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U.S. House · California's 6th District

Covers part of the Sacramento metropolitan area, following the 2025 Proposition 50 mid-decade redistricting.

General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

RESULT · UNOFFICIAL UNTIL CERTIFIED

Richard Pan, projected winner

CandidateVotesShare
Richard Pan108,06558.6%
Kevin Kiley76,31341.4%

About 64% 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

  • The district's boundaries changed as a result of California Proposition 50, approved by voters on November 4, 2025, which redrew the state's congressional map.[1]
  • Ballotpedia lists incumbent Kevin Kiley's party affiliation for this election as 'No party preference'; he was previously elected to the U.S. House as a Republican.[2]
  • In the June 2, 2026 top-two primary, Kevin Kiley placed first with 24.3% (47,165 votes) and Richard Pan (D) placed second with 23.2% (45,008 votes), narrowly ahead of Republican Michael Stansfield's 20.1%, out of 194,217 total votes cast.[1]

On the November 3 ballot · 2 candidates

Kevin KileyNPPINCUMBENTU.S. Representative (since 2023, prior district)Full profile →Richard PanDPROJECTED WINNERPhysician; former California State Senator, District 6 (2014-2022)Full 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

  • Kevin Kiley
    —
  • Richard Pan
    Supports[11]

    Campaign site says he protected abortion rights after Roe v. Wade was overturned and will work to codify Roe in Congress.

Stricter gun laws

  • Kevin Kiley
    —
  • Richard Pan
    Supports[11]

    Campaign site says that in Congress he will work to institute universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons.

Expand immigration enforcement and deportations

  • Kevin Kiley
    Recorded votes[17][18][19][20][21]

    Voted yes on Laken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22). Voted yes 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 yes on Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2, 2023-05-11).

  • Richard Pan
    Opposes[11]

    Campaign site says he believes ICE must be overhauled and replaced with an agency that enforces the law fairly, and that he will fight for a path to citizenship.

Stronger rent regulation and tenant protections

  • Kevin Kiley
    —
  • Richard Pan
    Recorded votes[7]

    Voted yes on AB 1482 (the Tenant Protection Act, capping annual rent increases statewide), which passed the California Senate 25-10 on 2019-09-10.

Loosen zoning rules to build more housing

  • Kevin Kiley
    —
  • Richard Pan
    Recorded votes[8]

    Voted yes on SB 35 (streamlining local approval of affordable housing developments that meet zoning and labor standards), which passed the California Senate 25-12 on 2017-06-01.

Raise taxes on high earners or corporations

  • Kevin Kiley
    Recorded votes[18][19][20]

    Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent.

  • Richard Pan
    —

Expand public health coverage

  • Kevin Kiley
    Recorded votes[18][19][20][23]

    Voted yes 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 no on Breaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08), which extended enhanced ACA premium subsidies.

  • Richard Pan
    Supports[11]

    Campaign site says that in Congress he will stop the administration from gutting the Affordable Care Act and will protect Medicare.

Faster transition away from fossil fuels

  • Kevin Kiley
    Recorded votes[18][19][20]

    Voted yes 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.

  • Richard Pan
    —

Public funding for school choice (vouchers / charters)

  • Kevin Kiley
    Supports[5]

    Supports the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit, which gives taxpayers a credit for donations to scholarship-granting organizations that fund families' education expenses, and has publicly called on California to participate.

  • Richard Pan
    —

Broad tariffs on imported goods

  • Kevin Kiley
    Recorded votes[26]

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

  • Richard Pan
    Opposes[11]

    Campaign site says he will fight to roll back the President's tariffs, which he says are raising prices.

Require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote

  • Kevin Kiley
    Recorded votes[22]

    Voted yes on SAVE Act (H.R. 22, 2025-04-10).

  • Richard Pan
    —

Require Congress to approve U.S. military action abroad

  • Kevin Kiley
    Recorded votes[24][25]

    Voted no 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 no 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.

  • Richard Pan
    —

Research notes & limits

Kevin Kiley has not completed Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey and his site (kiley.house.gov) no longer has a dedicated Issues page; his stated priorities and positions above are drawn from recent posts on his official site, which is the fuller record available. Pan's vaccine-law authorship claim is from his own campaign site and was not independently verified against a bill record. Biography gaps: Pan's birthplace and birth year and Kiley's birth year are not documented in loaded sources; the 2021 Newsom recall claim in Kiley's earlier summary was removed because no loaded source shows him as a recall candidate.

Sources · 30

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

  1. 1.California's 6th Congressional District · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  2. 2.Kevin Kiley · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  3. 3.Dr. Pan for Congress · Richard Pan for Congress campaign website · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words
  4. 4.Richard Pan · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  5. 5.Rep. Kiley Calls on Governor Newsom to Adopt Federal Education Tax Credit · Office of Rep. Kevin Kiley · 2026-09-25 Official record archived copy
  6. 6.Rep. Kiley Sends Letter to HHS Secretary to Protect Head Start Programs · Office of Rep. Kevin Kiley · 2026-09-25 Official record archived copy
  7. 7.Bill Votes - AB-1482 Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (Senate Floor, 09/10/2019) · California Legislative Information · 2019-09-10 Official record
  8. 8.Bill Votes - SB-35 Planning and zoning: affordable housing: streamlined approval process (Senate Floor, 06/01/2017) · California Legislative Information · 2017-06-01 Official record
  9. 9.Rocklin Congressman aims to chart an ‘independent’ course if reelected in District 6 · CapRadio · 2026-10-03 News report
  10. 10.Vaccine proponent faces party-shifting conservative in CA midterm · CalMatters · 2026-10-03 News report
  11. 11.Dr. Pan for Congress · Dr. Richard Pan for Congress · 2026-10-03 Candidate's own words
  12. 12.Biography · Office of Rep. Kevin Kiley · 2026-10-21 Official record
  13. 13.Kevin Kiley · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  14. 14.California Rep. Kevin Kiley says he's leaving Republican Party and will serve as independent · Associated Press (via ABC7 San Francisco) · 2026-03-10 News report
  15. 15.U.S. House · California's 6th District results 2026 · NBC News News report
  16. 16.H.R. 22, the SAVE Act (SAVE Act) — 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: SAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-04-10 Official record
  23. 23.Roll call: Breaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-01-08 Official record
  24. 24.Roll call: War Powers Resolution on Venezuela · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-12-17 Official record
  25. 25.Roll call: War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-06-03 Official record
  26. 26.Roll call: Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-02-11 Official record
  27. 27.About - Meet Dr. Pan · Dr. Richard Pan for Congress · 2026-10-21 Candidate's own words
  28. 28.Richard Pan · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  29. 29.California's 6th Congressional District · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  30. 30.California U.S. House District 6 election results 2026 · NBC News News report