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U.S. House · CA-12 · Democratic candidate · 2026

Lateefah Simon

Democratic candidate for California's 12th Congressional District

An East Bay congresswoman, former BART director and nonprofit leader focused on affordable housing, accessible transit, broader health coverage and family care.

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DistrictCA-12
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Lateefah stands.

Campaign position

Create a public option toward universal coverage

  • She supports a public health-insurance option as a step toward affordable single-payer coverage, alongside closing the Medicaid coverage gap

Campaign position

Add dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicare

  • She supports expanding Medicare's benefits and lowering its eligibility age, alongside broader prescription-drug price negotiation

Campaign position

Protect abortion, contraception and fertility care

  • She supports federal protections for abortion access and reproductive healthcare, including affordable contraception and IVF

Campaign position

Expand rental assistance and affordable housing investment

  • She backs stronger low-income housing tax credits, more rental subsidies and protections against landlord discrimination to keep residents housed

Campaign position

Shift transportation investment toward transit and safe streets

  • She proposes more federal transit funding and grants for protected bike lanes and safer streets, rather than maintaining the highway-heavy funding split

Campaign position

Make childcare, home care and paid leave accessible

  • She supports affordable childcare and pre-K, paid family leave and stronger wages and benefits for home-care workers and caregivers

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. 2003

    Accomplishment

    Received a MacArthur Fellowship for youth-development work

    The MacArthur Foundation selected her for leading the Center for Young Women's Development and its peer-mentoring, health, employment and leadership programs.

  2. 2016–2024

    Experience

    BART board member

    Served on BART's elected board from 2016 to 2024.

  • Experience

    Civil-rights leader

    Led the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Bay Area foundations.

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