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2026 California U.S. House District 24 — General Election · November 3, 2026
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Bob Smith Republican
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PO Box 187 · Carpinteria, CA 93013
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PO Box 187
Carpinteria, CA 93013
WEBSITE: www.bobsmithforcongress.com
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Defense Systems Engineer
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Defense Systems Engineer
Bob Smith enlisted in the United States Navy and rose to the rank of Commander over more than twenty six years of service, including combat deployments and assignments on advanced weapons systems. He was named the U.S. Navy Engineer of the Year in 2023.
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Bob Smith enlisted in the United States Navy and rose to the rank of Commander over more than twenty six years of service, including combat deployments and assignments on advanced weapons systems. He was named the U.S. Navy Engineer of the Year in 2023.
Today Bob lives in Carpinteria with his wife Adriana and their children. He is a candidate for Congress because the families on this coast deserve a representative who measures success by problems solved, not by headlines earned.
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Today Bob lives in Carpinteria with his wife Adriana and their children. He is a candidate for Congress because the families on this coast deserve a representative who measures success by problems solved, not by headlines earned.
Bob Smith enlisted in the United States Navy and rose to the rank of Commander over more than twenty six years of service, including combat deployments and assignments on advanced weapons systems. He was named the U.S. Navy Engineer of the Year in 2023.
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Bob Smith enlisted in the United States Navy and rose to the rank of Commander over more than twenty six years of service, including combat deployments and assignments on advanced weapons systems. He was named the U.S. Navy Engineer of the Year in 2023.
From Santa Barbara Forum, the programme Bob hosts. His guest that week was a Democrat and a former Santa Barbara City Council member.
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From Santa Barbara Forum, the programme Bob hosts. His guest that week was a Democrat and a former Santa Barbara City Council member.
Bob Smith is a retired U.S. Navy officer and combat veteran who served our country for over 26 years. He is currently a Senior Engineering Fellow for a defense contractor based in Washington, D.C. He enlisted in 1998. He served five years as an enlisted sailor, working as a technician on the formidable AEGIS Weapon System, before being selected for the Navy’s prestigious Seaman to Admiral program, which allowed him to attend Old Dominion University for a B.S. in General Engineering Technology. After commissioning as a Navy officer in 2006, he served as a Surface Warfare Officer, leading the enlisted men and women he once was part of through multiple combat deployments. He earned an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He spent the remainder of his career as an Engineering Duty Officer, directing development programs for the Navy’s newest weapon systems. Bob has exemplified leadership in serving our country, progressing from a junior enlisted member to a senior officer in the U.S. Navy. He has excelled through significant challenges in our national defense by building diverse teams and guiding those perspectives to successful solutions, including delivering the Navy’s newest ballistic missile defense platform, which earned him the U.S. Navy’s Best Engineer of the Year award for 2023. Bob aims to bring that bipartisan leadership to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Bob Smith is a retired U.S. Navy officer and combat veteran who served our country for over 26 years. He is currently a Senior Engineering Fellow for a defense contractor based in Washington, D.C. He enlisted in 1998. He served five years as an enlisted sailor, working as a technician on the formidable AEGIS Weapon System, before being selected for the Navy’s prestigious Seaman to Admiral program, which allowed him to attend Old Dominion University for a B.S. in General Engineering Technology. After commissioning as a Navy officer in 2006, he served as a Surface Warfare Officer, leading the enlisted men and women he once was part of through multiple combat deployments. He earned an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He spent the remainder of his career as an Engineering Duty Officer, directing development programs for the Navy’s newest weapon systems. Bob has exemplified leadership in serving our country, progressing from a junior enlisted member to a senior officer in the U.S. Navy. He has excelled through significant challenges in our national defense by building diverse teams and guiding those perspectives to successful solutions, including delivering the Navy’s newest ballistic missile defense platform, which earned him the U.S. Navy’s Best Engineer of the Year award for 2023. Bob aims to bring that bipartisan leadership to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Bob Smith is a retired U.S. Navy officer and combat veteran who served our country for over 26 years. He is currently a Senior Engineering Fellow for a defense contractor based in Washington, D.C. He enlisted in 1998. He served five years as an enlisted sailor, working as a technician on the formidable AEGIS Weapon System, before being selected for the Navy’s prestigious Seaman to Admiral program, which allowed him to attend Old Dominion University for a B.S. in General Engineering Technology. After commissioning as a Navy officer in 2006, he served as a Surface Warfare Officer, leading the enlisted men and women he once was part of through multiple combat deployments. He earned an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He spent the remainder of his career as an Engineering Duty Officer, directing development programs for the Navy’s newest weapon systems. Bob has exemplified leadership in serving our country, progressing from a junior enlisted member to a senior officer in the U.S. Navy. He has excelled through significant challenges in our national defense by building diverse teams and guiding those perspectives to successful solutions, including delivering the Navy’s newest ballistic missile defense platform, which earned him the U.S. Navy’s Best Engineer of the Year award for 2023. Bob aims to bring that bipartisan leadership to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Bob Smith is a retired U.S. Navy officer and combat veteran who served our country for over 26 years. He is currently a Senior Engineering Fellow for a defense contractor based in Washington, D.C. He enlisted in 1998. He served five years as an enlisted sailor, working as a technician on the formidable AEGIS Weapon System, before being selected for the Navy’s prestigious Seaman to Admiral program, which allowed him to attend Old Dominion University for a B.S. in General Engineering Technology. After commissioning as a Navy officer in 2006, he served as a Surface Warfare Officer, leading the enlisted men and women he once was part of through multiple combat deployments. He earned an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He spent the remainder of his career as an Engineering Duty Officer, directing development programs for the Navy’s newest weapon systems. Bob has exemplified leadership in serving our country, progressing from a junior enlisted member to a senior officer in the U.S. Navy. He has excelled through significant challenges in our national defense by building diverse teams and guiding those perspectives to successful solutions, including delivering the Navy’s newest ballistic missile defense platform, which earned him the U.S. Navy’s Best Engineer of the Year award for 2023. Bob aims to bring that bipartisan leadership to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Audit and cut wasteful federal spending that fuels inflation.
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Audit and cut wasteful federal spending that fuels inflation.
Expand housing supply and first time homeownership.
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Expand housing supply and first time homeownership.
Protect Social Security and Medicare for the people who paid in.
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Protect Social Security and Medicare for the people who paid in.
Transparency and parental involvement in local schools.
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Transparency and parental involvement in local schools.
Reliable baseload power alongside clean generation.
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Reliable baseload power alongside clean generation.
Support Central Coast agriculture with dependable water.
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Support Central Coast agriculture with dependable water.
Remove violent offenders without apology.
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Remove violent offenders without apology.
Legal clarity for long term residents who work and pay taxes here.
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Legal clarity for long term residents who work and pay taxes here.
Lead in artificial intelligence, space, and cyber defense.
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Lead in artificial intelligence, space, and cyber defense.
Staff constituent services offices in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties, with a published response standard for casework on VA claims, Social Security, and passports.
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Staff constituent services offices in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties, with a published response standard for casework on VA claims, Social Security, and passports.
Three open, unscreened town halls with published dates. Spanish interpretation at every one.
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Three open, unscreened town halls with published dates. Spanish interpretation at every one.
Cosponsor legislation targeting the cost of housing, energy, and groceries, and vote against spending that adds to inflation without a plan to pay for it.
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Cosponsor legislation targeting the cost of housing, energy, and groceries, and vote against spending that adds to inflation without a plan to pay for it.
File a Central Coast water storage, recycling, and wildfire mitigation request with local water districts and county partners at the table.
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File a Central Coast water storage, recycling, and wildfire mitigation request with local water districts and county partners at the table.
