veteran, and runner-up for the 43rd district in 2020 Ted Lieu (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Representative Eliminated in primary Derrick Gates (Republican), pastor and mortgage broker Ariana Hakami (Republican), financial advisor Matthew Jesuele (No party preference), software engineer Colin Obrien (Democratic), writer Claire Ragge (Republican), bar owner Steve Williams (No party preference), real estate broker Endorsements General election Predictions Results District 37 Democrat Karen Bass, who has represented the district since 2013, was re-elected with 85.9% of the vote in 2020. Bass announced that she would be retiring to run for mayor of Los Angeles. Candidates Advanced to general Sydney Kamlager (Democratic), State Senator Jan Perry (Democratic), former Los Angeles City Councillor, candidate for mayor of Los Angeles in 2013, and candidate for district 2 of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 2020 Eliminated in primary Baltazar Fedalizo (Republican), businessman Chris Champion (Republican), business owner Daniel Lee (Democratic), Mayor of Culver City Sandra Mendoza (Democratic), program manager and perennial candidate Michael Shure (Democratic), NewsNation national correspondent Withdrew Jamaal Gulledge (Democratic), University of California Los Angeles staffer (ran for state senate) Declined Karen Bass (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Representative (running for mayor of Los Angeles, endorsed Kamlager) Endorsements Polling General election Predictions Results District 38 Democrat Linda Sánchez, who has represented the district since 2013, was re-elected with 74.3% of the vote in 2020. Candidates Advanced to general Eric Ching (Republican), mayor of Walnut Linda Sánchez (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Representative Eliminated in primary John Sarega (Republican), pastor Endorsements General election Predictions Results District 39 Due to redistricting, the incumbent changed from Republican Young Kim to Democrat Mark Takano, who has represented the 41st district since 2013. Takano was re-elected with 64.0% of the vote in 2020. Candidates Advanced to general Aja Smith (Republican), small business owner and runner-up for this district in 2020 Mark Takano (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Representative Eliminated in primary John Minnella (Republican), small business owner Tony Moreno (Republican), businessman Arthur Peterson (Republican), former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1951-1955) and the Montana House of Representatives (2000-2002) Bill Spinney (Republican), retired businessman Emmanuel Suarez (Republican), poolman and caretaker Endorsements General election Predictions Results District 40 Due to redistricting, the incumbent changed from Democrat Lucille Roybal-Allard to Republican Young Kim. Kim, who has represented the 39th district since 2021, was elected with 50.6% of the vote in 2020. Kim is running for re-election. The New York Times has reported