Jimmy Gomez

Jimmy Gomez (born November 25, 1974) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2017. His district includes the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Eagle Rock, Boyle Heights, Downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, and other communities. A member of the Democratic Party, Gomez served in the California State Assembly from 2012 to 2017.

In 2026, Gomez's re-election campaign has been embroiled in controversy after the House Ethics Committee opened a sexual misconduct investigation into him due to a staffer alleging Gomez sexually assaulted her. Gomez was personal friends with former Congressman Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress amid criminal investigations into alleged rape and sexual misconduct, and had chaired Swalwell's gubernatorial campaign before it was suspended. Gomez has denied violating any Ethics rules and maintained that his conduct was “consensual”.

Early life and education Born and raised in Southern California, Gomez is the son of working-class immigrant parents. His mother was a domestic worker and a nursing home laundry attendant. His father was a bracero (farm worker). After graduating from high school, without any plans to attend college, Gomez worked at Subway and Target. He eventually attended Riverside Community College and earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science with a minor in urban planning from the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his Master of Arts in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School. Gomez was a staffer for former U.S. Representative Hilda Solis. He was also a labor organizer. California State Assembly

Gomez was a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 51st district. Gomez was a member of the California Latino Legislative Caucus.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2017

On December 5, 2016, Gomez announced his candidacy for the special election to succeed Xavier Becerra in the United States House of Representatives for . Gomez received endorsements from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, and Senate leader Kevin de León, among others.

On April 4, 2017, Gomez came in first during the special election. Since he did not receive a majority of the vote, he faced a fellow Democrat, Los Angeles City Planning Commissioner Robert Lee Ahn, the runner-up, in a special runoff election on June 6. Gomez won with 60% of the vote. He is only the third person to represent this district since its creation in 1963 (it was numbered as the 30th from 1963 to 1975, the 25th from 1975 to 1993, the 30th from 1993 to 2003, the 31st from 2003 to 2013, and has been the 34th since 2017). Ed Roybal won this district in 1963 and handed it to Becerra in 1993.

2018 Gomez faced Green Party candidate Kenneth Mejia in the general election and won with 72.5% of the vote.

2020

Gomez was challenged in the 2020 election by MacArthur Park Neighborhood Council board member and fellow Democrat David Kim. On November 3, Gomez defeated Kim in a closer than expected race, with 53% of the vote to Kim's 47%.

2022

David Kim challenged Gomez again in 2022. Gomez won, but by a smaller margin than in 2020 with 51% of the vote to Kim's 48%. On October 22, 2022, Los Angeles City Councilmember-elect Eunisses Hernandez alleged that a female canvasser for Gomez and Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo made anti-Asian comments about their challengers, David Kim, who is Korean-American, and Mia Livas Porter, who is Filipina-American, respectively, while visiting Hernandez's home. In late October 2022, a Highland Park voter made similar allegations except this time it involved two female canvassers. In response, both Gomez's and Carrillo's campaigns offered an apology to their challengers and reached out to Hernandez via Twitter and separate phone conversations assuring that they had taken action to ensure the canvasser(s)-in-question were no longer part of the campaign.

2024

David Kim challenged Gomez again in 2024. Gomez won with 55% of the vote to Kim's 44%.

2026

Gomez is running for reelection and faced several challengers in the primary on June 2, 2026. He advanced to the general election, winning nearly 46% of the vote, and will face fellow Democrat Angela Gonzales-Torres in the general election.

Tenure Gomez's term began on June 6, 2017. He was sworn into office on July 11, 2017. On October 1, 2020, Gomez co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that condemned Azerbaijan’s offensive operations against the Armenian-populated enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, denounced Turkey’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and called for an immediate ceasefire. In November 2020, Gomez was named a candidate for United States Trade Representative in the Biden administration.

In January 2021, Gomez introduced legislation to expel Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House for some of her social media postings from before her 2020 election to Congress. After Greene heckled President Biden at his State of the Union address on March 2, 2022, Gomez once again introduced a resolution of expulsion, but added Representative Lauren Boebert, who had joined her in the heckling. Gomez also spoke about the "triggering" feeling he experienced after he returned to the Congressional Gallery for the first time since right-wing rioters had attacked those chambers in an attempt to halt the counting of electoral votes on January 6, 2021.

Sexual assault investigation On June 2, 2026 it was reported that the United States House Committee on Ethics was investigating Gomez on sexual misconduct allegations in the aftermath of a New York Post story which alleged that Gomez kissed an aide of another member of Congress outside a backyard party hosted by Eric Swalwell in 2023, which a Gomez spokesperson later denied at the time. A panel on the committee discovered other sexual misconduct allegations towards Gomez, including one where a staffer alleged Gomzez sexually harassed and assaulted her. These are currently under investigation.

Committee assignments For the 119th Congress: Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Subcommittee on Work and Welfare Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Subcommittee on Central Intelligence Agency (ranking member) Subcommittee on National Intelligence Enterprise

Caucus memberships Gomez is a member of several dozen caucuses. A full list is available at his website. Black Maternal Health Caucus Congressional Dads Caucus (Chair) Congressional Medicare for all Caucus Congressional Progressive Caucus Congressional Hispanic Caucus Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Congressional Taiwan Caucus Congressional LGBTQ Equality Caucus Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus Future Forum Congressional Freethought Caucus

Political positions

Abortion Gomez has a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America and an F grade from the Susan B. Anthony List for his abortion-related voting record. Gomez opposed the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Climate and environment In 2025, Gomez received a score of 91% from the League of Conservation Voters, and a lifetime score of 97%. Gomez had supported H.R. 471, which the LCV criticized as rolling back critical environmental protections and removing certain Endangered Species Act requirements.

LGBTQ rights Gomez received a score of 100 from the Human Rights Campaign for both the 115th and 116th Congresses.

Cryptocurrency Gomez supports cryptocurrency industry priorities and voted for the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act. The cryptocurrency industry Super PAC spent more than $500,000 to support his re-election bid in 2024.

Israel–Palestine Gomez voted to support Israel following the October 7 attacks. Gomez is endorsed by AIPAC and received more than $1 million from them in his previous campaigns. He supports taxpayer-funded aid to Israel.

Artificial intelligence and data centers Gomez is endorsed by Leading the Future, a Super PAC funded by the AI industry that opposes AI safety regulations.

Electoral history 2014 California State Assembly election

2016 California State Assembly election

2017 congressional special election

2018 congressional election

New York Times Results

2020 congressional election

2022 congressional election

Personal life

Gomez is married to Mary Hodge, an aide to former Los Angeles mayor and former United States Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti. They live in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles. They have one son. As a result of the House Ethics Committee's investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct, Gomez admitted he had previously had an affair, saying to CNN that he had made "personal mistakes outside my marriage that have caused real pain to my wife and family". Gomez said he had sought professional help to address his issues. Gomez was a friend of Eric Swalwell and co-chaired his campaign in the 2026 California gubernatorial election until sexual misconduct allegations surfaced against Swalwell which led to him distancing himself from the campaign.

Awards 2022 NHMC Impact Awards: Washington D.C. (Impact Award Public Service)