Make Washington answer to CA-18
The mission is not to win another partisan shouting match. It is to make federal representation visible, measurable, and accountable to the people who live and work here.
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Chris Demers for Congress · CA-18
Make a difference where Washington keeps making noise.
Chris Demers is running as an Independent because CA-18 deserves representation that is loyal to the district, not trapped inside the Democratic-Republican fight. His mission is to lower costs, bring federal resources home, protect access to care, support local jobs, and publish progress voters can actually inspect.
No corporate PAC money
Limited terms
Public progress reports
The mission
Replace the partisan performance with measurable local work.
CA-18 connects Silicon Valley, the Central Coast, the Salinas Valley, San Benito County, healthcare workers, educators, builders, growers, founders, and working families. The district needs a representative who can hold that complexity together instead of reducing every issue to a party script.
Lower the temperature, raise the standard
Demers’ independent message gives voters a way to reject Democratic-Republican turmoil without checking out of politics or surrendering local priorities.
Report progress, not just positions
No corporate PAC money, limited terms, and public progress reports turn campaign promises into a standard voters can inspect after Election Day.
Why this race matters
The old fight is not solving the new pressure.
Families are facing housing costs, healthcare costs, federal uncertainty, immigration strain, workforce transitions, and infrastructure needs. Democrats and Republicans keep using these problems as proof that the other side is dangerous. Demers is asking a better question: what actually changed for the people of CA-18?
Making a difference means choosing accountability over applause, local results over national party theater, and public progress over campaign slogans.
Research ledger
Built from official and local context.
Official campaignDemers4Congress.com
Independent candidate, no corporate PAC money, term limits, progress reports, cost of living, housing, healthcare, small business, immigration, and accountability messaging.
District profileOfficial CA-18 congressional district page
CA-18 combines parts of Santa Clara, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties with all of San Benito County, linking Silicon Valley technology with Central Coast agriculture.
District dataData USA
Population 753,842; median household income $103,584; median property value $834,300; 62.3% non-English-speaking households; healthcare, manufacturing, and retail among major industries.
Election contextBallotpedia
2026 CA-18 race includes incumbent Zoe Lofgren, Luis Acevedo-Arreguin, Chris Demers, and Shane Lewis; ratings list the district as Solid/Safe Democratic, underscoring the independent contrast.