This is currently considered to be a Purple congressional district. This is one of the critical seats that Democrats must win to regain control of the House.. Please vote Democrat to end MAGA control of Congress!:
Vote for Working Families or Independent, Ed Hershey or Lindsay Church or Mayra Macias or Byron Sigcho-Lopez on November 3, 2026!
If you are not comfortable with that choice, swap your vote with someone in another district to stop MAGA Republicans and corporate Democrats from destroying our future! Find out more about vote swapping, go to: https://votetosurvive.org/vote-swap/
You can also go to vote.org to find information about voter registration, the candidates, mail-in ballots and early voting.
Background
In 2024, the Democrat, Josh Harder, won this seat with a margin of 3.6 percent, or 9,009 votes, over the Republican, Kevin Lincoln. An estimated 231,513 eligible voters (47.9%) did not vote at that election in California District 9, and – voted for a third (or fourth) party.
To find out more about the Senate race in this state, if you have one, and your options for vote swapping, click on your state to the right.