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U.S. House · CA-24 · Democratic candidate · 2026

Salud Carbajal

Democratic candidate for California's 24th Congressional District

A Central Coast congressman and Marine Corps Reserve veteran focused on affordable healthcare, coastal protection, gun safety and veterans' access to services.

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DistrictCA-24
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Salud stands.

Campaign position

Expand veterans' housing and mental-health assistance

  • He supports housing assistance, job training and mental-health services for veterans, including PTSD treatment and efforts to reduce VA delays

Campaign position

Increase college aid and allow student-loan refinancing

  • He backs Pell Grant support, lower-interest student-loan refinancing and two years of tuition-free community college

Campaign position

Lower prescription costs and expand military preventive care

  • He supports Medicare drug-price negotiation and insulin affordability, alongside expanded TRICARE coverage of contraception and preventive screenings

Campaign position

Stop new offshore drilling and invest in clean energy

  • He opposes new offshore drilling and supports renewable energy, home-efficiency improvements and protection of Central Coast public lands

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Require background checks and support red-flag protections

  • He supports universal background checks, restrictions on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and red-flag laws to prevent gun violence

Campaign position

Strengthen Social Security without privatizing retirement

  • He opposes Social Security privatization and Medicare vouchers and supports higher benefits funded in part by closing revenue loopholes

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. 2022

    Accomplishment

    Helped enact support for state red-flag programs

    Championed red-flag grant provisions enacted in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, supporting states' gun-violence prevention programs.

  • Experience

    Marine Corps reservist

    Served eight years in the Marine Corps Reserve.

  • Experience

    Santa Barbara County supervisor

    Served twelve years on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.

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