Riding profile

CA-41

US House district — CA · Mixed · us ca

The question

CA-41: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
25.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 62.9%

    Linda Sanchez incumbent

  • Republican 37.1%

    Mitch Clemmons

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-41 62.9%37.1%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +8.5 44.9% −7.8

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

CA-41, a mixed riding in CA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 23-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 63% vote share, against 37% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

SANCHEZ, LINDA

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 2, 2026 · Certified official result

Top-two primary

Advanced to the general election

Linda Sánchez 37.5%

61,651 votes

Advanced to the general election

Mitch Clemmons 35.8%

58,785 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Sanchez, Linda

  • Republican Open seat

    Mitch Clemmons

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
22.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+2.8 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) 54%
  • Congressional District 42 (06042) 24%
  • Congressional District 45 (06045) 13%
  • Congressional District 44 (06044) 8%
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026