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U.S. House — CA-26 · California · 2026

General election · 2 on the certified November ballot · Open seat (no incumbent)

Model rating Leans Democratic (Anchored) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.

No polls on file for this race. Model inputs: 3 of 7, updated yesterday. Sources · What is validated

News attention 49/100 — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated 4 days ago. How it works

On the November ballot (2)

Certified by the state on 2026-08-27, checked 2026-09-29.

Not on the certified ballot (4)

Filed or ran for this seat, but not on the state’s certified list for November.

Official source: https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2026-general/cert-list-candidates.pdf

Latest verified field polling

Only checksummed releases from verified (Tier V) pollsters appear here.

none yet

No verified poll has been published for this race. Vector, our experimental model rating, is below — it is not a poll.

Polling average

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Campaign money (FEC)

Candidate committee totals for the cycle from the Federal Election Commission (public domain), as of each committee's latest report.

CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
Chris Espinosa Democratic$131,351$131,351$02026-08-19
Jacqui Irwin V Democratic$822,382$526,904$295,4782026-06-30
Michael S Koslow Republican$87,669$98,980$02026-06-24
Samuel Gallucci Republican$377,078$343,397$33,6812026-06-30
Sonia Devgan-Kacker Democratic$74,378$69,743$-16,6632026-06-30
William Scott Republican$25,891$4,315$-342026-06-30

Key dates

Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.

  • 2026-06-02 — Primary election: U.S. House
  • 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. House

Source: FEC election dates (public domain).

Signals (experimental)

Attention 49 Vector D · Anchored

Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)

Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly

pulse-1.0.0
49OUT OF 100Moderate attention
Attention percentile63th
7-day momentum36 / 100
Source breadth33% of tracked

Vugol Me Vector (experimental)

Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: medium

vector-1.1.0
Democratic leanOpen centerRepublican lean
AnchoredHeldTiltingOpenTiltingHeldAnchored
Completeness3 of 7 inputs (national, prior, money) · missing: pres, incumbent, pulse, poll
Evidenceno verified poll · fundamentals only
Freshnessoldest input 2026-09-26 (4 days ago)
Vector component signals · estimated margin D +18.6Fundraising velocity (FEC)D +4.2Last result for this seat (2024 D +12.2, national swing D +10.5)D +22.7National environment: our generic-ballot average is D +7.9 (27 pollsters, as of 2026-09-29), against the 2024 national House vote of R +2.6. The seat's last result and presidential lean move by that swing; polls, incumbency and money do not. How.

Daily precision telemetry

Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans

Sources

Band: D · Anchored (experimental). Have a say in the community poll; it is open to signed-in voters and never feeds these numbers.