Republican primary · June 2, 2026
California house Republican primary
Field of 2 Republican candidates competing for the party's nomination. Winner advances to the general election on November 3, 2026.
Caution · early warning
Editorial raters moved while polling has gone quiet
The last rating change here was 32d ago, but only 0 polls have landed in the last 60 days. When raters move and pollsters don't, the rating shift may be running ahead of the data. Watch for a late-cycle correction in either direction.
Where this race stands
VerifiedShowing the Republican primary view. General-election ratings, forecasts, and tipping-point odds aren't meaningful for a single-party primary — switch to the general election view for those.
How confident are we?0 = certain · 100 = max uncertain
Combined
70
High uncertainty
Main driver: wide vote-share CI (12.1pp).
Forecast CI width40
12.1pp 80% interval
Forecast CI width
Contribution40 / 100
Measured12.1pp 80% interval
Each driver is scaled 0–100; higher pushes the combined uncertainty score up. Lower it with more recent, tightly-clustered polls and models that agree.
Polling sparsity100
0 polls in 60d · target ≥ 8
Polling sparsity
Contribution100 / 100
Measured0 polls in 60d · target ≥ 8
Each driver is scaled 0–100; higher pushes the combined uncertainty score up. Lower it with more recent, tightly-clustered polls and models that agree.
Forecast · Republican primary
primary-struct-v1 · high confidence · 4 polls + fundamentals1Ken CalvertKenneth Stanton Calvert is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 41st congressional dis…
2Young KimYoung Oak Kim is a South Korean–born American politician and businesswoman serving as the U.S. representative for California's 40th congress…
Polling average
Weighted, plus each pollster's measured bias subtracted before averaging.
All polls · 0 results
Republican primary pollsNo polls have been published for this primary yet. When pollsters start covering the race, individual polls will be listed here with sample size, lean, and trust signals.
Endorsements · Republican primary · 32 total
Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yetYoung Kim · 17Ken Calvert · 15
RYoung Kim17 endorsers
Most notable · Brian Jones · minority leader of the California State Senate (2022–present) from the 40th district (2018–present)
Elected officials10
Federal 8State 2Local 0
Elected officials · 10
- Brian Jones · minority leader of the California State Senate (2022–present) from the 40th district (2018–present)
- Eleni Kounalakis · lieutenant governor of California (2019–present)
- Jasmine Crockett · TX-30 (2023–present)
- Laura Friedman · CA-30 (2025–present)
- Marilyn Strickland · WA-10 (2021–present)
- Zoe Lofgren · CA-18 (1994–present)
- Dean Phillips · former MN-03 (2019–2025)
- Ed Royce · former CA-39 (1993–2019)
- Gil Cisneros · CA-39 (2019–2021), CA-31 (2025–present)
- Harley Rouda · former CA-48 (2019–2021)
Organizations6
Organizations · 6
- ASPIRE PAC
- Center for Biological Diversity · Action Fund
- Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
- Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs
- Maggie's List
- Vote Mama
Newspapers1
Newspapers · 1
- Orange County Register
RKen Calvert15 endorsers
Most notable · Devin Nunes · chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (2025–present)
Elected officials14
Federal 12State 1Local 1
Elected officials · 14
- Devin Nunes · chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (2025–present)
- Brandon Gill · TX-26 (2025-present)
- Buck McKeon · former CA-25 (1993–2015)
- Dana Rohrabacher · former CA-48 (1989–2019)
- Donald Wagner · Orange County supervisor from the 3rd district (2019–present)
- Doug Ose · former CA-03 (1999–2005)
- Duncan D. Hunter · former CA-50 (2009–2020)
- Duncan L. Hunter · former CA-52 (1981–2009)
- Gary Miller · former CA-31 (1999–2015)
- John Duarte · former CA-13 (2023–2025)
- Kate Sanchez · state assemblymember from the 71st district (2022–present)
- Mary Bono · former CA-45 (1998–2013)
- Mike Garcia · former CA-27 (2020–2025)
- Mimi Walters · former CA-45 (2015–2019)
Organizations1
Organizations · 1
- Log Cabin Republicans
Money in this primary
FEC · per-candidate committees · last filing 2026-06-04In the news
11 shown · last 30d · Google NewsNews volume · 30d
11 articles · building history
News volume · last 30d
Articles11
Trendbuilding history
Article counts indexed by Google News; the sparkline traces weekly volume across the window.
Net favorability
+0.45
Coverage lean (D−R) · shift −0.17 wk
Net favorability
Score+0.45
Week-over-weekshift −0.17 wk
Tone of coverage, D minus R, scored from −1 (all R-favorable) to +1 (all D-favorable). 0 is balanced.
Coverage tilt
D 45%
Neutral 55%
45% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Coverage tilt · by outlet lean
D-leaning outlets45%
Neutral55%
R-leaning outlets0%
45% of outlets classified by editorial lean
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Election results 2026: Live updates for the California Primary Election
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Highlights From June 2 Primary Election Day in California
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California 40th Congressional District Primary Election Results
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California governor race: results and polls for 2026 election
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How Election Reform Played Out in California’s June Primary
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Progressive Randy Villegas’ Chances of Winning California House Race
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Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-06-04
Endorsements48 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage11 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks