Races · house · 2026 · California
house · open seat
Judy Chu vs April Verlato
Where this race stands
VerifiedSafe D · model 98% D
No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+15) suggests Safe D.
The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts D+27.1 with an 80% CI ranging from D+11.0 (10th pctile) to D+43.2 (90th pctile), giving D a 98% chance of winning.
Tipping-point probability: 3.8% of simulations see this race as decisive for chamber control.
CITATIONS · safe-d · low-tipping
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
D +27.1
80% CI: D +11.0 → D +43.2 · win prob 98%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
| Polls used | 0 |
| Days to election | 118 |
| Residual σ | 12.56pt |
| Generated | 7/7/2026 |
▼ Compare with other models3 models
qgbt-v1GBT (qgbt)
D +28.1
80% CI D +26.2 → D +41.8
CV MAE 8.51
bayes-v1Bayes / Kalman
D +10.5
80% CI D +8.9 → D +12.1
CV MAE 1.24
consensusMarket-implied
D +14.0
no interval
market-implied
Prediction markets
Consensus · D 93¢1 platformupdated 11h ago
Cross-platform price · history
Per-platform · current
| Platform | D YES | R YES | 7d Δ | Vol | vs cons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polymarket “Will the Republican Party win the CA-28 House seat?” | 93¢ | 6¢ | +2¢ | — | +0 |
Endorsements · 57 total
Source · Wikipedia · 1 candidate with no endorsements yet57
Endorsements tracked
Judy Chu57 · 100%
April Verlato0 · 0%
Total57
Scraped from each candidate’s Wikipedia endorsement list.
DJudy Chu57 endorsers
Most notable · Nancy Pelosi · former speaker of the House (2007–2011, 2019–2023) from CA-11 (1987–present)
Elected officials45
Federal 41State 3Local 1
Elected officials · 45
- Nancy Pelosi · former speaker of the House (2007–2011, 2019–2023) from CA-11 (1987–present)
- Eleni Kounalakis · lieutenant governor of California (2019–present)
- Gavin Newsom · governor of California (2019–present)
- Rob Bonta · attorney general of California (2021–present)
- Adam Gray · CA-13 (2025–present)
- Ami Bera · CA-06 (2013–present)
- Brad Sherman · CA-32 (1997–present)
- Dave Min · CA-47 (2025–present)
- Derek Tran · CA-45 (2025–present)
- Doris Matsui · CA-07 (2005–present)
- George Whitesides · CA-27 (2025–present)
- Jared Huffman · CA-02 (2013–present)
- Jim Costa · CA-21 (2005–present)
- Jimmy Gomez · CA-34 (2017–present)
- Jimmy Panetta · CA-19 (2017–present)
- John Garamendi · CA-08 (2009–present)
- Julia Brownley · CA-26 (2013–present)
- Kevin Mullin · CA-15 (2023–present)
- Lateefah Simon · CA-12 (2025–present)
- Laura Friedman · CA-30 (2025–present)
- Linda Sanchez · CA-38 (2003–present)
- Lou Correa · CA-46 (2017–present)
- Luz Rivas · CA-29 (2025–present)
- Mark DeSaulnier · CA-10 (2015–present)
- Mark Takano · CA-39 (2013–present)
- Maxine Waters · CA-43 (1991–present)
- Mike Levin · CA-49 (2019–present)
- Mike Thompson · CA-04 (1999–present)
- Nanette Barragan · CA-44 (2017–present)
- Norma Torres · CA-35 (2015–present)
- Pete Aguilar · CA-33 (2015–present)
- Raul Ruiz · CA-25 (2013–present)
- Ro Khanna · CA-17 (2017–present)
- Robert Garcia · CA-42 (2023–present)
- Salud Carbajal · CA-24 (2017–present)
- Sam Liccardo · CA-16 (2025–present)
- Sara Jacobs · CA-51 (2023–present)
- Scott Peters · CA-50 (2013–present)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove · CA-37 (2023–present)
- Ted Lieu · CA-36 (2015–present)
- Zoe Lofgren · CA-18 (1994–present)
- Adam Schiff · California (2024–present)
- Alex Padilla · California (2021–present)
- Gil Cisneros · CA-31 (2019-2021, 2025–present)
- Karen Bass · Mayor of Los Angeles (2022-present)
Organizations12
Organizations · 12
- California Democratic Party
- California Environmental Voters
- California Federation of Labor Unions
- Giffords
- J Street
- J Street PAC
- National Union of Healthcare Workers
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund
- Progressive Democrats · Democrats
- Progressive Democrats of America
- Sierra Club
- Stonewall Democratic Club
RApril Verlato0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
Money raised · own committees
FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2026-01-09Judy ChuH0CA32101 ↗
Receipts
$859.3K
Disburse
$794.2K
Cash on hand
$3.7M
Debts
$431.75
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.
April Verlato
Receipts
$50
Disburse
$7.5K
Cash on hand
$397.65
Debts
$0
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.
Outside spending · independent expenditures
FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reportsIE total
$16.61
D side
$16.61 · 100%
R side
$0 · 0%
Top spender
SIERRA CLUB INDEPEN…
| Spender | Side | Amount | Share | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION super pac · boosts D
| D | $10 | 60% | for Judy Chu |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES PASADENA AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY PAC super pac · boosts D
| D | $6.61 | 40% | for Judy Chu |
Editorial ratings · 5 raters
Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.Safe D5
Safe D · 5 raters
- Cook Political Report · Jun 17
- The Economist · May 5
- Inside Elections · Jun 24
- Sabato's Crystal Ball · Jun 8
- Split Ticket · Jun 24
Cook Political Report
Safe DThe Economist
Safe DInside Elections
Safe DSabato's Crystal Ball
Safe DSplit Ticket
Safe DDemographic crosstabs
age · education · race · genderNo demographic crosstabs published for this race yet. Most pollsters release only topline numbers; subgroup breakdowns (age, education, race, gender) appear here when a pollster publishes them.
Rating timeline
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-01-09
Endorsements57 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks