George Whitesides
CA-27What the Signal reads
Whitesides is the Democratic incumbent, defending a seat the Signal rates Safe D. The market has Whitesides at 95.9¢ against Gibbs's 3.6¢, up 2.4¢ since August 3. Whitesides leads 10.4 to 1 in money raised.
The market
This contract settles on whether a Democrat holds the seat, not on George Whitesides by name.
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Whitesides v Gibbs
Metric by metricThe 2026 race
California 27th District2024 general election · previous district lines, won by George Whitesides.
Raised 2025 to 2026, through June 30.
THEIR SEAT WAS REDRAWND+3.9 → D+9.7
California voters approved Proposition 50 in November 2025, which replaced the commission-drawn map with one drawn by the Legislature for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections. Los Angeles County communities around the Antelope Valley are shuffled into and out of the district. It becomes somewhat more Democratic, going from Harris +3.9 to Harris +9.7 in the 2024 presidential vote.