Incumbent
Raul Ruiz
CA-25 primary: first place
$34.3K
JUN 6, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleU.S. Representative
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
Age53 years old (Aug 25, 1972)
GenderMale
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LocationCalifornia
BackgroundPhysician (emergency medicine)
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (B.S.), 1994
Notable personal detailsRaul Ruiz is an American physician and Democratic politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 25th congressional district, first elected to Congress in 2012 and sworn in on January 3, 2013. Born in Zacatecas, Mexico, he was raised in the Coachella Valley and later earned a B.S. from UCLA and medical and public policy/public health degrees from Harvard. He practiced emergency medicine and held academic leadership roles in medical education before entering elected office.
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Positions
Healthcare
Supports protecting and strengthening Medicare and lowering health‑care costs, defends the Affordable Care Act, and seeks bipartisan solutions to expand access and improve care.
Immigration & Border
Supports expanded legal pathways including an earned pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and immigrant families, while advocating for border security paired with humanitarian standards and congressional oversight of detention facilities. Has sponsored legislation to set minimum humanitarian and medical standards for migrants in custody and has publicly criticized poor conditions in ICE/CBP facilities. Seeks bipartisan reforms that protect asylum access and improve treatment of migrants at the border.
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Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports protecting and expanding reproductive freedom, including access to safe, legal abortion, birth control, and fertility treatments; opposes nationwide bans on abortion and has voted repeatedly in favor of federal measures to protect abortion access and related reproductive health services.
Climate & Energy
Supports clean energy investment, incentives for domestic clean-energy manufacturing, and policies to reduce carbon pollution while addressing environmental justice and public-health impacts of climate change. Backs programs to modernize the grid, expand renewable energy and energy-efficiency measures, and workforce training for renewable-energy jobs.
Public Safety & Guns
Raul Ruiz supports legislative measures to reduce gun violence including expanded background checks, funding for crisis intervention and state 'red flag' programs, and has described treating gun violence as a public‑health issue. He voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and has backed measures to deter firearm intimidation at polling places.
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