Reform California Releases "28 for 2028" List of Target Seats

CA State Representative Carl DeMaio, who serves as Chairman of Reform California, recently announced his organization will wage a statewide campaign to recruit and support quality candidates to run in what he says are the top target seats in California.

The “28 in 2028” list has 4 congressional seats and 24 state legislative seats statewide. (See full list below)

“There’s no doubt that California has been a tough state for center-right candidates to compete in, and the rigged Prop 50 congressional map makes things even more difficult,” DeMaio noted.

“But as we showed with our wins in 2020, 2022 and 2024,  we have opportunities to turn the tide and make gains to end the Democrats’ extremist policies and one-party stranglehold on California,” said DeMaio.

“We absolutely must compete aggressively for these 28 seats to take back the U.S. House and end the Democrats’ Super-Majority in Sacramento,” DeMaio notes.

How the Seats Are Ranked

Reform California sorts each seat into one of three categories:

• TARGET: Seats we must fight to win, on offense and defense.
• WATCH: Seats that could become Targets.
• WAVE: Seats most likely to flip if a wave election develops. They still need strong candidates.

The 28 seats are the TARGET and WATCH seats plus the PRIMARY races. WAVE seats are tracked separately and are not part of the 28.

U.S. CONGRESS

• Target (3): CD-45, CD-47, CD-48
• Watch (1): CD-23
• Wave: CD-25

STATE SENATE

• Target (3): SD-19, SD-23, SD-37
• Watch (1): SD-5

STATE ASSEMBLY

• Target (10): AD-7, AD-27, AD-33, AD-36, AD-42, AD-47, AD-67, AD-70, AD-72, AD-74
• Watch (6): AD-22, AD-35, AD-40, AD-58, AD-60, AD-76
• Wave: AD-13, AD-31, AD-50, AD-53, AD-66

PRIMARY RACES: ENSURING WE NOMINATE FIGHTERS (4)

• AD-1, AD-9, AD-59, SD-1