Judy Chu

Democrat

Incumbent

Judy Chu

CA-28 primary: first place

$11.4K

JUN 6, 2026

Primary Election

Party selects its nominee.

Overview

Current roleU.S. Representative

PartyDemocratic

Political ideologyProgressive Democrat

LocationCalifornia

SourcesShow

chu.house.gov pasadenanow.com jayapal.house.gov congress.gov rollcall.com en.wikipedia.org axios.com ocasio-cortez.house.gov judychu.net cbsnews.com progressives.house.gov bluevoterguide.org asiandemsla.org cayoungdems.net instagram.com lcv.org thehill.com imprintnews.org southpasadenan.com nypost.com blackvoicenews.com asbarez.com michiganadvance.com dailynews.com sbsun.com sfstandard.com politico.com ballotpedia.org francispollara.com beraforcongress.com facebook.com history.house.gov clerk.house.gov house.gov disclosures-clerk.house.gov cha.house.gov capac.house.gov es.wikipedia.org fec.gov democrats-judiciary.house.gov govinfo.gov

Positions

LiberalConservative

Economy & Taxes

Supports measures to limit tax advantages for the very wealthy and corporations, preserve tax benefits for middle-class taxpayers (such as SALT), and expand taxpayer protections and services like free government tax filing. Opposes large tax cuts for high-income individuals and corporate tax giveaways and has sponsored legislation to close tax loopholes benefitting billionaires and corporate interests.

Healthcare

Supports Medicare for All and major public expansions of coverage, has co-sponsored Medicare for All legislation and is a founding member of the Medicare for All Caucus. Advocates protecting and expanding Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act and lowering health care costs for constituents.

Immigration & Border

Judy Chu supports expanded legal pathways and protections for immigrants, including pathways to citizenship for DACA/TPS recipients and relief for deported Southeast Asian adoptees. She advocates for humane border policies, oversight of ICE/CBP, and opposes funding a border wall absent comprehensive immigration reform. Chu has sponsored and reintroduced legislation to protect immigrant families and provide deportation relief for vulnerable communities.

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

Judy Chu supports broad abortion access and has repeatedly sponsored and reintroduced the Women’s Health Protection Act to establish a federal right to abortion; she describes abortion care as health care and reproductive rights as human rights. She has publicly advocated for codifying Roe-era protections into federal law and has taken part in abortion-rights actions and congressional efforts to protect access.

Climate & Energy

Supports aggressive federal action on climate, including a net-zero economy by midcentury, expanded investments and tax incentives for clean energy and electric vehicles, and has publicly endorsed the Green New Deal framework.

Public Safety & Guns

Supports reinstating an assault weapons ban, universal background checks for all gun sales, enhanced implementation of red flag laws, expanded background checks for buyers under 21, closing loopholes (including straw purchases and trafficking), and increased federal research and funding to prevent gun violence.

News

AINews Summary

Last updatedJul 15, 2026

Judy Chu is in the news over her role in congressional scrutiny of conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center. She and other California lawmakers are seeking answers from DHS after detainees said they were retaliated against, including being placed in solitary confinement after speaking with members of Congress. Chu has also faced criticism after a committee exchange in which she said she did not know who the president was during World War I. Separately, a former local official she had previously honored resigned after admitting to acting as an illegal Chinese agent, and Chu removed that person from an endorsement page.

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Articles

SASanta Ana Orange County Register2 months ago