California's 31st Congressional District election, 2024

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2022
California's 31st Congressional District
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General election
Election details
Filing deadline: December 8, 2023
Primary: March 5, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in California
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
California's 31st Congressional District
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California elections, 2024
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All U.S. House districts, including the 31st Congressional District of California, are holding elections in 2024. The general election is November 5, 2024. The primary is March 5, 2024. The filing deadline was December 8, 2023.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

The primary will occur on March 5, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 31

The following candidates are running in the primary for U.S. House California District 31 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
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Bob Archuleta (D)
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Pedro Casas (R)
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Gil Cisneros (D) Candidate Connection
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Gregory Hafif (D)
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Kurt Jose (D)
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Erskine Levi (No party preference) Candidate Connection
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Mary Ann Lutz (D)
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Y. Marie Manvel (No party preference)
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Daniel Martinez (R)
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Susan Rubio (D)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Voting information

See also: Voting in California
Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.


Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Bob Archuleta Democratic Party $436,168 $133,559 $302,610 As of September 30, 2023
Gil Cisneros Democratic Party $612,024 $281,131 $330,894 As of September 30, 2023
Gregory Hafif Democratic Party $718,310 $6,788 $711,522 As of September 30, 2023
Kurt Jose Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Mary Ann Lutz Democratic Party $592,422 $14,303 $578,119 As of September 30, 2023
Susan Rubio Democratic Party $320,863 $21,847 $299,016 As of September 30, 2023
Pedro Casas Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Daniel Martinez Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Erskine Levi No party preference $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Y. Marie Manvel No party preference $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]

Race ratings: California's 31st Congressional District election, 2024
Race trackerRace ratings
January 2, 2024December 19, 2023December 12, 2023December 5, 2023
The Cook Political ReportSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in California in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in California, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
California U.S. House All candidates 40-60 $1,740.00[5] 12/8/2023 Source

District analysis

This section will be updated with analysis about California's 31st Congressional District.

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: California's 31st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 31

Incumbent Grace Napolitano defeated Daniel Martinez in the general election for U.S. House California District 31 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Grace Napolitano (D)
 
59.5
 
91,472
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Daniel Martinez (R)
 
40.5
 
62,153

Total votes: 153,625
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 31

Incumbent Grace Napolitano and Daniel Martinez defeated Rocco Anthony De Luca and Erskine Levi in the primary for U.S. House California District 31 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Grace Napolitano (D)
 
55.5
 
49,415
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Daniel Martinez (R)
 
36.7
 
32,721
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Rocco Anthony De Luca (D) Candidate Connection
 
7.8
 
6,948
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Erskine Levi (No party preference) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
17

Total votes: 89,101
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: California's 31st Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 31

Incumbent Pete Aguilar defeated Agnes Gibboney in the general election for U.S. House California District 31 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Pete Aguilar (D)
 
61.3
 
175,315
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Agnes Gibboney (R) Candidate Connection
 
38.7
 
110,735

Total votes: 286,050
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 31

Incumbent Pete Aguilar and Agnes Gibboney defeated Eugene Weems in the primary for U.S. House California District 31 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Pete Aguilar (D)
 
62.1
 
81,994
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Agnes Gibboney (R) Candidate Connection
 
37.8
 
49,889
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Eugene Weems (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
51

Total votes: 131,934
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2018

See also: California's 31st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 31

Incumbent Pete Aguilar defeated Sean Flynn in the general election for U.S. House California District 31 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Pete Aguilar (D)
 
58.7
 
110,143
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Sean Flynn (R)
 
41.3
 
77,352

Total votes: 187,495
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 31

Incumbent Pete Aguilar and Sean Flynn defeated Kaisar Ahmed in the primary for U.S. House California District 31 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Pete Aguilar (D)
 
45.9
 
41,337
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Sean Flynn (R)
 
45.1
 
40,622
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Kaisar Ahmed (D)
 
9.0
 
8,108

Total votes: 90,067
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Political context

This section will be updated with information about the political landscape in California.

See also

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Footnotes

  1. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  2. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  3. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  4. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  5. 2,000 signatures can be provided in lieu of the filing fee


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