- See Jimmy Gomez's sponsored bills →Jimmy GomezDemocraticIncumbent✓ Verified$1.3M raised
- Angela Gonzales-TorresDemocratic✓ Verified$450K raised
Where they stand
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| Issue | Jimmy GomezDemocratic | Angela Gonzales-TorresDemocratic |
|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Gomez fights for economic fairness, higher wages, and better jobs with benefits for local workers, and works to reduce inflation and make housing more affordable. Gomez votes yea on technology and financial protection bills but nay on capital access and privacy in purchases acts. | Gonzales-Torres supports economic dignity and security through guaranteed basic income pilots, union rights for gig workers, and paid leave and childcare support. |
| Where they differ on Economy & Jobs: Jimmy Gomez advocates for economic fairness, higher wages, better jobs with benefits, reducing inflation, and making housing more affordable 1. He voted yea on technology and financial protection bills but nay on capital access and privacy in purchases acts 2. Angela Gonzales-Torres supports economic dignity and security through guaranteed basic income pilots, union rights for gig workers, and paid leave and childcare support 3. | ||
| Healthcare | Gomez votes yea on rural care and patient support acts but nay on Medicaid harm and lowering health care premiums acts. | Gonzales-Torres supports healthcare as a human right, co-sponsoring Medicare for All, canceling medical debt, breaking up monopolies, and investing in local clinics and mental health care. |
| Where they differ on Healthcare: Jimmy Gomez votes yea on rural care and patient support acts but nay on Medicaid harm and lowering health care premiums acts 1. Angela Gonzales-Torres supports healthcare as a human right, co-sponsoring Medicare for All, canceling medical debt, breaking up monopolies, and investing in local clinics and mental health care 2. | ||
| Immigration | Gomez values immigrants' contributions and works to increase citizenship education and immigrant rights. Gomez votes nay on multiple immigration enforcement and security bills but yea on a national emergency resolution. | Gonzales-Torres supports abolishing ICE, creating a pathway to citizenship, protecting mixed-status families, and ending for-profit immigration detention. Gonzales-Torres says fear of immigration enforcement has left residents in parts of her district afraid to leave home. |
| Where they differ on Immigration: Jimmy Gomez values immigrants' contributions and works to increase citizenship education and immigrant rights 1. He votes nay on multiple immigration enforcement and security bills but yea on a national emergency resolution 2. Angela Gonzales-Torres supports abolishing ICE, creating a pathway to citizenship, protecting mixed-status families, and ending for-profit immigration detention 3. She says fear of immigration enforcement has left residents in parts of her district afraid to leave home 4. | ||
| Public Safety & Crime | Gomez votes yea on prison staff safety and guard acts but nay on privacy, veterans 2nd amendment, bail, and violent offender bills. | Gonzales-Torres supports community-led restorative justice, funded gang-prevention programs, and investment in reentry programs for formerly incarcerated people. |
| Where they differ on Public Safety & Crime: Jimmy Gomez votes in favor of prison staff safety and guard acts but votes against bills related to privacy, veterans' 2nd amendment rights, bail reform, and violent offender legislation 1. Angela Gonzales-Torres supports community-led restorative justice, funding for gang-prevention programs, and investment in reentry programs for formerly incarcerated individuals 2. | ||
| Abortion | Gomez supports abortion as a fundamental right and fights to codify Roe v. Wade and protect reproductive freedom nationwide. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Gomez fights to make sure the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes and supports government working for the people, not big corporations. Gomez votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims but nay on budget, appropriations, and continuing appropriations acts. | Gonzales-Torres supports progressive tax policies including a federal wealth tax on the ultra-rich to fund housing, healthcare, education, and climate resilience. |
| Where they differ on Taxes & Government Spending: Jimmy Gomez advocates for ensuring the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes and supports government policies that prioritize people over big corporations 1. He voted in favor of tax relief for fraud victims but against budget, appropriations, and continuing appropriations acts 2. Angela Gonzales-Torres supports progressive tax policies, including a federal wealth tax on the ultra-rich to fund housing, healthcare, education, and climate resilience 3. | ||
| Energy & Environment | Gomez supports the Green New Deal and has worked to secure federal funds to combat climate change and restore the LA River. Gomez votes yea on diesel emissions reduction and conservation acts but nay on EPA disapproval and fire and heating acts. | Gonzales-Torres supports a community-driven Green New Deal, a climate emergency declaration, and holding Big Oil financially accountable for environmental damage. Gonzales-Torres says calling for the closure of the Lineage warehouse is only the bare minimum response needed from local leaders. |
| Where they differ on Energy & Environment: Jimmy Gomez supports the Green New Deal and has worked to secure federal funds to combat climate change and restore the LA River 1. He voted yea on diesel emissions reduction and conservation acts but nay on EPA disapproval and fire and heating acts 2. Angela Gonzales-Torres supports a community-driven Green New Deal, a climate emergency declaration, and holding Big Oil financially accountable for environmental damage 3. She stated that calling for the closure of the Lineage warehouse is only the bare minimum response needed from local leaders 4. | ||
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Gomez votes yea on resolutions to remove troops from hostilities and veterans clinic naming but nay on defense authorization and FISA extension. | Gonzales-Torres opposes endless wars, supports redirecting defense funds to communities, demands an arms embargo and ceasefire in Gaza, and will not vote to send weapons to Israel. Gonzales-Torres criticized incumbent Jimmy Gomez's refusal to support the Block the Bombs Act limiting U.S. arms sales to Israel. |