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SCHAEFER, MIKE MICHAEL

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FEC candidate id
H4CA45162
Internal id
cc3d774f-70a7-4270-a13a-7b1930ee542a
Status
challenger

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here β€” American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), CA-45. Source.

CategoryMetricValue
PeoplePopulation748,896
PeopleMedian age41
IncomeMedian household income$107,226
IncomePer-capita income$44,637
IncomeIn poverty9.9%
IncomeUnemployed5.9%
IncomeGini inequality index0.444
RaceWhite alone30.3%
RaceBlack alone2.1%
RaceAsian alone38.3%
RaceHispanic or Latino30.8%
RaceTwo or more races15.8%
OriginForeign-born37.0%
LanguageSpeaks English only at home46.1%
LanguageSpeaks Spanish at home20.3%
EducationHigh school or higher58.2%
EducationBachelor's or higher38.7%
EducationAdvanced degree13.1%
HouseholdFamily households76.1%
HouseholdAvg household size3.11
HouseholdNever married (15+)35.1%
HousingMedian home value$897,800
HousingMedian gross rent$2,250
HousingSingle-family detached58.6%
HousingBuilt before 19402.3%
HousingOvercrowded (>1 per room)9.6%
HousingVacant units3.4%
ServiceVeterans (18+)3.3%
HealthWith a disability10.5%
ConnectivityHouseholds with broadband94.6%
ConnectivityHouseholds with no internet4.0%
CommuteDrove alone71.1%
CommutePublic transit1.0%
CommuteWorked from home14.3%

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Committees

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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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