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California's 27th District

George Whitesides (D)vsJason Gibbs (R)

incumbent running · Lean: D+6 · Incumbent: George T. Whitesides (D)

99 in 100

George Whitesides favored>99%

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

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:D+6
  • Incumbent:George T. Whitesides (D)
  • District:27 of 52 in California
  • Odds:Whitesides >99%
  • Margin:Whitesides +25.1, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Whitesides +25.1

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
Whitesides +25.1
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Whitesides +17.2 to Whitesides +33.0 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Whitesides +25.1 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Whitesides ahead is positive, Gibbs ahead is negative.

▸ Movement // 0 daily snapshots

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▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (D+6, worth 10.4 points to the Democrat), the incumbent (George T. Whitesides, 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 Whitesides +25.1 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
George T. Whitesides (D), running for another term.
On the ballot
George Whitesides (D) vs Jason Gibbs (R)
Last time
2024: Democrat 51.3, Republican 48.7. Whitesides by 2.6.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 38.3, Harris 58.5. Harris by 20.1.
Lean
D+6 by the Cook partisan index

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

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