Internet personality Trisha Paytas is turning her attention to a new platform – politics. The 37-year-old influencer revealed she is seriously considering a 2026 congressional bid in California, where she lives with her husband Moses Hackman and their three children.
In a new video titled 2026 disclosure Uploaded on January 5, Trisha told her followers, “I would love to run for a seat in the US House of Representatives”. Filming from her car, she admitted, “I know, it sounds pretty crazy to me too. I really want to be able to make a change because I see so many terrible things happening in the world – and happening right here in California.”
From YouTube to politics
Later that day, Trisha shared a TikTok detailing her plans. She said that she is currently searching on Google for the process of contesting elections for Congress and told how this idea came to her mind. He said, “The idea of ​​becoming a California state representative came to me in a dream – a dream, if you will.” “It’s too vivid for me.”
Trisha also said that becoming a mother in 2022 changed her perspective towards the world and inspired her to act. “I never thought of myself as a political person until I had kids and realized the world could be so destructive.” [and] By the time they become adults they become really dystopian,” she said. “I was like, ‘Okay Trish, enough of, like, shutting it down, being ignorant.'”
A vision and its slogan
If Trisha intends to officially appear on the November 2026 ballot, she must file nomination papers, submit a declaration of candidacy, and either pay a fee of $1,740 or collect the same number of constituent signatures by March 6. She can also run as a write-in candidate, but must secure one of the top two votes in the primary to advance to the general election.
For her platform, Trisha said her main goal would be to raise the minimum age for participation in the adult entertainment industry to 25 years. He said his campaign slogan could be: “California can be good. It can be great. Just need to create a better system for everyone and everything.”
An unexpected political past
Trisha has previously expressed political views across party lines. In 2012, he endorsed Mitt Romney by calling him “super hot” in a now-deleted YouTube video. Four years later, she expressed support for Donald Trump – but later retracted her stance in a 2019 video titled “I do not support Trump”, where she admitted that she “never voted” and knew “virtually nothing” about politics.
a busy year ahead
Apart from her political ambitions, it was a busy few months for Trisha. It recently completed a three-week Broadway run Beetle JuiceMarking her stage debut. She is also set to appear in the upcoming third season of HBO’s ExcitementPremiering this spring.