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ABEL, HELEN R

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FEC candidate id
H2CA09022
Internal id
35c2bd0c-a7bd-4067-bfd3-fc1b2ade2d85
Status
challenger

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here β€” American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), CA-09. Source.

CategoryMetricValue
PeoplePopulation774,084
PeopleMedian age36
IncomeMedian household income$91,983
IncomePer-capita income$37,613
IncomeIn poverty12.6%
IncomeUnemployed7.6%
IncomeGini inequality index0.439
RaceWhite alone33.1%
RaceBlack alone7.0%
RaceAsian alone17.7%
RaceHispanic or Latino42.4%
RaceTwo or more races20.6%
OriginForeign-born24.7%
LanguageSpeaks English only at home57.8%
LanguageSpeaks Spanish at home27.0%
EducationHigh school or higher50.0%
EducationBachelor's or higher22.7%
EducationAdvanced degree7.5%
HouseholdFamily households74.6%
HouseholdAvg household size3.15
HouseholdNever married (15+)37.1%
HousingMedian home value$530,800
HousingMedian gross rent$1,729
HousingSingle-family detached74.2%
HousingBuilt before 19404.8%
HousingOvercrowded (>1 per room)8.3%
HousingVacant units5.9%
ServiceVeterans (18+)4.3%
HealthWith a disability12.8%
ConnectivityHouseholds with broadband92.5%
ConnectivityHouseholds with no internet5.1%
CommuteDrove alone73.7%
CommutePublic transit0.8%
CommuteWorked from home10.7%

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Election prediction

Cycle 2026 Β· model baseline-v1 Β· base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 15.1%

FeatureΞ” P(win)
Base rate (historical)15.1%

Baseline model (incumbency Γ— party Γ— office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

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