Skip to content
Project Curia

Elections · U.S. House · California

2026 California House race, District 31

Gil Cisneros (Democrat) and Eric Ching (Republican), who advanced from California's all-party primary, are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in California District 31, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the California Secretary of State.

The November ballot

Cisneros
$705K
Ching
$97K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Certified list: California Secretary of State. Not a prediction.

The seat

Gil Cisneros

Democrat · Holds the seat now

First took office 2019 · Age 55

2,751
Trades disclosed
$55M
Estimated volume
63
Committee overlaps
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.

See their record

How to vote in California

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

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

All dates and rules
Preview of this page's shareable card

Share this

How they won the primary

Nonpartisan primaryTop two advance

The primary · 155,253 votes

  • Gil Cisneros Advanced: 61.1% 94,805
  • Eric Ching Advanced: 23.8% 36,999
  • Erskine Levi: 15.1% 23,449

Every candidate runs on one ballot and the top two advance to November, whatever their party. Primary results as recorded September 19, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: California Secretary of State certified Statement of Vote. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$802K
Outside money
$10

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Cisneros$10
Opposing Cisneros-
Supporting Ching-
Opposing Ching-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

3%$24KSmall donors$6.6K7%
31%$216KLarge donors$90K93%
64%$454KPACs--
<1%$6.6KSelf-funding--
<1%$4.7KOther$250<1%

Small donors give $200 or less; 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.

Who is spending on this race

The largest group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

1 filed

None of these has campaign money on file with the FEC.

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.

How this seat voted last time

D+19 in 2024

  • Gil Cisneros Won: 59.7%
  • Daniel Jose Bocic Martinez: 40.3%

247,951 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.

The district

Census context
People
736K
Median household income
$92K
Unemployment
6.2%
Living below the poverty line
11.6%
Without health insurance
7.9%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.

More on the California ballot52 House races statewideWhere to see your full ballot Find your races by ZIP →

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.