Lateefah Simon

American politician (born 1977)

IncumbentU.S. House — CA-12DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-YNW-7MXJ FEC H4CA12154

Running for U.S. House, CA-12, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/lateefah-simon

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

Headshot · unitedstates.github.io

Lateefah Simon — Photo — Photo · Mx. Granger · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Lateefah Simon — 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-12 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
2024 · U.S. House, CA-12 · General · Democratic · result not on file · source

Background

Lateefah Aaliyah Simon is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for California's 12th congressional district since January 2025.

A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first member of Congress known to be born legally blind in both eyes, and the first Muslim member from California and outside of the Midwestern United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-24 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateefah_Simon

Campaign finance

$1,449,191total raised (2026 cycle)

$777,590cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$957,256total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

Campaign contact: info@lateefahsimon.com · source

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-24 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateefah_Simon
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6495426
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4CA12154/
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lateefah_Simon_at_Oakland_Pride_1.jpg
photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simon_Lateefah_119th_Congress.jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lateefah_Simon_at_Oakland_Pride_2.jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lateefah_Simon_Portrait.jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lateefah_Simon_at_Oakland_Pride_2_(cropped).jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simon_Lateefah_119th_Congress_(cropped).jpg

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