Three candidates are running in California’s 14th District

Race at a glance

Three candidates are running for the U.S. House in California’s 14th Congressional District: Suzanne Chenault, Carin Elam and Alisha Lokelani Cordes. The district’s general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.

Chenault is running with no party affiliation. Elam and Cordes are running as Democrats. The race is contested because voters will have more than one candidate to choose from for the House seat.

The candidates do not have documented policy positions on file. That means the field can be compared by candidate name, party affiliation and the campaign finance figures recorded so far, but not by stated positions on specific issues.

The candidates

Suzanne Chenault is running with no party affiliation. Chenault has no biography on file and no documented policy positions. Her financial totals show $0 raised and $0 spent. A cash-on-hand figure is not on file. The no-party-affiliation label distinguishes Chenault from the two Democrats in the contest.

Carin Elam is running as a Democrat. Elam has no biography on file and no documented policy positions. Her financial totals show $32,692.75 raised and $32,692.75 spent. A cash-on-hand figure is not on file. Elam is one of two Democratic candidates running in the district’s general election.

Alisha Lokelani Cordes is running as a Democrat. Cordes has no biography on file and no documented policy positions. Her financial totals show $0 raised and $0 spent. A cash-on-hand figure is not on file. Cordes is one of two Democratic candidates in the three-person contest.

Campaign finance picture

Elam is the only candidate in the field with a nonzero fundraising or spending total. She has raised and spent the same amount: $32,692.75.

Chenault and Cordes each have $0 raised and $0 spent. No cash-on-hand figure is on file for any of the three candidates. The figures therefore show differences in recorded fundraising and spending, but they do not provide a cash balance for direct comparison across the campaigns.

The totals do not establish policy differences among the candidates. No candidate in the race has a documented position on file, so voters cannot yet compare the field on stated approaches to specific federal issues.

What is contested

The clearest distinction in the race is the candidate field itself. Chenault is the only candidate with no party affiliation, while Elam and Cordes share the Democratic label. The general election will present voters with three candidates seeking the same U.S. House seat.

Other possible distinctions are not yet documented. None of the three candidates has a biography or policy platform on file. As the Nov. 3 election approaches, candidate biographies, issue positions and updated financial figures could provide voters with additional ways to evaluate the race.

For now, the contest consists of one candidate with no party affiliation and two Democratic candidates. Elam has reported fundraising and spending, while Chenault and Cordes each have zero-dollar totals. The election date, party labels and financial figures define the race at this stage.