Chris Ahuja
CA-32 primary: first place
$13.4K
JUN 6, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleSmall business owner
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyDemocratic Socialist
LocationCalifornia
BackgroundSmall business owner
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EducationCalifornia State University, San Bernardino — B.S., Kinesiology (Exercise Science concentration)
Notable personal detailsChristopher Ahuja is a small business owner and community organizer who has run for U.S. House in California. He is a graduate of California State University, San Bernardino (B.S. in Kinesiology) and has also earned a Public Leadership Credential from Harvard Kennedy School. He has served on the Tarzana Neighborhood Council and has worked in the entertainment industry as an actor and talent agent.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
The candidate supports progressive tax policies tied to environmental and social goals, including carbon pricing mechanisms and reinvesting tax revenue into education, infrastructure, and addiction treatment. The campaign describes an agenda focused on building a working-class economy and explicitly identifies the candidate as a Democratic Socialist.
Healthcare
Supports Medicare for All and major public expansion of healthcare access; criticizes proposals that would cut Medicaid or remove health coverage for millions. Campaign platform lists Medicare for All as a priority within a broader agenda to lower costs and expand public services.
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Immigration & Border
Supports abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and replacing it with a system described as humane, rooted in due process, dignity, and human rights; criticizes deportations of children and calls for protection against Cruel enforcement practices. The campaign frames immigration policy in a human-rights and pro-asylum/protectionist direction rather than enforcement expansion.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate supports a woman’s right to make her own reproductive decisions and calls for free, safe, universal access to abortion and contraception. The candidate states that personal medical decisions must remain private and free from government interference.
Climate & Energy
Supports a Green New Deal approach with large public investment in clean energy and union-led green jobs, advocates publicly owned renewable energy and phasing out fossil fuels, and favors progressive carbon-pricing mechanisms and strong efficiency and transit policies to reduce emissions and advance climate justice.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports universal background checks, closing gun sale loopholes, implementing red flag laws, and endorses restrictions on assault weapons. Advocates for additional firearm regulation as part of broader public-safety policy priorities.
Endorsements
Endorsers of Chris Ahuja for CA-32 primary: first place
La Defensa
Public figure
La Defensa endorsed Chris Ahuja for California's 32nd District race.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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