Democratic
Ro Khanna
Incumbent representative for CA-17. Voting record, ideology and biography →
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California District 17 election, 2026
Ro Khanna vs. Ritesh Tandon on a newly enacted 2026 district map. Today's article: every forecast for this race →
VotePredictor forecast
Ro Khanna favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+45.6
99%
chance to win
2024 presidential margin
D+40.72026 national environment
D+8.0District polls
noneForecast spread
±7.2 pointsMargin from the district's presidential lean on its 2026 lines, one fitted intercept and the national environment as a uniform swing; the win probability adds a decaying incumbency premium (Democratic incumbent running). No district poll is blended in.
Republican
Ritesh Tandon
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for CA-17. The forecast above is the model alone: lean, incumbency and the national environment.
Campaign money
FEC reports through October 14, 2026Ro KhannaDEM · incumbent$15.3M raised
Spent $9.5MCash on hand $16.6M20% from donors under $200
Top contributors, industries and states
Contributors
- LORD, SUSAN$31k
- HALABI, SUZAN$28k
- KUSHI, HISAO$28k
- ORTNER, CHARLES$27k
- MATHUR, RAKESH$25k
Industries
- Unemployed$3.3M
- Finance, Insurance & Real Estate$1.1M
- Self-Employed & Freelance$1.1M
- Technology & Communications$841k
- Legal & Professional Services$559k
States
- CA$7.3M
- NY$1.6M
- IL$768k
- WA$350k
- TX$349k
Ritesh TandonREP$57k raised
Spent $52kCash on hand $5k8% from donors under $200Self-funded $25
Top contributors, industries and states
Contributors
Industries
- Retired$15k
- Technology & Communications$3k
- Not Reported$2k
- Homemaker$750
- Education & Academia$500
States
- CA$39k
- FL$8k
- NY$4k
- VA$1k
- NJ$500
What each candidate's own campaign committees reported for the 2025–26 cycle; outside spending by PACs and parties is not included. Industries are classified from donors' reported employers. The House forecast's win probability reads the two nominees' shares of individual contributions shown here, a small term that never moves the predicted margin. Data: GovMoneyGraph, based on FEC records.
Other forecasts
We have not yet ingested a district rating from these independent forecasters for CA-17; links go to their current national House ratings. Missing is shown as missing—not converted into a probability.
Past results
Every election in California's 17th district we hold a result for. District numbers are reused across redistricting, so older rows may cover different ground than the seat does today.
Candidate news
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The New Republic · Yesterday
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