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BURTON, SALA

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FEC candidate id
H4CA05018
Internal id
07421a09-59ba-41ef-947a-217c9c2de7c6
Status
challenger

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here β€” American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), CA-05. Source.

CategoryMetricValue
PeoplePopulation772,813
PeopleMedian age41
IncomeMedian household income$92,960
IncomePer-capita income$47,474
IncomeIn poverty10.1%
IncomeUnemployed6.0%
IncomeGini inequality index0.463
RaceWhite alone63.1%
RaceBlack alone2.5%
RaceAsian alone6.1%
RaceHispanic or Latino27.4%
RaceTwo or more races17.4%
OriginForeign-born12.1%
LanguageSpeaks English only at home78.3%
LanguageSpeaks Spanish at home13.6%
EducationHigh school or higher55.1%
EducationBachelor's or higher31.5%
EducationAdvanced degree11.2%
HouseholdFamily households69.4%
HouseholdAvg household size2.64
HouseholdNever married (15+)30.4%
HousingMedian home value$491,000
HousingMedian gross rent$1,698
HousingSingle-family detached77.3%
HousingBuilt before 19402.8%
HousingOvercrowded (>1 per room)3.8%
HousingVacant units11.9%
ServiceVeterans (18+)6.6%
HealthWith a disability14.2%
ConnectivityHouseholds with broadband92.0%
ConnectivityHouseholds with no internet5.5%
CommuteDrove alone73.5%
CommutePublic transit0.6%
CommuteWorked from home13.9%

Cycle financials

Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.

CycleRaisedSpentCash on handDebtsIndiv. contribs.
1988$4,283$89,944$1,250$0$109
1986$167,047$176,174$86,910$0$0
1984$485,562$389,521$96,039$0$237,237

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Election prediction

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

P(win) = 25.1%

FeatureΞ” P(win)
Base rate (historical)15.1%
D (major party)+10.0%

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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β€”educated_atUniversity of San Franciscoβ€”wikidata
1987-01-03held_positionUnited States representativeβ€”wikidata
1985-01-03held_positionUnited States representativeβ€”wikidata
1983-06-21held_positionUnited States representativeβ€”wikidata

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