California's 37th congressional district

California's 37th congressional district
Ethnicity	24.3% White, 24.6% Black, 9.3% Asian, 38.6% Hispanic, 3.3% other
Cook PVI	D+33

"CA-37" redirects here. For the state route, see California State Route 37.

California's 37th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California based in Los Angeles County. The district encompasses most of Culver City, Century City, and View Park as well as Ladera Heights, and parts of other adjacent municipalities and neighborhoods in Greater Los Angeles.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Karen Bass.

The district from 2003 to 2013

Demographics[edit]

The district is highly diverse ethnically. Approximately half of the district's residents are Hispanic and a quarter are African American with the remainder being a mix of Caucasian, Asian, and other ethnic groups.

Voting[edit]

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2010	Governor	Brown 74.1 - 20.3%
2010	Senator	Boxer 73.7 - 20.5%
2008	President^[2]	Obama 79.6 - 18.7%
2006	Governor^[3]	Angelides 60.6 - 33.9%
2006	Senator^[4]	Feinstein 76.6 - 18.0%
2004	President^[5]	Kerry 73.5 - 25.2%
2004	Senator^[6]	Boxer 76.3 - 18.1%
2003	Recall^[7]^[8]	No 59.3 - 40.7%
2003	Recall^[7]^[8]	Bustamante 44.3 - 36.7%
2002	Governor^[9]	Davis 67.7 - 23.6%
2000	President^[10]	Gore 82.8 - 14.8%
2000	Senator^[11]	Feinstein 82.8 - 11.8%
1998	Governor
1998	Senator
1996	President
1994	Governor
1994	Senator
1992	President	Clinton 73.8 - 15.7%
	Senator	Boxer 70.9 - 21.4%
	Senator	Feinstein 75.7 - 17.7%

List of representatives[edit]

Counties	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes
District created		January 3, 1963
San Diego (San Diego city)	Lionel Van Deerlin	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967
Eastern/southern San Diego	Lionel Van Deerlin	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	Redistricted to the 41st district
Los Angeles	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted to the 28th district
Riverside, San Bernardino	Jerry Pettis	Republican	January 3, 1975 – February 14, 1975	Redistricted from the 33rd district, Died
	Vacant		February 14, 1975 – April 29, 1975
	Shirley Neil Pettis	Republican	April 29, 1975 – January 3, 1979	Retired
	Jerry Lewis	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to the 35th district
Riverside	Al McCandless	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted to the 44th district
Los Angeles (Compton, Carson, Long Beach)	Walter R. Tucker III	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – December 15, 1995	Resigned
	Vacant		December 15, 1995 – March 26, 1996
	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Democratic	March 26, 1996 – April 22, 2007	Died
	Vacant
	Laura Richardson	Democratic	August 21, 2007 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted to the 44th district and lost
West Los Angeles (Crenshaw, and Culver City)	Karen Bass	Democratic	January 3, 2013 –	Redistricted from the 33rd district

Election results[edit]

1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1975 (Special) • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 (Special) • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2007 (Special)

1962[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (inc.)	63,821	51.4%
	Republican	Dick Wilson	60,460	48.6%
Totals			124,281	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new seat)

1964[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (inc.)	85,624	58.2%
	Republican	Dick Wilson	61,373	41.8%
Totals			146,997	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1966[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (inc.)	80,060	61.2%
	Republican	Mike Schaefer	50,817	38.8%
Totals			130,877	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1968[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (inc.)	95,591	64.7%
	Republican	Mike Schaefer	52,212	35.3%
Totals			147,803	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1970[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (inc.)	93,952	72.1%
	Republican	James B. Kuhn	31,968	24.5%
	American Independent	Faye B. Brice	2,962	2.3%
	Peace and Freedom	Fritjof Thygeson	1,386	1.1%
Totals			130,268	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1972[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (I)	120,392	73.2%
	Republican	Greg Tria	40,633	24.7%
	Peace and Freedom	John Hagg	3,485	2.1%
Totals			164,510	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new seat)

1974[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Jerry Pettis (incumbent)	88,548	63.2%
	Democratic	Bobby Ray Vincent	46,449	32.9%
	American Independent	John H. Ortman	5,522	3.9%
Totals			140,519	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1975 (Special)[edit]

1975 special election^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Shirley Neil Pettis	'	60.5%
	Democratic	Ron Pettis		14.7%
	Democratic	James L. Mayfield		12.7%
	Republican	Frank M. Bogert		5.4%
	American Independent	Bernard Wahl		1.6%
	Democratic	Joe E. Hubbs, Sr.		1.3%
	Republican	Louis Martinez		1.0%
	Republican	Jack H. Harrison		0.8%
	Democratic	Clodeon Speed Adkins		0.6%
	Republican	Bud Mathewson		0.6%
	Democratic	C. L. "Jimmie" James		0.4%
	Democratic	Richard "Doc" Welby		0.3%
	Republican	Robert J. Allenthorp		0.2%
Totals			{{{votes}}}	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1976[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Shirley Neil Pettis (incumbent)	133,634	71.1%
	Democratic	Douglas C. Nilson Jr.	49,021	26.1%
	American Independent	Bernard Wahl	5,352	2.8%
Totals			188,007	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1978[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Jerry Lewis	106,581	61.4%
	Democratic	Dan Corcoran	60,463	34.8%
	American Independent	Bernard Wahl	6,544	3.8%
Totals			173,588	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1980[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (incumbent)	165,371	71.6%
	Democratic	Donald M. "Don" Rusk	58,091	25.1%
	Libertarian	Larry Morris	7,615	3.3%
Totals			231,077	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1982[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Al McCandless	105,065	59.1%
	Democratic	Curtis R. "Sam" Cross	68,510	38.5%
	Libertarian	Marc R. Wruble	4,297	2.4%
Totals			177,872	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1984[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Al McCandless (incumbent)	149,955	63.6%
	Democratic	David E. "Dave" Skinner	85,908	36.4%
Totals			245,863	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1986[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Al McCandless (incumbent)	122,416	63.7%
	Democratic	David E. "Dave" Skinner	69,808	36.3%
Totals			192,224	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1988[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Al McCandless (incumbent)	174,284	64.3%
	Democratic	Johnny Pearson	89,666	33.1%
	Libertarian	Bonnie Flickinger	7,169	2.6%
	No party	Write-ins	123	0.0%
Totals			271,242	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1990[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Al McCandless (incumbent)	115,469	49.8%
	Democratic	Ralph Waite	103,961	44.8%
	American Independent	Gary R. Odom	6,474	2.8%
	Libertarian	Bonnie Flickinger	6,178	2.7%
Totals			232,082	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1992[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Walter R. Tucker III (inc.)	97,159	85.7%
	Peace and Freedom	B. Kwaku Duren	16,178	14.3%
Totals			113,337	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1994[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Walter R. Tucker III (inc.)	64,166	77.37%
	Libertarian	Guy Wilson	18,502	22.31%
	No party	Prulitsky (write-in)	263	0.32%
Totals			82,931	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1996 (Special)[edit]

List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives in California^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald	13,868	31.74%
	Democratic	Willard H. Murray, Jr.	10,396	23.79%
	Democratic	Omar Bradley	6,975	15.96%
	Democratic	Paul H. Richards	6,035	13.81%
	Democratic	Charles Davis	2,555	5.85%
	Democratic	Murry J. Carter	1,574	3.60%
	Democratic	Joyce Harris	1,322	3.03%
	Democratic	Robin Tucker	513	1.17%
	Democratic	Robert M. Saucedo	453	1.04%
Totals			43,691	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1996[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald-I	87,247	85.0%
	Republican	Michael Voetee	15,339	15.0%
Totals			102,586	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1998[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald-I	70,026	85.06%
	Republican	Saul E. Lankster	12,301	14.94%
Totals			82,327	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2000[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald-I	93,269	82.4%
	Republican	Vernon Van	12,762	11.3%
	Natural Law	Margaret Glazer	4,094	3.6%
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	3,150	2.7%
Totals			113,275	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2002[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald-I	63,445	73.0%
	Republican	Oscar A. Velasco	20,154	23.1%
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	3,413	3.9%
Totals			87,012	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2004[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald-I	118,823	75.1%
	Republican	Vernon Van	31,960	20.2%
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	7,535	4.7%
Totals			158,318	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald-I	80,716	82.4%
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	17,246	17.6%
Totals			97,962	%
	Democratic hold

2007 (Special)[edit]

Main article: California's 37th congressional district special election, 2007

2007 special election runoff
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Laura Richardson	11,956	67.05%
	Republican	John Kanaley	5,309	25.24%
	Green	Daniel Brezenoff	1,138	5.41%
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	483	2.30%
Totals			18,886	100.0%
Voter turnout			8.6%
	Democratic hold

2008[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Laura Richardson	128,175	75.0%
	Independent	Nick Dibs	25,498	15.0%
	Democratic	Peter Mathews (Write-In)	17,000	10.0%
Totals			169,973	100.0%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2010[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Laura Richardson	85,799	68.36%
	Republican	Star Parker	29,159	23.23%
	Independent	Nicholas Dibs	10,560	8.41%
Totals			125,518	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2012[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
	Democratic	Karen Bass	207,039	86.4%
	Republican	Morgan Osborne	32,541	13.6%
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Totals			239,580	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Current (post 2012) district map -- GovTrack.us: California's 37th congressional district
Historic district descriptions -- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
Historic (2012 and earlier) district map -- California Voter Foundation map - CD37

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[2] (2008 President)

[3] Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)

[4] Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)

[5] Statement of Vote (2004 President)

[6] Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)

[7] Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)

[8] Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)

[9] Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)

[10] Statement of Vote (2000 President)

[11] Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)

[12] 1962 election results

[13] 1964 election results

[14] 1966 election results

[15] 1968 election results

[16] 1970 election results

[17] 1972 election results

[18] 1974 election results

[19] 1975 special election results

[20] 1976 election results

[21] 1978 election results

[22] 1980 election results

[23] 1982 election results

[24] 1984 election results

[25] 1986 election results

[26] 1988 election results

[27] 1990 election results

[28] 1992 election results

[29] 1994 election results

[30] 1996 special election results

[31] 1996 election results

[32] 1998 election results

[33] 2000 election results

[34] 2002 general election results

[35] 2004 general election results

[36] 2006 general election results

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California's 37th congressional district

Current Representative		Karen Bass (D–Los Angeles)
Ethnicity	24.3% White, 24.6% Black, 9.3% Asian, 38.6% Hispanic, 3.3^[1]% other
Cook PVI	D+33