Riding profile

CA-6

US House district — CA · Mixed · us ca

The question

CA-6: will Other lose this seat to Democrat?

Editorial read

CA-6, a mixed riding in CA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 16-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 57% vote share, against 43% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

KILEY, KEVIN

Sits with Other

Primary race

Who leads in the primary

Democrat

Richard Pan 18%

5 candidates polled · Latest poll May 6, 2026 · byemc_research

Republican

Kevin Kiley 36%

2 candidates polled · Latest poll May 6, 2026 · byemc_research

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Other Incumbent

    Kiley, Kevin

  • Democrat Challenger

    Babb Tomlinson, Lauren

  • Democrat Challenger

    Guerrero, Martha

  • Democrat Challenger

    Ho, Thien

  • Democrat Challenger

    Pan, Richard Dr.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Vandenberg, Tyler Isaac

  • Republican Challenger

    Stansfield, Michael

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
14.4
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 57.2%
  • Republican 42.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HereCA-6 57.2%42.8%
National averageUnited States 51.9% +5.4 46.6% −3.9

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
16.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-1.8 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 6 (06006) 49%
  • Congressional District 3 (06003) 37%
  • Congressional District 7 (06007) 13%
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026