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U.S. House · California's 24th Congressional District

Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties on the Central Coast.

General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

RESULT · UNOFFICIAL UNTIL CERTIFIED

Salud Carbajal, projected winner

CandidateVotesShare
Salud Carbajal125,14966%
Bob Smith64,46034%

About 61% of the expected vote counted. As of November 9. Winners take office next year. Counts can change until states certify. NBC News ↗

Sources re-checked September 25, 2026 · How we research

  • California redrew its congressional district lines for the 2026 elections under Proposition 50, a mid-decade redistricting measure voters approved in a November 2025 special election.[1]
  • In the June 2, 2026 top-two primary, Salud Carbajal won 54.4% of the vote (113,716 votes) and Bob Smith won 35.9% (75,085 votes), advancing them both to the November general election.[2]

On the November 3 ballot · 2 candidates

Salud CarbajalDINCUMBENTPROJECTED WINNERU.S. Representative (since 2017)Full profile →Bob SmithRFull profile →

Issue evidence — side by side

Recorded votes, documented positions and candidates’ own words are shown with sources. “In their own words” quotes a candidate on the topic without inferring a stance. Votes describe specific bills or motions; they do not establish overall support or opposition to a broad issue. A dash means our research has no evidence on that topic, not that the candidate has no position.

Protect legal access to abortion

  • Salud Carbajal
    Recorded votes[38][39][40]

    Voted yes on Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755, 2021-09-24). Voted yes on Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 (H.R. 8296, 2022-07-15). Voted no on Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36, 2017-10-03), which would have banned most abortions after 20 weeks.

  • Bob Smith
    —

Stricter gun laws

  • Salud Carbajal
    Recorded votes[33][34][35][36]

    Voted yes on Bipartisan Background Checks Act (H.R. 8, 2019-02-27), which would have required background checks on most private gun sales. Voted yes on Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808, 2022-07-29), which would have banned the sale of many semiautomatic assault weapons. Voted yes on Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938, 2022-06-24), which expanded background checks for buyers under 21 and funded state red-flag programs. Voted no on Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38, 2017-12-06), which would have required states to honor other states' concealed-carry permits.

  • Bob Smith
    —

Expand immigration enforcement and deportations

  • Salud Carbajal
    Recorded votes[17][18][19][20][21][22][23]

    Voted no on Laken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22). Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations. Voted no on Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2, 2023-05-11). Voted yes on American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 (H.R. 6, 2019-06-04; 2021-03-18).

  • Bob Smith
    Mixed[10]

    Lists securing the border and removing violent offenders alongside legal clarity for long-term residents who work and pay taxes and modernized agricultural and seasonal visa programs.

Loosen zoning rules to build more housing

  • Salud Carbajal
    —
  • Bob Smith
    In their own words[10]
    “Expand housing supply and first time homeownership.”

    On his campaign website's issues page

Raise taxes on high earners or corporations

  • Salud Carbajal
    Recorded votes[18][19][20][29][28]

    Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03; 2017-12-20), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent. Voted yes on Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376, 2022-08-12), which added a 15% minimum tax on large corporations and a stock-buyback excise tax.

  • Bob Smith
    —

Expand public health coverage

  • Salud Carbajal
    Recorded votes[18][19][20][25][26]

    Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements. Voted yes on Breaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08), which extended enhanced ACA premium subsidies. Voted no on American Health Care Act (H.R. 1628, 2017-05-04), which would have capped federal Medicaid funding and ended enhanced funding for the Medicaid expansion.

  • Bob Smith
    In their own words[12]
    “Republicans will likely agree to extending ACA subsidies in December as their districts are heavily impacted. But long-term reforms are needed to lower costs and improve healthcare, which will require working across the aisle on bipartisan legislation.”

    In a Nov. 20, 2025 op-ed in the Santa Barbara Independent

Faster transition away from fossil fuels

  • Salud Carbajal
    Recorded votes[18][19][20][27][28]

    Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits. Voted yes on Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19; 2022-08-12), which would have funded clean-energy tax credits.

  • Bob Smith
    In their own words[11]
    “This is not an attack on renewables. They absolutely have a place.”

    In a June 2026 op-ed on California energy policy, reposted on his campaign site

Raise the minimum wage

  • Salud Carbajal
    Recorded votes[37]

    Voted yes on Raise the Wage Act (H.R. 582, 2019-07-18).

  • Bob Smith
    —

Broad tariffs on imported goods

  • Salud Carbajal
    Recorded votes[32]

    Voted yes on Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11), which disapproved the tariffs on Canadian imports.

