Riding profile

CA-29

US House district — CA · Mixed · us ca

The question

CA-29: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Editorial read

CA-29, a mixed riding in CA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 39-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 70% vote share, against 30% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

RIVAS, LUZ

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Rivas, Luz

  • Democrat Challenger

    Duenas, Angelica Maria

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
39.1
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 69.5%
  • Republican 30.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HereCA-29 69.5%30.5%
National averageUnited States 51.9% +17.7 46.6% −16.2

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
38.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.5 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 29 (06029) 79%
  • Congressional District 30 (06030) 15%
  • Congressional District 32 (06032) 6%

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026