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Primary · June 2, 2026

California house primary

Field of 7 candidates running on a single ballot (jungle / nonpartisan format). Top finishers advance to the general election on November 3, 2026.

Primary passed· 1 polls
Kevin Kiley 77% to advance to Novemberupdated 11h ago · primary-struct-v1
Kevin Kiley · 77%Richard Pan · 34%Lauren Babb Tomlinson · 32%Ray Riehle · 12%
Caution · early warning
Editorial raters moved while polling has gone quiet

The last rating change here was 22d 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
Verified

Showing the 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
100
High uncertainty
Main driver: wide vote-share CI (36.6pp).
Forecast CI width100
36.6pp 80% interval
Polling sparsity100
0 polls in 60d · target ≥ 8

Forecast · primary

primary-struct-v1 · medium confidence · 2 polls + fundamentals
1Kevin KileyKevin Patrick Kiley (born January 30, 1985) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 3rd congressional …36.3% 18–5577% advance
2Richard PanRichard Juien-Dah Pan is an American Democratic politician and physician who served in the California State Senate from 2014 to 2022, repres…20.8% 3–3934% advance
↑ top 2 advance to November · ↓ eliminated
3Lauren Babb TomlinsonLauren Babb Tomlinson ( Democratic Party ) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 6th Congressional District . She los…19.9% 2–3832% advance
4Christine Bish10.0% 0–2812% advance
5Ray Riehle10.0% 0–2812% advance
6Thien HoThis House Is Not for Sale is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released on November 4, 2016, by Island Rec…9.9% 0–2812% advance
7Martha GuerreroMartha Guerrero ( Democratic Party ) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 6th Congressional District . She lost in t…8.3% 0–2710% advance
8Michael StansfieldMichael Mansfield KC (born 12 October 1941) is an English barrister and head of chambers at Nexus Chambers. He has been described as "The ki…5.5% 0–247% advance
9Tyler VandenbergTyler Vandenberg ( Democratic Party ) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 6th Congressional District . He lost in t…1.8% 0–204% advance

Polling average

Latest poll · 7 candidates

This race has 7 polled candidates — too many for a readable time-series chart. Showing the latest aggregated polling average per candidate instead. The All polls table below has full per-poll detail.

IKevin Kiley36.0%
DRichard Pan18.0%
DThien Ho12.0%
DLauren Babb Tomlinson11.0%
DMartha Guerrero9.0%
RMichael Stansfield8.0%
DTyler Vandenberg2.0%

All polls · 1 results

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DatePollster · trust signalsn · popKileyPanHoTomlinsonGuerreroLead
Feb 18Normington, Petts & Associates400 · LV148109+4

Endorsements · primary · 51 total

Source · Wikipedia · 3 candidates with no endorsements yet
25
17
6
Lauren Babb Tomlinson · 25Richard Pan · 17Thien Ho · 6Martha Guerrero · 3
DLauren Babb Tomlinson25 endorsers
Most notable · David Hogg · former vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (2025)
Organizations13
Elected officials12
Federal 11State 0Local 0
DRichard Pan17 endorsers
Most notable · Dave Min · CA-47 (2025–present)
Organizations10
Elected officials6
Federal 6State 0Local 0
Newspapers1
DThien Ho6 endorsers
Most notable · Adam Gray · CA-13 (2025–present)
Elected officials5
Federal 2State 2Local 1
Organizations1
DMartha Guerrero3 endorsers
Most notable · Richard Polanco · former majority leader of the California State Senate (1998–2002) from the 22nd district (1994–2002)
Elected officials2
Federal 0State 1Local 1
Organizations1
IKevin Kiley0 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.
RMichael Stansfield0 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.
DTyler Vandenberg0 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 in this primary

FEC · per-candidate committees · last filing 2026-06-02
Kevin KileyH2CA03157 ↗
Raised
$2.70M
Cash on hand
$1.99M
No industry data.
Richard PanH6CA03158 ↗
Raised
$688K
Cash on hand
$118K
No industry data.
Lauren Babb TomlinsonH6CA06276 ↗
Raised
$472K
Cash on hand
$108K
No industry data.
Thien HoOWN COMMITTEE
No FEC committee filing yet.
No industry data.
Martha GuerreroOWN COMMITTEE
Raised
$186K
Cash on hand
$45K
No industry data.
Michael StansfieldOWN COMMITTEE
Raised
$17K
Cash on hand
$0
No industry data.

In the news

10 shown · last 30d · Google News
News volume · 30d
10 articles · building history
Net favorability
+0.40
Coverage lean (D−R) · shift +0.17 wk
Coverage tilt
D 40%
Neutral 60%
40% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 1deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-06-02
Endorsements51 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage10 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks