California's Congressional District 13 election results: Where the vote stands so far - California News Beep

In a Central Valley Congressional District reshaped by Proposition 50, candidates have raised more than $5 million.

STOCKTON, Calif. — In California, voters in the state’s 13th congressional district will decide which two candidates advance from the primary to the November general election.

Under Proposition 50, the district was shifted to include parts of Stockton. There are four candidates in the District 13 race on the ballot, and three of them have reported significant campaign activity, raising more than $100,000, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

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Find out more about the leading candidates below. Interview responses have been cleaned up and slightly condensed for easier reading, while keeping the candidates’ words intact.

Democratic Congressman Adam Gray is the incumbent in the race, representing District 13. He is hoping to keep his seat and says his focus is on bipartisanship.

Gray is endorsed by at least 10 valley mayors and the California Farm Bureau.

QUESTION: What are the key issues you will focus on if elected?

ADAM GRAY: “Two things, one: we’ve got to fix Congress. People have to stop this constant fighting and start working to actually improve people’s lives, and that’s the example I’ve tried to set by finding opportunities for bipartisan legislation, and I think we need to be laser-focused on making life more affordable. We’ve got to lower the cost of housing. We’ve got to lower the cost of producing food and, in turn, lower the cost of food. We have to lower the cost of energy, you know? Your mortgage, your grocery bill– these are the big cost drivers in your monthly budget, and Congress should be laser-focused every day on doing things that matter to you. And frankly, we’ve spent too much time on things like renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America– silly efforts that are done for political posturing and messaging for the extremists and the political parties. We’ve got to knock all that off, come together, work collaboratively, make people’s lives better and more affordable.”

QUESTION: What makes you qualified to represent this district, especially since Prop 50 drastically changed lines across the state?

ADAM GRAY: “I live in it. Interesting little note about not just this current run for Congress, but the last several is, I keep drawing opponents who aren’t actually from and live in the district. In my first race for Congress, my Republican opponent didn’t live in the district. Because of Prop 50, one of my current Republican opponents, the former Mayor of Stockton, Kevin Lincoln, was running against a different congress member a few months ago and then switched to this seat. Of course, he didn’t move to this seat; he switched to running for this seat, and for those voters out there who don’t understand that, the Constitution actually doesn’t require you to live in your district. Now, the state office, local office, you have to live in your district. I think that’s important because I grew up in this district. My family has been here running a business in agriculture for the last several generations. I’ve got local teachers in my family and folks who really understand this community, and I understand this community. I went to public schools here. I grew up here. I went to high school here. I went to Merced College. So, you know, I do understand this district. I think that’s important, and I think that people deserve a representative who is one of them in their own community.”

QUESTION: Your district is in the farming capital of the world. What would you do to help farmers and those who are doing that work?

ADAM GRAY: “I think we’ve got to solve this immigration issue and you know, I voted for a lot of bills to increase security so that we have a secure border and I think that’s important, but we have not adequately addressed that there’s a lot of people coming here, working hard, trying to contribute to our local economy, to the ag economy and we’ve got to give them status. We’ve got to pass the Farmworker Modernization Act, of which I am a co-sponsor, along with my Democrat and Republican colleagues. We’ve got to pass the Dignity Act to give status to dreamers and to fix the DACA situation in this country, and to provide status to people who are contributing in a positive way to our economy, who are here following the law and raising their families. These are things that require immediate action. I’ve been extraordinarily disappointed in Speaker Mike Johnson, in President Trump and others for not engaging this conversation and not providing a solution. We spend an awful lot of time about keeping criminals out and a tough and secure border– those are important things, but we also need to spend time on what about the folks that are trying to make a living for their families? What about the folks that want to come here and work in these important jobs?”

QUESTION: What will you do to lower the cost of living in California?

ADAM GRAY: “We’ve got to stop with overegulation across housing, the inability to build things, and do business, and allow small businesses to be successful. That’s why, even in a Congress certainly full of disagreement and partisanship, I’ve joined with my Republican colleagues on things like cosponsoring the SPEED Act, which makes adjustments to NEPA to make it easier to build energy projects. When you make it easier to build energy products, you make energy more affordable, you bring down costs. And it’s these kinds of efforts we need to engage in kind of across the board. Things get expensive when you put too many burdens on building, producing, etcetera, and frankly, in the San Joaquin Valley, which is the most productive agricultural valley in the world, I think we understand that better than most.”

Republican candidate Vin Kruttiventi is a business owner. He lost a 2024 bid to represent the state’s 14th Congressional District. He says he is not a politician and hopes that appeals to voters.

Kruttiventi is endorsed by the CPAC and by San Joaquin, Merced, and Madera County Young Republicans.

QUESTION: What are the key issues you will focus on if elected?

