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California’s 33rd District

U.S. House · CA-33

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 28.9 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 64.5%

    Pete Aguilar, incumbent

  • Republican 35.6%

    Stephanie M. Vargas

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
CA-33 64.5%35.6%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+9.9 44.2%−8.7

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Pete Aguilar · Democrat

Primary results

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

Top-two primary Pete Aguilar · Advanced to the general election 53.5% 64,068 votes
Top-two primary Stephanie M. Vargas · Advanced to the general election 17.5% 20,952 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Pete Aguilar

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Stephanie M. Vargas

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Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 17.5 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 28.9 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 33 78%
  • Former district 39 9%
  • Former district 23 8%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • CA-39 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-35 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-40 Republican, toss-up
  • CA-31 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-28 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-38 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

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The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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