Work committee relationships to protect Vandenberg Space Force Base and Naval Base Ventura County missions and the jobs attached to them.
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Work committee relationships to protect Vandenberg Space Force Base and Naval Base Ventura County missions and the jobs attached to them.
A dedicated veterans caseworker and a claims clinic in each county, because a backlog is a solvable engineering problem.
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A dedicated veterans caseworker and a claims clinic in each county, because a backlog is a solvable engineering problem.
A public report on every commitment above: done, in progress, or missed, with the reason. Then do it again every hundred days.
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A public report on every commitment above: done, in progress, or missed, with the reason. Then do it again every hundred days.
A dedicated veterans caseworker in the district office and quarterly claims clinics in all three counties.
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A dedicated veterans caseworker in the district office and quarterly claims clinics in all three counties.
Real access to care close to home, peer support that works, and accountability for wait times.
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Real access to care close to home, peer support that works, and accountability for wait times.
Full implementation of exposure related benefits, and pressure on VA to stop making veterans prove the obvious.
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Full implementation of exposure related benefits, and pressure on VA to stop making veterans prove the obvious.
Credential transfer, apprenticeships, and hiring partnerships with Central Coast employers and the bases.
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Credential transfer, apprenticeships, and hiring partnerships with Central Coast employers and the bases.
Protect and expand veteran housing vouchers and address homelessness among veterans on the coast.
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Protect and expand veteran housing vouchers and address homelessness among veterans on the coast.
Read the bill. All of it, including what got added at 2 am.
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Read the bill. All of it, including what got added at 2 am.
Bob supports a clean standalone ban and will vote for it in any vehicle.
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Bob supports a clean standalone ban and will vote for it in any vehicle.
The wrong place for this, and the engineering does not close. Cancel the leases. Keep Diablo Canyon open, put reliable baseload first, and then build what actually adds power.
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The wrong place for this, and the engineering does not close. Cancel the leases. Keep Diablo Canyon open, put reliable baseload first, and then build what actually adds power.
Our grid Keep Diablo Canyon open.
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Our grid Keep Diablo Canyon open.
• Price transparency• Expanded health savings accounts• Association-style buying groups• Targeted reforms to insurance mandates• Stronger competition enforcement
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• Price transparency• Expanded health savings accounts• Association-style buying groups• Targeted reforms to insurance mandates• Stronger competition enforcement
• Price transparency• Expanded health savings accounts• Association-style buying groups• Targeted reforms to insurance mandates• Stronger competition enforcement
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• Price transparency• Expanded health savings accounts• Association-style buying groups• Targeted reforms to insurance mandates• Stronger competition enforcement
• Price transparency• Expanded health savings accounts• Association-style buying groups• Targeted reforms to insurance mandates• Stronger competition enforcement
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• Price transparency• Expanded health savings accounts• Association-style buying groups• Targeted reforms to insurance mandates• Stronger competition enforcement
• Price transparency• Expanded health savings accounts• Association-style buying groups• Targeted reforms to insurance mandates• Stronger competition enforcement
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• Price transparency• Expanded health savings accounts• Association-style buying groups• Targeted reforms to insurance mandates• Stronger competition enforcement
• Price transparency• Expanded health savings accounts• Association-style buying groups• Targeted reforms to insurance mandates• Stronger competition enforcement
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• Price transparency• Expanded health savings accounts• Association-style buying groups• Targeted reforms to insurance mandates• Stronger competition enforcement
The good news is that we can make a change by demanding that our State Senator, Monique Limón, push for a repeal of SB 54. We can then empower Santa Barbara County to form a formal task force, led by the Sheriff, DA, Public Defender, and community members, to ensure that essential services and transparency are provided. I have personally seen the Santa Barbara County Public Defender speak, and I have the utmost confidence in her ability to develop a process for providing proper legal representation on-site, working in communication with federal authorities. So, whether at the state level or county level, we need to craft a policy that offers up undocumented criminals and protects hard-working, law-abiding folks who have been here for decades.
