Rep. Julia Brownley announces she will not seek reelection
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Rep.Julia Brownley, a Democrat who has represented swaths of Ventura and Los Angeles counties for more than a decade, announced Thursday that she would not seek reelection.“Serving our community and our country has been the honor of my lifetime.
Every step of this journey has been shaped by the people I represent, by their resilience, their determination, and their belief that government can and should work for the common good,” Brownley said, touting her efforts to expand access to healthcare, support veterans, fight climate change and other policy priorities, as well as constituent services.“We ...
never lost sight of the simple truth that public service is about showing up for people when they need help the most.”Brownley, 73, did not say why she was choosing not to seek reelection, but she joins more than 40 other members of the U.S.House of Representatives who have announced they are not to running for their seats again in November.
Other Californians not seeking reelection are Reps.Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) and Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin), who is running for governor.Brownley served on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District board of education and in the state Assembly before successfully running for Congress in 2012.
At the time, the district was nearly evenly divided between Democratic and Republican voters.But in years since, the district has grown more liberal.In 2024, when the 26th Congressional District included Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Port Hueneme, Santa Paula, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Oxnard, Westlake Village and a portion of San Buenaventura, the congresswoman won reelection with 56.6% of the vote over GOP businessman Michael Koslow, who received 43.4% of the ballots cast.
At the time, the voter registration in the district was 42.5% Democratic, 29.6% Republican and 20.4% independent.The district grew more De...