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California’s 34th District

U.S. House · CA-34

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 62.5 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 81.3%
  • Republican 18.7%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
CA-34 81.3%18.7%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+26.8 44.2%−25.5

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

1 poll

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Current member

Jimmy Gomez · Democrat

Primary results

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

Top-two primary Jimmy Gomez · Advanced to the general election 46.0% 54,993 votes
Top-two primary Angela Gonzales-Torres · Advanced to the general election 30.7% 36,708 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Jimmy Gomez

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Angela Gonzales-Torres

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 95.1 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 62.5 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 34 92%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • CA-37 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-43 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-41 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-44 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-30 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-29 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated