Riding profile

CA-2

US House district — CA · Mixed · us ca

The question

CA-2: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
35.9
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 68.0%

    Jared Huffman incumbent

  • Republican 32.0%

    Robin Littau

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HereCA-2 68.0%32.0%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +13.6 44.9% −12.9

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

CA-2, a mixed riding in CA, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 37-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 68% vote share, against 32% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

HUFFMAN, JARED

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 2, 2026 · Certified official result

Top-two primary

Advanced to the general election

Jared Huffman 56.5%

139,660 votes

Advanced to the general election

Robin Littau 11.4%

28,220 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Huffman, Jared

  • Other Challenger

    Hahn, Nicolette G.

  • Republican Open seat

    Robin Littau

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
36.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-0.6 pts

Redistricting impact

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn under the 2025-2026 mid-decade redistricting. Composition by inherited old-district share:

  • Congressional District 1 (06001) 55%
  • Congressional District 2 (06002) 45%
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026