Riding profile

CA-34

US House district — CA · Mixed · us ca

The question

CA-34: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
63.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 81.7%
  • Republican 18.3%

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-34 81.7%18.3%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +27.4 44.9% −26.7

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
Upswing Research Guardrails Alliance 1–Sep 5 403 LV
Democrat 79
link

District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Editorial read

CA-34, a mixed riding in CA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 95-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 82% vote share, against 18% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

GOMEZ, JIMMY

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 2, 2026 · Certified official result

Top-two primary

Advanced to the general election

Jimmy Gomez 46.0%

54,993 votes

Advanced to the general election

Angela Gonzales-Torres 30.7%

36,708 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Gomez, Jimmy

  • Democrat Challenger

    Gonzales-Torres, Angela

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
95.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-31.7 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 34 (06034) 92%
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026