2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

Passed map under California Proposition 50 (effective 2027–2033 starting with the 2026 elections) Interactive map version

The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 52 U.S. representatives from the State of California, one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The passage of Proposition 50 in 2025 significantly altered many districts. The primary elections will take place on June 2, 2026.

District 1

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 1st congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The seat is currently vacant, after the death of incumbent Republican Doug LaMalfa, who was re-elected with 65.3% of the vote in 2024. A special election using the current electoral boundaries will be held on June 2, 2026.

Declared

• Audrey Denney (Democratic), consultant, runner-up for this seat in (/wiki/2018UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District1) and (/wiki/2020UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District1) • James Gallagher (Republican), former Minority Leader of the California Assembly (2022–2025) from the 3rd district (2014–present) • Janice Karrman (Democratic), retired wine broker • Timothy Sean Kelly (No party preference), attorney • Mike McGuire (Democratic), former president pro tempore of the California State Senate (2024–2025) from the 2nd district (2014–present) • Richard T. Minner (No party preference), software architect • Angelita Valles (Republican), former Victorville city councillor

Withdrawn

• James Salegui (Democratic), financial advisor • Kyle Wilson (Democratic), labor attorney

Declined

• Kevin Kiley (No party preference), incumbent U.S. representative from the 3rd district (running in the 6th district)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Audrey Denney (D)	$327,612	$182,508	$145,103
Mike McGuire (D)	$450,466	$64,987	$385,479
James Salegui (D)	$8,824	$3,516	$5,307
Kyle Wilson (D)	$4,322	$3,326	$989
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D (flip)</td><td>November 6, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D (flip)</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D (flip)</td><td>March 2, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Likely D (flip)</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Audrey Denney
	Republican	James Gallagher
	Democratic	Janice Karman
	No party preference	Timothy Kelly
	Democratic	Mike McGuire
	No party preference	Richard Minner
	Republican	Angelita Valles
Total votes		100.0

District 2

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California's 2nd congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Jared Huffman, who was re-elected with 71.9% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Gregory Burgess (No party preference), caregiver • Tim Geist (Republican), former researcher • Nicolette Hahn Niman (No party preference), cattle rancher • Jared Huffman (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Robin Littau (Republican), Enterprise Elementary School Board trustee • Paul Saulsbury (Republican), mental health professional • Rose P. Yee (Democratic), businesswoman and runner-up for the 1st district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District5)

Withdrawn

• Colby Smart (No party preference), deputy superintendent at the Humboldt County Office of Education

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Jared Huffman (D)	$556,386	$521,276	$1,019,752
Colby Smart (I)	$3,042	$1,353	$1,689
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Huffman (incumbent)
	No party preference	Gregory Burgess
	Republican	Tim Geist
	No party preference	Nicolette Niman
	Republican	Robin Littau
	Republican	Paul Saulsbury
	Democratic	Rose Yee
Total votes		100.0

District 3

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California's 3rd congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Independent Kevin Kiley, who was re-elected as a Republican with 55.5% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Christopher Bennett (Democratic), tech strategist • Ami Bera (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative from the 6th district • Christine Bish (Republican), realtor, runner-up for the 6th district in (/wiki/2020UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District6) and (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District6) and candidate in (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District6) • Lyndon "Pacey" Cervantes (Democratic), broadcaster • Heidi Hall (Democratic), Nevada County supervisor (2017–present) and runner-up for the 1st district in (/wiki/2014UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District1) • Laura Koscki (Republican), community representative • Chris Richardson (Green), retired software engineer • Robb Tucker (Republican), Nevada County supervisor (2025–present)

Withdrawn

• Richard Pan (Democratic), former state senator from the 6th district (2014–2022) and candidate for mayor of Sacramento in (/wiki/2024Sacramentomayoralelection) (running in the 6th district)

Declined

• Lauren Babb Tomlinson (Democratic), public affairs chief for Planned Parenthood Mon Marte (running in the 6th district) • Janine Bera (Democratic), healthcare executive and wife of U.S. representative Ami Bera • Kevin Kiley (No party preference), incumbent U.S. representative (running in the 6th district)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Christopher Bennett (D)	$76,245	$54,405	$21,840
Ami Bera (D)	$741,093	$643,983	$1,970,481
Christine Bish (R)	$58,592	$19,919	$38,723
Pacey Cervantes (D)	$10,932	$9,616	$1,316
Heidi Hall (D)	$388,835	$309,237	$82,054
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 6, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>March 2, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>January 6, 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

<table><thead><tr><th>Primary election</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Ami Bera (incumbent)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Chris Bennett</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>Christine Bish</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Lyndon "Pacey" Cervantes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Heidi Hall</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>Laura Koscki</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Chris Richardson</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>Robb Tucker</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total votes</td><td></td><td>100.0</td></tr></tbody></table>

District 4

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California's 4th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Mike Thompson, who was re-elected with 66.5% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Sharon Brown (Republican), registered nurse • Mandy Ghusar, (Republican), licensed vocational nurse • Eric Jones (Democratic), venture capitalist • Jimih Jones (Republican), parts manager • John Mackenzie (Republican), registered nurse • Ray Riehle (Republican), business owner • Thomas M Roach (No party preference) • Mike Thompson (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Chuck Uribe (Republican), teacher

Declined

• Kevin Kiley (Independent), incumbent U.S. representative from the 3rd district (running in the 6th district)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Sharon Brown (R)	$7,000	$2,780	$4,219
Mandy Ghusar (R)	$7,000	$3,789	$3,210
Eric Jones (D)	$2,591,551	$789,150	$1,802,400
John MacKenzie (R)	$7,000	$2,780	$4,219
Ray Riehle (R)	$90,180	$75,018	$15,701
Mike Thompson (D)	$2,037,568	$1,313,153	$1,933,903
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)
	Republican	Sharon Brown
	Republican	Mandy Ghusar
	Democratic	Eric Jones
	Republican	Jimih Jones
	Republican	John Mackenzie
	Republican	Ray Riehle
	No party preference	Thomas Roach
	Republican	Chuck Uribe
Total votes		100.0

District 5

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 5th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Republican Tom McClintock, who was re-elected with 61.8% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Michael Barkley (Democratic), attorney, perennial candidate, and runner-up for this district in (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District5) and (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District5) • Michael Masuda (Democratic), engineer • Tom McClintock (Republican), incumbent U.S. representative • Dan Stroud (Democratic), engineer and business owner

Withdrawn

• Paul Danbom (Democratic), farmer (endorsed Masuda) • Kevin Kiley (No party preference), incumbent U.S. representative from the 3rd district (running in the 6th district) • Katelyn Sills (Democratic), farmer and software engineer

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Michael Barkley (D)	$700	$989	$4,449
Michael Masuda (D)	$109,679	$92,322	$17,357
Tom McClintock (R)	$513,180	$564,596	$96,788
Katelyn Sills (D)	$14,060	$4,976	$9,083
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid R</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid R</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe R</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe R</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom McClintock (incumbent)
	Democratic	Michael Barkley
	Democratic	Michael Masuda
	Democratic	Dan Stroud
Total votes		100.0

District 6

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 6th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Ami Bera, who was re-elected with 57.6% of the vote in 2024. Republican representative Kevin Kiley of the 3rd district switched his party affiliation to Independent before formally announcing his reelection campaign in the 6th District.

