Riding profile

CA-27

US House district — CA · Mixed · us ca

The question

CA-27: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Editorial read

CA-27, a mixed riding in CA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 3-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 58% vote share, against 42% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

WHITESIDES, GEORGE

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Whitesides, George

  • Republican Challenger

    Gibbs, Jason

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
15.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 57.6%
  • Republican 42.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HereCA-27 57.6%42.4%
National averageUnited States 51.9% +5.8 46.6% −4.3

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
3.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+11.9 pts

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026