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California’s 32nd District

U.S. House · CA-32

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 37.1 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 68.5%

    Brad Sherman, incumbent

  • Republican 31.5%

    Larry Thompson

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
CA-32 68.5%31.5%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+14.0 44.2%−12.8

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Brad Sherman · Democrat

Primary results

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

Top-two primary Brad Sherman · Advanced to the general election 36.8% 76,755 votes
Top-two primary Larry Thompson · Advanced to the general election 32.7% 68,295 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Brad Sherman

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Larry Thompson

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 28.5 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 37.1 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 32 81%
  • Former district 26 15%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • CA-29 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-37 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-30 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-34 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-36 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-43 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