Riding profile

CA-38

US House district — CA · Mixed · us ca

The question

CA-38: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
23.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 61.6%

    Hilda Solis

  • Republican 38.4%

    Pedro Antonio Casas

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-38 61.6%38.4%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +7.3 44.9% −6.5

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

CA-38, a mixed riding in CA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 18-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 62% vote share, against 38% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 2, 2026 · Certified official result

Top-two primary

Advanced to the general election

Hilda Solis 47.6%

65,369 votes

Advanced to the general election

Pedro Antonio Casas 35.8%

49,196 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Solis, Hilda

  • Republican Open seat

    Pedro Antonio Casas

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
18.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+4.9 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 38 (06038) 44%
  • Congressional District 40 (06040) 26%
  • Congressional District 31 (06031) 20%
  • Congressional District 42 (06042) 6%
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026