Take Action: California

Name: MEET THE CANDIDATES, SO CAL SERIES
Start: 2024-01-03T22:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-01-03T23:30:00-05:00
Location: virtual

Districts to Focus On: CA-13; CA-22, CA-27; CA- 41; CA-45; CA-47 (Open)

Redistricting in California created more GOP-favored districts, leading to a disappointing showing in the 2022 U.S. House elections. No incumbents were unseated, but Democrats lost two districts, and in Washington, Democrats lost control of the House. In 2024, Democrats are focusing on the state to ensure a stronger showing across the board. California remains a battleground. According to the Cook Political Report, Sabato’s Crystal Ball, and Inside Elections, 10 California seats are in play in the upcoming election. [Read More Below]

COMPETITIVE CA RACES

Results	State	District	Incumbent	PVI	Cook Rating	Sabato Rating	Primary Date	Dem Candidate	Candidate Profile	Rep Candidate
WIN	Alaska	AKAL	Mary Peltola (Special Election)	R+8	Lean D	Tossup		Mary Peltola	Mary Peltola	Sarah Palin
LOSS	Arizona	AZ01	David Schweikert (R)	R+2	Tossup	Lean R	2-Aug	Jevin D Hodge ($706,318)		David S. Schweikert ($645,690)
LOSS	Arizona	AZ02	Tom O'Halleran (D)	R+6	Lean R	Lean R		Tom O'Halleran		Eli Crane (R)
LOSS	Arizona	AZ06	Open (D)	R+3	Lean R	Lean R	2-Aug	Kirsten Engel ($1,041,479)		Juan Ciscomani ($1,658,991)
WIN	California	CA09	Josh Harder (D)	D+5	Likely D	Lean D	7-Jun	Josh Harder ($4,233,777)		Thomas Patti ($498,400)
LOSS	California	CA13	Open (D)	D+4	Tossup	Tossup	7-Jun	Adam C. Gray ($664,425)		John S Duarte ($234,450)
LOSS	California	CA22	David Valadao (R)	D+5	Tossup	Tossup	7-Jun	Rudy Salas ($460,158)		David Valadao ($1,752,035)
LOSS	California	CA27	Mike Garcia (R)	D+4	Tossup	Tossup	7-Jun	Christy Smith ($830,862)		Michael Garcia ($3,682,830)
LOSS	California	CA41	Ken Calvert (R)	R+3	Lean R	Lean R	7-Jun	Will Rollins		Ken Calvert
LOSS	California	CA45	Michelle Steel (R)	D+2	Lean R	Lean R	7-Jun	Jay Chen ($1,964,097)		Michelle Steel ($2,744,333)
WIN	California	CA47	Katie Porter (D)	D+3	Lean D	Lean D	7-Jun	Katie Porter ($13,268,126)		Scott Baugh ($1,368,313)
WIN	California	CA49	Mike Levin (D)	D+3	Lean D	Lean D	7-Jun	Mike Levin ($2,594,411)		Brian L Maryott ($774,200)
WIN	Colorado	CO08	New Seat (N)	EVEN	Tossup	Lean R	28-Jun	Yadira Caraveo ($567,794)		Barbara Kirkmeyer ($291,808)
WIN	Connecticut	CT05	Jahana Hayes (D)	D+3	Lean D	Lean D	9-Aug	Jahana Hayes ($1,112,088)		George S Logan ($375,091)
LOSS	Iowa	IA03	Cindy Axne (D)	R+3	Lean R	Lean R	7-Jun	Cindy Axne		Zach Nunn ($695,573)
WIN	Illinois	IL13	Open (N)	D+3	Lean D	Lean D	28-Jun	Nikki Budzinski ($1,438,783)		Regan Deering ($113,496)
WIN	Illinois	IL17	Open (D)	D+2	Tossup	Tossup	28-Jun	Eric Sorensen ($307,547)		Esther Joy King ($2,299,211)
WIN	Indiana	IN01	Frank J. Mrvan (D)	D+3	Tossup	Tossup	3-May	Frank J Mrvan ($640,557)		Jennifer-Ruth Green ($346,964)
WIN	Kansas	KS03	Sharice Davids (D)	R+1	Tossup	Tossup	2-Aug	Sharice Davids ($3,513,158)		Amanda Adkins ($1,767,432)
WIN	Maine	ME02	Jared Golden (D)	R+6	Tossup	Tossup	14-Jun	Jared Golden ($2,705,743)		Bruce Lee Poliquin ($2,016,947)
WIN	Michigan	MI03	Peter Meijer (R)	D+1	Lean D	Lean D	2-Aug	Hillary Scholten		John Gibbs
WIN	Michigan	MI07	Elissa Slotkin (D)	R+2	Tossup	Tossup	2-Aug	Elissa Slotkin ($4,756,462)		Thomas More Barrett ($1,045,254)
WIN	Michigan	MI08	Dan Kildee (D)	R+1	Tossup	Tossup	2-Aug	Daniel Kildee ($2,192,936)		Paul Junge ($207,097)
WIN	Minnesota	MN02	Angie Craig (D)	D+1	Tossup	Tossup	9-Aug	Angie Craig ($3,613,413)		Tyler Kistner ($1,553,556)
WIN	North Carolina	NC01	Open (D)	D+2	Lean D	Lean D	17-May	Don Davis ($450,078)		Sandy Smith ($789,108)
WIN	North Carolina	NC13	Open (R)	R+2	Tossup	Lean R	17-May	Wiley Nickel ($466,242)		Robert Hines ($1,636,468)
WIN	New Hampshire	NH01	Chris Pappas (D)	EVEN	Tossup	Tossup	13-Sep	Chris Pappas		Karoline Leavitt
WIN	New Hampshire	NH02	Annie Kuster (D)	D+2	Lean D	Lean D	13-Sep	Annie Kuster		Bob Burns
