2026 midterms · November 3

Who’s on California’s 2026 ballot

Every race on California’s November 3, 2026 ballot that we track (Governor · 52 House seats) and the 106 candidates we have on file.

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Next to a Democrat in Congress, $ backing is their backing from the pro-Israel PACs we track, 2016–2026; $0 backing means none. Tap a name for each PAC by year, with FEC links.

Statewide races

California governor race 2026: Forecasters: Solid D (average of 5)

California statewide races on November 3
Race	Rating	Democrats	Republicans	Others on the ballot	Notes
California governor	Solid D Average of 5; all agree Each forecaster for California governor Cook Political Report: Solid D (Oct 1, 2026) Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid D (Oct 6, 2026) Inside Elections: Solid D (Oct 1, 2026) Decision Desk HQ: Solid D (Oct 11, 2026) Silver Bulletin: Solid D (Oct 11, 2026)	Xavier Becerra Campaign site of Xavier Becerra	Steve Hilton	No one else listed	Open seat · Top-two · Now held by Gavin Newsom (D)

House races 52

California House races on November 3
Race	Rating	Democrats	Republicans	Others on the ballot	Notes
California 1	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Mike McGuire Campaign site of Mike McGuire	James Gallagher (inc.)	No one else listed	Top-two
California 2	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Jared Huffman (inc.) $1,500 backing Campaign site of Jared Huffman	Robin Littau	No one else listed	Top-two
California 3	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Ami Bera (inc.) $90,318 backing Campaign site of Ami Bera	Robb Tucker	No one else listed	Top-two
California 4	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Mike Thompson (inc.) $1,000 backing Campaign site of Mike Thompson Eric Jones Campaign site of Eric Jones	No Republican on the ballot	No one else listed	Democrat vs. Democrat (top-two)
California 5	Solid R Average of 7; Likely R to Solid R	Michael Masuda Campaign site of Michael Masuda	Tom McClintock (inc.)	No one else listed	Top-two
California 6	Solid D Average of 7; Solid D to Lean D	Richard Pan Campaign site of Richard Pan	No Republican on the ballot	Kevin Kiley (No Party Preference, Independent, inc.)	Top-two
California 7	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Doris Matsui (inc.) $21,305 backing Campaign site of Doris Matsui Mai VangDSA Campaign site of Mai Vang · Donate to Mai Vang · Volunteer for Mai Vang	No Republican on the ballot	No one else listed	Democrat vs. Democrat (top-two)
California 8	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	John Garamendi (inc.) $0 backing Campaign site of John Garamendi	Rudy Recile	No one else listed	Top-two
California 9	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Josh Harder (inc.) $122,489 backing Campaign site of Josh Harder	John McBride	No one else listed	Top-two
California 10	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Mark DeSaulnier (inc.) $0 backing Campaign site of Mark DeSaulnier	Jeff Frese	No one else listed	Top-two
California 11	Solid D One party on the ballot	Scott Wiener Campaign site of Scott Wiener Connie Chan Campaign site of Connie Chan	No Republican on the ballot	No one else listed	Democrat vs. Democrat (top-two) · Open seat · Now held by Nancy Pelosi (D)
California 12	Solid D One party on the ballot	Lateefah Simon (inc.) $0 backing Campaign site of Lateefah Simon Jamie Joyce Campaign site of Jamie Joyce	No Republican on the ballot	No one else listed	Democrat vs. Democrat (top-two)
California 13	Likely D Average of 7; Solid D to Tilt D	Adam Gray (inc.) $40,575 backing Campaign site of Adam Gray	Kevin Lincoln	No one else listed	Top-two
California 14	Solid D One party on the ballot	Aisha Wahab (inc.) $0 backing Campaign site of Aisha Wahab · Donate to Aisha Wahab · Volunteer for Aisha Wahab Melissa Hernandez Campaign site of Melissa Hernandez	No Republican on the ballot	No one else listed	Democrat vs. Democrat (top-two)
California 15	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Kevin Mullin (inc.) $717,516 backing Campaign site of Kevin Mullin	Charles Hoelter	No one else listed	Top-two
California 16	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Sam Liccardo (inc.) $0 backing Campaign site of Sam Liccardo	Peter Soulé	No one else listed	Top-two
California 17	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Ro Khanna (inc.) $0 backing Campaign site of Ro Khanna · Donate to Ro Khanna · Volunteer for Ro Khanna	Ritesh Tandon	No one else listed	Top-two
California 18	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Zoe Lofgren (inc.) $0 backing Campaign site of Zoe Lofgren	Shane Lewis	No one else listed	Top-two
California 19	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Jimmy Panetta (inc.) $560,304 backing Campaign site of Jimmy Panetta	Peter Verbica	No one else listed	Top-two
California 20	Solid R Average of 5; all agree	Sandra Van Scotter Campaign site of Sandra Van Scotter	Vince Fong (inc.)	No one else listed	Top-two
California 21	Solid D Average of 7; Solid D to Likely D	Jim Costa (inc.) $311,403 backing Campaign site of Jim Costa	Kyle Kirkland	No one else listed	Top-two
California 22	Lean D Average of 7; Solid D to Toss-up	Randy Villegas Campaign site of Randy Villegas · Donate to Randy Villegas · Volunteer for Randy Villegas	David Valadao (inc.)	No one else listed	Top-two
California 23	Solid R Average of 5; all agree	Tessa Lynn Hodge Campaign site of Tessa Lynn Hodge	Jay Obernolte (inc.)	No one else listed	Top-two
California 24	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Salud Carbajal (inc.) $4,000 backing Campaign site of Salud Carbajal	Bob Smith	No one else listed	Top-two
California 25	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Raul Ruiz (inc.) $60,669 backing Campaign site of Raul Ruiz	Joe Males	No one else listed	Top-two
California 26	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Jacqui Irwin Campaign site of Jacqui Irwin	Sam Gallucci	No one else listed	Open seat · Top-two · Now held by Julia Brownley (D)
California 27	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	George Whitesides (inc.) $51,218 backing Campaign site of George Whitesides	Jason Gibbs	No one else listed	Top-two
California 28	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Judy Chu (inc.) $0 backing Campaign site of Judy Chu	April Verlato	No one else listed	Top-two
California 29	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Luz Rivas (inc.) $111,885 backing Campaign site of Luz Rivas Angélica Dueñas Campaign site of Angélica Dueñas	No Republican on the ballot	No one else listed	Democrat vs. Democrat (top-two)
California 30	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Laura Friedman (inc.) $33,422 backing Campaign site of Laura Friedman	Scott Meyers	No one else listed	Top-two
California 31	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Gil Cisneros (inc.) $89,379 backing Campaign site of Gil Cisneros	Eric Ching	No one else listed	Top-two
California 32	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Brad Sherman (inc.) $1,070,832 backing Campaign site of Brad Sherman	Larry Thompson	No one else listed	Top-two
California 33	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Pete Aguilar (inc.) $1,336,981 backing Campaign site of Pete Aguilar	Stephanie Vargas	No one else listed	Top-two
California 34	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Jimmy Gomez (inc.) $2,135,854 backing Campaign site of Jimmy Gomez Angela Gonzales-TorresDSA Campaign site of Angela Gonzales-Torres · Donate to Angela Gonzales-Torres · Volunteer for Angela Gonzales-Torres	No Republican on the ballot	No one else listed	Democrat vs. Democrat (top-two)
California 35	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Norma Torres (inc.) $506,251 backing Campaign site of Norma Torres	Mike Cargile	No one else listed	Top-two
California 36	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Ted Lieu (inc.) $968,802 backing Campaign site of Ted Lieu	Houston Brignano	No one else listed	Top-two
California 37	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Sydney Kamlager-Dove (inc.) $95,851 backing Campaign site of Sydney Kamlager-Dove Samantha Mota Campaign site of Samantha Mota	No Republican on the ballot	No one else listed	Democrat vs. Democrat (top-two)
California 38	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Hilda Solis Campaign site of Hilda Solis	Pedro Casas	No one else listed	Open seat · Top-two · Now held by Linda Sánchez (D)
California 39	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Mark Takano (inc.) $0 backing Campaign site of Mark Takano	Steve Manos	No one else listed	Top-two
California 40	Solid R Average of 5; all agree	No Democrat in the top two	Ken Calvert (inc.) Young Kim (inc.)	No one else listed	Republican vs. Republican (top-two)
California 41	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Linda Sánchez (inc.) $82,008 backing Campaign site of Linda Sánchez	Mitch Clemmons	No one else listed	Top-two
California 42	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Robert Garcia (inc.) $86,524 backing Campaign site of Robert Garcia	Brian Burley	No one else listed	Top-two
California 43	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Maxine Waters (inc.) $0 backing	Cristian Morales	No one else listed	Top-two
California 44	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Nanette Diaz Barragán (inc.) $94,404 backing Campaign site of Nanette Diaz Barragán	Genevieve Angel	No one else listed	Top-two
California 45	Likely D Average of 7; Solid D to Likely D	Derek Tran (inc.) $1,000 backing Campaign site of Derek Tran	Chuong Vo	No one else listed	Top-two
California 46	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Lou Correa (inc.) $69,982 backing Campaign site of Lou Correa	David Pan	No one else listed	Top-two
California 47	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Dave Min (inc.) $5,500 backing Campaign site of Dave Min	Jenny Le Roux	No one else listed	Top-two
California 48	Likely D Average of 7; Solid D to Tilt D	Marni von Wilpert Campaign site of Marni von Wilpert	Jim Desmond	No one else listed	Open seat · Top-two · Now held by Darrell Issa (R)
California 49	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Mike Levin (inc.) $316,296 backing Campaign site of Mike Levin	Armen Kurdian	No one else listed	Top-two
California 50	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Scott Peters (inc.) $21,956 backing Campaign site of Scott Peters	Steve Cohen	No one else listed	Top-two
California 51	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Sara Jacobs (inc.) $5,000 backing Campaign site of Sara Jacobs	Ricardo Cabrera	No one else listed	Top-two
California 52	Solid D Average of 5; all agree	Juan Vargas (inc.) $346,290 backing Campaign site of Juan Vargas	Jeff Belle	No one else listed	Top-two

