CA-18 primary: first place
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JUN 6, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleElectrical test engineer
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
LocationCalifornia
BackgroundElectrical test engineer
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Notable personal detailsShane Lewis is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in California’s 18th Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. He is an electrical test engineer and failure analyst and has lived in Santa Clara County for decades. He previously ran for the Santa Clara County Board of Education in 2024. He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports tax reform that avoids raising taxes on working families, seeks to reduce the national debt through spending discipline and alternative revenue such as targeted tariffs, and prioritizes domestic manufacturing to grow wages and reduce dependence on foreign supply chains.
Healthcare
Supports strengthening federal supports that reduce healthcare costs and expand access, including preserving/expanding Medicaid and other subsidies, stabilizing small hospitals, incentivizing providers to serve underserved areas, and expanding telehealth.
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Immigration & Border
Supports stricter, enforcement-oriented immigration reforms that emphasize assimilation and stronger federal oversight; proposes restoring DHS oversight to protect unaccompanied minors and endorses additions to the RAISE Act to tighten immigration policy. Requires immigrants to make a verbal declaration of allegiance and assimilate into Western culture as part of the proposal.
Climate & Energy
The candidate emphasizes lowering energy costs and reducing federal regulatory barriers, highlights oil prices as a driver of inflation, and favors measures to restore energy independence and support market-based approaches rather than aggressive federal intervention.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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