CA-37 primary: first place
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JUN 6, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleActivist
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationCalifornia
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BackgroundActivist
Notable personal detailsSamantha Mota is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in California’s 37th Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. She has run an active principal campaign committee, Samantha Mota for Congress, and has described herself publicly as an activist, advocate, and organizer. She also previously ran for Santa Monica City Council in 2022.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports raising corporate tax rates and expanding social safety-net programs, including Social Security expansion, Earned Income Tax Credit expansion, and neighborhood/low-income housing tax credits; also backs raising the minimum wage. Overall policy choices favor higher taxes on corporations/wealth to fund expanded social programs.
Healthcare
Supports universal healthcare and a national single‑payer framework. Explicitly backs the Medicare for All Act (HR 1976) and says she supports a national health insurance program to provide protection against the cost of health care and related services.
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Immigration & Border
Supports ending detention as a deterrent, closing for-profit detention, expanding community-based alternatives, protecting asylum access and due process, separating local policing from immigration enforcement, prohibiting use of military resources, and creating pathways to citizenship while addressing root causes of migration.
Climate & Energy
Supports active climate action and local clean-energy and environmental policies, having worked with Climate Action Santa Monica and advocated for legislation like AB 551 and urban gardening/renewable initiatives. Emphasizes youth empowerment on climate issues and community-based measures to reduce emissions and increase access to renewable resources. No evidence found of opposition to transitional fossil fuel use or explicit calls to phase out all fossil fuels in the cited materials.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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