Riding profile

CA-20

US House district — CA · Mixed · us ca

The question

CA-20: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
21.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 60.5%

    Vince Fong incumbent

  • Democrat 39.5%

    Sandra Van Scotter

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

Republican Democrat
HereCA-20 60.5%39.5%
National averageUnited States 44.9% +15.6 54.3% −14.8

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

CA-20, a mixed riding in CA, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 91-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 61% vote share, against 40% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

FONG, VINCE

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 2, 2026 · Certified official result

Top-two primary

Advanced to the general election

Vince Fong 68.2%

115,035 votes

Advanced to the general election

Sandra Van Scotter 28.8%

48,611 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Fong, Vince

  • Democrat Challenger

    Van Scotter, Sandra

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
90.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-69.9 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 20 (06020) 90%
  • Congressional District 22 (06022) 7%
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026