An incumbent California House Republican is likely to win a newly drawn district in a swath of suburbs, exurbs, and desert areas east of Los Angeles. But it would still be a net loss for House Republicans because the lawmaker-on-lawmaker race means one of them will be out of a job after the November elections.
The loser of the intraparty fight between Reps. Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Young Kim (R-CA) will be among the Republican political collateral damage from California voters’ passage of a November 2025 ballot measure pushed by Democrats and aimed at thinning out GOP congressional ranks even further in an already deep-blue state. Democrats dominate the state’s U.S. House delegation 43-9. Under district lines taking effect in the 2026 election cycle after Proposition 50 passed easily, House Democrats have a plausible chance of running up the score to 48 seats, to a scant four for Republicans.
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