{"id":"CA-18","state":"CA","label":"California's 18th Congressional District","election_id":"86966","status":"called","winner_id":"civic-86966-c32028c3d957b4d7","reporting":79,"previous_party":"D","afi_rating":{"rating":"Safe Democrat","rating_tier":"safe_d","category":"Safe","favored_party":"D","gop_win_chance":1,"color":"#0f4b8f","updated":"2026-08-05T16:27:15+00:00","projected_flip":false,"flip_direction":null,"incumbent_party":"D","incumbent_name":"Lofgren, Zoe","open_seat":false,"freshman":false,"flipped_in_24":false,"trump_margin_2024":-28.9,"gop_margin_2024":-29.2,"redraw":true,"margin_change":null,"source":"AFI Ratings Admin","source_updated":"2026-10-14T18:12:10+00:00"},"updated":"2026-10-15T15:36:57.011Z","candidates":[{"id":"civic-86966-c32028c3d957b4d7","name":"Shane Lewis","party":"R","votes":44395,"color":"#a21a15","photo_url":"","source_name":"Shane Lewis","identity_aliases":[],"incumbent":false,"endorsed":false,"match_method":"exact","pct":68.10406982987405},{"id":"civic-86966-61ac01217c9cdbe2","name":"Zoe Lofgren","party":"D","votes":20792,"color":"#0f4b8f","photo_url":"https://americafirstinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LofgrenIcon.webp","source_name":"Zoe Lofgren","identity_aliases":[],"incumbent":false,"endorsed":false,"match_method":"exact","display_priority":0,"pct":31.895930170125947}],"featured_candidates":[{"id":"civic-86966-61ac01217c9cdbe2","name":"Zoe Lofgren","party":"D","votes":20792,"color":"#0f4b8f","photo_url":"https://americafirstinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LofgrenIcon.webp","source_name":"Zoe Lofgren","identity_aliases":[],"incumbent":false,"endorsed":false,"match_method":"exact","display_priority":0,"pct":31.895930170125947},{"id":"civic-86966-c32028c3d957b4d7","name":"Shane Lewis","party":"R","votes":44395,"color":"#a21a15","photo_url":"","source_name":"Shane Lewis","identity_aliases":[],"incumbent":false,"endorsed":false,"match_method":"exact","pct":68.10406982987405}],"matching_review":[],"office":"house","election_type":"House of Representatives","county_data_status":"available","county_data_note":"","counties_updated":"2026-10-14T18:06:14.969Z","counties_stale":false,"counties_complete":false,"total_votes":65187,"winner_party":"R","leader_party":"R","leader_name":"Shane Lewis","leader_color":"#a21a15","vote_margin":23603,"margin":36.2081396597481,"counties_path":"shards/99722dd39612f679564fecc20cb8cfc4a0f233dbf582149c5e5a2c2cfaa6f684.json"}