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California’s 28th District

U.S. House · CA-28

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 37.9 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 68.9%

    Judy Chu, incumbent

  • Republican 31.1%

    April A. Verlato

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
CA-28 68.9%31.1%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+14.4 44.2%−13.2

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Judy Chu · Democrat

Primary results

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

Top-two primary Judy Chu · Advanced to the general election 62.2% 116,321 votes
Top-two primary April A. Verlato · Advanced to the general election 32.1% 60,020 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Judy Chu

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    April A. Verlato

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 28.5 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 37.9 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 28 88%
  • Former district 31 9%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • CA-31 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-38 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-35 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-34 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-30 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-41 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