Democratic
Robert Garcia
Incumbent representative for CA-42. Voting record, ideology and biography →
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California District 42 election, 2026
Robert Garcia vs. Brian Burley on a newly enacted 2026 district map.
VotePredictor forecast
Robert Garcia favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+19.4
99%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
D+13.62026 national environment
D+6.5District polls
noneForecast spread
±7.8 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
Brian Burley
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for CA-42. The forecast above is the model alone: lean, incumbency and the national environment.
Other forecasts
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