Peter Verbica
CA-19 primary: first place
$1.2K
JUN 6, 2026Primary Election
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Overview
Current roleBusiness owner
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
LocationCalifornia
BackgroundBusiness owner
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Notable personal detailsPeter Coe Verbica is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in California’s 19th Congressional District. He is a business owner and financial planner and uses the title “JD, CFP®” in campaign materials. He filed a statement of candidacy with the FEC in April 2025 and ran in the June 2, 2026 primary, finishing behind incumbent Jimmy Panetta.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports lowering taxes (including gas taxes, DMV fees, and certain sales taxes) and opposes higher top marginal tax rates; emphasizes reducing government spending, fiscal restraint, and accountability for pension/benefit liabilities rather than raising taxes.
Healthcare
The candidate has publicly advocated mandatory treatment and stronger enforcement for drug possession alongside measures to dismantle trafficking networks and expand treatment access for addiction. There is no clear published position on broader healthcare issues such as the Affordable Care Act, Medicare/Medicare-for-All, a public option, Medicaid policy, or general health system reform in the available campaign materials.
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Immigration & Border
Peter (Pete) Verbica frames the border and drug trafficking (fentanyl) as national-security and public-safety problems and calls for stronger enforcement actions against traffickers and restoration of law-and-order. His campaign materials emphasize dismantling trafficking networks, using federal law-enforcement and national-security tools, and an ‘iron resolve’ approach to reduce illicit flows. No evidence was found of support for expanded asylum access or broad regularization pathways in the cited campaign materials.
Climate & Energy
Peter Coe Verbica’s campaign plan includes both pro-clean-infrastructure proposals (expand EV charging, standardize clean fuel blends, grid hardening, invest in desalination/storage) and fossil-friendly or deregulatory actions (request EPA waivers for broader gasoline availability, reform NEPA, fund fuel reduction and utility/grid resilience). The public materials present a mix of renewable-supporting measures and initiatives that ease regulation or support traditional fuel availability, without endorsing aggressive emissions targets or Green New Deal–style phase-outs of fossil fuels.
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate aligns with pro-Second Amendment/ pro-gun-rights groups and events while emphasizing law-and-order priorities. Public materials and campaign activity show participation in Friends of the NRA and Republican party endorsements, without a detailed policy platform on specific gun laws in available campaign statements.
Endorsements
Endorsers of Peter Verbica for CA-19 primary: first place
Santa Cruz County Republicans
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Santa Cruz County Republicans endorsed Peter Coe Verbica for U.S. Congress.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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