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The good news is that we can make a change by demanding that our State Senator, Monique Limón, push for a repeal of SB 54. We can then empower Santa Barbara County to form a formal task force, led by the Sheriff, DA, Public Defender, and community members, to ensure that essential services and transparency are provided. I have personally seen the Santa Barbara County Public Defender speak, and I have the utmost confidence in her ability to develop a process for providing proper legal representation on-site, working in communication with federal authorities. So, whether at the state level or county level, we need to craft a policy that offers up undocumented criminals and protects hard-working, law-abiding folks who have been here for decades.
The good news is that we can make a change by demanding that our State Senator, Monique Limón, push for a repeal of SB 54. We can then empower Santa Barbara County to form a formal task force, led by the Sheriff, DA, Public Defender, and community members, to ensure that essential services and transparency are provided. I have personally seen the Santa Barbara County Public Defender speak, and I have the utmost confidence in her ability to develop a process for providing proper legal representation on-site, working in communication with federal authorities. So, whether at the state level or county level, we need to craft a policy that offers up undocumented criminals and protects hard-working, law-abiding folks who have been here for decades.
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The good news is that we can make a change by demanding that our State Senator, Monique Limón, push for a repeal of SB 54. We can then empower Santa Barbara County to form a formal task force, led by the Sheriff, DA, Public Defender, and community members, to ensure that essential services and transparency are provided. I have personally seen the Santa Barbara County Public Defender speak, and I have the utmost confidence in her ability to develop a process for providing proper legal representation on-site, working in communication with federal authorities. So, whether at the state level or county level, we need to craft a policy that offers up undocumented criminals and protects hard-working, law-abiding folks who have been here for decades.
The good news is that we can make a change by demanding that our State Senator, Monique Limón, push for a repeal of SB 54. We can then empower Santa Barbara County to form a formal task force, led by the Sheriff, DA, Public Defender, and community members, to ensure that essential services and transparency are provided. I have personally seen the Santa Barbara County Public Defender speak, and I have the utmost confidence in her ability to develop a process for providing proper legal representation on-site, working in communication with federal authorities. So, whether at the state level or county level, we need to craft a policy that offers up undocumented criminals and protects hard-working, law-abiding folks who have been here for decades.
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The good news is that we can make a change by demanding that our State Senator, Monique Limón, push for a repeal of SB 54. We can then empower Santa Barbara County to form a formal task force, led by the Sheriff, DA, Public Defender, and community members, to ensure that essential services and transparency are provided. I have personally seen the Santa Barbara County Public Defender speak, and I have the utmost confidence in her ability to develop a process for providing proper legal representation on-site, working in communication with federal authorities. So, whether at the state level or county level, we need to craft a policy that offers up undocumented criminals and protects hard-working, law-abiding folks who have been here for decades.
California should follow the lead of every other state in the country and exempt military retirement pay from state income taxes. Bills like AB 53 and SB 1 have bipartisan support and even interest from the governor’s office, yet they have stalled every year in Sacramento for the past eight years. Again, this is the only state left. When 49 other states agree that fully taxing military retirement is a bad idea, of course, California stays with it.
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California should follow the lead of every other state in the country and exempt military retirement pay from state income taxes. Bills like AB 53 and SB 1 have bipartisan support and even interest from the governor’s office, yet they have stalled every year in Sacramento for the past eight years. Again, this is the only state left. When 49 other states agree that fully taxing military retirement is a bad idea, of course, California stays with it.
Where is the bill to reduce the regulatory burden that makes housing so expensive in California? Where is the bill to protect DACA recipients and Dreamers who grew up here, went to school here, work here, serve here, and know no other country? Where is the bipartisan legislation you are personally driving that can pass both chambers and become law?
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Where is the bill to reduce the regulatory burden that makes housing so expensive in California? Where is the bill to protect DACA recipients and Dreamers who grew up here, went to school here, work here, serve here, and know no other country? Where is the bipartisan legislation you are personally driving that can pass both chambers and become law?
