CA-39
California's 39th District
Gil Cisneros
50.1%
50.9%
Young Kim
49.9%
49.1%
District Profile
Last Updated: Oct. 5, 2018, 11:47 a.m.
California 39 contains parts of Los Angeles, Orange, as well as San Bernardino county. CA-39 was represented by Republican Edward Royce, who served in the House for 25 years. In 2018, Royce announced that he would not run for re-election, leaving his chair open for two new candidates. Republican Young Kim won the CA-39 top two primary, earning 21.22% of the total vote. Kim started her political career in 2014, unseating an incumbent for her spot in the 65th District of California State Assembly. Democrat Gil Cisneros won 19.42% of the total votes in the top-two primary, earning him the last spot on the CA-39 ballot. Cisneros served as a US Naval Officer and currently works as the Secretary of the Latino Donor Collaborative and as a board member of The Wooden Floor. In the past, CA-39 has leaned Republican. In 2012, Obama only won 48.11% of the two-party vote; in 2014, Democrat Peter Anderson won only 31.5% of the two-party vote; and in 2016, Clinton won 55.61% of the two-party vote and Democrat Brett Murdock won 42.8% of the two-party vote.
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Latest Polls
PoliStat |
Oct. 11, 2018, 11:13 p.m.
Oct. 18-23 Siena College/New York Times 496 LV Cisneros 47% Kim 46%
Sept. 28-Oct. 2 Tulchin Research 400 LV Cisneros 48% Kim 47%
Sept. 16-23 UC Berkeley 552 LV Cisneros 49% Kim 48%
Sept. 13-16 Monmouth University 300 LV Cisneros 42% Kim 50%
Aug. 1-6 Tulchin Research 600 LV Cisneros 53% Kim 42%
Jun. 10 DCCC Targeting Team 536 LV Cisneros 43% Kim 45%
Jan. 10-11 Remington Research Group 761 LV Cisneros 38% Kim 41%