Overview

• Dr. Richard Pan announced Tuesday that he is running as a Democrat for California’s 3rd Congressional District, emphasizing a campaign focused on protecting health care.
• Pan links the race to national policy by citing a Congressional Budget Office estimate that the president’s megabill would result in about 10 million fewer people with coverage over the next decade, and he criticizes Kevin Kiley’s support for it.
• Proposition 50 on next month’s ballot would add many of Sacramento’s eastern neighborhoods and suburbs to the district, including Auburn, Rancho Cordova and Folsom, a change analysts say could favor Democrats.
• Kiley, the incumbent since 2023, opposes Proposition 50 and has accused Gov. Gavin Newsom of targeting his seat with the proposed map.
• Pan joins Democrats Tyler Vandenberg and Heidi Hall in the primary, and his campaign says he previously represented about 70% of voters who would live in the proposed district.