U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia (R) defeated Christy Smith (D) in the general election for California's 27th Congressional District on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Judy Chu (D) ran for re-election in California's 28th Congressional District because of redistricting.

The 27th District covered largely the same geographic area as the old 25th District. The New York Times' Jonathan Weisman said that redistricting's largest effect was moving the Republican-heavy Simi Valley into a different district.^[1] In 2020, Garcia defeated Smith in the general election in the old 25th District by 333 votes, making it the third-closest U.S. House race that year.

In the June 7 top-two primary, Garcia received 49.6% of the vote, and Smith received 35.4%. Republican candidates won a combined 53.4% of the primary vote, while Democratic candidates won a combined 46.6%.

Garcia was first elected to represent the 25th Congressional District in May 2020, when he won a special election to succeed Rep. Katie Hill (D). Garcia served in the U.S. Navy as a pilot for 20 years and worked for Raytheon after his retirement.^[2] Garcia's website listed the economy, jobs, taxes, and inflation as his key campaign issues.^[3]

Smith served in the California Assembly from 2018 to 2020. She worked as an analyst at the U.S. Department of Education and founded the Valencia Valley Technological Education Foundation.^[4] Smith's campaign website highlighted expanding access to healthcare, improving the quality of public education, and codifying Roe v. Wade as key campaign issues.^[5]

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

Republicans won a 222-213 majority in the U.S. House in 2022.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 55.1% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 42.7%.^[6]

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

California's 27th Congressional District election, 2022 (June 7 top-two primary)

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 27

Incumbent Mike Garcia defeated Christy Smith in the general election for U.S. House California District 27 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mike Garcia (R)	53.2	104,624
	Christy Smith (D)	46.8	91,892

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 196,516
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 27

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 27 on June 7, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mike Garcia (R)	47.1	57,469
✔	Christy Smith (D)	37.4	45,675
	John Quaye Quartey (D)	6.8	8,303
	Ruth Luevanos (D)	5.5	6,668
	David Rudnick (R)	2.2	2,648
	Mark Pierce (R)	1.1	1,352

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 122,115
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Fepbrina Keivaulqe Autiameineire (Independent)
Crystal Prebola (R)
Ali Jordan (Independent)

Voting information

See also: Voting in California

Election information in California: Nov. 8, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

In-person: Oct. 24, 2022
By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 24, 2022
Online: Oct. 24, 2022

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: Nov. 8, 2022
By mail: Received by Nov. 1, 2022
Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: Nov. 8, 2022
By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 8, 2022

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 10, 2022 to Nov. 7, 2022

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

N/A

Candidate comparison

Candidate profiles

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Mike Garcia

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office:

U.S. House California District 25 (Assumed office: 2020)

Biography: Garcia received his bachelor's degree in political science from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. His professional experience includes working for defense contractor Raytheon Technologies and running his own real estate business. He served as a pilot in the United States Navy from 1998 to 2009.

Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

Garcia cited his experience owning a small business as a "proven track record as a leader of job creation and winning new business while also advocating for and promoting minorities and women."

Garcia said he supported decreasing taxes (including eliminating the SALT deduction cap) and shrinking the size of the federal government.

Garcia said he opposed any effort to decrease police funding or impose vaccination requirements on police officers.

Show sources

Sources: Mike Garcia's 2022 campaign website, "Issues," accessed May 16, 2022; Mike Garcia's 2022 campaign website, "Meet Mike Garcia," accessed May 16, 2022

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House California District 27 in 2022.

Christy Smith

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office:

California State Assembly District 38 (2018-2020)

Biography: Smith received her bachelor's degree in political science from UCLA. Her professional experience includes working as an analyst at the U.S. Department of Education and founding the Valencia Valley Technological Education Foundation.

Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

Smith said that healthcare was a human right, that the Affordable Care Act needs to be expanded, and that the healthcare system should have the same consumer protections as other markets.

Smith highlighted her experience in education and said that the government should invest in public education to reduce class sizes and pay teachers livable wages.

Smith cited her own pregnancy difficulties and said, "no politician can make these private and difficult decisions for women and families. That’s why Christy will always defend access to reproductive care and protect safe, legal abortion."

Show sources

Sources: Christy Smith's 2022 campaign website, "Christy's Priorities," accessed May 16, 2022; Christy Smith's 2022 campaign website, "Meet Christy," accessed May 16, 2022

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House California District 27 in 2022.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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No candidate in this race completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign advertisements

This section includes a selection of up to three campaign advertisements per candidate released in this race, as well as links to candidates' YouTube, Vimeo, and/or Facebook video pages. If you are aware of other links that should be included, please email us.

