ICYMI: Kevin Lincoln Lays Out Why He’ll Defeat Lazy Adam Gray
In case you missed it, Republican Kevin Lincoln, a Marine veteran, pastor, and former Stockton mayor, laid out exactly why he will defeat lazy Democrat Adam Gray.
Lincoln has spent his life serving his country and community, and his deep Central Valley roots, proven record of service, and commitment to lowering costs make him the fighter working families deserve in Congress.
Read more here or read excerpts below.
Marine, pastor, and former mayor: Republicans’ pick for key California House race
Voz
Joaquin Nunez
July 29, 2026
The Republican Party will seek to retain its majority in the House of Representatives. Retaining the majority is not just about defending current seats, but about going on the offensive to try to defeat Democrats in key districts. One of those districts is in the Central Valley of California, where Republicans nominated Kevin Lincoln, a Marine, pastor, and former mayor.
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In an interview with VOZ, Lincoln spoke about his candidacy and presented himself as a leader capable of working with “both sides of the aisle” to achieve results.
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Lincoln, 45, is a security expert whose grandfather came to California from Mexico in search of better opportunities. He joined the United States Marine Corps (USMC) in 2001 and was later recruited by the White House Military Office, where he served directly under President George W. Bush.
He later embarked on a business career that led him to work at one of Silicon Valley’s leading private security firms.
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“It’s all been about what I can do to help other people and to improve the environment in the communities that are around me. I’m a husband of twenty-four years as well. I have two amazing adult adult children and I always tell people the greatest investment that we can make in life is that of which we invest into the next generation,” he said.
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“I had to work with many people from different walks of life and backgrounds that are facing different challenges in their life to help them take the next step towards healing or whatever that they need along their journey,” he continued.
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Regarding his Democratic opponent, Adam Gray, he stated that Gray’s current term in the Congress is proving “disappointing” for the district’s residents.
Specifically, he criticized him for voting against the “Big Beautiful Bill”, also known as the Working Families Tax Cuts: “His policies, the the issues that he supports and votes for here in Washington are are not representative of the Central Valley in in our district. When he votes for the highest tax increase in American history by opposing the Working Families Tax Cuts, that’s unacceptable.”
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California’s 13th District has a 65.9% Hispanic population, so the community is expected to be highly influential in the election’s outcome.
Lincoln recalled the legacy of his grandfather, who immigrated to the United States from Mexico: “My story and my family heritage and legacy is not much different than yours. You know, I know what it’s like because of the example of my grandfather to work hard, to sacrifice, to want to do everything you possibly can to provide a better future for your family and generations that will follow you. Those are the sacrifices my grandfather made when he came to this country and he worked over forty years at a local cannery.”
“I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to serve our great nation in the Marine Corps. I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to serve my community as a pastor. I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to be the mayor of California’s eleventh largest city, my hometown, the town that my grandfather immigrated to, had it not been for his sacrifices,” he concluded.