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California’s 47th District

U.S. House · CA-47

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 20.5 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 3%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 60.2%

    Dave Min, incumbent

  • Republican 39.8%

    Jenny Rae Le Roux

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
CA-47 60.2%39.8%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+5.7 44.2%−4.5

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Dave Min · Democrat

Primary results

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

Top-two primary Dave Min · Advanced to the general election 45.4% 89,515 votes
Top-two primary Jenny Rae Le Roux · Advanced to the general election 25.0% 49,231 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Dave Min

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Jenny Rae Le Roux

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 5.2 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 20.5 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 47 55%
  • Former district 40 25%
  • Former district 49 19%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • CA-46 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-45 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-40 Republican, toss-up
  • CA-38 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-41 Democrat, safe seat
  • CA-35 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