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California’s 31st District

U.S. House · CA-31

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

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 22.7 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 61.3%

    Gil Cisneros

  • Republican 38.7%

    Eric Ching

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
CA-31 61.3%38.7%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+6.8 44.2%−5.6

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Primary results

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

Top-two primary Gil Cisneros · Advanced to the general election 61.1% 94,805 votes
Top-two primary Eric Ching · Advanced to the general election 23.8% 36,999 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Gil Cisneros

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Eric Ching

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 20.4 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 22.7 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 31 60%
  • Former district 35 20%
  • Former district 28 14%
  • Former district 38 6%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • CA-38 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-28 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-35 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-34 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-46 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-41 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