Riding profile

CA-46

US House district — CA · Mixed · us ca

The question

CA-46: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
27.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 63.6%

    Lou Correa incumbent

  • Republican 36.4%

    David Pan

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-46 63.6%36.4%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +9.3 44.9% −8.5

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

CA-46, a mixed riding in CA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 24-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 64% vote share, against 36% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

CORREA, LOU

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 2, 2026 · Certified official result

Top-two primary

Advanced to the general election

Lou Correa 52.0%

61,587 votes

Advanced to the general election

David Pan 32.9%

38,993 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Correa, Lou

  • Republican Challenger

    Pan, David

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
23.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+3.7 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 46 (06046) 84%
  • Congressional District 40 (06040) 9%
  • Congressional District 45 (06045) 7%
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026