Riding profile

CA-14

US House district — CA · Mixed · us ca

The question

CA-14: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
46.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 73.3%
  • Republican 26.7%

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-14 73.3%26.7%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +19.0 44.9% −18.2

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

CA-14, a mixed riding in CA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 36-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 73% vote share, against 27% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

SWALWELL, ERIC MICHAEL

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 2, 2026 · Certified official result

Top-two primary

Advanced to the general election

Aisha Wahab 38.3%

59,238 votes

Advanced to the general election

Melissa Hernandez 17.2%

26,579 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Hernandez, Melissa

  • Democrat Open seat

    Wahab, Aisha

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
35.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+10.9 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026