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California’s 41st District

U.S. House · CA-41

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 25.1 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 62.5%

    Linda Sánchez, incumbent

  • Republican 37.5%

    Mitch Clemmons

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
CA-41 62.5%37.5%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+8.0 44.2%−6.8

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Linda Sánchez · Democrat

Primary results

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

Top-two primary Linda Sánchez · Advanced to the general election 37.5% 61,651 votes
Top-two primary Mitch Clemmons · Advanced to the general election 35.8% 58,785 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Linda Sánchez

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Mitch Clemmons

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Challenger

    Mitch Clemmons

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Open seat

    Mitch Clemmons

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 22.9 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 25.1 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 38 54%
  • Former district 42 24%
  • Former district 45 13%
  • Former district 44 8%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • CA-44 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-45 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-43 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-34 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-37 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-38 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