LOSS	New Jersey	NJ07	Tom Malinowski (D)	R+1	Lean R	Lean R	7-Jun	Tom Malinowski ($4,555,639)		Thomas H. Kean ($1,844,184)
WIN	New Mexico	NM02	Yvette Herrell (R)	D+1	Tossup	Tossup	7-Jun	Gabriel Vasquez ($588,777)		Stella Yvette Herrell ($2,397,713)
WIN	Nevada	NV01	Dina Titus (D)	D+3	Tossup	Lean D	14-Jun	Dina Titus ($1,030,454)		Mark Robertson ($415,107)
WIN	Nevada	NV03	Susie Lee (D)	D+1	Tossup	Tossup	14-Jun	Susie Lee ($2,927,013)		April Becker ($1,009,569)
WIN	Nevada	NV04	Steven Horsford (D)	D+3	Tossup	Lean D	14-Jun	Steve Horsford ($2,290,819)		Samuel James Peters ($654,592)
LOSS	New York	NY01	Open (R)	R+3	Lean R	Lean R	23-Aug	Bridget Fleming	/key_candidates/bridget-fleming/	Nicholas LaLota
LOSS	New York	NY03	Open (D)	D+2	Lean D	Lean D	23-Aug	Robert Zimmerman	Not available yet	George Santos
LOSS	New York	NY17	Sean Patrick Maloney (D)	D+3	Lean D	Lean D	23-Aug	Sean Patrick Maloney	/key_candidates/sean-patrick-maloney/	Michael Lawler
WIN	New York	NY18	Open (D)	D+1	Lean D	Lean D	23-Aug	Pat Ryan		Colin Schmitt
LOSS	New York	NY19	Pat Ryan (D) (special election)	EVEN	Tossup	Tossup	23-Aug	Josh Riley		Marc Molinaro
LOSS	New York	NY22	Open (R)	D+1	Tossup	Tossup	23-Aug	Francis Conole		Brandon Williams
WIN	Ohio	OH01	Steve Chabot (R)	D+2	Tossup	Tossup	3-May	Greg Landsman ($575,540)		Steve Chabot ($881,071)
WIN	Ohio	OH09	Marcy Kaptur (D)	R+3	Lean D	Tossup	3-May	Marcy Kaptur ($1,051,851)		J R Majewski ($418,741)
WIN	Ohio	OH13	Open (D)	R+1	Tossup	Tossup	3-May	Emilia Sykes ($402,292)		Madison Gesiotto Gilbert ($409,631)
LOSS	Oregon	OR05	Open (D)	D+2	Tossup	Tossup	17-May	Jamie Mcleod-Skinner ($935,656)		Lori Chavez-Deremer ($355,225)
WIN	Pennsylvania	PA07	Susan Wild (D)	R+2	Tossup	Tossup	17-May	Susan Wild ($3,006,083)		Lisa Scheller ($1,189,912)
WIN	Pennsylvania	PA08	Matt Cartwright (D)	R+4	Tossup	Tossup	17-May	Matt Cartwright ($2,546,102)		Jim Bognet ($713,988)
WIN	Pennsylvania	PA17	Open (D)	EVEN	Tossup	Tossup	17-May	Chris Deluzio ($446,030)	/key_candidates/chris-deluzio/	Jeremy Shaffer ($175,352)
WIN	Rhode Island	RI02	Open (D)	D+4	Tossup	Lean D	13-Sep	Seth Magaziner		Allen Fung
WIN	Texas	TX28	Henry Cuellar (D)	D+3	Lean D	Tossup	24-May	Henry Cuellar ($3,832,815)		Cassandra Garcia ($376,975)
WIN	Texas	TX34	Merged Seat (D)	D+9	Tossup	Lean D	24-May	Vicente Gonzalez ($1,971,149)		Mayra Nohemi Flores ($402,736)
LOSS	Virginia	VA02	Elaine Luria (D)	R+2	Tossup	Tossup	21-Jun	Elaine Luria ($3,806,720)		Jennifer Kiggans ($1,646,888)
WIN	Virginia	VA07	Abigail Spanberger (D)	D+1	Lean D	Lean D	21-Jun	Abigail Spanberger ($4,246,473)		Yesli Vega ($356,105)
WIN	Washington	WA08	Kim Schrier (D)	D+1	Tossup	Tossup	2-Aug	Kim Schrier ($4,136,518)		Matt Larkin ($398,614)
LOSS	Wisconsin	WI03	Open (D)	R+4	Lean R	Lean R	9-Aug	Brad Pfaff		Derrick Van Orden

The outcome in a string of contested California districts will be critical in determining the balance of power in Congress. Volunteer Blue is focusing on one open seat in CA-47 and five seats that can be flipped (CA districts 13, 22, 27, 41, and 45). Four of the five GOP-held districts are considered Tossups, while CA-45 is Lean R. The June 7 primary will determine what Democrat will be running in those five districts.

House Majority PAC, a super PAC affiliated with the Democratic Party, Is targeting four California Republicans: Mike Garcia (CA-27), Young Kim (CA-40), Ken Calvert (CA-41), and Michelle Steel CA-45).

One open U.S. Senate seat, formerly held by the late Dianne Feinstein, boasts dozens of declared candidates, though the most well-known are Democrats currently serving in Congress – Katie Porter (CA-47) and Adam Schiff (CA-30) as front-runners with Barbara Lee (CA-12) trailing in polls and fund-raising.

California has been a bellwether for national politics in recent years, and the results of these races could have a significant impact on the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives.