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California House race, District 20

Vince Fong holds this seat and is running to keep it against Sandra Van Scotter.

The November ballot

Fong
$1.8M
Scotter
$17K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Vince Fong

Republican · Holds the seat now

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in California

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 15 days before, or same-day through Election Day at your county office or polling place.

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How they won the primary

Nonpartisan primaryTop two advance

The primary · 168,768 votes

  • Vince FongAdvanced68.16%115,035
  • Sandra Van ScotterAdvanced28.8%48,611
  • Ben Dewell1.82%3,080
  • Jeremy Fox1.21%2,042

Every candidate runs on one ballot and the top two advance to November, whatever their party. Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

Where each candidate's money comes from

<1%$17KSmall donors$5.4K31%
42%$768KLarge donors$1.8K11%
48%$894KPACs--
--Self-funding$9.9K58%
9%$170KOther--

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Not on the November ballot

5 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
782K
Median household income
$90K
Unemployment
6.9%
Living below the poverty line
11.6%
Without health insurance
5.0%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

R+30 in 2024

  • Vince FongWon65.1%
  • Mike Boudreaux34.9%

288,788 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.