EducationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (undergraduate)

Notable personal detailsSarah Bacon is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in California’s 24th Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. She is a UC Santa Barbara graduate student (M.A. Religious Studies) and an elected graduate student officer, serving as Vice President of External Affairs for the UCSB Graduate Student Association. Bacon previously worked in the technology industry and describes having risen to a vice president role at a high-growth software company. She is a lifelong Central Coast resident who was born in Ojai and raised in Ventura.