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Midterms 2026 · US House

CA-48 House race: Marni von Wilpert vs Jim Desmond

How the candidates in the California's 48th district race are arguing their case, read the same way for each of them. Updated every 15 minutes until election day, 3 November 2026.

Cook Political Report rating: Lean D

Threat & fear0.6
Absolutes0.5
Us vs. them0.2

Hostility this week 1.7 / 10, in line with their usual.

Audience impact, 30 days: −0.2 neutral

20 Oct 2026 · CalMatters

Es muy popular en nuestro distrito, y la gente está harta de la Casa Blanca de Trump.
Us vs. them

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

20 Oct 2026 · CalMatters

She’s very popular in our district, and people are sick of the Trump White House.

Audience impact 0 neutral

19 Oct 2026 · ucsdguardian.org

a cumulative set of concerns. The California Public Utilities Commission … approved Waymo’s development here even though our own Metropolitan Transit System opposed it. Nobody asked the San Diego City Council, San Diego Fire-Rescue, or the workers who keep…
Absolutes

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

15 Oct 2026 · kqed.org

We need our cars — it’s a large district. When the war in Iran was started overnight by Donald Trump, he never asked for approval from the American people or from Congress.
AbsolutesThreat & fear

Audience impact −1 leans negative

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Jim Desmond

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Absolutes1.4
Threat & fear0.7
Us vs. them0.3

Not enough statements this week for a hostility reading.

Audience impact, 30 days: +1.4 leans reassuring

10 Oct 2026 · kqed.org

I want to make sure that we can have the young families be able to afford a house and bring the cost of energy down. If we can lower the cost of energy, we lower the cost of everything.
Absolutes

Audience impact 0 neutral

6 Oct 2026 · Times of San Diego politics

As a Navy veteran, I served to protect Americans, not write off American cities as an acceptable price of war. Our job is to keep Americans safe, stand up to our enemies, and make sure a threat like that never becomes reality.
Threat & fearAbsolutesUs vs. them

Audience impact +3 reassures or unites

6 Oct 2026 · WTKR News 3

I vehemently disagree with President Trump's comments. no American city is expendable.

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

6 Oct 2026 · KVIA (El Paso/Las Cruces)

Estados Unidos debe hacer frente a Irán y defender nuestros intereses, pero la principal responsabilidad de nuestro Comandante en Jefe es proteger al pueblo estadounidense y a nuestra patria. Ninguna ciudad estadounidense es prescindible, y ninguna familia…
AbsolutesSelf-promotion

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

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