Luz Rivas

Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in California § District 29

Tony Cárdenas, the incumbent U.S. Representative for California's 29th congressional district, announced that he would not run for reelection in the 2024 elections. Rivas announced her candidacy for the seat, with Cárdenas' endorsement. ^[10] She won the election. ^[11]

Tenure

Before the start of the 119th Congress, Rivas was elected as the freshman class representative for the Democratic Caucus, defeating Maryland freshman U.S. Representative-elect Sarah Elfreth and Washington freshman U.S. Representative-elect Emily Randall. ^[12]

Caucus membership

• Congressional Progressive Caucus ^[13]

Personal life

Rivas is Catholic. ^[14]

Electoral history

2018 California State Assembly

See also: California State Assembly election, 2018

Luz Rivas
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from California's 29th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2025

California's 39th State Assembly district election, 2018

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luz Rivas	20,453	43.9
	Republican	Ricardo Antonio Benitez	11,679	25.1
	Democratic	Patty López	6,783	14.6
	Democratic	Antonio Sanchez	4,705	10.1
	Democratic	Patrea Patrick	1,740	3.7
	Democratic	Bonnie Corwin	1,220	2.6
Total votes			46,580	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Luz Rivas (incumbent)	85,027	77.7
	Republican	Ricardo Antonio Benitez	24,468	22.3
Total votes			109,495	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020 California State Assembly

2020 California's 39th State Assembly district election

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luz Rivas (incumbent)	37,867	77.1%
	Republican	Ricardo Benitez	11,237	22.9%
Total votes

2022 California State Assembly

2022 California's 43rd State Assembly district election ^{[15] [16]}

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luz Rivas (incumbent)	38,303	98.5
	Republican	Siaka Massaquoi (write-in)	575	1.5
Total votes			38,878	100%
General election
	Democratic	Luz Rivas (incumbent)	55,282	74.6
	Republican	Siaka Massaquoi	18,782	25.4
Total votes			74,064	100%
	Democratic hold

2024 U.S. House of Representatives

2024 California's 29th congressional district election ^{[17] [18]}

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luz Rivas	40,096	49.3
	Republican	Benito Bernal	21,446	26.4
	Democratic	Angelica Dueñas	19,844	24.4
Total votes			81,386	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Luz Rivas	146,312	69.8
	Republican	Benito Bernal	63,374	30.2
Total votes			209,686	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

1. Kevin Modesti (January 8, 2018). "New candidate for Bocanegra's Assembly seat touts record of empowering women – Daily News". Dailynews.com. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
2. "This MIT Grad Plans to Change the Lives of Thousands of Latina Girls". HuffPost . August 28, 2014.
3. Kevin Modesti (June 5, 2018). "Democrats Luz Rivas and Jesse Gabriel elected to Assembly from San Fernando Valley – Daily News". Dailynews.com. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
4. "Two Democrats sworn into office to replace California assemblymen accused of sexual misconduct". Los Angeles Times. June 11, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
5. "Legislative Progressive Caucus". assembly.ca.gov. California State Assembly. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
6. Christopher, Ben (July 6, 2023). "My house or my beach? How California's housing crisis could weaken its coastal protections". CalMatters.
7. Gardiner, Dustin; Korte, Lara; Govindarao, Sejal (August 17, 2023). "A sea change for housing". POLITICO.
8. Christopher, Ben (November 22, 2023). "Speaker Rivas shuffles the leadership deck and YIMBYs win". CalMatters.
9. "Legislative Progressive Caucus". assembly.ca.gov. California State Assembly. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
10. Logan, Erin B. (November 20, 2023). "Assemblymember Luz Rivas will run to replace Tony Cárdenas in Congress". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
11. https://www.bdtonline.com/news/nation_world/ap-race-call-democrat-luz-rivas-wins-election-to-u-s-house-in-californias-29th/article_d6793e69-2dac-5839-b2bc-dd9c97e7d9eb.html
12. Diaz, Daniella; Tully-McManus, Katherine; Wu, Nicholas (November 20, 2024). "The Gaetz fight heads to the House floor". Politico. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
13. "Caucus Members". Congressional Progressive Caucus. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
14. "Religious affiliation of members of the 119th Congress" (PDF). Pew Research Center. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
15. "Primary Election – Statement of the Vote, June 7, 2022" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
16. "General Election – Statement of the Vote, November 8, 2022 – State Assembly" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
17. "Statement of Vote" (PDF). sos.ca.gov. Sacramento: Secretary of State of California. 2024. p. 86. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 18, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
18. "Statement of Vote" (PDF). sos.ca.gov. Sacramento: Secretary of State of California. 2024. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

External links

• Congresswoman Luz Rivas official U.S. House website
• Join California – Luz Maria Rivas
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
• Profile at Vote Smart
• Appearances on C-SPAN

California Assembly
Preceded by Raul Bocanegra	Member of the California State Assembly from the 39th district 2018–2022	Succeeded by Juan Carrillo
Preceded by Laura Friedman	Member of the California State Assembly from the 43rd district 2022–2024	Succeeded by Celeste Rodriguez
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Tony Cárdenas	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 29th congressional district 2025–present	Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Josh Riley	United States representatives by seniority 424th	Succeeded by Derek Schmidt