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Where this comes from

Candidates as of October 9, 2026, from state election offices, news reports and Ballotpedia’s candidate lists; independent and minor-party candidates may not be complete. Ratings are the average of up to seven nonpartisan forecasters, read from the tables Wikipedia editors keep of them: how we average them and each forecaster’s own pages. Backing is contributions plus outside spending for a candidate by the pro-Israel PACs we track, from FEC filings (method). Results, on election night, only from AP or official sources. Found an error? Tell us.

Photos of members of Congress: official portraits (public domain). Other photos: Angélica Dueñas: Global Voices for Justice (photo of Angélica Dueñas), CC BY 3.0; Connie Chan: San Francisco Board of Supervisors (photo of Connie Chan), Public domain; Hilda Solis: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (photo of Hilda Solis), Public domain; Jacqui Irwin: California National Guard (photo of Jacqui Irwin), CC BY 2.0; Mai Vang: Sacramento City Council (photo of Mai Vang), Public domain; Marni von Wilpert: City of San Diego (photo of Marni von Wilpert), Public domain; Mike McGuire: State of California (photo of Mike McGuire), Public domain; Richard Pan: Dr. Richard Pan from Sacramento, CA, USA (photo of Richard Pan), CC BY-SA 2.0; Scott Wiener: California State Senate (photo of Scott Wiener), Public domain; Xavier Becerra: United States Department of Health and Human Services (photo of Xavier Becerra), Public domain.