Declared

• Lauren Babb Tomlinson (Democratic), public affairs chief for Planned Parenthood Mon Marte • Martha Guerrero (Democratic), mayor of West Sacramento • Thien Ho (Democratic), Sacramento County district attorney (2023–present) • Kevin Kiley (No party preference), incumbent U.S. representative from the 3rd district • Richard Pan (Democratic), former state senator from the 6th district (2014–2022) and candidate for mayor of Sacramento in (/wiki/2024Sacramentomayoralelection) (previously ran in the 3rd district) • Michael Stansfield (Republican), applications engineer • Tyler Vandenberg (Democratic), U.S. Marine veteran

Declined

• Angelique Ashby (Democratic), state senator from the 8th district (2022–present) • Ami Bera (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative (running in the 3rd district}

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Lauren Babb Tomlinson (D)	$162,273	$22,510	$139,763
Thien Ho (D)	$377,199	$47,038	$330,160
Kevin Kiley (I)	$2,087,842	$417,684	$2,051,136
Richard Pan (D)	$317,976	$189,279	$128,696
Tyler Vandenberg (D)	$38,419	$26,539	$11,879
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Likely D (flip)</td><td>November 6, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D (flip)</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Likely D (flip)</td><td>March 2, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Likely D (flip)</td><td>November 30, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	No party preference	Kevin Kiley (incumbent)
	Democratic	Lauren Babb Tomlinson
	Democratic	Martha Guerrero
	Democratic	Thien Ho
	Democratic	Richard Pan
	Republican	Michael Stansfield
	Democratic	Tyler Vandenberg
Total votes		100.0

District 7

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 7th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Doris Matsui, who was re-elected with 66.8% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Doris Matsui (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Robert Morin (Democratic), business owner • Enayat Nazhat (Democratic), attorney, former intelligence linguist • Ralph Nwobi (Republican), attorney • Mai Vang (Democratic), Sacramento city councilor (2020–present) • Zachariah Wooden (Republican), college student

Withdrawn

• Erica Lee (Democratic), former state worker (endorsed Vang) • Kathryn Ming (Republican), software engineer

Declined

• Kevin Kiley (Independent), incumbent U.S. representative from the 3rd district (running in the 6th district) • Bobbie Singh-Allen, mayor of Elk Grove (2020–present) (endorsed Matsui)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Erica Lee (D)	$14,731	$9,556	$5,174
Doris Matsui (D)	$745,818	$267,161	$785,325
Kathryn Ming (R)	$25	$25	$0
Robert Morin (D)	$22,929	$1,030	$21,898
Mai Vang (D)	$282,620	$83,955	$198,664
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doris Matsui (incumbent)
	Democratic	Robby Morin
	Democratic	Enayat Nazhat
	Republican	Ralph Nwobi
	Democratic	Mai Vang
	Republican	Zachariah Wooden
Total votes		100.0

District 8

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 8th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat John Garamendi, who was re-elected with 74.0% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Nicolas Carjuzaa (Democratic), financial policy analyst • John Garamendi (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Rudy Recile (Republican), businessman and runner-up for this district in (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District8) and (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District8) • Aaron Rowden (Democratic), public health policy analyst

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Nicolas Carjuzaa (D)	$10,074	$3,417	$6,656
John Garamendi (D)	$301,377	$355,033	$1,211,061
Hari Lamba (D)	$12,050	$10,262	$1,787
Rudy Recile (R)	$3,598	$3,828	$807
Aaron Rowden (D)	$7,192	$2,318	$405
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Garamendi (incumbent)
	Democratic	Nicolas Carjuzaa
	Republican	Rudy Recile
	Democratic	Aaron Rowden
Total votes		100.0

District 9

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 9th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Josh Harder, who was re-elected with 51.8% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Josh Harder (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Khalid Jeffrey Jafri (Republican), engineer • John McBride (Republican), athletic coach and candidate for this district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District9) • Parminder "Happy" Singh (Republican), commercial real estate analyst • Martin "Vmann" Veprauskas (Republican), retired navy manager

Withdrawn

• Kevin Lincoln (Republican), former mayor of Stockton (2021–2025) and runner-up for this district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District9) (running in the 13th district) • Jim Shoemaker (Republican), businessman, candidate for this district in (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District9), and runner-up for California's 5th senatorial district in (/wiki/2024CaliforniaStateSenateelection#District5) (running for state assembly)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Josh Harder (D)	$2,749,905	$670,778	$3,767,957
John McBride (R)	$3,993	$2,855	$767
Jim Shoemaker (R)	$27,113	$26,865	$247
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 6, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>February 5, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>January 6, 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Josh Harder (incumbent)
	Republican	Khalid Jafri
	Republican	John McBride
	Republican	Parminder Singh
	Republican	Martin Veprauskas
Total votes		100.0

District 10

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 10th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Mark DeSaulnier, who was re-elected with 66.5% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Jeff Frese (Republican), business owner • Angela Griffiths (Republican), chiropractor • Joshua Hamilton (Democratic), community organizer • Mitchell Maisler (Democratic), brewer • Katherine Piccinni (Republican), property manager and runner-up for this district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District10) and write-in candidate in (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District10) • Bob Rowland (Democratic), commercial land broker

Declined

• Steve Glazer (Democratic), former state senator from the 7th district (2015–2024) and candidate for California state controller in (/wiki/2022CaliforniaStateControllerelection) (endorsed DeSaulnier) • Tim Grayson (Democratic), state senator from the 9th district (2024–present) (endorsed DeSaulnier)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Mark DeSaulnier (D)	$406,168	$309,585	$725,570
Katherine Piccinni (R)	$9,398	$7,403	$4,077
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark DeSaulnier (incumbent)
	Republican	Jeff Frese
	Republican	Angela Griffiths
	Democratic	Joshua Hamilton
	Democratic	Mitchell Maisler
	Republican	Katherine Piccinini
	Democratic	Bob Rowland
Total votes		100.0

District 11

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 11th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Nancy Pelosi, who was re-elected with 81.0% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• John "Gus" Buffler (Democratic), rocket scientist • Saikat Chakrabarti (Democratic), think tank president and former chief of staff to U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez • Connie Chan (Democratic), San Francisco supervisor from the 1st district (2021–present) • Nathan Deer (No party preference), scientist • Keith Freedman (Democratic), business owner • David Ganezer (Republican), newspaper publisher • Omed Hamid (Democratic), technology advocate • Gregory M Haynes (Democratic), civil rights advocate • Marie Hurabiell (Democratic), attorney • Scott Wiener (Democratic), state senator from the 11th district (2016–present) • Jingchao Xiong (Republican), marketing salesman and independent candidate for SD-11 in (/wiki/2024CaliforniaStateSenateelection#District11)

