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California's 32nd District

Brad Sherman (D)vsLarry Thompson (R)

incumbent running · Lean: D+14 · Incumbent: Brad Sherman (D)

99 in 100

Brad Sherman favored>99%

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

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:D+14
  • Incumbent:Brad Sherman (D)
  • District:32 of 52 in California
  • Odds:Sherman >99%
  • Margin:Sherman +39.0, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Sherman +39.0

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
Sherman +39.0
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Sherman +31.1 to Sherman +46.9 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Sherman +39.0 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Sherman ahead is positive, Thompson ahead is negative.

▸ Movement // 0 daily snapshots

Reading the history

▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (D+14, worth 24.4 points to the Democrat), the incumbent (Brad Sherman, 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 Sherman +39.0 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Brad Sherman (D), running for another term.
On the ballot
Brad Sherman (D, incumbent) vs Larry Thompson (R)
Last time
2024: Democrat 66.2, Republican 33.8. Sherman by 32.4.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 38.3, Harris 58.5. Harris by 20.1.
Lean
D+14 by the Cook partisan index

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

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