Polling Average
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CA-22 primary: first place
$783.55
JUN 6, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleState Representative
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationCalifornia
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BackgroundPhysician (family medicine)
EducationM.D., American University of Antigua (2013)
Notable personal detailsJasmeet Kaur Bains is an American physician and Democratic politician serving in the California State Assembly representing District 35 (Kern County). She is a family medicine doctor and has worked in Central Valley health care, including residency at Clinica Sierra Vista and roles with Omni Family Health and Bakersfield Recovery Services. She is a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in California’s 22nd Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle.
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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
Endorsements
CA-22 primary: first place
Endorsers of Jasmeet Bains for CA-22 primary: first place
SEIU California
Labor organization
SEIU California endorsed Jasmeet Bains for her 2026 congressional campaign.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$1.3M
$977.1K
$651.4K
$325.7K
$0
2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2026
$1.3M
$359.8K
$943.0K
$55.5K
Source: FEC