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California's 49th District

Mike Levin (D)vsArmen Kurdian (R)

incumbent running · Lean: D+7 · Incumbent: Mike Levin (D)

99 in 100

Mike Levin favored>99%

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

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:D+7
  • Incumbent:Mike Levin (D)
  • District:49 of 52 in California
  • Odds:Levin >99%
  • Margin:Levin +26.8, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Levin +26.8

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
Levin +26.8
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Levin +18.9 to Levin +34.7 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Levin +26.8 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Levin ahead is positive, Kurdian 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+7, worth 12.2 points to the Democrat), the incumbent (Mike Levin, 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 Levin +26.8 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Mike Levin (D), running for another term.
On the ballot
Mike Levin (D, incumbent) vs Armen Kurdian (R)
Last time
2024: Democrat 52.2, Republican 47.8. Levin by 4.4.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 38.3, Harris 58.5. Harris by 20.1.
Lean
D+7 by the Cook partisan index

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

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