Upset Brief · CA-46 · David Pan (R) vs. Lou Correa (D), incumbent

A long shot on the math: it takes a 14.5-point national wave.

2%
odds today
2%
odds with the plan
21,132
net votes to find
37
days left; voting starts October 5
Where
  1. 01
    Orange
    Starting line Correa +6. 1.6% split their ticket.
    +233
  2. 02
    Santa Ana
    Starting line Correa +29. 1.0% split their ticket.
    +232
  3. 03
    Anaheim
    Starting line Correa +16. 0.5% split their ticket.
    +207
  4. 04
    Placentia
    Starting line Pan +9. 2.7% split their ticket.
    +148
  5. 05
    Fullerton
    Starting line Correa +15. 0.9% split their ticket.
    +86
  6. 06
    Stanton
    Starting line Correa +9. 1.7% split their ticket.
    +42

The top 7 cities and unincorporated areas carry 100% of the plan.

How
  • P
    Persuade
    710 voters who split their ticket in recent elections and lean Correa today.
    +710
  • M
    Mobilize
    There are almost no cities and unincorporated areas Pan's side carries, so turnout alone cannot help here.
    +0
  • C
    Consolidate
    Voters who went third party in recent races, in the cities and unincorporated areas that lean Pan's way.
    +261

Plus a national shift of 14.5 points of margin (20,161 votes) that no campaign controls.

What has to be true
  1. Pan wins 50 percent of the ticket splitters now leaning Correa.
  2. The national environment moves about 14.5 points toward Pan's side between now and November 3.
  3. No 2026 public poll exists for this race, so the starting line is a weighted blend of official recent results; the first real poll will move it.
The numbers behind it
  • 01
    Crossover regression
    361 precincts, R² 0.954, 72 crossover precincts identified
  • 02
    Monte Carlo
    20,000 seeded simulated elections with a 7-point baseline error. 90% range of the final margin with the plan: -36,111 to -4,212 votes.
  • 03
    Money, FEC candidate totals through June 30
    Pan $6,238 cash on hand; Correa $2,479,554.
  • 04
    Call program for this list
    1,494 households, 4,483 dials, about 235 live conversations: an estimated $927 at published rates.
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Independent analysis by The Political Group from official California Secretary of State precinct returns (2022 and 2024), FEC filings and published polls, as of September 26, 2026. Not affiliated with any candidate or party.