Where is the bill to reduce the regulatory burden that makes housing so expensive in California? Where is the bill to protect DACA recipients and Dreamers who grew up here, went to school here, work here, serve here, and know no other country? Where is the bipartisan legislation you are personally driving that can pass both chambers and become law?
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Where is the bill to reduce the regulatory burden that makes housing so expensive in California? Where is the bill to protect DACA recipients and Dreamers who grew up here, went to school here, work here, serve here, and know no other country? Where is the bipartisan legislation you are personally driving that can pass both chambers and become law?
Not 4,400 venture capitalists. Not 4,400 hedge fund managers. Not 4,400 Silicon Valley executives. The 4,400 employees included not only scientists and engineers but also welders, electricians, machinists, technicians, mechanics, and quality inspectors. They were the skilled tradespeople who helped build one of the most advanced manufacturing companies in human history.
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Not 4,400 venture capitalists. Not 4,400 hedge fund managers. Not 4,400 Silicon Valley executives. The 4,400 employees included not only scientists and engineers but also welders, electricians, machinists, technicians, mechanics, and quality inspectors. They were the skilled tradespeople who helped build one of the most advanced manufacturing companies in human history.
My proposal is straightforward: use federal partnerships, including those with the Pentagon, to position the Central Coast as a national prototype for advanced SMR deployment by leveraging existing federal infrastructure and military bases such as Port Hueneme and Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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My proposal is straightforward: use federal partnerships, including those with the Pentagon, to position the Central Coast as a national prototype for advanced SMR deployment by leveraging existing federal infrastructure and military bases such as Port Hueneme and Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Solar makes tremendous sense in many situations, especially for distributed generation directly on homes, warehouses, schools, parking structures, and commercial buildings, where electricity can be used locally. Generating power where it is consumed reduces transmission losses and offsets daytime demand without requiring massive new infrastructure.
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Solar makes tremendous sense in many situations, especially for distributed generation directly on homes, warehouses, schools, parking structures, and commercial buildings, where electricity can be used locally. Generating power where it is consumed reduces transmission losses and offsets daytime demand without requiring massive new infrastructure.
This technology also creates high-paying skilled trade jobs in plumbing, HVAC, construction, and electrical work. We can expand vocational and trade programs here on the Central Coast to support that workforce.
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This technology also creates high-paying skilled trade jobs in plumbing, HVAC, construction, and electrical work. We can expand vocational and trade programs here on the Central Coast to support that workforce.
Instead of high-density infill in areas that can’t support it or that impact agricultural lands, I will work to identify underutilized federal properties that can be transferred, redeveloped, or repurposed for housing, industry, and economic growth.
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Instead of high-density infill in areas that can’t support it or that impact agricultural lands, I will work to identify underutilized federal properties that can be transferred, redeveloped, or repurposed for housing, industry, and economic growth.
Old federal sites, deteriorating facilities, and unused land should not sit idle while working families cannot afford housing. For example, there are thousands of acres of unused federal prison grounds in Lompoc. Additionally, I will use Vandenberg’s increased activity to ensure the local infrastructure can support it without raising your taxes, as proposed.
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Old federal sites, deteriorating facilities, and unused land should not sit idle while working families cannot afford housing. For example, there are thousands of acres of unused federal prison grounds in Lompoc. Additionally, I will use Vandenberg’s increased activity to ensure the local infrastructure can support it without raising your taxes, as proposed.
At the same time, I will push for aggressive forest management, brush clearing, and fire prevention efforts before the Central Coast experiences a preventable wildfire disaster. This will bring down insurance costs.
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At the same time, I will push for aggressive forest management, brush clearing, and fire prevention efforts before the Central Coast experiences a preventable wildfire disaster. This will bring down insurance costs.