Withdrawn

• Daniel Wheeler (Democratic), lawyer and entrepreneur (endorsed Hurabiell)

Declined

• London Breed (Democratic), former mayor of San Francisco (2017–2018, 2018–2025) (endorsed Wiener) • Matt Haney (Democratic), state assemblymember from the 17th district (2022–present) (running for re-election) • Jane Kim (Democratic), executive director of the California Working Families Party, former San Francisco supervisor from the 6th district (2011–2019), runner-up for California's 11th senate district in (/wiki/2016CaliforniaStateSenateelection#District11), and candidate for mayor of San Francisco in (/wiki/2018SanFranciscomayoralspecialelection) (running for insurance commissioner) • Christine Pelosi (Democratic), political strategist and daughter of incumbent Nancy Pelosi (running for state senate) • Nancy Pelosi (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Saikat Chakrabarti (D)	$1,769,247	$1,656,981	$112,266
Connie Chan (D)	$174,384	$54,853	$119,531
David Genezer (R)	$59	$16	$43
Omed Hamid (D)	$34,968	$0	$34,968
Darren Helton (D)	$5,247	$5,247	$0
Scott Wiener (D)	$2,785,939	$511,574	$2,274,364
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Primary polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Saikat Chakrabarti (D)	Connie Chan (D)	Scott Wiener (D)	Other	Undecided
Data for Progress (D)	March 3–12, 2026	797 (LV)	± 3%	20%	17%	37%	13%	18%
January 14–22, 2026	806 (LV)	16%	17%	32%	14%	17%

Results

<table><thead><tr><th>Primary election</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>John "Gus" Buffler</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Saikat Chakrabarti</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Connie Chan</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No party preference</td><td>Nathan Deer</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Keith Freedman</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>David Ganezer</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Omed Hamid</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Gregory Haynes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Marie Hurabiell</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Scott Wiener</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>Jingchao Xiong</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total votes</td><td></td><td>100.0</td></tr></tbody></table>

District 12

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 12th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Lateefah Simon, who was elected with 65.4% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Jamie Joyce (Democratic), nonprofit executive director • Lateefah Simon (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Lateefah Simon (D)	$916,197	$609,956	$591,895
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lateefah Simon (incumbent)
	Democratic	Jamie Joyce
Total votes		100.0

District 13

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 13th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Adam Gray, who flipped the district and was elected with 50.03% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Daniel Garibay Rodriguez (Democratic), community organizer • Adam Gray (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Vin Kruttiventi (Republican), business consultant and runner-up for the 14th district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District14) • Kevin Lincoln (Republican), former mayor of Stockton (2021–2025) and runner-up for the 9th district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District9) (previously ran in the 9th district)

Withdrawn

• Javier Lopez (Republican), mayor of Ceres (2020–present)

Declined

• John Duarte (Republican), former U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Adam Gray (D)	$2,321,496	$1,263,966	$1,249,487
Vin Kruttiventi (R)	$587,845	$458,882	$134,762
Kevin Lincoln (R)	$518,127	$346,961	$195,289
Javier Lopez (R)	$145,171	$130,887	$14,284
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Tilt D</td><td>November 6, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Lean D</td><td>January 15, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Lean D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Lean D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Gray (incumbent)
	Democratic	Daniel Garibay Rodriguez
	Republican	Vin Kruttiventi
	Republican	Kevin Lincoln
Total votes		100.0

District 14

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 14th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Eric Swalwell, who was re-elected with 67.8% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Victor Aguilar Jr. (Democratic), San Leandro city councilor (2018–present) • Suzanne Chenault (No party preference), lawyer • Carin Elam (Democratic), nonprofit founder • Melissa Hernandez (Democratic), president of the Bay Area Rapid Transit board of directors, former mayor of Dublin • Wendy Huang (Republican), retired tech executive • Dena Maldonado (Republican), florist • Matt Ortega (Democratic), former digital director for the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign • Rakhi Israni Singh (Democratic), attorney • Aisha Wahab (Democratic), state senator from the 10th district (2022–present) and candidate for this district in (/wiki/2020UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District15)

Declined

• Eric Swalwell (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative (running for governor)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Matt Ortega (D)	$13,567	$534	$13,032
Abrar Qadir (D)	$26,061	$8,481	$0
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victor Aguilar, Jr.
	No party preference	Suzanne Chenault
	Democratic	Carin Elam
	Democratic	Melissa Hernandez
	Republican	Wendy Huang
	Republican	Dena Maldonado
	Democratic	Matt Ortega
	Democratic	Rakhi Israni Singh
	Democratic	Aisha Wahab
Total votes		100.0

District 15

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 15th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Kevin Mullin, who was re-elected with 73.1% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Anthony Dang (Democratic), policy analyst • Jim Garrity (No party preference), retired police inspector • Charles Hoelter (Republican), retired training supervisor • Mantosh Kumar (Democratic), former business executive and an independent strategic advisor • Kevin Mullin (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Anna Kramer (R)	$5,350	$7,037	$0
Mantosh Kumar (D)	$7,383	$1,420	$5,963
Kevin Mullin (D)	$545,679	$368,324	$229,126
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Mullin (incumbent)
	Democratic	Mantosh Kumar
	No party preference	Jim Garrity
	Republican	Charles Hoelter
	Democratic	Anthony Van Dang
Total votes		100.0

District 16

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 16th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Sam Liccardo, who was elected with 58.2% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Kevin Johnson (Republican), law student • Sam Liccardo (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Peter Sundin Soulé (Republican), investor • Jotham Stein (No party preference), attorney

Withdrawn

• Peter Dixon (Democratic), cybersecurity executive and candidate for this district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District16)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Peter Dixon (D)	$0	$1,038	$0
Sam Liccardo (D)	$2,949,933	$1,045,260	$1,995,065
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Liccardo (incumbent)
	Republican	Kevin Johnson
	Republican	Peter Sundin Soulé
	No party preference	Jotham Stein
Total votes		100.0

District 17

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 17th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Ro Khanna, who was re-elected with 67.7% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Ethan Agarwal (Democratic), tech entrepreneur • Joe Dehn (Libertarian), chair of Santa Clara County Libertarian Party • Mike Katz (Democratic), cybersecurity engineer • Ro Khanna (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Jennie Ha Phan (Republican), retired accountant • Ritesh Tandon (Republican), technology executive

Declined

• Eric Jones (Democratic), venture capitalist (running in the 4th district) • Matt Mahan (Democratic), mayor of San Jose (2023–present)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Ro Khanna (D)	$9,579,627	$4,833,756	$15,454,963
Ritesh Tandon (R)	$100	$45	$55
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ro Khanna (incumbent)
	Democratic	Ethan Agarwal
	Libertarian	Joe Dehn
	Democratic	Mike Katz
	Republican	Jennie Ha Phan
	Republican	Ritesh Tandon
Total votes		100.0

