California Voters Could Decide Whether Republicans Keep the House

With the GOP’s eight-seat majority at stake, Golden State voters will decide 52 congressional positions, 40 of which are currently held by Democrats.

A voter at the Jack London Aquatic Center in Oakland on March 5 during California's primary election. Philip Pacheco/Getty Images

Though seen by many as a deep blue state sporting a Democrat trifecta—with the governor’s office and both legislative chambers controlled by the party with supermajority margins—California has millions of Republicans and independent voters who could determine the balance of power in Congress in November.

Republicans control the House with a slim eight-seat majority, thanks in part to some California seats flipping from blue to red in 2022.