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Ami Bera
CA-06 scores 35.7 on the expanded model: AIPAC-supported blue structure, incumbent alignment, and reported cash-on-hand evidence. V0.10 refreshes incumbent finance from the FEC candidate summary through 2026-06-30, moving the score +0.1 to 35.8.
Priority score35.8#2,598 of 5,726Tie of 4
THE MEMBER
Record
Ami Bera (born 1965) has served in the U.S. House since 2013-01-03. The retained record shows 13.6 cumulative years of House service, 13.6 in the current uninterrupted stretch, 1 district change, and 0 material service breaks.
- First House service
- Jan 3, 2013
- District changes
- 1
- Alignment gap
- 65.7
- Bioguide record
B001287
THE DISTRICT
CA-06
CA-06 had a retained 2024 presidential Democratic margin of D+13.9. Incumbent cash on hand is $1.9M as of 2026-08-04. The incumbent reported $1,873,372 cash on hand through 2024-12-31.
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+13.9
- Cash on hand
- $1,830,338
- Receipts / disbursements
- $1,250,126 / $1,293,160
- Finance through
- Jun 30, 2026
- Route
- AIPAC-supported blue
- Baseline score
- 29.8
SCORE ANATOMY
What makes the score
Blue baseline
35.5
District Democratic baseline contributes 35.5 points; the retained 2024 presidential margin is D+13.9.
Primary feasibility
23.5
Current partial feasibility evidence contributes 23.5 points and remains incomplete.
AIPAC support
29.0
Retained FEC AIPAC evidence contributes 29.0 points; tracker labels are context only and are not double counted.
Incumbent alignment gap
65.7
The retained voting trackers produce a 65.7-point alignment gap.
Cash vulnerability
21.8
The FEC candidate summary snapshot (2026-06-30) reports $1,830,338 cash on hand, replacing the $1,873,372 release aggregate. The inverse log scale is 100 at $50,000 or less and 0 at $5 million or more.
HOUSE HISTORY
Recorded service
2013–2015CA-07Completed term
2015–2017CA-07Completed term
2017–2019CA-07Completed term
2019–2021CA-07Completed term
2021–2023CA-07Completed term
2023–2025CA-06Completed term
2025–nowCA-06Current at source cutoff