District 18

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 18th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Zoe Lofgren, who was re-elected with 64.6% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Luis Arreguín (Democratc), college professor • Chris Demers (No party preference), sustainable technology director • Shane Lewis (Republican), U.S. Marine veteran • Zoe Lofgren (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Shane Lewis (R)	$802	$786	$16
Zoe Lofgren (D)	$1,274,233	$797,141	$716,844
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)
	Democratic	Luis Arreguín
	No party preference	Chris Demers
	Republican	Shane Lewis
Total votes		100.0

District 19

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 19th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Jimmy Panetta, who was re-elected with 69.3% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Ana Luz Acevedo-Cabrera (No party preference), professor • Thomas Coxe (No party preference), contractor • Sean Dougherty (Democratic), software engineer, Green Party candidate for this district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District19) • Tuka Gafari (Republican), businessman • Lars Mapstead (Libertarian), businessman • Jimmy Panetta (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Peter Verbica (Republican), financial planner

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Sean Dougherty (D)	$52,303	$50,983	$3,338
Jimmy Panetta (D)	$1,617,556	$705,906	$4,626,288
Peter Verbica (R)	$38,485	$25,003	$13,481
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jimmy Panetta (incumbent)
	No party preference	Ana Luz Acevedo-Cabrera
	No party preference	Thomas Coxe
	Democratic	Sean Dougherty
	Republican	Tuka Gafari
	Libertarian	Lars Mapstead
	Republican	Peter Verbica
Total votes		100.0

District 20

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 20th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Republican Vince Fong, who was re-elected with 65.1% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Ben Dewell (No party preference), Stallion Springs service board member • Vince Fong (Republican), incumbent U.S. representative • Jeremy Fox (No party preference), retired land surveyor • Sandra Van Scotter (Democratic), disability community advocate

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Vince Fong (R)	$1,207,535	$949,851	$296,915
Kristina Roper (D)	$104,400	$10,609	$93,790
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid R</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid R</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe R</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe R</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vince Fong (incumbent)
	No party preference	Ben Dewell
	No party preference	Jeremy Fox
	Democratic	Sandra Van Scotter
Total votes		100.0

District 21

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 21st congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Jim Costa, who was re-elected with 52.6% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Jim Costa (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Eric Garcia (Democratic), U.S. Marine veteran • Lourin Hubbard (Democratic), labor organizer and runner-up for the 22nd district in the 2022 special election • Kyle Kirkland (Republican), casino owner and candidate for the 20th district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District20) • Lance Kruse (No party preference), addictions counselor • Lorenzo Rios (Republican), CEO of the Clovis Veterans Memorial District

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Jim Costa (D)	$823,251	$344,370	$687,762
Kyle Kirkland (R)	$108,194	$77,546	$30,648
Lorenzo Rios (R)	$291,852	$143,625	$148,226
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Likely D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Likely D</td><td>March 12, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Likely D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Likely D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Costa (incumbent)
	Democratic	Eric Garcia
	Democratic	Lourin Hubbard
	Republican	Kyle Kirkland
	No party preference	Lance Kruse
	Republican	Lorenzo Rios
Total votes		100.0

District 22

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 22nd congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Republican David Valadao, who was re-elected with 53.4% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Jasmeet Bains (Democratic), state assemblymember from the 35th district (2022–present) • David Valadao (Republican), incumbent U.S. representative • Randy Villegas (Democratic), Visalia school board trustee

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Jasmeet Bains (D)	$649,821	$212,290	$437,530
Eric Garcia (D)	$593	$0	$593
Rudy Salas (D)	$13,492	$69,466	$150,468
David Valadao (R)	$3,062,911	$987,701	$2,120,745
Randy Villegas (D)	$875,948	$338,273	$537,674
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Tilt R</td><td>November 6, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Tossup</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Tossup</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Tossup</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	David Valadao (R)	Jasmeet Bains (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)	August 6–8, 2025	547 (V)	± 4.2%	42%	42%	17%

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Valadao (incumbent)
	Democratic	Jasmeet Bains
	Democratic	Randy Villegas
Total votes		100.0

District 23

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 23rd congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Republican Jay Obernolte, who was re-elected with 60.1% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Tessa Lynn Hodge (Democratic), clinical social worker • Karen Leigh Matthews (No party preference), radiologist • Karsten Scott Nicholson (Democratic) • Jay Obernolte (Republican), incumbent U.S. representative • Eli C. Owens (No party preference) • Charles Patrick Wallis (Democratic), software developer

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Paul Chakalian (D)	$72,674	$72,674	$0
Alexis Claiborne (D)	$3,367	$519	$4,819
Tessa Hodge (D)	$27,136	$24,945	$2,190
Karen Matthews (I)	$111,258	$53,962	$57,295
Jay Obernolte (R)	$851,058	$465,227	$1,383,669
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid R</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid R</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe R</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe R</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Obernolte (incumbent)
	Democratic	Tessa Lynn Hodge
	No party preference	Karen Leigh Matthews
	Democratic	Karsten Nicholson
	No party preference	Eli Owens
	Democratic	Pat Wallis
Total votes		100.0

District 24

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 24th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Salud Carbajal, who was re-elected with 62.7% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Sarah Bacon (Democratic), graduate student • Salud Carbajal (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Helena Pasquarella (Peace and Freedom), teacher • Bob Smith (Republican), engineer

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Salud Carbajal (D)	$1,162,557	$548,188	$3,258,238
Robert Smith (R)	$85,663	$49,208	$36,454
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Salud Carbajal (incumbent)
	Democratic	Sarah Bacon
	Peace and Freedom	Helena Pasquarella
	Republican	Bob Smith
Total votes		100.0

District 25

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 25th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Raul Ruiz, who was re-elected with 56.3% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Ron Huffman (Republican), retired electrical worker • Joe Males (Republican), Hemet city councilor • Raul Ruiz (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Ceci Truman (Republican), businesswoman and candidate for this district in (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District25) and (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District25)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Joe Males (R)	$719,123	$653,090	$66,033
Raul Ruiz (D)	$1,401,441	$717,365	$2,386,815
Ceci Truman (R)	$224,325	$217,345	$9,587
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>January 15, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 12, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>February 5, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raul Ruiz (incumbent)
	Republican	Ronald Huffman
	Republican	Joe Males
	Republican	Ceci Truman
Total votes		100.0

District 26

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 26th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Julia Brownley, who was re-elected with 56.1% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Chris Espinosa (Democratic), former staffer for then–U.S. Representative Raúl Grijalva • Sam Gallucci (Republican), pastor • Liam Hernandez (Democratic), businessman • Jacqui Irwin (Democratic), state assemblymember from the 42nd district (2014–present) • Sonia Kacker (Democratic), physician • Michael Koslow (Republican), healthcare investigator and runner-up for this district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District26) • Daniel Miller (Republican), businessman • Sasan Samadzadeh (Democratic), construction inspector • William Scott (Republican), systems engineer

