Vince Fong, the Republican incumbent, is running for re-election to California’s 20th Congressional District in November 2026 against Democratic challenger Sandra Van Scotter and two other candidates. Fong won the seat in a May 2024 special election to succeed Kevin McCarthy after previously serving in the California State Assembly on budget and appropriations committees, and sits on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. His campaign emphasizes cost-of-living relief, border security, and support for Central Valley agriculture, while Van Scotter has campaigned on protecting Medicaid coverage after Fong’s vote for a 2025 federal budget bill that she says threatened benefits for disabled Californians like the clients she has worked with as a disability-services professional.
