Waters, other incumbents ahead in LA congressional races

By Zachery Schmidt
The Center Square

Democratic incumbents topped the vote counts in Los Angeles congressional districts in Tuesday’s primary.

U.S. House District 43

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Inglewood, got the most votes in California’s 43rd Congressional District. Republican Cristian Morales, a manufacturing executive, came in second. That’s according to early unofficial results from the California Secretary of State’s Office.

With 100% of precincts partially reporting, Waters received 63% of the vote, while Morales received 19.6%. They will face each other in the Nov. 3 general election.

Waters has represented this district since 2013.

U.S. House District 32

U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calabasas, and Republican Larry Thompson are the top vote getters in California’s redrawn 32nd Congressional District.

With 96.4% of the precincts partially reporting, Sherman has 37.8% of the vote while Thompson garnered 37%.

Sherman has represented California’s 32nd District since 2023. Thompson works as an attorney in Malibu.

U.S. House District 34

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, and Democrat Angela Gonzlaes-Torres gathered the most votes in the primary.

With 100% of precincts partially reporting, Gomez received 48% of the vote, and Gonzales-Torres, an activist, received 24.1%.

Republican Calvin Lee came in third place with 18.4%.

Gomez and Gonzales-Torres appeared to be destined to square off in the Nov. 3 general election, unless Lee surpasses Gonzalez-Torres in later results.

Gomez has represented California’s 34th Congressional District since 2017.

U.S. House District 36

U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Santa Monica, received the most votes while two Republicans, Houston Brignano and Melissa Toomim, battle it out for second place.

With 100% of precincts partially reporting, Lieu, who has represented California’s 36th Congressional District since 2023, got 59.6% of the vote while Brignano, a technology executive, got 17.9% and Toomim, an investigative journalist, got 14.5%. The top two vote getters will square off in the Nov. 3 general election.

U.S. House District 37

U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Los Angeles, earned the most votes in the primary while Republican Baltazar Fedalizo came in second place.

With 100% of precincts partially reporting, Kamlager-Dove gathered 54.3% of the vote while Fedalizao, a lobbyist, got 14.2%. They’ll face each other on Nov. 3.

Kamlager-Dove has represented California’s 37th Congressional District since 2023.

U.S. House District 44

U.S. Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan, D-Carson, earned the most votes, surpassing Republican Genevieve Angel, a nurse practitioner.

With 100% of precincts partially reporting, Diaz Barragan got 73.7% of the vote while Angel got 26.3%. They’ll square off on Nov. 3.

Diaz Barragan has represented California’s 44th Congressional District since 2017.