Declined

• Julia Brownley (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative (endorsed Irwin) • Monique Limón (Democratic), President pro tempore of the California State Senate (2025–present) from the 21st district (2020–present) • Trisha Paytas (Republican), influencer and actress

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Samuel Gallucci (R)	$212,356	$150,536	$61,819
Michael Koslow (R)	$53,519	$47,186	$17,643
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Espinosa
	Republican	Sam Gallucci
	Democratic	Liam Hernandez
	Democratic	Jacqui Irwin
	Democratic	Sonia Kacker
	Republican	Michael Koslow
	Republican	Daniel Miller
	Democratic	Sasan Samadzadeh
	Republican	William Scott
Total votes		100.0

District 27

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 27th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat George Whitesides, who flipped the district and was elected with 51.3% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Jason Gibbs (Republican), Santa Clarita city councilor (2020–present) • Caleb Norwood (Democratic) • Roberto Ramos (Democratic), retired military analyst • George Whitesides (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Jason Gibbs (R)	$222,755	$82,348	$140,407
David Neidhart (R)	$518	$268	$250
George Whitesides (D)	$2,967,497	$975,786	$2,318,443
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 6, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>February 5, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Whitesides (incumbent)
	Republican	Jason Gibbs
	Democratic	Caleb Norwood
	Democratic	Roberto Ramos
Total votes		100.0

District 28

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 28th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Judy Chu, who was re-elected with 64.9% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Judy Chu (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Peter Roybal (Democratic), businessman • April Verlato (Republican), former Arcadia city councilor (2016–2024) and runner-up for this district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District28)

Withdrawn

• Robert Thomas Gonzalez (Democratic), retail worker

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Judy Chu (D)	$737,473	$563,422	$3,776,056
April Verlato (R)	$50	$7,445	$442
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Judy Chu (incumbent)
	Democratic	Peter Roybal
	Republican	April Verlato
Total votes		100.0

District 29

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 29th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Luz Rivas, who was elected with 69.8% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Angélica María Dueñas (Democratic), community organizer • Rudy Melendez (Republican), organized labor advocate • Luz Rivas (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Luz Rivas (D)	$441,661	$329,522	$376,402
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luz Rivas (incumbent)
	Democratic	Angélica María Dueñas
	Republican	Rudy Melendez
Total votes		100.0

District 30

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 30th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Laura Friedman, who was elected with 68.4% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• John Armenian (No party preference), aerospace entrepreneur • Dennis Feitosa (Republican), YouTube content creator • Laura Friedman (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Pini Herman (Democratic), businessman • Joel Lava (Democratic), activist • Scott A. Meyers (Republican), attorney • Cameron Tennyson (Democratic), movie studio clerk

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Dennis Feitosa (R)	$5,457	$548	$4,909
Laura Friedman (D)	$512,266	$443,846	$365,167
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Laura Friedman (incumbent)
	No party preference	John Armenian
	Republican	Dennis Feitosa
	Democratic	Pini Herman
	Democratic	Joel Lava
	Republican	Scott Meyers
	Democratic	Cameron Tennyson
Total votes		100.0

District 31

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 31st congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Gil Cisneros, who was elected with 59.7% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Eric Ching (Republican), former Walnut city councilor (2012–2024) and runner-up for the 38th district in (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District38) and (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District38) • Gil Cisneros (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Erskine Levi (Republican), retired teacher

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Eric Ching (R)	$8,625	$16,339	$32,526
Gil Cisneros (D)	$359,156	$287,572	$111,660
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gil Cisneros (incumbent)
	Republican	Eric Ching
	Republican	Erskine Levi
Total votes		100.0

District 32

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 32nd congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Brad Sherman, who was re-elected with 66.2% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Chris Ahuja (Democratic), actor and candidate for this district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District32) • Dory Benami (Democratic), businessman • Jake Levine (Democratic), former senior director for Climate & Energy at the National Security Council and son of former U.S. representative Mel Levine • Marena Lin (Democratic), climate scientist • Josh Sautter (Democratic), Encino neighborhood councilor from Area 1 (2023–present) • Brad Sherman (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Doug Smith (No party preference), television stage manger • Larry Thompson (Republican), talent manager • Anna Wilding (Democratic), filmmaker

Withdrawn

• Jake Rakov (Democratic), communications consultant and former deputy communications director for incumbent Brad Sherman

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Chris Ahuja (D)	$36,441	$19,083	$20,028
Dory Benami (D)	$13,533	$4,479	$9,053
Jake Levine (D)	$1,060,482	$315,588	$744,894
Jake Rakov (D)	$583,940	$583,940	$0
Josh Sautter (D)	$26,378	$370	$23,307
Brad Sherman (D)	$1,416,486	$565,541	$4,772,889
Larry Thompson (R)	$7,403	$6,332	$1,070
Anna Wilding (D)	$6,294	$5,825	$468
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)
	Democratic	Chris Ahuja
	Democratic	Dory Benami
	Democratic	Jake Levine
	Democratic	Marena Lin
	Democratic	Josh Sautter
	No party preference	Doug Smith
	Republican	Larry Thompson
	Democratic	Anna Wilding
Total votes		100.0

District 33

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 33rd congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Pete Aguilar, who was re-elected with 58.8% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Pete Aguilar (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Antonis P. Christodoulou (Democratic), law clerk • Tom Herman (Republican), pastor • Ernest "Ernie" Richter (Republican), retired mechanic • Ling Ling Shi (No party preference), author • Stephanie Vargas (Republican) • Eugene Weems (Republican)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Pete Aguilar (D)	$3,026,028	$2,462,955	$3,212,144
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Aguilar (incumbent)
	Democratic	Antonis Christodoulou
	Republican	Tom Herman
	Republican	Ernest Richter
	No party preference	Ling Ling Shi
	Republican	Stephanie Vargas
	Republican	Eugene Weems
Total votes		100.0

District 34

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 34th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Jimmy Gomez, who was re-elected with 55.6% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Loren Colin (No party preference), marketing business owner and former Silver Lake neighborhood councilor (2006–2009) • Arthur Dixon (Democratic), community organizer • Jimmy Gomez (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Angela Gonzales-Torres (Democratic), former at-large Historic Highland Park neighborhood councilor (2023–2025) • Calvin Lee (Republican), global healthcare entrepreneur • Rob Lucero (Democratic), political consultant and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesSenateelectionsinCalifornia)

Declined

• David Kim, former MacArthur Park neighborhood council board member (2020–2023) and runner-up for this seat in (/wiki/2020UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District34), (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District34), and (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District34) (endorsed Gonzales-Torres)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Loren Colin (I)	$8,516	$1,198	$7,317
Jimmy Gomez (D)	$795,840	$230,020	$654,579
Angela Gonzales-Torres (D)	$131,192	$106,932	$24,260
Rob Lucero (D)	$138,423	$103,350	$35,393
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jimmy Gomez (incumbent)
	No party preference	Loren Colin
	Democratic	Arthur Dixon
	Democratic	Angela Gonzales-Torres
	Republican	Calvin Lee
	Democratic	Robert Lucero Jr.
Total votes		100.0