I intend to build that kind of ecosystem here. UCSB receives about 1/10 of the federal investment that UCSD or UCLA receives. We will fix it with hard requirements tied to measurable community outcomes, workforce development, research, and economic growth.
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I intend to build that kind of ecosystem here. UCSB receives about 1/10 of the federal investment that UCSD or UCLA receives. We will fix it with hard requirements tied to measurable community outcomes, workforce development, research, and economic growth.
Maintaining existing natural gas plants as reliability anchors
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Maintaining existing natural gas plants as reliability anchors
California’s long-term plan for floating offshore wind covers roughly 4,500 square miles of ocean. At that scale, mitigation is not a software patch. It would require extensive characterization testing, major signal-processing development, potential radar upgrades, additional sensors, or operational workarounds by the FAA, Department of Defense, National Weather Service, and other agencies. The unavoidable question is whether these costs will be included in the cost of wind power or quietly shifted to federal budgets while wind is marketed as “affordable.”
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California’s long-term plan for floating offshore wind covers roughly 4,500 square miles of ocean. At that scale, mitigation is not a software patch. It would require extensive characterization testing, major signal-processing development, potential radar upgrades, additional sensors, or operational workarounds by the FAA, Department of Defense, National Weather Service, and other agencies. The unavoidable question is whether these costs will be included in the cost of wind power or quietly shifted to federal budgets while wind is marketed as “affordable.”
We need a congressperson who supports the administration in canceling these offshore leases and backs the administration’s new nuclear initiative by maintaining and upgrading Diablo Canyon, as well as finding sites for new modern nuclear plants, while continuing to support research on new energy technology, like fusion. There are many locations to install renewables in a balanced plan without taking such an enormous risk to our most valuable resource, while exporting the jobs to foreign bidders. This is common sense.
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We need a congressperson who supports the administration in canceling these offshore leases and backs the administration’s new nuclear initiative by maintaining and upgrading Diablo Canyon, as well as finding sites for new modern nuclear plants, while continuing to support research on new energy technology, like fusion. There are many locations to install renewables in a balanced plan without taking such an enormous risk to our most valuable resource, while exporting the jobs to foreign bidders. This is common sense.
This is precisely what I want our federal agents doing.
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This is precisely what I want our federal agents doing.
In Washington, I’ll tackle the waste and inefficiency draining our economy, starting with the bloated bureaucracies and pet projects that Congressman Carbajal supports. Every dollar of waste we eliminate is a dollar we can use better: lowering your tax burden or investing in real priorities like job creation, home ownership, and local infrastructure.
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In Washington, I’ll tackle the waste and inefficiency draining our economy, starting with the bloated bureaucracies and pet projects that Congressman Carbajal supports. Every dollar of waste we eliminate is a dollar we can use better: lowering your tax burden or investing in real priorities like job creation, home ownership, and local infrastructure.
Enough is enough. It’s time to reclaim our district for the middle class. We must promote home ownership, enhance public schools, and develop a future tech job market in the 24th District while preserving our agriculture and tourism industries. I will represent the people of this district with integrity, accountability, and leadership, just as I did while serving in the military. It’s time for a change in the 24th District. It’s time for authentic leadership! Thank you for your support!
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Enough is enough. It’s time to reclaim our district for the middle class. We must promote home ownership, enhance public schools, and develop a future tech job market in the 24th District while preserving our agriculture and tourism industries. I will represent the people of this district with integrity, accountability, and leadership, just as I did while serving in the military. It’s time for a change in the 24th District. It’s time for authentic leadership! Thank you for your support!
The two-year term limit for representatives results in perpetual campaigning. I propose four-year term limits, with states staggering their districts equally between presidential and midterm elections. This approach would allow our legislators to exit the campaign cycle and focus on crafting legislation.
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The two-year term limit for representatives results in perpetual campaigning. I propose four-year term limits, with states staggering their districts equally between presidential and midterm elections. This approach would allow our legislators to exit the campaign cycle and focus on crafting legislation.
