CA-16 California's 16th District

Candidate

Predicted Vote %

Predicted Win %

Jim Costa

60.3%

98.9%

Elizabeth Heng

39.7%

1.1%

BPI

Blair Partisan Index

Measures how strongly a district leans toward the Democratic or Republican Party compared to the nation as a whole.

 

4.9%

SEER Prediction

SEER Prediction

Forecasted Democratic % of vote, without considering national mood or polling.

 

58.5%

District Profile Last Updated: Oct. 5, 2018, 11:47 a.m.

California's sixteenth congressional district consists of central California and includes areas of Fresno County, Madera County, and Merced County. The district has been consistently Democratic since the sixties. This race is between Democratic incumbent Jim Costa, incumbent since 2012, and Republican challenger Asian Elizabeth Heng. In 2016 Obama won 61% of the vote and Costa won 58%. In 2012 Obama won 60% of the vote. 60% of California 16 is Hispanic and 25% is White.

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