District 35

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 35th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Norma Torres, who was re-elected with 58.4% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Mike Cargile (Republican), independent filmmaker and runner-up for this district in (/wiki/2020UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District35), (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District35), and (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District35) • Norma Torres (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Mike Cargile (R)	$3,515	$1,368	$2,617
Norma Torres (D)	$465,693	$244,147	$524,861
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norma Torres (incumbent)
	Republican	Mike Cargile
Total votes		100.0

District 36

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 36th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Ted Lieu, who was re-elected with 68.7% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Claire Ragge Anderson (No party preference), business owner • Houston Brignano (Republican), technology executive • Rustin Knudtson (Democratic), data engineer • Ted Lieu (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Frederick Reardon (Democratic), business development manager • Marianne Shamma (Democratic), community advocate • Melissa Toomim (Republican), investigative journalist and runner-up for this district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District36)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Rustin Knudtson (D)	$500	$0	$500
Ted Lieu (D)	$1,145,815	$756,525	$1,064,297
Claire Ragge Anderson (I)	$14,600	$16,289	$784
Leah Toomim (R)	$22,552	$22,560	$570
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ted Lieu (incumbent)
	No party preference	Claire Anderson
	Republican	Houston Brignano
	Democratic	Rustin Knudtson
	Democratic	Frederick Reardon
	Democratic	Marianne Shamma
	Republican	Melissa Toomim
Total votes		100.0

District 37

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 37th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Sydney Kamlager-Dove, who was re-elected with 78.3% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Ryan Duckett (Democratic), city commissioner • Baltazar Fedalizo (Republican), lobbyist • Elizabeth Fenner (Democratic), community advocate • Steven Hill (No party preference), retired peace officer • Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Todd Lombardo (Democratic), business owner • Samantha Mota (Democratic), community activist • John Thompson Parker (Peace and Freedom), social justice advocate • Juan Rey (No party preference), metro train mechanic

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D)	$456,862	$413,645	$105,214
Todd Lombardo (D)	$64,475	$23,036	$41,438
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sydney Kamlager-Dove (incumbent)
	Democratic	Ryan Duckett
	Republican	Baltazar Fedalizo
	Democratic	Elizabeth Fenner
	No party preference	Steve Hill
	Democratic	Todd Lombardo
	Democratic	Samantha Mota
	Peace and Freedom	John Thompson Parker
	No party preference	Juan Rey
Total votes		100.0

District 38

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 38th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Linda Sánchez, who was re-elected with 59.8% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Pedro Antonio Casas (Republican), psychologist • Erik Lutz (Democratic), Pico Rivera city councilor • Monica Sánchez (Democratic), mayor pro-tem of Pico Rivera • Hilda Solis (Democratic), Los Angeles County supervisor from the 1st district (2014–present), former U.S. Secretary of Labor (2009–2013), and former U.S. representative from the 32nd district (2001–2009)

Declined

• Linda Sánchez (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative (running in the 41st district, endorsed Monica Sánchez)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
TJ Adams-Falconer (D)	$33,528	$31,894	$2,447
Monica Sanchez (D)	$51,474	$13,644	$37,830
Hilda Solis (D)	$441,244	$43,215	$398,028
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D (flip)</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D (flip)</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D (flip)</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D (flip)</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pedro Casas
	Democratic	Erik Lutz
	Democratic	Monica Sanchez
	Democratic	Hilda Solis
Total votes		100.0

District 39

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 39th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Mark Takano, who was re-elected with 56.7% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Steve Manos (Republican), Lake Elsinore city councilor • Mark Takano (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Mark Takano (D)	$524,546	$617,218	$176,497
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Takano (incumbent)
	Republican	Steve Manos
Total votes		100.0

District 40

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 40th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Republican Young Kim, who was re-elected with 55.3% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Ken Calvert (Republican), incumbent U.S. representative from the 41st district (previously ran in the 41st district) • Francis Xavier Hoffman (Democratic), attorney • Claude Keissieh (Democratic), electrical engineer • Joe Kerr (Democratic), retired Orange County fire captain and runner-up for this district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District40) • Esther Kim Varet (Democratic), director of Various Small Fires • Young Kim (Republican), incumbent U.S. representative • Nina Linh (No party preference), nonprofit executive • Lisa Ramirez (Democratic), immigration attorney

Withdrawn

• Christian Ahmed (No party preference), equipment technician • Christina Gagnier (Democratic), former Chino Valley School Board member and runner-up for the 35th district in (/wiki/2014UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District35) • Perry Meade (Democratic), labor organizer • Paula Swift (Democratic), consultant (running for the 70th State Assembly district) • Tiffanie Tate (Democratic), radio host (running for the 32nd senatorial district

Declined

• Andy Thorburn (Democratic), national chair of Americans for Democratic Action and candidate for this seat in (/wiki/2018UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District39) (previously endorsed Meade)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Christian Ahmed (I)	$30	$0	$130
Ken Calvert (R)	$4,343,643	$1,188,897	$3,416,882
Christina Gagnier (D)	$605,684	$439,567	$166,117
Claude Manuel Keissieh (D)	$22,100	$22,090	$15
Joe Kerr (D)	$193,569	$183,780	$9,788
Young Kim (R)	$6,339,770	$2,580,504	$5,496,764
Nina Linh (D)	$226,321	$111,416	$114,905
Perry Meade (D)	$276,079	$129,018	$147,060
Lisa Ramirez (D)	$268,764	$186,871	$81,892
Paula Swift (D)	$14,546	$14,545	$0
Tiffanie Tate (D)	$66,226	$40,374	$25,852
Esther Kim Varet (D)	$2,390,181	$1,228,564	$1,161,617
Source: Federal Election Commission

Primary election

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ken Calvert (R)	Joe Kerr (D)	Young Kim (R)	Esther Kim Varet (D)	Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies (R)	January 24–27, 2026	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	22%	22%	23%	14%	19%

General election

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ken Calvert (R)	Esther Kim Varet (D)	Undecided
Tulchin Research (D)	January 14–19, 2026	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	44%	44%	12%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Young Kim (R)	Esther Kim Varet (D)	Undecided
Tulchin Research (D)	January 14–19, 2026	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	44%	43%	13%

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid R</td><td>November 6, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid R</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe R</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Likely R</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (incumbent)
	Republican	Young Kim (incumbent)
	Democratic	Francis Hoffman
	Democratic	Claude Keissieh
	Democratic	Joe Kerr
	Democratic	Esther Kim-Varet
	No party preference	Nina Linh
	Democratic	Lisa Ramirez
Total votes		100.0

