Jimmy Gomez

Jimmy Gomez has represented California’s 34th District in the U.S. House since 2017. He previously served in the California State Assembly and worked as a union organizer for AFSCME and the United Nurses Associations of California. In the House he sits on the Ways and Means Committee, is a Deputy Whip for the Progressive Caucus, and founded the Congressional Renters Caucus.^{1, 18}

In 2026 he introduced a bill to shift $175 billion from immigration enforcement into a monthly renter tax credit, down-payment assistance, and incentives to convert offices into affordable homes.² He supported capping insulin at $35 a month and giving Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices.³ He co-sponsored the Green New Deal and legislation to ban congressional stock trading.³ He also co-sponsored a bill to stop presidents from unilaterally imposing tariffs.⁴ He reported that his unannounced inspection of a downtown Los Angeles ICE detention center revealed the facility was temporarily closing.⁵ He announced over $149 million in federal funding for a Metro bus rapid transit line.⁶ His campaign says he secured $2 million for L.A. River restoration and $20 million for citizenship education grants.³

In 2026 the House Ethics Committee opened an inquiry into sexual misconduct allegations against Gomez.⁷ He has stated that the encounters were consensual and did not violate House rules.⁷