Pete Aguilar, CA-33 candidate, 2026 election questionnaire

The San Bernardino Sun is an established regional newspaper with a named author and a clear local-news role. This is a candidate questionnaire rather than independently reported coverage, which limits what can be assessed about the reporting itself.

• ▸Source type — Established local-news publisher with a regional readership.
• ▸Author attribution — A named author is identified.
• ▸Transparency — The page identifies the questionnaire format and its sponsoring news organization.
• ▸Editorial standards — The publisher is an established newspaper, though this questionnaire does not demonstrate its reporting or correction practices.

The questionnaire provides extensive, attributable answers from the candidate and covers a range of policy areas. It does not independently verify his claims or include opposing perspectives, which is expected of the format but limits the article’s evidentiary depth.

This is a one-candidate questionnaire: Aguilar’s positions and claims are presented at length without responses from opponents, independent sources or other candidates.

• ▸Source diversity — Only Aguilar provides substantive answers.
• ▸Counterarguments presented — The questions sometimes state competing concerns, but no opposing source responds to Aguilar’s claims.
• ▸Opinion vs reporting — The questionnaire format clearly presents candidate-authored views rather than independently reported conclusions.
• ▸Loaded language — The candidate’s answers include partisan and evaluative wording; the article does not independently adopt or test it.

The article presents Aguilar’s answers without countervailing responses, and his answers repeatedly criticize Trump and Republicans while presenting Democratic proposals favorably. The questionnaire format makes this principally the candidate’s framing rather than an asserted editorial position.

• ▸Source selection — The article presents one candidate’s answers and no opposing candidate or outside perspective.
• ▸Framing — Aguilar’s answers repeatedly assign blame to Trump and Republicans and credit Democrats with solutions.
• ▸Language tone — Several answers use partisan characterizations, including “Big Ugly Bill” and “endless wars.”