Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

UpdatedOct 10, 2026, 11:27 AM EDT
To election day24 days
Simulations200,000

California 15th District

Currently held by a Democrat · incumbent running · district redrawn for 2026

Democrat
Kevin Mullin
>99.9%
Republican
Charles Hoelter
<0.1%
ForecastSafe D
Projected margin
D+68.7
80% range
D+57.1 to D+80.2
Partisan lean
D+52.2
Uncertainty multiplier
1.80×

The 80% range comes from 200,000 simulations in which this race’s error is correlated with every other race through the national, state and demographic layers.

How the estimate is built
Fundamentals >99.9%
Polling average
no polls
Fundamentals
D+68.8
Blended
D+68.8
Similar-race shift
−2.5
Polling

No public polling of this matchup. The forecast rests on fundamentals plus the polling residuals of demographically and politically similar races — which is the normal case: most of the 435 House seats are never polled.

Fundamentals
Partisan lean
D+52.2
Elasticity
1.12
Incumbency
+1.9
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+4.2
National environment
D+7.1
Expected margin
D+71.3
How it voted for presidenttwo-party
2024 margin
D+49.6
2020 margin
D+58.5
Shift 2020 → 2024
R+8.8
Votes cast, 2024
305,556

Presidential results reaggregated onto the 2026 district lines. This is where the seat’s partisan lean comes from, and it carries most of the forecast in a race nobody has polled.

Who lives hereCensus ACS
Population
609,967
Median age
48.0
Median household income
$139,800
Bachelor’s degree or higher
48%
White
30%
Black
4%
Hispanic
25%
Asian
40%

Used to find demographically similar districts, so a race with no polling can borrow the polling error of races that look like it.

Campaign fundraisingFEC filings to Invalid Date
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Kevin MullinDEM$820k$220k
Anna KramerREP$5k$0

Receipts across the cycle, from FEC bulk filings. The model uses the ratio between the two sides rather than either total, and weights it lightly — money follows a competitive race at least as much as it causes one.

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