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California’s 20th District

U.S. House · CA-20

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 21.5 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 2%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 60.7%

    Vince Fong, incumbent

  • Democrat 39.3%

    Sandra Van Scotter

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
CA-20 60.7%39.3%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+16.5 54.5%−15.2

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Vince Fong · Republican

Primary results

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

Top-two primary Vince Fong · Advanced to the general election 68.2% 115,035 votes
Top-two primary Sandra Van Scotter · Advanced to the general election 28.8% 48,611 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Vince Fong

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Sandra Van Scotter

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 90.9 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 21.5 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 20 90%
  • Former district 22 7%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • CA-22 Democrat, toss-up
  • CA-21 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-27 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-26 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-5 Republican, safe seat
  • CA-30 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated