Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

UpdatedAug 24, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC
To election day72 days
Simulations200,000

California 13th District

Currently held by a Democrat · incumbent running · district redrawn for 2026

Democrat
Adam Gray
89%
Republican
Kevin Lincoln
11%
ForecastLikely D
Projected margin
D+13.5
80% range
R+0.4 to D+27.4
Partisan lean
D+5.2
Tipping-point chance
0.58%
Uncertainty multiplier
1.80×

The 80% range comes from 200,000 simulations in which this race’s error is correlated with every other race through the national, state and demographic layers.

How the estimate is built
Fundamentals 100.0%
Polling average
no polls
Fundamentals
D+14.1
Blended
D+14.1
Similar-race shift
−0.7
Polling

No public polling of this matchup. The forecast rests on fundamentals plus the polling residuals of demographically and politically similar races — which is the normal case: most of the 435 House seats are never polled.

Fundamentals
Partisan lean
D+5.2
Elasticity
1.15
Incumbency
+1.9
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+1.5
National environment
D+5.3
Expected margin
D+14.7

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