Nanette Barragan — Democrat Candidate for U.S. House in California, 2026

Nanette Barragan advocates for reforming immigration policies to be fair and humane, supporting a permanent path to citizenship for DREAMers and their parents. She opposes the proposed border wall and criticizes aggressive immigration enforcement, citing concerns about abuse, racial profiling, and disregard for due process. Barragan views immigrants as integral contributors to communities.

““Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller and Donald Trump have unleashed unaccountable, untrained, and lawless immigration enforcement agents to terrorize and strike fear into our communities,” said Co-Chair Rep. Nanette Barragán. “What we heard today reaffirms what we have seen in communities across the country, including in my district in Los Angeles County: disturbing patterns of abuse, racial profiling, verbal intimidation, unnecessary use of force, and blatant disregard for due process. These actions tear apart our families, destabilize communities, and erode trust in government. ICE should be bound by the same rules as any other law enforcement organization. They are not exempt from the Constitution. House Democrats will continue to demand transparency, accountability, and justice.””

Congresswoman Nanette Barragán voted against H.R. 6703, the "Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act," in 2025. She advocates for healthcare reform and criticized high health insurance CEO pay, noting it can incentivize prioritizing company performance over patients. Barragán supports measures to lower healthcare costs and co-introduced legislation to protect patients from high prescription drug costs. She also held a roundtable on the high cost of healthcare and cuts to Medi-Cal.

“Her constituents want to know why the CEOs “make so much,” Barragán added, while patients “stretch every penny and dime to buy health care just to have the claim denied.” (Rep. Nanette Barragán, as reported by Politico, January 22, 2026)”

Nanette Barragán advocates for environmental justice, citing her district's pollution burden on communities of color. She supports transitioning to a clean energy economy through electrifying transportation and increasing renewable energy, aiming to improve public health, create jobs, and ensure environmental justice. She celebrated federal funding for an electric vehicle car share program and reintroduced a resolution addressing air pollution and heat risks to maternal and infant health. She is endorsed by the League of Conservation Voters.

“A clean environment is about more than environmentalism. It’s about breathing in clean air and drinking uncontaminated water. It’s about new technologies and creating new jobs for the 21st century. Instead of risking the public health of the frontline communities across the country, we should be focused on transitioning to a clean energy economy by electrifying our transportation system and ramping up our use of renewables. We can’t have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness unless you also have environmental justice. These issues go to the core of who we are as a nation." - Congresswoman Nanette Barragán, from her official website's "Environment, Energy and Transportation" issues page.”

Nanette Barragan consistently supports abortion rights, evidenced by her "yea" vote on the Women's Health Protection Act (H.R.3755 and H.R.8296), which aims to protect the federal right to abortion and block state restrictions. She also voted in favor of the Right to Contraception Act and the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act. Her votes align with protecting access to reproductive healthcare and contraception, and opposing legislation that would interfere with abortion care.

Nanette Barragan supports H.Res. 124, which expresses opposition to banning openly transgender individuals from serving in the Armed Forces. She also voted against an amendment to H.R.8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, which aimed to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from paying for or reimbursing expenses related to abortion services for servicemembers. These actions reflect positions on military personnel policy.

Nanette Barragán prioritizes education, believing it is an equalizer and a right. She advocates for strengthening early childhood education funding, especially for low-income communities, and making college more affordable. She supports providing free-to-low-cost education and training for students pursuing college or trade schools. In 2024, she voted "nay" on a resolution to rescind Title IX protections, which would reverse a rule protecting against sex-based discrimination in federally funded schools.

Representative Nanette Barragán supports gun control measures, including universal background checks and eliminating the prohibition on gun violence research at the CDC. She voted against the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, stating concerns that allowing states to recognize weaker concealed carry standards could reduce protections. She also voted in favor of the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and is endorsed by Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund.

“"I strongly opposed this bill because it will create a dangerous threat to public safety. Forcing states to recognize concealed carry standards from other states, even those with dramatically weaker standards, starts a race to the bottom that will result in reduced protections," said Rep. Barragán. "This legislation poses a threat to our constituents and creates an additional burden for law enforcement. Gun violence is a major concern for the communities of my district, and I will fight any proposal that rolls back gun safety protections." - Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán, Barragán Statement on Her Vote Against Concealed Carry Reciprocity, December 6, 2017.”