I support term limits and firmly believe career politicians are detrimental to our government. While there is value in having decades of experience in elected office, those with that experience often use it for their own special interests and personal gain. Moreover, having experience in the workforce and being accountable for delivering results cultivates skills that many career politicians lack. Imagine working in a career where deadlines, due dates, product development, or service delivery have never impacted your career advancement or your ability to support your family. The life of a career politician and the personal gain from it seems nonsensical to the rest of us hardworking Americans.
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I support term limits and firmly believe career politicians are detrimental to our government. While there is value in having decades of experience in elected office, those with that experience often use it for their own special interests and personal gain. Moreover, having experience in the workforce and being accountable for delivering results cultivates skills that many career politicians lack. Imagine working in a career where deadlines, due dates, product development, or service delivery have never impacted your career advancement or your ability to support your family. The life of a career politician and the personal gain from it seems nonsensical to the rest of us hardworking Americans.
The Federal and State Government owe complete transparency and auditing of where tax dollars are spent.
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The Federal and State Government owe complete transparency and auditing of where tax dollars are spent.
California voters have decided this issue, and reproductive rights are protected in our state constitution. I respect that and do not support a federal abortion ban. This should be decided closer to the people, not subject to swings in Washington. I trust women and their doctors to make these decisions.
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California voters have decided this issue, and reproductive rights are protected in our state constitution. I respect that and do not support a federal abortion ban. This should be decided closer to the people, not subject to swings in Washington. I trust women and their doctors to make these decisions.
I support IVF and fertility treatments that help families have children. These are deeply personal decisions best made by patients and their doctors. I support responsible ethical standards, but I do not support broad restrictions that would limit access or make it harder for families to have kids.
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I support IVF and fertility treatments that help families have children. These are deeply personal decisions best made by patients and their doctors. I support responsible ethical standards, but I do not support broad restrictions that would limit access or make it harder for families to have kids.
I strongly support access to women’s preventive and non-abortion reproductive care and believe it should be included in all health plans. At the same time, I do not believe taxpayers should be required to fund elective abortion. We can protect access to care while respecting differing views and maintaining a balanced approach.
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I strongly support access to women’s preventive and non-abortion reproductive care and believe it should be included in all health plans. At the same time, I do not believe taxpayers should be required to fund elective abortion. We can protect access to care while respecting differing views and maintaining a balanced approach.
B. I support a system where healthcare is accessible to everyone, with a public option available for those who need it, alongside private plans that promote choice and innovation. We should focus on lowering costs, increasing transparency, and expanding access, while maintaining competition and improving patient outcomes.
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B. I support a system where healthcare is accessible to everyone, with a public option available for those who need it, alongside private plans that promote choice and innovation. We should focus on lowering costs, increasing transparency, and expanding access, while maintaining competition and improving patient outcomes.
I support using data to improve healthcare outcomes and manage costs, but not government databases that track individuals’ medical conditions. Patient privacy must be protected. We can use anonymized, aggregated data to assess trends and costs without creating systems that risk misuse or undermine trust.
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I support using data to improve healthcare outcomes and manage costs, but not government databases that track individuals’ medical conditions. Patient privacy must be protected. We can use anonymized, aggregated data to assess trends and costs without creating systems that risk misuse or undermine trust.
Marriage is a legal institution governed by civil law, not a religious requirement. People are free to define marriage through their faith, but the government should not impose a religious definition. In a diverse country, civil law must ensure equal treatment while protecting religious freedom for everyone.
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Marriage is a legal institution governed by civil law, not a religious requirement. People are free to define marriage through their faith, but the government should not impose a religious definition. In a diverse country, civil law must ensure equal treatment while protecting religious freedom for everyone.
Protecting children from harm must come first. I do not support medical transition interventions for minors. We should prioritize counseling, mental health support, and parental involvement, with strong safeguards and independent oversight.
