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U.S. House, District 35

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Ontario, Chino Hills, Fontana, Upland, Chino, Rancho Cucamonga, Montclair. Some of these cities are split between districts, so check your sample ballot.

Key findings

  • All of Ontario and Chino Hills, about half of Fontana and Upland, and small parts of Chino, Rancho Cucamonga and Montclair are in this district under the new Prop 50 map. [1]
  • Norma Torres (D) has been in Congress since 2015 and sits on Appropriations, where she secured $10.7M for 8 local projects in FY2026. Mike Cargile (R) has lost to her three times; his 2020 posts used QAnon slogans. [2][3][4]
  • Cook rating D+6. Torres took 59.5% in the June primary. [3]

U.S. House, District 35

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Job: one of 435 votes on federal law and budgets, plus constituent services.

Norma Torres (D, incumbent)

  • Key findings: Born in Guatemala; former 911 dispatcher; Pomona council and mayor; state Assembly and Senate; in Congress since 2015. Serves on Appropriations and House Administration. [5][6]
  • Record: State law routing cell-phone 911 calls to local police; NDAA amendment requiring the State Department to list corrupt officials in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. FY2026 earmarks include $1.09M for IEUA's water purification demonstration plant in Rancho Cucamonga and $3.2M for about 13 miles of new infrastructure in Ontario. [6][2] The CHCI bio is a friendly source; I found no independent scoring of her legislative effectiveness.
  • Concerns: In 2019 she called anti-abortion Republican colleagues "sex-starved males" on the House floor and withdrew the remark. El Salvador's President Bukele attacked her over her anti-corruption work. [7][5]

Mike Cargile (R)

  • Key findings: Army veteran (1990–91); filmmaker (Big Event Pictures), school crossing guard, youth coach. No elected office. [8]
  • Fourth run against Torres: 30.7% (2020), 42.6% (2022), 41.6% (2024); 40.4% in the June 2026 primary. [8]
  • Platform: calls election integrity "the paramount issue of our time"; one-time citizenship path after a border wall; more school resource officers; nuclear over wind and solar. [8]
  • Concerns: In 2020 his social media used the QAnon slogan "#WWG1WGA" and called COVID a "Scamdemic"; the state GOP removed its endorsement from its website after the coverage. [4]

Sources 8

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  1. ^ CA Senate, 2025 CD-35 district data sdmg.senate.ca.gov Official
  2. ^ a b Torres press release, FY26 projects (Jan 9, 2026) torres.house.gov Official
  3. ^ a b Ballotpedia, CA-35 Ballotpedia Reference
  4. ^ a b LA Magazine, Cargile and QAnon (July 1, 2020) lamag.com Other
  5. ^ a b Wikipedia, Norma Torres Wikipedia Reference
  6. ^ a b CHCI, Rep. Norma Torres bio chci.org Other
  7. ^ Roll Call, "sex-starved males" remark (June 12, 2019) rollcall.com Other
  8. ^ a b c Ballotpedia, Mike Cargile Ballotpedia Reference