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California's 18th District

Zoe Lofgren (D)vsShane Lewis (R)

incumbent running · Lean: D+16 · Incumbent: Zoe Lofgren (D)

99 in 100

Zoe Lofgren favored>99%

All but certain for Zoe Lofgren: a 100 percent chance of winning. No public polls yet.

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:D+16
  • Incumbent:Zoe Lofgren (D)
  • District:18 of 52 in California
  • Odds:Lofgren >99%
  • Margin:Lofgren +42.5, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Lofgren +42.5

The model's best guess at the final margin, give or take 6.2 points. Polls have missed by more than that before.

Projected margin
Lofgren +42.5
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Lofgren +34.6 to Lofgren +50.4 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Lofgren +42.5 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Lofgren ahead is positive, Lewis ahead is negative.

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▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (D+16, worth 27.8 points to the Democrat), the incumbent (Zoe Lofgren, running again, worth 4.8 points), and the national environment (generic ballot D+8.2, which the model reads as a 9.9 point Democratic tilt after discounting it). Together they give a projected margin of Lofgren +42.5 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Zoe Lofgren (D), running for another term.
On the ballot
Zoe Lofgren (D, incumbent) vs Shane Lewis (R)
Last time
2024: Democrat 64.6, Republican 35.4. Lofgren by 29.2.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 38.3, Harris 58.5. Harris by 20.1.
Lean
D+16 by the Cook partisan index

Facts from Ballotpedia and Wikipedia, in our words. The district on Ballotpedia ↗

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