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Protecting children from harm must come first. I do not support medical transition interventions for minors. We should prioritize counseling, mental health support, and parental involvement, with strong safeguards and independent oversight.
We need to protect fairness in women’s sports and ensure privacy and safety in sensitive spaces. Policies should be based on biological differences in athletics and provide appropriate accommodations that respect everyone’s dignity. The goal is to balance fairness, safety, and inclusion with clear, consistent standards.
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We need to protect fairness in women’s sports and ensure privacy and safety in sensitive spaces. Policies should be based on biological differences in athletics and provide appropriate accommodations that respect everyone’s dignity. The goal is to balance fairness, safety, and inclusion with clear, consistent standards.
Requiring identification to vote is a reasonable step to protect election integrity and maintain public trust. We should make IDs free and easy to obtain so no eligible voter is excluded. Secure elections and accessible voting are not in conflict; we can and should have both.
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Requiring identification to vote is a reasonable step to protect election integrity and maintain public trust. We should make IDs free and easy to obtain so no eligible voter is excluded. Secure elections and accessible voting are not in conflict; we can and should have both.
Restrictions should focus on keeping firearms out of the hands of violent felons, domestic abusers, and individuals found by a court to be a clear danger, with due process protections. We should also hold adults accountable when negligent storage allows minors to access firearms. I do not support broad new restrictions on law-abiding citizens.
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Restrictions should focus on keeping firearms out of the hands of violent felons, domestic abusers, and individuals found by a court to be a clear danger, with due process protections. We should also hold adults accountable when negligent storage allows minors to access firearms. I do not support broad new restrictions on law-abiding citizens.
Lower energy and grocery costs for working families.
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Lower energy and grocery costs for working families.
Yes. Israel is a critical ally in a volatile region and shares democratic values with the United States. Our partnership enhances security, intelligence cooperation, and regional stability. A strong alliance also means supporting long-term peace and security for the region.
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Yes. Israel is a critical ally in a volatile region and shares democratic values with the United States. Our partnership enhances security, intelligence cooperation, and regional stability. A strong alliance also means supporting long-term peace and security for the region.
I believe religious liberty and freedom of conscience should be respected. At the same time, businesses that serve the public should follow basic non-discrimination laws. We should seek reasonable accommodations where possible, protecting both individual rights and equal access, rather than forcing conflicts where common-sense solutions exist.
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I believe religious liberty and freedom of conscience should be respected. At the same time, businesses that serve the public should follow basic non-discrimination laws. We should seek reasonable accommodations where possible, protecting both individual rights and equal access, rather than forcing conflicts where common-sense solutions exist.
Protecting children from harm must come first. I do not support medical transition interventions for minors. We should prioritize counseling, mental health support, and parental involvement, with strong safeguards and independent oversight.
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Protecting children from harm must come first. I do not support medical transition interventions for minors. We should prioritize counseling, mental health support, and parental involvement, with strong safeguards and independent oversight.
Recommends expanding distributed solar electricity generation on buildings.
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Solar makes tremendous sense in many situations, especially for distributed generation directly on homes, warehouses, schools, parking structures, and commercial buildings, where electricity can be used locally. Generating power where it is consumed reduces transmission losses and offsets daytime demand without requiring massive new infrastructure.
Recommends distributed solar as a clean-energy conservation programme.
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Solar makes tremendous sense in many situations, especially for distributed generation directly on homes, warehouses, schools, parking structures, and commercial buildings, where electricity can be used locally. Generating power where it is consumed reduces transmission losses and offsets daytime demand without requiring massive new infrastructure.
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Candidate ID: H6CA24345
Name: SMITH, ROBERT BOB J
Office: House
State: CA
District: CA24
Coverage start: 2025-01-01
Coverage end: 2026-06-30
Total receipts: $203264.29
Total disbursements: $156136.18
Cash on hand: $47128.11
Debts owed by committee: $29373.18
Candidate contributions: $2492.38
Loans made by candidate: $20000.00
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