By: Jeremy Lindenfeld / Capital & Main

California’s Republican representatives voted in February to advance the GOP’s budget blueprint, which calls for massive cuts to Medicaid. But of the nine, Calvert, Kim and Valadao won their seats in 2024 by the narrowest margins — 3, 11 and 7 percentage points, respectively.

Health care advocacy groups and unions that represent health care workers are hoping to take advantage of their vulnerability by energizing voters in their districts to demand they vote against Medicaid cuts or else face massive backlash when up for reelection in 2026. The campaign is being spearheaded by health care advocacy groups Health Access California and Protect Our Care, as well as by We Are California, a coalition of state and local community organizations. United Domestic Workers, which represents over 170,000 home care and child care providers in California, and the Service Employees International Union, which represents over 2 million service workers across the country, are also playing a leading role in the campaign. 

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