DDHQ · called Nov. 3, 11:05 p.m. CST; returns Nov. 4, 1:12 a.m. CST, 53% reporting. National House geographic context map: Nov. 4, 12:58 a.m. CST. Blue Democratic; red Republican; gold Independents; gray uncalled; stripes called flips. State bands show seat counts, not district boundaries.
Democrat Mike McGuire defeated Republican James Gallagher in California's 1st Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. The result flips the seat from Republican control to Democrats.
With 53% reporting, DDHQ's Nov. 4, 1:12 a.m. CST returns showed Mike McGuire with 84,699 votes, or 56.93%, and James Gallagher with 64,078 votes, or 43.07%. McGuire led by 20,621 votes in that snapshot.