Gregory Burgess for Congress
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From Marin to the Oregon border, local press across CA-2 is covering Gregory Burgess's campaign — a working-class candidate with 38+ fully-drafted bills, no donations accepted (people need their money for food, not campaign ads), and no PAC money.
The Agricultural Resilience Imperative was briefed to 89 congressional policy staff on March 22, 2026 — days before the Hormuz fertilizer crisis hit the news cycle. Press coverage in seven outlets has followed across nine counties. Here is the record.
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Dick Spotswood: Challengers to Huffman's Congressional Seat are Near and Far
Elder caregiver Burgess has written 38 federal legislative proposals to address policy dilemmas specific to each of the district's 10 counties.
Veteran Marin IJ political columnist Dick Spotswood profiles the full eight-candidate CA-2 field in his April 28 column, devoting space to each challenger's distinct platform. Spotswood's single-sentence summary of the Show Your Work record is the cleanest distillation of the campaign in any press hit to date — read by Marin's most reliable primary-voting demographic just as ballots arrive in mailboxes.
Long-Form Interview on the Community Radio Station at the Center of the Point Reyes Story
Broadcast on 90.5 FM from Point Reyes Station to the West Marin listeners closest to the Point Reyes National Seashore settlement. KWMR's audience is the most informed in the district on what actually happened on the 18,000 acres — and the only candidate in the CA-2 field who filed five federal accountability actions before declaring candidacy (FOIA DOI-2026-003984, the OIG ethics complaint, the Supplemental EIS demand, the Coastal Commission request, and the appropriations rider request, all dated December 26, 2025) appeared on their air to discuss the public record.
Marin Voters Get 8-Candidate Race for Congressional Seat
Marin IJ reporter Richard Halstead's news roundup of the full CA-2 primary field, with Burgess quoted on the campaign's central food security argument: "We are facing a rather drastic problem with our national herds. Climate change is reducing our arable land." Halstead notes the U.S. cattle herd has dropped to 86.2 million head — the fewest since 1951 — and reports Burgess's call for environmentalists, agriculturalists, and tribes to come together on sustainable land management for the future.
Huffman, Fellow Candidates Appear at Forum in Redding
News coverage in Mendocino County's paper of record of the League of Women Voters CA-2 Forum held April 2, 2026 in Redding — the first televised candidate forum of the race. Seven candidates appeared on stage including Gregory Burgess, Congressman Huffman, Tim Geist, Robin Littau, Paul Saulsbury, Angelita Valles, and Rose Penelope Yee. Nicolette Hahn Niman did not attend. The forum covered immigration, voting rights, environmental protections, and how much time candidates would commit to spending in Shasta County if elected.
Marin Candidate Drives to Mount Shasta, Hears Local Concerns on Housing, Jobs, and Wildfire Policy
Full news coverage in the Siskiyou News of Gregory Burgess's Listen and Learn Tour stop at Mayor Casey Glaubman's "Coffee with the Mayor" event in Mount Shasta City. The article documents what residents said: housing as the dominant issue (Tiny Homes on Wheels wealth-building problem, statewide snow-load code increases); job scarcity and youth retention raised urgently; food security concerns about diesel disruptions to truck deliveries; and the city's rare wetlands forest. Burgess told Siskiyou News: "A representative represents — they go to the people, not the other way around."
CA-2 Congressional Candidate Forum — KRCR ABC 7 Live Stream & Recording
Live-streamed and recorded by KRCR News Channel 7 — the ABC affiliate serving Redding, Chico, and the North State — this is the complete video of the League of Women Voters CA-2 Forum at the Cascade Theatre on April 2, 2026. Seven candidates on one stage, broadcast to ABC News Channel 7's North State viewership and posted to its YouTube channel. The only publicly available full recording of all CA-2 candidates before the June 2 primary. Gregory Burgess presented his Show Your Work platform: 38+ drafted bills covering food security, wildfire insurance, rural healthcare, federal land accountability, and Pacific fisheries.
Wildfire Insurance and Point Reyes: The Same Pattern Congress Hasn't Stopped
Published in The Press Democrat four days before the LWV Redding Forum. This letter connects two crises Sonoma County readers live with daily: the wildfire insurance collapse and the Point Reyes settlement. Both represent a private organization using money to do what Congress never authorized. The Nature Conservancy paid approximately $30 million to remove 11 ranching families via nondisclosure agreements — acquiring effective control of 18,000 acres at roughly 7 to 11 cents on the dollar, with no competitive bid, no independent appraisal, and no environmental review.
Letters to the Editor — Sunday, March 29, 2026
Published in The Press Democrat — the paper of record for Sonoma County and the North Bay, serving one of the most politically and economically significant counties in CA-2. This letter places Gregory Burgess's campaign before Sonoma County readers, connecting the food security and federal land accountability issues at the core of his platform directly to the community where Point Reyes ranching, wildfire insurance collapse, and agricultural economic disruption are felt most acutely.
The Point Reyes NEPA Bypass — and What It Means for Siskiyou Timber
Published in the Siskiyou News, this letter draws a direct connection between the procedural shortcut used in the Point Reyes settlement and the regulatory threats facing Siskiyou County's timber industry. When federal agencies bypass NEPA review for a $30 million conservation deal in Marin, it sets precedent for how federal land decisions get made across all of CA-2 — including for the communities that depend on the Klamath National Forest.
Marin County Resident Running for Jared Huffman's Seat Wants to be Rural Champion
Reporter Sage Alexander covered the field of candidates for CA-2 following the March 6 filing deadline, placing Gregory Burgess among a diverse group challenging Congressman Huffman in the newly redrawn district. The piece examines the central tension of the race: how any representative can serve both wealthy, coastal Marin and the strongly conservative rural north.
Behind Those Mailers: A Man on a Mission
The Point Reyes Light — the Pulitzer Prize-winning West Marin paper of record — profiled Gregory Burgess and the physical mail campaign he launched to nearly 1,000 households in Point Reyes and West Marin. The profile examines how a former CDC Public Health Officer and 30-year behavioral health professional became one of the most persistent voices for accountability in the Point Reyes National Seashore ranching controversy.
Letters: Point Reyes Settlement Should Be Examined
Published in Mendocino County's paper of record, this letter makes the case that the January 2025 settlement between the National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy — which displaced 11 multi-generational ranching families from 12 Point Reyes ranches with no public hearing — raises Major Questions Doctrine concerns that warrant Congressional scrutiny.
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