District 41

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 41st congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Republican Ken Calvert, who was re-elected with 51.7% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Mitch Clemmons (Republican), plumbing contractor, runner-up for California's 30th senatorial district in (/wiki/2022CaliforniaStateSenateelection#District30) • Hector De La Torre (Democratic), former state assemblymember from the 50th district (2004–2010), candidate for the 39th congressional district in (/wiki/2002UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District39), and candidate for California Insurance Commissioner in (/wiki/2010CaliforniaInsuranceCommissionerelection) • Linda Sánchez (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative from the 38th district • Shonique Williams (Democratic), criminal justice advocate

Withdrawn

• Katherine Aleman (Democratic), former Norco city councilor • Jason Byors (Democratic), software engineer (running for state assembly in the 47th district) • Ken Calvert (Republican), incumbent U.S. representative (running in the 40th district) • Abel Chavez (Democratic), president of the Nuview Union School District Board (running in the 48th district) • Anuj Dixit (Democratic), lawyer (ran in the 48th district) • Tim Myers (Democratic), musician and record producer (running for lieutenant governor) • Ferguson Porter (Democratic), comic book store owner (running in the 48th district) • Brandon Riker (Democratic), entrepreneur and candidate for lieutenant governor of Vermont in (/wiki/2016Vermontelections#Lieutenantgovernor) (running in the 48th district)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Katherine Aleman (D)	$204,218	$204,218	$0
Jason Byors (D)	$5,695	$5,695	$0
Hector De La Torre (D)	$279,582	$13,767	$265,814
Tim Myers (D)	$178,088	$178,088	$0
Linda Sánchez (D)	$808,145	$628,485	$605,447
Shonique Williams (D)	$57,548	$9,534	$48,014
Source: Federal Election Commission

Prediction

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 6, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Sánchez (incumbent)
	Republican	Mitch Clemmons
	Democratic	Hector De La Torre
	Democratic	Shonique Williams
Total votes		100.0

District 42

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 42nd congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Robert Garcia, who was re-elected with 68.1% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Brian Burley (Republican), Huntington Beach City School District trustee • Robert Garcia (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Long Pham (Republican), nuclear engineer • Larisa Vermeulen (No party preference) • Noah Von Blom (Republican), business owner

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Brian Burley (R)	$83,839	$48,287	$41,328
Robert Garcia (D)	$1,226,866	$688,190	$951,104
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Garcia (incumbent)
	Republican	Brian Burley
	Republican	Long Pham
	No party preference	Larisa Vermeulen
	Republican	Noah Von Blom
Total votes		100.0

District 43

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 43rd congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Maxine Waters, who was re-elected with 75.1% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Cristian Morales (Republican), manufacturing executive • Myla Rahman (Democratic), nonprofit executive • David Sedlik (Democratic), aerospace sales engineer • Maxine Waters (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Maxine Waters (D)	$431,662	$398,778	$149,340
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (incumbent)
	Republican	Cristian Morales
	Democratic	Myla Rahman
	Democratic	David Sedlik
Total votes		100.0

District 44

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 44th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Nanette Barragán, who was re-elected with 71.4% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Genevieve Angel (Republican) • Nanette Barragán (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Nanette Barragán (D)	$506,147	$738,742	$1,248,958
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nanette Barragán (incumbent)
	Republican	Genevieve Angel
Total votes		100.0

District 45

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 45th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Derek Tran, who flipped the district and was elected with 50.1% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Mark Leonard (Republican), analyst • Chi Charlie Nguyen (Republican), mayor of Westminster • Derek Tran (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Chuong Vo (Republican), former mayor of Cerritos • Tom Vo (Republican), realtor • Amy Phan West (Republican), Westminster city councilor and candidate for the 47th district in (/wiki/2020UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District47) and (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District47)

Declined

• Janet Nguyen (Republican), Orange County supervisor • Michelle Steel (Republican), former U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Mark Leonard (R)	$25,940	$757	$25,183
Chi Charlie Nguyen (R)	$382,640	$20,143	$362,496
Derek Tran (D)	$3,032,585	$1,074,001	$2,285,906
Chuong Vo (R)	$91,764	$9,501	$82,263
Tom Vo (R)	$502,800	$945	$501,855
Amy West (R)	$24,828	$4,858	$19,970
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Tilt D</td><td>November 6, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Lean D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Lean D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Likely D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Derek Tran (incumbent)
	Republican	Mark Leonard
	Republican	Chi Charlie Nguyen
	Republican	Chuong Vo
	Republican	Tom Vo
	Republican	Amy Phan West
Total votes		100.0

District 46

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 46th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Lou Correa, who was re-elected with 63.4% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Francisco Bahena (Democratic), military veteran • Lou Correa (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Christian Mendez (Democratic), data analyst • David Pan (Republican), college professor and runner-up for this district in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District46) • Armando "Mando" Perez-Serrato (Democratic)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Lou Correa (D)	$884,824	$410,406	$2,341,780
David Pan (R)	$55,397	$29,004	$29,273
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lou Correa (incumbent)
	Democratic	Frank Bahena
	Democratic	Christian Mendez
	Republican	David Pan
	Democratic	Armando Perez-Serrato
Total votes		100.0

District 47

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 47th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Dave Min, who was elected with 51.4% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Bill Brough (Republican), former state assemblyman from the 73rd district (2014–2020) • Christopher J. Gonzales (Republican), attorney, runner-up for California's 46th congressional district in (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District46) • Jenny Le Roux (Republican), entrepreneur, 2022 Republican candidate for governor • Michael Maxsenti (Republican), communications consultant • Dave Min (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Hunter Garcia Miranda (Democratic), attorney • Jesus Patino (No party preference), process engineer • Derrick M. Reid (Libertarian), military geopolitical commentator • Eric J. Troutman (No party preference), attorney

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Michael Maxsenti (R)	$112,191	$109,600	$1,757
Dave Min (D)	$2,513,493	$800,363	$1,886,196
Hunter Miranda (D)	$14,334	$6,369	$7,964
Eric Troutman (I)	$216,766	$44,887	$171,878
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 12, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>January 15, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>February 5, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Min (incumbent)
	Republican	Bill Brough
	Republican	Christopher Gonzales
	Republican	Jenny Le Roux
	Republican	Michael Maxsenti
	Democratic	Hunter Miranda
	No party preference	Jesus Patino
	Libertarian	Derrick Reid
	No party preference	Eric Troutman
Total votes		100.0

District 48

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 48th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Republican Darrell Issa, who was re-elected with 59.3% of the vote in 2024. On March 6, 2026, Issa announced he would not run for re-election.

