Who's running in California's 1st congressional district

He has passed legislation in a Capitol his party does not control, working with Democrats on housing permitting changes and on a school nutrition law.

— James Gallagher, in an interview with The Press Democrat

Expanding energy production and cutting state fees and regulation is the fastest way to bring down what North State families pay for power, fuel and housing.

— James Gallagher's campaign

He backed an administration that cut roughly a trillion dollars from Medicaid to pay for tax cuts, a cut that falls hardest on a rural district heavily dependent on the program.

— Mike McGuire's campaign

He will not challenge the administration when its policies raise costs in the district; McGuire has called him a "lapdog" on tariffs and health care.

— Mike McGuire, quoted in The Press Democrat

His state Senate record shows he delivers for the rural north: the state's largest rural broadband build-out, a doubling of state firefighter ranks, and laws keeping rural birthing centers and health clinics open.

— Mike McGuire's campaign

Rural health care in the district is at a crisis point, and he would work to repeal the federal Medicaid cuts driving it.

— Mike McGuire, in an interview with North State Public Radio

He helped write the map he is now running on: Proposition 50 redrew the North State's representation, and he drew a district that suits him.

— James Gallagher, who has said "we don't need your Prop. 50" and called it a district McGuire "rigged for yourself"

His votes on state climate and energy policy contributed to California's high electricity and gasoline prices.

— James Gallagher's campaign