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California’s 11th District

U.S. House · CA-11

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 79.2 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 89.6%
  • Republican 10.4%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
CA-11 89.6%10.4%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+35.1 44.2%−33.8

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

3 polls

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over12.0% (± 0.3)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Pelosi, Nancy · Democrat

Primary results

Held June 2, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Top-two primary Scott Wiener · Advanced to the general election 40.7% 95,816 votes
Top-two primary Connie Chan · Advanced to the general election 29.7% 69,899 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Connie Chan

    source
  • Democrat Open seat

    Scott Wiener

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 62.1 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 79.2 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • CA-12 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-15 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-10 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-16 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-14 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-17 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

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The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated