- See Doris Matsui's sponsored bills →Doris MatsuiDemocraticIncumbent✓ Verified$5.2M raised
- Mai VangDemocratic✓ Verified$1.6M raised
Where they stand
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Where they differ: Doris Matsui supports federal funding for local jobs and infrastructure and votes yea on technology and financial protection bills but nay on some economic privacy measures 13. She opposes Trump's immigration tactics and illegal ICE activity, voting no on funding ICE and nay on multiple immigration enforcement bills while supporting a national emergency resolution 1112. Mai Vang supports fighting for working families by lowering costs, breaking up monopolies, and ensuring tax refunds for small businesses and families affected by illegal tariffs, as well as affordable housing and opposing price gouging 45. She supports Medicare for All and prioritizes people over insurance company profits to ensure healthcare access, and opposes militarized law enforcement tactics and mass surveillance 917.
AI-written comparison of the sourced entries below. Generated Oct 19, 2026.
| Issue | Doris MatsuiDemocratic | Mai VangDemocratic |
|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Matsui supports federal funding for local jobs, infrastructure, and flood protection to improve the economy and everyday life in her district. Matsui supports targeted investments in manufacturing, clean energy, education, health care, and infrastructure to grow the economy and create high-paying jobs. Matsui votes yea on technology and financial protection bills but nay on capital access and privacy-related economic measures. | Vang supports fighting for working families by lowering costs, breaking up monopolies, and ensuring tax refunds for small businesses and families affected by illegal tariffs. Vang supports affordable housing and opposes price gouging and data centers raising utility bills. |
| Healthcare | Matsui supports expanding healthcare access, lowering prescription drug prices, mental health care, and telehealth, and helped pass the Affordable Care Act. Matsui leads on health care issues including improving the Affordable Care Act, reforming mental health and substance abuse care, expanding telehealth, and ensuring equitable access to quality care. Matsui votes yea on rural and early care acts but nay on several health care cost and Medicaid-related bills. | Vang supports Medicare for All and prioritizes people over insurance company profits to ensure everyone can afford and access healthcare. Vang supports Medicare for All and says she will stand up to health insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies. |
| Immigration | Matsui opposes Trump’s immigration tactics, illegal ICE activity, and votes no on funding ICE, standing up for immigrant rights and rule of law. Matsui votes nay on multiple immigration enforcement and security bills but yea on a national emergency resolution. | Vang opposes mass deportations and ICE terror, advocating for fixing the broken immigration system and protecting immigrant freedoms. Vang wrote California's first Safe Haven Resolution to protect immigrant students and supports fixing the immigration system. |
| Where they differ on Immigration: Doris Matsui opposes Trump's immigration tactics and illegal ICE activity, votes no on funding ICE, and votes nay on multiple immigration enforcement and security bills while supporting a national emergency resolution 12. Mai Vang opposes mass deportations and ICE terror, advocates for fixing the broken immigration system, supports immigrant freedoms, and authored California's first Safe Haven Resolution to protect immigrant students 34. | ||
| Public Safety & Crime | Matsui criticizes failures in Homeland Security leadership and opposes unconstitutional actions by officials like Kristi Noem. Matsui votes yea on prison staff safety and guard acts but nay on privacy, gun rights, bail reform, and violent offender bills. | Vang opposes militarized law enforcement tactics and mass surveillance, including AI surveillance and warrantless location data collection. |
| Where they differ on Public Safety & Crime: Doris Matsui criticizes failures in Homeland Security leadership and opposes unconstitutional actions by officials such as Kristi Noem 1. She voted yea on prison staff safety and guard acts but nay on privacy, gun rights, bail reform, and violent offender bills 2. Mai Vang opposes militarized law enforcement tactics and mass surveillance, including AI surveillance and warrantless location data collection 3. | ||
| Abortion | Matsui fights to protect reproductive rights and opposes efforts to roll back abortion access. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Matsui votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims but nay on multiple budget and appropriations bills. | Vang supports taxing billionaires fairly and closing corporate loopholes to invest in communities rather than giving tax breaks to the ultra-rich. |
| Where they differ on Taxes & Government Spending: Doris Matsui votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims but nay on multiple budget and appropriations bills 1. Mai Vang supports taxing billionaires fairly and closing corporate loopholes to invest in communities rather than giving tax breaks to the ultra-rich 2. | ||
| Energy & Environment | Matsui leads efforts to modernize the electric grid, support clean energy, improve air quality, protect public lands, and fight rollbacks of environmental protections. Matsui prioritizes clean energy and climate action, aiming for 100% clean energy by 2030 and supporting local initiatives like clean school buses. Matsui votes yea on emissions reduction and conservation acts but nay on consumer fuel choice and heating energy bills. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Matsui responds to international conflicts and criticizes failures in homeland security leadership. Matsui votes yea on resolutions to remove US forces from hostilities and veterans clinic naming but nay on defense authorization and surveillance extension. | Vang is an anti-war candidate who opposes funding foreign wars and the sale of weapons used in genocide, advocating to invest tax dollars at home. |
| Where they differ on Foreign Policy & Defense: Doris Matsui responds to international conflicts and criticizes failures in homeland security leadership 1. She voted yea on resolutions to remove US forces from hostilities and veterans clinic naming but nay on defense authorization and surveillance extension 2. Mai Vang is an anti-war candidate who opposes funding foreign wars and the sale of weapons used in genocide, advocating to invest tax dollars at home 3. | ||