Riding profile

CA-11

US House district — CA · Mixed · us ca

The question

CA-11: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
80.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 90.1%
  • Republican 9.9%

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-11 90.1%9.9%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +35.8 44.9% −35.0

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

2 polls

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
Lake Research Partners 14–Jul 19 500 LV
Democrat 85
link
Beacon Research 12–Sep 20 600 RV
Democrat 81
link

District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Editorial read

CA-11, a mixed riding in CA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 62-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 90% vote share, against 10% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

PELOSI, NANCY

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 2, 2026 · Certified official result

Top-two primary

Advanced to the general election

Scott Wiener 40.7%

95,816 votes

Advanced to the general election

Connie Chan 29.7%

69,899 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Chan, Connie

  • Democrat Open seat

    Wiener, Scott

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
62.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+18.2 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026