Jim Costa

American politician (born 1952)

IncumbentU.S. House — CA-21DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-C9V-4ASC FEC H4CA20082

Running for U.S. House, CA-21, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/jim-costa

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · unitedstates.github.io

Jim Costa — Photo — Photo · costa.house.gov

Jim Costa — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, CA-21 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
2024 · U.S. House, CA-21 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, CA-21 · General · Democratic · won · 68,074 votes (54.2%) · incumbent · source
2020 · U.S. House, CA-16 · General · Democratic · won · 128,690 votes (59.4%) · source
2018 · U.S. House, CA-16 · General · Democratic · won · 82,266 votes (57.5%) · source

Background

James Manuel Costa is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 21st congressional district since 2023.

He previously represented the 20th congressional district from 2005 to 2013 and the 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, his district includes most of Fresno.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-25 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Costa

In the news

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Campaign finance

$1,338,630total raised (2026 cycle)

$608,734total spent (2026 cycle)

$938,779cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-25 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Costa
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q675869
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4CA20082/
photo_gallery — https://costa.house.gov/about/full-biography
photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jim_Costa_-_2.21.20.jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jim_Costa_119th_Congress_swearing_in.jpg

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