Mike Garcia

October 11, 2022

September 13, 2022

Christy Smith

October 26, 2022

October 22, 2022

October 10, 2022

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Election competitiveness

Polls

See also: Ballotpedia's approach to covering polls

Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals.^[7] The Pew Research Center wrote, "A margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level means that if we fielded the same survey 100 times, we would expect the result to be within 3 percentage points of the true population value 95 of those times."^[8] For tips on reading polls from FiveThirtyEight, click here. For tips from Pew, click here.

The links below show polls for this race aggregated by FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics, where available. Click here to read about FiveThirtyEight's criteria for including polls in its aggregation.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. 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.^[9]
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.^[10]^[11]^[12]

Race ratings: California's 27th Congressional District election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Tilt Republican	Tilt Republican	Tilt Republican	Tilt Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Republican	Lean Republican	Toss-up	Toss-up
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.

Endorsements

Click the links below to see endorsement lists published on candidate campaign websites, if available. If you are aware of a website that should be included, please email us.

Christy Smith

Election spending

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.^[13] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.^[14] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report	Close of books	Filing deadline
Year-end 2021	12/31/2021	1/31/2022
April quarterly	3/31/2022	4/15/2022
July quarterly	6/30/2022	7/15/2022
October quarterly	9/30/2022	10/15/2022
Pre-general	10/19/2022	10/27/2022
Post-general	11/28/2022	12/08/2022
Year-end 2022	12/31/2022	1/31/2023

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Mike Garcia	Republican Party	$7,192,788	$7,453,975	$116,672	As of December 31, 2022
Ruth Luevanos	Democratic Party	$55,620	$50,723	$4,897	As of December 31, 2022
John Quaye Quartey	Democratic Party	$1,247,737	$1,207,691	$40,047	As of December 31, 2022
Christy Smith	Democratic Party	$3,949,505	$4,067,087	$51,825	As of December 31, 2022
Mark Pierce	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
David Rudnick	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. 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.

Satellite spending

See also: Satellite spending

Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.^[15]^[16]^[17]

If available, links to satellite spending reports by the Federal Election Commission and OpenSecrets.org are linked below. Any satellite spending reported in other resources is displayed in a table. This table may not represent the actual total amount spent by satellite groups in the election. Satellite spending for which specific amounts, dates, or purposes are not reported are marked "N/A." To help us complete this information, or to notify us of additional satellite spending, email us.

By candidate	By election
Federal Election Commission - Mike Garcia Federal Election Commission - Christy Smith	Open Secrets - California's 27th Congressional District Election Federal Election Commission - California's 27th Congressional District Election

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

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California's 27th Congressional District
	Top-two primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: March 11, 2022
	Primary: June 7, 2022; General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Voting in California
Race ratings
	Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): D+4; Cook Political Report: Toss-up; Inside Elections: Tilt Republican; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
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Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

California District 27
until January 2, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

California District 27
starting January 3, 2023

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Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in California after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.^[18] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.^[19]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, California
District	2022 district		Political predecessor district
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
California's 1st	39.2%	58.3%	41.1%	56.4%
California's 2nd	73.5%	24.0%	73.6%	23.9%
California's 3rd	47.9%	49.7%	46.2%	51.6%
California's 4th	67.1%	30.5%	72.4%	25.3%
California's 5th	42.7%	55.0%	43.9%	53.7%
California's 6th	57.9%	39.4%	55.6%	41.9%
California's 7th	67.4%	30.3%	70.3%	27.2%
California's 8th	76.0%	22.0%	54.9%	42.7%
California's 9th	55.2%	42.6%	50.3%	47.4%
California's 10th	68.6%	29.3%	74.3%	23.6%
California's 11th	86.3%	11.7%	86.1%	11.9%
California's 12th	89.3%	8.6%	88.9%	9.0%
California's 13th	54.3%	43.4%	57.9%	39.9%
California's 14th	71.7%	26.2%	71.5%	26.4%
California's 15th	77.7%	20.4%	77.7%	20.5%
California's 16th	75.4%	22.4%	76.4%	21.3%
California's 17th	72.7%	25.3%	72.5%	25.5%
California's 18th	71.0%	26.9%	70.0%	27.9%
California's 19th	68.7%	29.1%	72.7%	25.0%
California's 20th	36.4%	61.3%	40.5%	57.1%
California's 21st	59.1%	38.8%	58.8%	38.9%
California's 22nd	55.3%	42.3%	54.4%	43.5%
California's 23rd	43.9%	53.7%	43.6%	54.0%
California's 24th	63.3%	34.3%	60.7%	36.9%
California's 25th	56.7%	41.4%	55.9%	42.3%
California's 26th	58.9%	39.0%	61.4%	36.5%
California's 27th	55.1%	42.7%	54.0%	43.9%
California's 28th	66.1%	31.9%	67.2%	30.8%
California's 29th	74.5%	23.2%	74.1%	23.7%
California's 30th	72.2%	26.0%	70.9%	27.2%
California's 31st	64.5%	33.4%	65.2%	32.8%
California's 32nd	69.5%	28.7%	68.7%	29.4%
California's 33rd	61.5%	36.2%	58.8%	38.9%
California's 34th	81.0%	16.7%	80.8%	16.9%
California's 35th	62.7%	35.1%	65.1%	32.6%
California's 36th	71.0%	26.9%	69.0%	29.0%
California's 37th	85.7%	12.4%	84.3%	13.8%
California's 38th	64.1%	33.9%	65.6%	32.3%
California's 39th	62.0%	35.8%	61.7%	36.1%
California's 40th	49.9%	48.0%	54.1%	44.0%
California's 41st	48.6%	49.7%	45.3%	52.7%
California's 42nd	71.7%	25.9%	77.1%	20.6%
California's 43rd	80.8%	17.0%	76.9%	20.9%
California's 44th	72.9%	24.7%	78.4%	19.2%
California's 45th	52.1%	46.0%	49.7%	48.2%
California's 46th	64.1%	33.7%	64.3%	33.5%
California's 47th	54.5%	43.4%	54.6%	43.3%
California's 48th	42.7%	55.0%	45.0%	52.7%
California's 49th	54.6%	43.2%	55.2%	42.5%
California's 50th	65.4%	32.2%	63.4%	34.2%
California's 51st	62.5%	35.2%	67.0%	30.9%
California's 52nd	67.4%	30.5%	66.9%	30.9%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in California.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in California in 2022. Information below was calculated on April 7, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

