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Brandon Riker
U.S. Representative CA-48 (2026 D Candidate · open seat · Issa seat (Palm Springs businessman))
Democrat
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✝ God First
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🇺🇸 America First
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National Rank
#8,558 of 8,966 · bottom 4.6% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
June 2, 2026
Primary · Seat up at next election
— until
Registration deadline: 2026-10-19
Early voting: 2026-10-06 – 2026-11-03 (All-mail state — ballots mailed to every voter)
Elections office: (916) 657-2166
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: California Secretary of State — Elections Division
Official Profile
Religion: Undisclosed
Background: 2026 D candidate for U.S. House CA-48 (Palm Springs-based economist, former Obama 2008 organizer, SafePlace International board member for LGBTQ refugees, openly gay). LSE-trained. LOST the June 2 2026 top-two primary (~6.7%, 5th place).
Brandon Riker — 2026 CA-48 D primary candidate. [2026-06-05 national autopilot, federal tier] LOST the June 2 2026 top-two primary with ~6.7% (5th place); Desmond (R) and von Wilpert (D) advance. Documented positions: pledged to codify Roe (sanctity_of_life FALSE); openly gay, pledged to pass the Equality Act, direct quote 'I will always stand with the trans community' and called gender-affirming care 'medically necessary' (biblical_marriage FALSE across the board); endorsed by Gun Sense Voters gun-control PAC (self_defense FALSE); pledged the John R. Lewis VRA Advancement Act (election_integrity [1] FALSE); pledged to split CBP into two branches and 'hold ICE accountable' (border FALSE [1]).
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Palm Springs businessman running for CA-48 who has pledged to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law, eliminating state-level protections for the unborn and rejecting the personhood-from-conception standard the rubric requires.
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Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
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Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
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Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
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Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
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Has declared 'I will always stand with the trans community,' called gender-affirming care 'medically necessary,' and pledged to pass the federal Equality Act extending gender-identity protections into employment, housing, and public accommodations — directly opposing the rubric's standard of rejecting transgender ideology.
- msn.comUnclassified
- rikerforcongress.comUnclassified
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
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Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
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Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
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Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
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Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
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Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
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Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
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Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
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Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
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Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
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Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
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Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
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Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
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Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
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Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
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Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
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Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
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Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
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Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
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Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
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Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
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Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
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Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
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Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
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Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
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Received an endorsement from Gun Sense Voters, a gun-control PAC that backs candidates supporting universal background checks, red-flag laws, and magazine-capacity restrictions — the direct opposite of the rubric's anti-red-flag, anti-AWB, anti-registry standard.
- BallotpediaCenter
- msn.comUnclassified
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
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Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
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Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
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Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
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Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
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Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
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Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
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Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
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Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
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Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
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Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
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Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
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Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
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Sources & Evidence
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Pledged to codify Roe v. Wade into law — opposite of personhood at conception. Unclassified
Pledged to codify Roe v. Wade into law — opposite of personhood at conception.
- [2]Openly gay candidate; Equality Act pledge — opposite of one-man-one-woman affirmation. Unclassified
Openly gay candidate; Equality Act pledge — opposite of one-man-one-woman affirmation.
- [3]KPBS interview: pledged to split CBP into two branches and 'hold ICE accountable' — opposite of mandatory-deportation posture. Unclassified
KPBS interview: pledged to split CBP into two branches and 'hold ICE accountable' — opposite of mandatory-deportation posture.
- [4]Endorsed by Gun Sense Voters gun-control PAC — opposite of constitutional-carry posture. Unclassified
Endorsed by Gun Sense Voters gun-control PAC — opposite of constitutional-carry posture.
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