Race context
Gale Duane Lawton is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Democratic profile for California, U.S. House, 41. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - California 41.
Race status on file: discovered.
Election system on file: other.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-06 and last indexed on 2026-05-09.
Other indexed profiles returned for this same field are listed below. The list is limited to the race query for this page.
Cody Michael Wiebelhaus (Republican), David Karson (Democratic), Hector De La Torre (Democratic), Jason Byors (Democratic), Katherine Aleman (Democratic), Linda Sanchez (Democratic), Mitchell Clemmons (Republican), Mitchell Lee Clemmons (Republican).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 2 background claims; 1 finance claim.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-05-14.
Filings and votes on file
Finance claims on file: 1. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H6CA41372.
Indexed field reading
Gale Duane Lawton is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Democratic profile for California, U.S. House, 41. The party label, office, and state on this page are the values stored on the profile. Empty fields are left off rather than filled with a guess.
The cycle year 2026 is stored for Gale Duane Lawton, and the candidate status stored on the profile is Active candidate. This page uses that status label and does not invent a ballot position from it.
The race title stored for Gale Duane Lawton is 2026 U.S. House - California 41. The race status stored beside that title is discovered. Both are indexed fields from the profile record.
The election system value stored for this profile is other. It is shown because that value is present on the record.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger for Gale Duane Lawton. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Gale Duane Lawton is H6CA41372.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-06 and last indexed on 2026-05-09.
The route record for Gale Duane Lawton reports 4 public claims, 4 valid citations, and 4 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-05-14. Those figures are counts from the route. Claim wording is added on this page only when a published row was returned for the profile.
Published claim kinds with a count above zero for Gale Duane Lawton: background (2), finance (1). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Gale Duane Lawton returned 8 other indexed profiles: Cody Michael Wiebelhaus (Republican), David Karson (Democratic), Hector De La Torre (Democratic), Jason Byors (Democratic), Katherine Aleman (Democratic), Linda Sanchez (Democratic), Mitchell Clemmons (Republican), Mitchell Lee Clemmons (Republican). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Gale Duane Lawton: FEC H6CA41372; Other irs-990:_run; FEC Committee C00935239.
Profile questions
What office is Gale Duane Lawton indexed for?
Gale Duane Lawton is indexed for California, U.S. House, 41. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - California 41. The election system on file is other. The cycle year on file is 2026. The office, district, and state above are the indexed profile fields.
What party is on file for Gale Duane Lawton?
The party label on file for Gale Duane Lawton is Democratic.
What is Gale Duane Lawton's candidate status?
Gale Duane Lawton is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Gale Duane Lawton?
FEC candidate id on file: H6CA41372.
How many public claims are attached to Gale Duane Lawton?
The route record reports 4 public claims, 4 valid citations, and 4 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 2, Finance 1. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Gale Duane Lawton indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
Who else is indexed in Gale Duane Lawton's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Cody Michael Wiebelhaus (Republican), David Karson (Democratic), Hector De La Torre (Democratic), Jason Byors (Democratic), Katherine Aleman (Democratic), Linda Sanchez (Democratic), Mitchell Clemmons (Republican), Mitchell Lee Clemmons (Republican). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.