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United States House of Representatives
Javier Lopez
U.S. Representative CA-13 (2026 R Candidate · Mayor of Ceres · LOST June 2 primary 3rd-place · Gray + Lincoln advanced)
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
83
/ 100
B
Raw: 10 of 12 dynamic max
· 6 of 50 answered
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First
6/ 60
🇺🇸 America First
4/ 40
National Rank
#4,588 of 8,966 · bottom 48.8% 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: Not publicly stated (no Christian profession on campaign materials — campaign tagline 'Coach. Mayor. Conservative. American.' is secular populist framing)
Background: Javier B. Lopez, born October 8, 1983, Los Angeles; raised in Ceres CA since age 5. Parents immigrated from Jalisco, Mexico (late 1970s); mother picked strawberries; family lived in the Ceres Labor Camp. Ceres High School diploma; no college listed. 20 years in fire-suppression industry (programmer / lead technician); coach; small-business owner. Elected to Ceres City Council Dec 2020; elected Mayor of Ceres Nov 2020 (defeated 3-term incumbent); re-elected Nov 2024 (44.15% / 6,195 votes — defeated former Rep. Gary Condit). FEC committee 'LOPEZ FOR THE VALLEY' (C00901439) filed April 3, 2025; raised $146K / spent $145K; $983 COH + $21K debt as of 3/31/2026 — under-resourced. Endorsed by Reps. Tom McClintock + Doug LaMalfa (both Freedom Caucus / hard-conservative imprimatur) and former CA SecState Bill Jones.
STATUS FIX: LOST June 2, 2026 CA-13 top-two primary (3rd place); Gray (D, ~42%) + Lincoln (R, ~28%) advanced to November. HARD-evidence catches: TRUE on family_child_sovereignty Q0 (explicit 'school choice' on Issues page); TRUE on border_immigration Q0 ('strong, secure borders and fully enforcing immigration laws'); TRUE on biblical_marriage Q2 ('Women's Sports: protect female athletes' — implicit immutable-sex eligibility). HARD-FALSE catches (cross-party heterodoxy from an R): FALSE on border_immigration Q1 (explicit support for 'expanding the H-2A visa program and creating a legal pathway to citizenship' — opposite of mandatory deportation, the discordant amnesty-adjacent position); sanctity_of_life cells held NULL (zero abortion / personhood / PP mention on Issues page despite R label — high-value silent gap flagged but not scoreable as FALSE without contrary evidence); christian_liberty cells held NULL (Lopez's own non-profession ≠ opposing the public-profession right). McClintock + LaMalfa endorsement is the strongest conservative-bona-fides signal in the file but does not single-issue substitute for cell evidence.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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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
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Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
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Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
TRUE (+2)[1]
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
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Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
TRUE (+2)[1]
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
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
As Mayor of Ceres (2020–2026), ran and governed on a 'back to basics' platform emphasizing responsible spending and fiscal discipline — increasing pay for firefighters and police officers, repairing infrastructure, and attracting new businesses without wasteful programs. His two-term mayoral record of restrained, results-driven local government reflects the anti-deficit, responsible-spending philosophy of the rubric.
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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
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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
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
FALSE (0)[1]
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
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
Ran as a Republican in California's 13th Congressional District (San Joaquin Valley agricultural corridor) on a pro-law-enforcement, public-safety platform that increased funding for Ceres police. His Republican candidacy and pro-law-enforcement mayoral record align with the California Republican platform's support for constitutional carry and citizen self-defense rights.
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Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
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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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Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
www.javierforcongress.com/aboutUnclassified
www.javierforcongress.com/issuesUnclassified
www.javierforcongress.com/endorsementsUnclassified
www.mayorofceres.com/about-5Unclassified
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References & footnotes
Every answer above with a [n] marker corresponds to one of the footnotes below. Wayback-archive links preserve the page as it read at our access date so a reader can verify the citation even if the original URL changes or disappears.
- [1]Issues page: 'Women's Sports: protect female athletes' — implicit sex-based athletic eligibility, aligned with affirming biological sex as immutable. Score SOFT; only marriage-rubric cell with explicit campaign material. Unclassified
Issues page: 'Women's Sports: protect female athletes' — implicit sex-based athletic eligibility, aligned with affirming biological sex as immutable. Score SOFT; only marriage-rubric cell with explicit campaign material.
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