Riding profile

CA-11

US House district — CA · Mixed · us ca

The question

CA-11: a safe seat for the Democrats?

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 87% vote share, against 13% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

PELOSI, NANCY

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Who leads in the primary

Democrat

Scott Wiener 38%

3 candidates polled · Latest poll May 7, 2026 · byemc_research

Republican

David Ganezer 5%

1 candidate polled · Latest poll May 3, 2026 · bylake_research_partners

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Pelosi, Nancy

  • Democrat Open seat

    Chakrabarti, Saikat

  • Democrat Open seat

    Chan, Connie

  • Democrat Open seat

    Hamid, Omed

  • Democrat Open seat

    Helton, Darren Wayne

  • Democrat Open seat

    Hurabiell, Marie

  • Democrat Open seat

    Wiener, Scott

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
74.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 87.2%
  • Republican 12.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HereCA-11 87.2%12.8%
National averageUnited States 51.9% +35.3 46.6% −33.8

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

1 poll

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
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.

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
62.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+12.3 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026