  • Bob Smith
    —

Universal, publicly funded child care

  • Salud Carbajal
    Recorded votes[27]

    Voted yes on Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19), which would have funded universal pre-K and child-care subsidies.

  • Bob Smith
    —

Require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote

  • Salud Carbajal
    Recorded votes[24]

    Voted no on SAVE Act (H.R. 22, 2025-04-10).

  • Bob Smith
    —

Require Congress to approve U.S. military action abroad

  • Salud Carbajal
    Recorded votes[30][31]

    Voted yes on War Powers Resolution on Venezuela (H. Con. Res. 64, 2025-12-17), which would have directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Venezuela absent congressional authorization. Voted yes on War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities (H. Con. Res. 86, 2026-06-03), which directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran absent congressional authorization.

  • Bob Smith
    —

Research notes & limits

Salud Carbajal has not completed Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey and no current campaign-issues page was found; his positions/priorities are limited to committee assignments from official House records. Bob Smith's survey was completed in 2025 for this race. Federal key votes and FEC totals for the incumbent are added separately by script. Biography gaps: Bob Smith has no campaign website found; his biography relies on his Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey and brief news coverage, and his birthplace was not found.

Sources · 44

Researched 2026-09-25. Green citations are official government records.

  1. 1.United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
  2. 2.Salud Carbajal · Ballotpedia Reference
  3. 3.Bob Smith — Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey Candidate's own words
  4. 4.Jobs and Economic Development · Office of Rep. Salud Carbajal Official record
  5. 5.Environment and Energy · Office of Rep. Salud Carbajal Official record
  6. 6.Health · Office of Rep. Salud Carbajal Official record
  7. 7.Preventing Gun Violence · Office of Rep. Salud Carbajal Official record
  8. 8.Housing · Office of Rep. Salud Carbajal Official record
  9. 9.Rep. Carbajal Helps Introduce Legislation to Repeal Antiquated Law that Could Be Manipulated to Enact National Abortion Ban · Office of Rep. Salud Carbajal Candidate's own words
  10. 10.Issues · Bob Smith for Congress Candidate's own words
  11. 11.Maybe We Should Try Engineering (op-ed by Bob Smith) · Bob Smith for Congress / sbcurrent.com · 2026-06-15 Candidate's own words
  12. 12.Central Coast Families Deserve Better Than Rhetoric on Healthcare (op-ed by Bob Smith) · Santa Barbara Independent · 2025-11-20 Candidate's own words
  13. 13.Salud Carbajal · Ballotpedia Reference
  14. 14.Biography · Office of Rep. Salud Carbajal Official record
  15. 15.California's 24th Congressional District election results 2026 · NBC News News report
  16. 16.H.Con.Res. 40 (Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  17. 17.Roll call: Laken Riley Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-01-22 Official record
  18. 18.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-05-22 Official record
  19. 19.H.R. 1 (119th Congress) — One Big Beautiful Bill Act: text and summary · Congress.gov Official record
  20. 20.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-07-03 Official record
  21. 21.Roll call: Secure the Border Act of 2023 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2023-05-11 Official record
  22. 22.Roll call: American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2019-06-04 Official record
  23. 23.Roll call: American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-03-18 Official record
  24. 24.Roll call: SAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-04-10 Official record
  25. 25.Roll call: Breaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-01-08 Official record
  26. 26.Roll call: American Health Care Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2017-05-04 Official record
  27. 27.Roll call: Build Back Better Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-11-19 Official record
  28. 28.Roll call: Inflation Reduction Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-08-12 Official record
  29. 29.Roll call: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2017-12-20 Official record
  30. 30.Roll call: War Powers Resolution on Venezuela · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-12-17 Official record
  31. 31.Roll call: War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-06-03 Official record
  32. 32.Roll call: Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-02-11 Official record
  33. 33.Roll call: Bipartisan Background Checks Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2019-02-27 Official record
  34. 34.Roll call: Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-07-29 Official record
  35. 35.Roll call: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-06-24 Official record
  36. 36.Roll call: Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2017-12-06 Official record
  37. 37.Roll call: Raise the Wage Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2019-07-18 Official record
  38. 38.Roll call: Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-09-24 Official record
  39. 39.Roll call: Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-07-15 Official record
  40. 40.Roll call: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2017-10-03 Official record
  41. 41.Bob Smith — Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey Candidate's own words
  42. 42.24th district race has three candidates trying to unseat Carbajal · KEYT · 2026-06-02 News report
  43. 43.United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
  44. 44.U.S. House · California's 24th Congressional District results 2026 · NBC News News report