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# Eight candidates challenge Rep. Ken Calvert in 2026
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/noteworthy/eight-candidates-challenge-rep-ken-calvert-in-2026/
- Published: 2025-05-29T19:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T13:42:31.000Z
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: Politics, #brief, #herald-noteworthy:68361a92baa1400001c63b83:1

[Seven Democrats and one Republican](https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/05/inland-empire-election-congress/?ref=raincrossgazette.com) are challenging Rep. Ken Calvert for his Riverside County seat in 2026, as the 30-year incumbent faces his most crowded field yet in California's newly competitive 41st Congressional District.