Declared

• Ammar Campa-Najjar (Democratic), naval officer, runner-up for mayor of Chula Vista in (/wiki/MayoralelectionsinChulaVista,California#2022), and runner-up for this district in (/wiki/2018UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District50) and (/wiki/2020UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District50) • Abel Chavez (Democratic), president of the Nuview Union School District Board • Stephen Clemons (Democratic), energy systems executive • Corinna Contreras (Democratic), Vista councilmember (2018–present) • Jim Desmond (Republican), San Diego County supervisor from the 5th district (2019–present) (previously ran in the 49th district) • Kevin Patrick O'Neil (Republican), computer software engineer • Ferguson Porter (Democratic), comic book store owner (previously ran in the 41st district) • Luis F. Reyna (No party preference), civil rights organizer • Brandon Riker (Democratic), entrepreneur and candidate for lieutenant governor of Vermont in (/wiki/2016Vermontelections#Lieutenantgovernor) (previously ran in the 41st district) • Mike Schaefer (Democratic), member of the California State Board of Equalization from the 4th district (2019–present) and perennial candidate • Eric Shaw (Democratic), digital marketing executive • Marni von Wilpert (Democratic), San Diego city councilor from the 5th district (2020–present) (previously ran for state senate)

Withdrawn

• Anuj Dixit (Democratic), lawyer (previously ran in the 41st district) • Marc Iannarino (Democratic), U.S. Navy veteran (endorsed Campa-Najjar) • Darrell Issa (Republican), incumbent U.S. representative (endorsed Desmond) • Curtis Morrison (Democratic), immigration attorney • Brian Nash (Democratic), business analytics professional • Suzanne Till (Democratic), member of the Padre Dam Municipal Water District Board of Directors (2020–present) (endorsed von Wilpert; running for state senate)

Declined

• Carl DeMaio (Republican), state assemblymember from the 75th district (2024–present), runner-up for mayor of San Diego in (/wiki/2012SanDiegomayoralelection), runner-up for the 52nd district in (/wiki/2014UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District52), and candidate for this district in (/wiki/2020UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District50) • Lisa Middleton (Democratic), former Palm Springs city councilor from the 5th district (2017–2024) and runner-up for California's 19th State Senatorial district in (/wiki/2024CaliforniaStateSenateelection#District19) (endorsed Riker) • Will Rollins (Democratic), counterterrorism attorney and runner-up for the 41st district in (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District41) and (/wiki/2024UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinCalifornia#District41)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Ammar Campa-Najjar (D)	$823,124	$405,295	$417,888
Abel Chavez (D)	$204,095	$187,192	$16,902
Corinna Contreras (D)	$12,922	$1,163	$11,758
Jim Desmond (R)	$1,382,167	$430,185	$951,981
Anuj Dixit (D)	$465,578	$222,954	$242,624
Marc Iannarino (D)	$40,394	$36,861	$3,532
Darrell Issa (R)	$1,491,704	$491,496	$2,644,824
Curtis Morrison (D)	$26,844	$25,422	$1,422
Ferguson Porter (D)	$63,492	$40,954	$22,537
Brandon Riker (D)	$1,524,344	$463,423	$1,060,921
Jerlilia Ryans (D)	$0	$6,005	$0
Whitney Shanahan (D)	$4,174	$2,984	$1,385
Suzanne Till (D)	$6,853	$6,853	$0
Marni von Wilpert (D)	$519,996	$215,720	$304,275
Source: Federal Election Commission

Primary election

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ammar Campa-Najjar (D)	Abel Chavez (D)	Corinna Contreras (D)	Darrell Issa (R)	Brandon Riker (D)	Marni von Wilpert (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)	February 16–17, 2026	727 (RV)	± 3.6%	18%	–	–	40%	8%	7%	–	27%
Blueprint Polling (D)	February 2–4, 2026	560 (LV)	± 4.1%	19%	3%	5%	44%	7%	6%	6%	10%
21%	–	–	44%	8%	9%	–	18%

General election

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Darrell Issa (R)	Ammar Campa-Najjar (D)	Undecided
Blueprint Polling (D)	October 25–26, 2025	517 (LV)	± 4.3%	40%	43%	17%

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Tilt D (flip)</td><td>December 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Lean D (flip)</td><td>March 12, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Lean D (flip)</td><td>March 11, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Lean D (flip)</td><td>March 19, 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

<table><thead><tr><th>Primary election</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Ammar Campa-Najjar</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Abel Chavez</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Stephen Clemons</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Corinna Contreras</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>Jim Desmond</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td>Kevin O'Neil</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Ferguson Porter</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No party preference</td><td>Luis Reyna</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Brandon Riker</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Mike Schaefer</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Eric Shaw</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td>Marni von Wilpert</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total votes</td><td></td><td>100.0</td></tr></tbody></table>

District 49

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 49th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Mike Levin, who was re-elected with 52.2% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Armen Kurdian (Republican), retired navy captain • Mike Levin (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Star Parker (Republican), columnist

Withdrawn

• Jim Desmond (Republican), San Diego County supervisor from the 5th district (2019–present) (running in the 48th district)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Julian Arellano (D)	$3,262	$2,245	$250
Mike Levin (D)	$2,355,280	$1,268,216	$1,356,801
Star Parker (R)	$263,754	$157,925	$105,829
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 6, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>February 5, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Levin (incumbent)
	Republican	Armen Kurdian
	Republican	Star Parker
Total votes		100.0

District 50

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 50th congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Scott Peters, who was re-elected with 64.3% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Tom Hatim Arnous (Democratic) • Stephen Cohen (Republican) • Lucinda KWH Jahn (No party preference), event technician supervisor • Aishwarya Mitra (Democratic), chemical engineer • Scott Peters (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative • Joe Shea (Libertarian), retired math teacher

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Timothy Bilash (D)	$2,852	$2,809	$343
Scott Peters (D)	$1,026,346	$696,612	$2,480,254
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Peters (incumbent)
	Democratic	Tim Arnous
	Republican	Steve Cohen
	No party preference	Lucinda Jahn
	Democratic	Aishwarya Mitra
	Libertarian	Joseph Shea
Total votes		100.0

District 51

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 51st congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Sara Jacobs, who was re-elected with 60.7% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Ricardo Cabrera (Republican), business owner • Stan Caplan (Democratic), business owner • David W. Engel (Democratic), civil engineer • Sara Jacobs (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Sara Jacobs (D)	$959,547	$783,325	$253,594
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sara Jacobs (incumbent)
	Republican	Ricardo Cabrera
	Democratic	Stan Caplan
	Democratic	David Engel
Total votes		100.0

District 52

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California

California's 52nd congressional district boundary from the 2026 elections Interactive map version

The incumbent is Democrat Juan Vargas, who was re-elected with 66.3% of the vote in 2024.

Declared

• Jeff Belle (Republican), business owner • Deborah Calhoun Rhodes (Democratic), business owner • Juan Vargas (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative

Disqualified

• Frances Motiwalla (Democratic), community organizer

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Juan Vargas (D)	$334,722	$392,157	$33,405
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>November 5, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 7, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>July 15, 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Race to the WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>September 26, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Primary election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Vargas (incumbent)
	Republican	Jeff Belle
	Democratic	Deborah Calhoun Rhodes
Total votes		100.0