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<p><strong>While freshman Rep. Adam Gray, D-Merced, signaled he’s ready to tackle immigration, high housing costs and other issues,</strong> two Republican colleagues were still in campaign mode during a Sunday morning appearance on CNN.</p>

<h4>House Democrat Adam Gray of Merced is ready to solve problems. The GOP, not so much</h4>

<p>MERCED, CA – <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article317285381.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">In an interview with The Sacramento Bee,</a> Congressman Adam Gray discussed the need to move beyond partisan politics, take a practical approach to governing, and focus on delivering results for the Central Valley.&nbsp;</p>

<h4>ICYMI, Sacramento Bee: Adam Gray Discusses immigration, Socialism and Trump.</h4>

<p><strong>Congressman Adam Gray (D-Merced) introduced the Valley Water Protection Act, aiming to safeguard water access for Central Valley farmers and producers.</strong> The bill seeks to amend the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to prevent enforcement actions that could pose national security threats or cause regional economic harm. Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) co-led the legislation.</p>

<h4>Congressman Gray introduces Valley Water Protection Act</h4>

Turlock Journal: The California Farm Bureau has endorsed Rep. Adam Gray (D-Merced) in his bid for reelection in the 13th Congressional District.

<p>Turlock Journal - The California Farm Bureau has endorsed Rep. Adam Gray (D-Merced) in his bid for reelection in the 13th Congressional District.</p><p>The CFB endorsed Republican incumbent John Duarte in 2024 – a race that Gray won by a mere 187 votes after losing by a slim 564-vote margin to Duarte two years earlier.</p><p><strong>The California Farm Bureau is a leading voice in the state’s powerful agricultural sector.</strong></p>

<h4>Gray Earns Key Endorsement From California Farm Bureau</h4>

<p>MERCED, CA – Today, Congressman Adam Gray announced receiving a slew of endorsements from <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong>local elected leaders</strong></span> across California’s Central Valley who credit his bipartisan record of delivering results for the Valley. The bipartisan, localized coalition that Gray has built across all five counties in CA-13 demonstrates a strong backing in the kick-off of his re-election campaign.</p><p>The following <span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">local leaders </strong></span>announced their support today for Gray’s re-election campaign:</p>

<h4>Central Valley Local Leaders Endorse Adam Gray's Re-Election</h4>

<p>MERCED, CA - Today, Congressman Adam Gray announced receiving the endorsement of the California Farm Bureau in his re-election campaign for California’s 13th Congressional District. The California Farm Bureau is the state’s leading voice in the agricultural sector and a champion for farmers and ranchers across the Central Valley.</p><p>The <strong>California Farm Bureau’s President, Shannon Douglass,</strong> said, “No one works harder to deliver for Central Valley families than Adam Gray..."</p>

<h4>California Farm Bureau Endorses Adam Gray for Re-Election in CA-13</h4>

<p><strong>Rep. Adam Gray once again is in the lonely political middle as Congress and President Donald Trump barrel toward a potential government shutdown. </strong>It’s a shaky place he can’t escape. The Merced Democrat won his Central Valley congressional seat last year by 187 votes in a district Trump won easily.</p>

<h4>Central Valley congressman caught in the middle in a bitterly divided Washington</h4>

<p>Rep. Adam Gray (D-Merced) was one of seven Democrats to join 27 Republicans and help move the&nbsp;Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 out of the House Committee on Agriculture and on to a full vote in the House of Representatives.</p><p><strong>Commonly referred to as the Farm Bill, this is the multiyear law governs an array of agricultural and food programs that are essential to Valley growers and producers. </strong>&nbsp;</p>

<h4>Gray helps Farm Bill move along</h4>

<p><strong>“Supervisor Wamhoff and I both answer to the same families across the Valley,” Gray said in a statement to The Fresno Bee.</strong> “They expect safe communities, economic opportunity, and a better quality of life. We need leaders who will work together to deliver it.”</p>

<h4>State of the Union guest list included Madera Republican. Why did a Democrat invite him?</h4>

<p><strong>Valley Congressman Adam Gray is leading a new bipartisan effort to crack down on the fentanyl crisis.</strong></p><p>Gray's bill is also supported by Colorado Republican Gabe Evans.</p><p>The Combatting Fentanyl Poisonings Act would help to expand grant funding for fentanyl awareness campaigns aimed at children.</p>

<h4>Valley Congressman proposes new bipartisan effort to crack down on fentanyl crisis</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">MERCED, CA –&nbsp;</span>Today, Congressman Adam Gray (CA-13) issued the following statement in response to primary election results in California's 13th Congressional District:&nbsp;</p>

<h4>Adam Gray Issues Statement on CA-13 Primary Election Results </h4>

<p><strong>Rep. Gray penned the following op-ed in the Washington Post: </strong><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">People in districts like mine need a helping hand, not a lecture...</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><em>Click here to read or at the following link: </em><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/08/democrats-dont-understand-everyday-life/"><em>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/08/democrats-dont-understand-everyday-life/</em></a></span></p>

<h4>Rep. Gray's Op-Ed: My Purple District Can Tell You What The Democratic Autopsy Left Out<br></h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">MERCED, CA – Congressman Adam Gray today announced the endorsement of the Modesto Police Officers’ Association (MPOA) in his campaign for re-election to California’s 13th Congressional District. MPOA represents nearly 200 rank-and-file police officers serving the City of Modesto.</span></p>

<h4>Modesto Police Officers' Association Endorses Congressman Adam Gray for Re-Election</h4>