For the first time since at least 2014, every U.S. House district in California had scheduled a contested primary election following the 2022 candidate filing deadline. In California, which uses a top-two primary system, a primary is contested if more than two candidates file to run.

In 2022, 265 candidates filed to run for California's 52 congressional districts, including 112 Democrats, 126 Republicans, and 27 independent and third party candidates. That's 5.1 candidates per district, more than the 4.2 candidates per district in 2020 and the 3.9 in 2018. This figure increased partly due to a larger number of candidates but also because the number of congressional districts in California decreased by one following the 2020 census.

Forty-seven incumbents filed for re-election, all of whom were set to face primary challengers as of the candidate filing deadline, another first since at least 2014. Five districts were left open, meaning no incumbent filed to run there. Four incumbents did not seek re-election and one—Rep. Devin Nunes (R)—resigned early. Nunes' retirement triggered a special election for June 7. No candidates in the special election filed to run in the regularly-scheduled general election, meaning the winner of the special election would only serve in Congress until Jan. 3, 2023.

Nine candidates filed to run in the 30th District, more than any other. This includes three Democrats, including incumbent Rep. Adam Schiff (D), four Republicans, one American Independent Party candidate, and one Green Party candidate.

As of the filing deadline, no districts were guaranteed to either party because both Democrats and Republicans filed to run in all 52. However, under California's top-two primary system, two candidates from the same party can advance to the general election if they are the top two vote-getters in the primary.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 27th the 173rd most Democratic district nationally.^[20]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in California's 27th based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
55.1%	42.7%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in California, 2020

California presidential election results (1900-2020)

15 Democratic wins
15 Republican wins
1 other win

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	P^[21]	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in California and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for California
	California	United States
Population	39,538,223	331,449,281
Land area (sq mi)	155,857	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	56.1%	70.4%
Black/African American	5.7%	12.6%
Asian	14.8%	5.6%
Native American	0.8%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Other (single race)	14.3%	5.1%
Multiple	7.9%	5.2%
Hispanic/Latino	39.1%	18.2%
Education
High school graduation rate	83.9%	88.5%
College graduation rate	34.7%	32.9%
Income
Median household income	$78,672	$64,994
Persons below poverty level	12.6%	12.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of California's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from California, November 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	42	44
Republican	0	11	11
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	53	55

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in California's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in California, November 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Gavin Newsom
Lieutenant Governor	Eleni Kounalakis
Secretary of State	Shirley Weber
Attorney General	Rob Bonta

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the California State Legislature as of November 2022.

California State Senate

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	31
	Republican Party	9
	Vacancies	0
Total		40

California State Assembly

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	60
	Republican Party	19
	Independent	1
	Vacancies	0
Total		80

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, California was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

California Party Control: 1992-2022
Seventeen years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Governor	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Assembly	D	D	D	S	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Election context

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in California in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in California, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
California	U.S. House	All candidates	40-60	$1,740.00	3/11/2022	Source