Media

Updated October 23, 2026

Update

• Democrats, Minor Party Liberals, and Independents who do not live with a Republican in PDI universe 26G8A need to see, in mailboxes and on digital platforms:
  • Jimmy Gomez’s public record fighting Donald Trump on ICE, immigration, health care and health care affordability, affordability broadly, and protecting democracy.
    • Gomez sued ICE to stop them from covering up conditions in detention centers, and he won. Gomez is a proven fighter against Trump Administration unjust policies. LA Times story here.
    • Gomez fought against healthcare cuts by pushing for legislation to stop GOP cuts to Medicaid and Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits affordable and fought for affordable housing to Southern Californians by authoring legislation that would give first-time homebuyers between $25,000 and $50,000 towards a downpayment and help incentivize developers to build more starter homes.
  • Gomez is one of the few lawmakers endorsed by End Citizens United because he leads the fight AGAINST corruption and FOR banning stock trading by members of Congress.
  • Gomez has support from unions, nurses, firefighters, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, organized labor, and Democratic organizations — along with Gomez’s experience as a union organizer and nurses’ union organizer – should be emphasized.
  • Jimmy Gomez’s record on health care, housing, and working families:
    • As a lawmaker and as a union organizer, Gomez led the successful fights to expand paid family leave, affordable housing, and improve wages, pay, and benefits for working families.

Angela Gonzales-Torres is a Very Flawed Candidate

• In the 26G8A PDI universe, all Democrats, and all Decline to State (DTS) voters who do not live with a Republican need to read and then see on the go about Angela Gonzales-Torres accepting thousands of dollars from Trump and MAGA Republican donors.
• Then in 26G8A PDI universe, all Democrats over 40, all Decline to State (DTS), all Minor Party Conservative (MPC), and all Republicans need to read and then see on the go about Angela Gonzales-Torres’ extreme positions, including her campaigning with someone who said “America deserved 9/11,” her support for defunding the police, and her opposition to laws banning homeless encampments near schools and daycare centers. This message is effective with all likely voters in a robust, broader campaign.
• Angela Gonzales-Torres accepted thousands of dollars from Trump and MAGA Republican donors: Angela Gonzales-Torres has accepted thousands of dollars from donors to Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans – those who have fueled Trump’s terror with rogue ICE raids in Los Angeles, raised costs, started an unnecessary war in Iran, and who have gutted Medicaid with H.R. 1. Source: fec.gov
  • Gonzales-Torres has accepted thousands of dollars in contributions from the following donors to Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans (partial list):
    • Terrence Zehrer of Las Vegas, in December 2025. Zehrer has contributed over $14,000 to Trump’s campaigns and affiliated PACs, in addition to contributions to other Republicans.
    • Dina Saba of Saba Consulting in September 2025. In October 2025, Saba contributed $250 to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s People over Politicians Committee.
    • Omar Al-Joulani, who works for Live Nation Entertainment, in September 2025. Between 2022 and 2024, Al-Joulani contributed $15,000 to Live Nation Entertainment’s federal PAC, which has contributed to Republicans including Ted Cruz, Jim Jordan and Nancy Mace, among others.

• Angela Gonzales-Torres is campaigning and raising money with an online political influencer who has proclaimed that “America deserved 9/11.” Gonzales-Torres proactively chose to campaign with this political influencer even though he maintains that the “U.S. is worse than Al-Qaeda.” Source here.
  • Gonzales-Torres opposes laws banning homeless encampments from locating in front of schools and daycare centers, according to her own website.
  • Gonzales-Torres publicly supports defunding the police, even wearing a “defund the police” shirt on social media in March 2024.

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