# U.S. House, District 35 (local, San Bernardino County)

URL: https://www.californiapeople.org/local/cd-35

- title: U.S. House, District 35
- office: U.S. House
- cities: [ontario, chino-hills, fontana, upland, chino, rancho-cucamonga, montclair]

## 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
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
[^1]: CA Senate, 2025 CD-35 district data. https://sdmg.senate.ca.gov/node/1111
[^2]: Torres press release, FY26 projects (Jan 9, 2026). https://torres.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-torres-secures-107-million-in-community-projects-for-the-inland-empire-in-fy26-appropriations-package
[^3]: Ballotpedia, CA-35. https://ballotpedia.org/CA-35
[^4]: LA Magazine, Cargile and QAnon (July 1, 2020). https://lamag.com/politics/mike-cargile-qanon
[^5]: Wikipedia, Norma Torres. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Torres
[^6]: CHCI, Rep. Norma Torres bio. https://chci.org/staff-and-leadership/rep-norma-j-torres
[^7]: Roll Call, "sex-starved males" remark (June 12, 2019). https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/sex-starved-males-comment-sets-off-house-floor-kerfuffle
[^8]: Ballotpedia, Mike Cargile. https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_Cargile