VIN KRUTTIVENTI: “Economy. Number one. The economy would be number one for me. Water would be number two, and up and down the Valley, people talk about homelessness. It’s real. People are hurting. People are worried about losing their healthcare. People are worried about, like, you know, where is the next meal going to come from on their table? I’ll give you an example, when I door-knocked, I met this 74-year-old grandma, double cancer survivor, in a wheelchair. She had the chemo port still, and she’s going back to work. She knows she doesn’t have a lot of time, but then she has tos till go and work. Is this the society that we want to build? If you keep voting for career politicians that do nothing, have no idea how to fix it, we’ll be in the same state. We need somebody who can like ix this system, holistically treat this as a business, and get to work.”

QUESTION: What makes you qualified to represent this district, especially since Prop 50 drastically changed lines across the state?

VIN KRUTTIVENTI: “I’m not a politician. I’m not looking for my next job. I made my money somewhere. It is my time now to give it back to the country that gave me everything. I work across party lines. I’m getting nonpartisan support like across the board from Republicans, from Democrats, and I think I will do very well.”

QUESTION: Your district is in the farming capital of the world. What would you do to help farmers and those who are doing that work?

VIN KRUTTIVENTI: “Central Valley Project, which is under federal control. And the State Water Project, we have no control over. It took 30 years before the construction started, and it’s not in the district. So, one of my priorities would be to work across the party lines, build a coalition to make sure we have another project like that in the Valley. We’ve got to make sure we have funds allocated for surface water storage, groundwater recharge, and dredging. So, one of the things that I hear from farmers is they pay for certain units, but they don’t get all of the water that they paid for– that’s theft. So, I’m going to hold the infrastructure development funds hostage until the water delivery minimums are met; that’s how we’re going to help our farmers directly.”

QUESTION: What will you do to lower the cost of living in California?

VIN KRUTTIVENTI: “It’s a multi-prong approach. Right? One of the things that we have to do to lower the overall cost is to improve the economy of the district. The Central Valley feeds half of the nation, but we’ve got the highest poverty rate at 20%. Highest unemployment rate at 18%. Unless we fix that, we are failing our entire system, and look at our gas prices. They’re on average $3 or $3.50 above national average. Why is that? We’ve got to get to the root of what’s causing this and make sure we deregulate the state. Deregulate the cost of doing business. The businesses should have an easier path to make sure they make money here. Our state has made it so difficult for businesses that they are leaving the state. My biggest priority would be to make sure we lobby for a lot of businesses to invest in the central valley, and it’s not just a state issue. There’s federal land that’s under federal control, and we could create special economic zones to bring in businesses that elevate all of the valley. When I door-knock, by the way, I’ve door-knocked thousands of doors; our issues are real. People are hurting. When you talk to high school kids, for example, in Turlock, they say we can not even have local jobs to put ourselves through college, and if you go across the district, the theme is affordability. Groceries. Housing. Gas, energy costs—you name it. The biggest thing that I will bring to the table is economic upliftment of our valley. “

Republican Candidate Kevin Lincoln is a veteran. He was the former Mayor of Stockton and in 2024, he lost a bid to represent California’s 9th district in Congress. Lincoln says his time in local government has shaped how he would lead in Washington, D.C.

Lincoln is endorsed by President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and the California Republican Party.

QUESTION: What are the key issues you will focus on if elected?

KEVIN LINCOLN: “The key issues I’d be focused on as elected is representing and being a voice, a strong voice for our Valley farmers and ranchers. Also focusing on economic development opportunities through workforce development opportunities. Making sure that our region is strong. Making sure that our region has the workforce to continue to move it forward. And also, the central valley and our rural communities are growing, and they’re expanding, so we need to make sure we have the necessary transportation and infrastructure resources in place to continue to sustain that growth throughout the valley, so I want to work with local elected officials at all levels. Listen, I was one of those elected officials that had to advocate and be a voice for the needs throughout our region, and I want to bring Washington to the valley and not have the valley feel obligated to always go knocking on Washington’s door. That’s the type of representative I want to be. I want to be a representative for the people.”

QUESTION: What makes you qualified to represent this district, especially since Prop 50 drastically changed lines across the state?

KEVIN LINCOLN: “I’m from this district. This is my home district. My grandfather, he worked over 40 years at a local cannery in this district. I’m a third-generation Valley resident of this district, and there’d be no greater honor to go back to Washington to serve this district as their next congressional representative.”

QUESTION: Your district is in the farming capital of the world. What would you do to help farmers and those who are doing that work?

KEVIN LINCOLN: “There are five ag counties in our congressional district, and our farmers and our ranchers—they need more water storage. They need smart infrastructure, and they need less regulations as well. These are priorities at the federal level that we can move forward to make life more easier for our farmers and our ranchers.”

QUESTION: What will you do to lower the cost of living in California?

KEVIN LINCOLN: “Cost of living is the number one issue for people in the valley. People are feeling pain at the pump. They’re feeling the rising cost of groceries, the rising cost of utilities and so, we need to make sure that we’re lowering the cost of living by cutting taxes. By eliminating burdensome regulations. These are things that help drive down inflation moving forward.”

According to the Federal Election Commission, here’s how much each candidate we spoke to raised so far:

Vin Kruttiventi- $876,117.68

Kevin Lincoln- $1,264,735.31

Other candidates also running in this race:

Daniel Garibay Rodriguez- $0.00

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