<p>FRESNO, Calif. (<a href="http://www.yourcentralvalley.com/">KSEE/KGPE</a>) – The race for California’s 13th Congressional District is once again expected to be at the center of national attention come November.&nbsp;</p><p>On Thursday morning, incumbent Congressman Adam Gray announced he’s running for re-election.</p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong>“We deserve&nbsp;a Congress that works as hard as we do,” Gray said in a one-on-one interview Thursday about the state of his campaign.&nbsp;</strong></span></p>

<h4>Congressman Gray says he would not vote to support Iran War, discusses reelection</h4>

<p><strong>We need to talk about tariffs. </strong></p><p>Let’s start with the obvious truth: Whether they are imposed by Democrats or Republicans, tariffs are taxes paid by us — not by foreign countries.</p>

<h4>Adam Gray: Farmers are the ones taking the bullets in Trump’s on-again, off-again trade wars</h4>

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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">MERCED, CA – Today, Congressman Adam Gray announced receiving the endorsements of local mayors across California’s Central Valley, adding to a growing list of support in Gray's broad coalition.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Mayoral endorsements include: </span><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong>Katy Reed</strong></span> <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">(Dos Palos)</span>, <strong>Freddy Valdez</strong> (Firebaugh), <strong>Patrick Nagy</strong> (Gustine), <strong>Paul Akinjo </strong>(Lathrop), <strong>Mike Amabile</strong> (Los Banos), <strong>Cece Gallegos</strong> (Madera), <strong>Victor Martinez </strong>(Mendota), <strong>Matt Serrato</strong> (Merced), <strong>Sue Zwahlen</strong> (Modesto), <strong>Rachel Hernandez</strong> (Riverbank).</p>

<h4>Central Valley Mayors Endorse Adam Gray's Re-Election</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong>Rep. Adam Gray (D-Merced), whose 2024 victory in the 13th&nbsp;Congressional District came via the slimmest margin of any race in the nation, has officially kicked off his bid for a second term.</strong></span></p><p>Gray first sought the seat in 2022 but lost to Republican John Duarte by 564 votes – the second-closest race in the nation that November. Two years later, he beat the incumbent in a rematch by just 187 votes – the closest House race of that election cycle.</p>

<h4>Gray officially kicks off re-election campaign for CA-13</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong>Democratic California Congressman Adam Gray on Thursday announced he's running for re-election in one of the most competitive U.S. House districts in the country.</strong></span></p><p>Gray narrowly lost the seat for District 13 in 2022 to Republican John Duarte and then defeated him in 2024 with fewer than 200 votes. The district was redrawn under Proposition 50 last year to try to make it less of a political toss-up by filling it with more Democratic-leaning voters.</p>

<h4>Congressman Adam Gray announces re-election for competitive Central Valley seat</h4>

<p><strong>SACRAMENTO, CA </strong>— PIVOT, the Progressive Vietnamese American organization, has endorsed Thien Ho in his campaign for California’s 6th Congressional District.</p>

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<p>MERCED, CA – Congressman Adam Gray announced today that he secured the endorsement of the California Fraternal Order of Police (CAFOP) in his re-election campaign in California’s 13th Congressional District.</p>

<h4>ADAM GRAY SECURES ENDORSEMENT FROM CALIFORNIA FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE</h4>

<p><strong>Congressman Adam Gray, a proud Merced College alumnus</strong>, returned to campus Friday for a warmup session with the Blue Devils baseball team ahead of his appearance in the annual Congressional Baseball Game, set for June 11 in Washington, D.C.</p>

<h4>Congressman Gray suits up with the Blue Devils</h4>

<p><strong>Jim and Toni Lamb sat in Alison’s Cafe House last week, wondering who was seated at the table next to them.</strong></p><p>It was Rep. Adam Gray, who represents the 13th Congressional District (which includes a portion of Turlock) and had agreed to an interview with the Turlock Journal.</p><p>“We were listening and liked what we were hearing,” said Toni Lamb, who decided to cross the cafe to throw away some napkins and an empty cup before stopping at Gray’s table to ask bluntly, “Who are you?”</p>

<h4>Congressman Gray talks Trump, tariffs and immigration</h4>

<p>“<strong>I’ll always put the Central Valley first. </strong>T<strong>hat’s not an empty promise: it’s how I’ve approached every decision I’ve made in Congress. </strong>From day one, my focus has been on delivering real results back home. I’m running for re-election because the Valley deserves to be represented by someone who knows our community, stands up to partisan extremists on both sides, and is focused on solving the issues our communities face,” said Adam Gray.</p>

<h4>Rep. Adam Gray Launches Re-Election Campaign in California’s 13th Congressional District</h4>

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<p><strong>In a discussion ranging from water storage to immigration to the existential threat of pests, Rep. Adam Gray brought together 50 of the Valley’s agricultural leaders in Los Banos as part of his Agriculture and Water advisory committee.</strong></p><p>“We are the best agricultural Valley in the world, and we ought to be treated that way,” Gray told the assembled growers, producers, processors and water officials.</p>

<h4>Gray brings growers to the table, hears big concerns</h4>

<p>Newly sworn-in Members of Congress Republican Brandon Gill of Texas, Democrat Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, Republican Riley Moore of West Virginia, <strong>and Democrat Adam Gray of California sit down with CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss working across the aisle in the 119th Congress.</strong></p>

<h4>What four freshman members hope to accomplish in the narrowly divided House</h4>

Congressman Adam Gray is working everyday to find bipartisan common-sense solutions to our most critical issues, like access to affordable health care, job creation, education, public safety, and protecting our water.

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