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U.S. House, District 21: who gets your vote?

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Jim Costa

Jim Costa

U.S. House · California District 21

NationalDemocrat

Candidate
Kyle Kirkland

Kyle Kirkland

Running for U.S. House · California District 21

NationalRepublican

Jim CostaCurrent repKyle KirklandChallenger

Job fit

Jim Costa

Education

  • earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from California State University, Fresno 1

Kyle Kirkland

Other work

  • Kyle owns Club One Casino in Fresno 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Jim Costa

No stated positions on file yet.

Kyle Kirkland

  • Health care costs
    Housing, food, gas, and healthcare are brutally expensive because of decades of over-regulation and mismanagement; wants to make them affordable by ending over-regulation. 3
  • Immigration
    Top priorities include affordable abundance, government accountability, and strong border security to protect working families. 3

No public stance found on: Cost of living & jobs, Guns, Crime & safety, Climate & energy

More on their website →

How they voted on top issues

Jim Costa

  • Fair trade and prices at the store → Free trade and lower tariffs (3 of 3 votes) 4
  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (3 of 3 votes) 4
  • Abortion and reproductive care → Protecting access (2 of 2 votes) 4

Kyle Kirkland

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Who pays them

Jim Costa

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donorsindustry associationscompaniesother politiciansOther kinds of donors
small donors$11Klarge donors$517Kindustryassociations$332Kcompanies$210Kotherpoliticians$69KOther kinds ofdonors$180K$1.4M raised
$11,0865Small individual donors
$516,6365Large individual donors

Kyle Kirkland

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donors
small donors$39Klarge donors$173K$339K raised
$38,7146Small individual donors
$172,7986Large individual donors

Checks

Jim Costa

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Kyle Kirkland

No voting record to check yet

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Biography | Congressman Jim Costa · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  2. Kyle Kirkland for Congress | Business Leader for CA-21 | End High Cost of Living · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  3. kirkland2026.com used in: Top issues
  4. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money