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U.S. House · CA-23 · Democratic candidate · 2026

Tessa Lynn Hodge

Democratic candidate for California's 23rd Congressional District

A lifelong High Desert resident and licensed clinical social worker campaigning on single-payer healthcare, mental-health access and locally rooted economic opportunity.

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DistrictCA-23
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Tessa stands.

Campaign position

Create single-payer healthcare and expand the workforce

  • She supports single-payer healthcare and training additional healthcare workers to address provider shortages in rural and underserved communities

Campaign position

Invest in infrastructure that creates local skilled jobs

  • She calls for federal infrastructure investment that brings higher-skilled jobs closer to High Desert residents and reduces long commutes

Campaign position

Invest in affordable rentals and paths to ownership

  • She supports investment in varied affordable rental options and opportunities for residents to become homeowners, addressing both sides of the housing market

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Offer legal status while keeping immigrant families together

  • She supports legal status for long-term residents and immigrant-worker protections, with immigration policy that avoids separating families

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Strengthen emissions standards and protect desert public lands

  • She supports stronger emissions standards, federal clean-energy jobs, and protection of public lands and Joshua Tree National Park

Campaign position

Enforce insurance coverage for sustained mental-health care

  • She calls for insurer accountability on therapy access and continuity, alongside better training and an expanded mental-health workforce

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. June 2026

    Accomplishment

    General-election candidate

    Finished second in the primary with 30,292 votes, advancing to the November election.

  • Experience

    Clinical social worker

    Worked with foster children and on students' mental health.

  • Experience

    County policy work

    Translated state and federal legislation into San Bernardino County policy.

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