U.S. House · Updated Oct 9
California's 52nd District
Juan C. Vargas win chance
>99%
Typical margin: Vargas by 27.5
Democrat
Who's running
The numbers behind it
Campaign money
Juan C. Vargas
Raised $569K · $164K cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Jeffery Belle
Raised $25K · $1K cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Our model counts the money gap as worth 1.3 points to Juan C. Vargas. Even a 10× gap is worth at most 1.5.
Other filers in this race raised $5K in total.
Candidates' own committees only, from fec.gov. Third-quarter reports are due Oct 15.
How the numbers moved
- Sep 23Cook Political Report: Solid DCook Political Report
- Jun 30Jeffery Belle had raised $25KFEC filing
- Jun 30Juan C. Vargas had raised $569KFEC filing
How we got this number
We blend the polling average (when there is one) with the race's fundamentals: past results, incumbency, the national mood and the money. Then we play the election out 40,000 times, with polling misses that move every race together, and count how often each side wins.
90% of the model's 40,000 simulated elections land between D+15.3 and D+39.8.
No public polls yet, so this forecast rests on the fundamentals alone, with a wider range.
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