2026 forecast · California 6th

Richard Pan is all but certain to win California's 6th District.

Richard Pan vs Kevin Kiley, an open seat. The model has Pan ahead by 21.6 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +21.6Updated October 22, 2026
Richard Pan
Democrat
60.8%
155,169 projected votes
Kevin Kiley
Republican
39.2%
99,997 projected votes
100%Pan
0%Kiley
Pan all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Pan wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Pan
Model marginD +21.6No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +29.5 to D +13.62,000 simulations
Projected votes255,166Pan 60.8%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

California districts

52 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Richard PanDemocrat · 100% to win
60.8%
Kevin KileyRepublican · 0% to win
39.2%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

255,166 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Richard Pan D155,16960.8%
Kevin Kiley R99,99739.2%
Total255,166100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%100% Pan0% Kiley14 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The California governor polling average
25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%JunJulAugSepOct54.7Becerra36.0Hilton
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
Manhattan InstituteOct 1 · 1,000 LV · NR16%Becerra +19.0
PPICSep 10 · 1,103 LV · NR16%Becerra +22.0
Independent Voter ProjectOct 2 · 2,906 LV · NR15%Becerra +10.0
Emerson CollegeOct 19 · 1,000 LV · Gold14%Becerra +27.0
Independent Voter ProjectSep 28 · 2,906 LV · NR13%Becerra +10.0
UC Berkeley Citrin Center/TrueDot/PoliticoSep 14 · 1,983 LV · B11%Becerra +18.0
Every other poll together: 15%

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Pan +21.6
Chance of winning
Richard Pan100%
Kevin Kiley0%
Simulated vote
Richard Pan60.8%
Kevin Kiley39.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +8.0
FundamentalsD +21.5
With pollsD +20.4
Early vote turnoutD +1.2
With early voteD +21.6

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in California, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +26R +26Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +8.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +21.5With pollsno pollsD +20.4With early voteturnout so farD +21.6
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.