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U.S. Representative from California
California’s current congressional delegation consists of : that total combines the state’s two Democratic U.S. senators with the 52-member House delegation, where Democrats hold and Republicans hold ...
The most current, widely cited tallies show the holding a majority while trail by a handful of seats; reports Republicans with 218 seats to Democrats’ 213 as of Jan. 6, 2026, with four vacancies in th...
California losing one congressional seat would reshape both the state's internal politics and its national clout: , while longer-term population trends threaten further losses in apportionment and Ele...
has reshaped heading into the 2026 cycle: dozens of incumbents have announced they will not run again, while several left their seats late in 2025 or in early January 2026 through resignation, retirem...
All of California’s 52 U.S. House seats will be on the ballot in November 2026 — meaning every sitting California representative’s seat is up for election — but the practical field of incumbents who w...
The sources provided disagree about whether California had nine or ten Republican U.S. House members serving in 2025 and which names belong on a definitive roster. A plurality of the supplied document...
As of early February 2026, are pending special elections with two definitive dates announced and at least one vacancy without a scheduled date; reporting sources differ slightly on the total number of...
is narrowly divided: control with a slim majority while Republicans also hold a working majority in , though two independents caucus with for organizational purposes (House: R 218 — D 213 with several...
A string of 2025–2026 special elections, resignations and deaths has produced a handful of and a net House where Republicans maintain a wafer‑thin majority — reported as 218 Republicans to 213 Democra...
California did not have an all-Democratic U.S. House delegation in 2024. Multiple post‑election tallies report a , commonly summarized as 43 Democrats and 9 Republicans in the 2024 cycle . Post‑2024 e...
The various analyses reviewed do not offer a single, definitive list of 2025 California “swing” House districts; however, multiple independent reports and local outlets converge on a set of competitiv...
The most recent available summary in the provided materials reports that California’s congressional delegation comprises in the U.S. House, with (Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff) — this is the baseline f...
California’s congressional delegation has shifted toward Democrats over the past decade, with Republicans holding a dwindling minority of the state’s U.S. House seats and . Multiple contemporaneous an...
The available reporting consistently identifies five California congressional districts held by Republicans in 2025: , represented by Doug LaMalfa, Kevin Kiley, David Valadao, Ken Calvert, and Darrell...
Opponents of Proposition 50 argue it would transfer redistricting power from an independent citizens’ commission back to politicians, enable partisan map‑drawing, harm competitive elections, and impos...
Redistricting played a clear and measurable role in California’s 2024 elections by reshaping which districts were competitive, prompting candidate shifts into new districts, and contributing to turnov...