prevention programs, enforcement against illegal and unserialized (“ghost”) guns, and using funding (including proposals discussed around taxing guns/ammunition) to prioritize communities with high homicide and gun-violence rates. Has advocated for stronger accountability for irresponsible firearm dealers and measures that close loopholes that allow untraceable weapons to circulate.
News
AINews Summary
Last updatedMar 13, 2026
Several Democratic doctors are running for Congress, motivated by recent policy changes and anti-science movements. Among them is Jasmeet Bains, a family physician challenging Republican Rep. David Valadao in California's 22nd District. Bains criticizes Valadao for supporting a tax and spending law that could strip health insurance from many low-income residents. The primary election is set for June 2, 2026, with California's top-two system determining which candidates advance to the general election.
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Polls
CA-22 primary: first place
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$1.6M
$1.2M
$789.4K
$394.7K
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2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
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Cycle 2026
$1.6M
$85.4K
$1.5M
$83.0K
Source: FEC
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