2024 California's 30th congressional district election

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2024 California's 30th congressional district election
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  2022 November 5, 20242026 
Reporting
65%
as of Nov. 6, 4:00 AM PST [1]
  Laura Friedman Portrait 2018 (cropped).jpg Alex Balekian Headshot 2023 (Cropped).png
Candidate Laura Friedman Alex Balekian
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote149,24473,950
Percentage66.9%33.1%

U.S. Representative before election

Adam Schiff
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Laura Friedman
Democratic

The 2024 California's 30th congressional district election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the United States representative for California's 30th congressional district, concurrently with elections for the other U.S. House districts in California and the rest of the country, as well as the 2024 U.S. Senate race in California, other elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The nonpartisan primary election was held on March 5, 2024, concurrently with the Super Tuesday presidential primaries. Democratic state assemblywoman Laura Friedman and Republican physician Alex Balekian advanced to the general election.

Contents

A wide field of candidates ran to succeed Schiff, with 12 Democrats, two Republicans, and one independent participating in the March 5 primary. Several prominent Democrats competed in the primary, including state senator Anthony Portantino, former Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, and Silver Lake neighborhood councilor Maebe A. Girl.

Incumbent Adam Schiff, a Democrat who was re-elected with 72.1% of the vote in 2022 against another Democrat, who was not seeking re-election, instead choosing to run for the U.S. Senate. A Democrat who unseated incumbent Republican James Rogan in 2000, Schiff's profile rose significantly during the presidency of Donald Trump, owing to Schiff's role as a lead impeachment manager in the first impeachment of Donald Trump, his service on the January 6 Committee, and his frequent appearances on MSNBC. [2] [3]

The 30th district is considered to be a deeply blue urban district and, as a result, safe for the Democrats. Joe Biden won it with over 72% of the vote in the 2020 presidential election. [4] It is primarily based in Los Angeles and includes the neighborhoods of Atwater Village, East Hollywood, Echo Park, Elysian Valley, Hollywood, Hollywood Hills, Larchmont Village, Los Feliz, Mid-Wilshire, Miracle Mile, Shadow Hills, Silver Lake, Sunland-Tujunga, Universal City, and West Hollywood. It also encompasses Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena. [5]

Primary election

Candidates

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Joshua Bocanegra (NPP)
Organizations
Mike Feuer (D)
U.S. representatives
Local officials
Organizations
Newspapers
Laura Friedman (D)
Maebe A. Girl (D)
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
Jirair Ratevosian (D)
U.S. Representatives
  • Barney Frank, former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts (1981–2013) [57]
  • Mike Honda, former U.S. Representative from California (2001–2017) [58]
Organizations
Ben Savage (D)
Individuals
Sepi Shyne (D)
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Mike
Feuer (D)
Laura
Friedman (D)
Anthony
Portantino (D)
Jirair
Ratevosian (D)
Ben
Savage (D)
OtherUndecided
RMG Research Group [A] September 8–11, 2023400 (LV)± 4.5%4%16%6%2%2%12% [b] 58%

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of February 14, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Francisco Arreaga (D)$4,142$3,289$852
Steve Dunwoody (D)$25,990 [c] $24,894$1,096
Mike Feuer (D)$1,377,880$1,116,181$261,699
Laura Friedman (D)$1,087,029$853,560$233,469
Maebe A. Girl (D)$109,514$97,719$13,993
Nick Melvoin (D)$1,438,780$1,008,900$429,879
Courtney Najera (D)$2,566$2,025$540
Anthony Portantino (D)$1,621,817 [d] $1,042,341$579,476
Jirair Ratevosian (D)$298,509$240,291$58,217
Ben Savage (D)$1,373,820 [e] $1,013,920$359,544
Sepi Shyne (D)$388,758$327,409$61,349
Alex Balekian (R) [f] $107,852 [g] $100,696$27,422
Emilio Martinez (R)$1,830 [h] $1,805$0
Joshua Bocanegra (NPP)$7,786$3,730$0
Source: Federal Election Commission [67]

Debate

2024 California's 30th congressional district primary election debates
No.DateHostModeratorLinkParticipants
 P Participant   A Absent   N Non-invitee   I Invitee W  Withdrawn
ArreagaBalekianDunwoodyFeuerFriedmanGirlMelvoinPortantinoRatevosianShyne
1 [68] February 14, 2024 Ebell of Los Angeles Elex Michaelson YouTube PPPPPPPPPP

Results

2024 California's 30th congressional district primary [69] [70]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Laura Friedman 46,278 30.1
Republican Alex Balekian 26,801 17.4
Democratic Anthony Portantino 20,43413.3
Democratic Mike Feuer 18,85812.3
Democratic Maebe A. Girl 15,76110.2
Republican Emilio Martinez6,7684.4
Democratic Ben Savage 6,1334.0
Democratic Nick Melvoin 4,1222.7
Democratic Jirair Ratevosian 2,8871.9
Democratic Sepi Shyne 2,1241.4
Democratic Courtney Najera1,1640.8
No party preference Joshua Bocanegra7770.5
Democratic Steve Dunwoody7220.5
Democratic Francesco Arreaga5310.3
Democratic Sal Genovese4400.3
Total votes153,805 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [71] Solid DFebruary 2, 2023
Inside Elections [72] Solid DMarch 10, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [73] Safe DFebruary 23, 2023
Elections Daily [74] Safe DJune 8, 2023
CNalysis [75] Solid DNovember 16, 2023

Post-primary endorsements

Alex Balekian (R)
Local officials
Organizations
Labor unions
Individuals

Results

2024 California's 30th congressional district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Laura Friedman 149,244 66.9%
Republican Alex Balekian73,95033.1%
Total votes223,194 100.0%
Democratic hold

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Nick Melvoin (D) with 1%; Sepi Shyne (D) with 0%; "Other" with 11%; "Would not vote" with 1%
  3. $15,769 of this total was self-funded by Dunwoody
  4. $100,000 of this total was self-funded by Portantino
  5. $1,077,000 of this total was self-funded by Savage
  6. Did not file for Q4
  7. $30,100 of this total was self-funded by Balekian
  8. $1,525 of this total was self-funded by Martinez
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  1. Poll sponsored by U.S. Term Limits

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