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California’s 46th District

U.S. House · CA-46

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 34.6 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 67.3%

    Lou Correa, incumbent

  • Republican 32.7%

    David Pan

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
CA-46 67.3%32.7%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+12.8 44.2%−11.5

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Lou Correa · Democrat

Primary results

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

Top-two primary Lou Correa · Advanced to the general election 52.0% 61,587 votes
Top-two primary David Pan · Advanced to the general election 32.9% 38,993 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Lou Correa

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    David Pan

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 23.6 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 34.6 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 46 84%
  • Former district 40 9%
  • Former district 45 7%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • CA-45 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-38 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-41 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-47 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-31 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-44 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