Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

UpdatedAug 24, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC
To election day71 days
Simulations200,000

California 29th District

Currently held by a Democrat · incumbent running · district redrawn for 2026 · same-party (top-two) contest

Democrat
Luz Rivas
100.0%
Republican
(no Republican — top-two)
0.0%
ForecastSafe D
Projected margin
D+55.5
80% range
D+41.8 to D+69.4
Partisan lean
D+39.1
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 100.0%
Polling average
no polls
Fundamentals
D+56.1
Blended
D+56.1
Similar-race shift
−1.3
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+39.1
Elasticity
1.15
Incumbency
+1.9
Candidate experience
+0.8
Fundraising
+4.5
National environment
D+5.4
Expected margin
D+57.5

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