California's 1st congressional district

California's 1st congressional district
California's 1st congressional district
	California's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Doug LaMalfa; R–Richvale
Ethnicity	79.1% White; 12% Hispanic; 3.1% Asian; 1.7% Black;
Cook PVI	R+10

California's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California.

Doug LaMalfa, a Republican, has represented the district since January 2013.

Currently, the 1st district encompasses the northeastern part of the state. It consists of Butte, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, and Tehama counties plus portions of Glenn, Nevada, and Placer counties.^[2]

Prior to redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission of 2011, the 1st district encompassed the northern coast of the state. It consisted of Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino and Napa counties plus portions of Sonoma and Yolo counties. Much of that area is now the 5th district, while the current 1st district comprises much of the territory that had been the 2nd district.

Competitiveness

The GOP held the seat for all but three years from 1949 to 1983. After 20-year incumbent Don Clausen was unseated in 1983, the district was a swing area for most of the next 15 years. The GOP last held the seat in 1998 when U.S. Representative Frank Riggs decided to run for the U.S. Senate. Riggs was replaced by long-time Democratic Assemblyman and State Senator Mike Thompson. Redistricting in 2001 added Democratic-leaning areas of Yolo County.

John Kerry won the district in 2004 presidential election with 59.7% of the vote. Barack Obama carried the district in 2008 presidential election with 65.60% of the vote.

Election results from recent statewide races

Year	U.S. President	U.S. Senator (Class 1)	U.S. Senator (Class 3)	Governor
1992	Clinton 46.8 - 29.2%	Feinstein 57.9 - 33.8%	Boxer 49.8 - 39.4%	—
1994	—	Feinstein 47.9 - 43.1%	—	Wilson 53.0 - 41.8%
1996	Clinton 48.2 - 35.4%	—	—	—
1998	—	—	[data missing]	[data missing]
2000	Gore 50.0 - 41.0%^[3]	Feinstein 53.1 - 36.0%^[4]	—	—
2002	—	—	—	Davis 46.9 - 36.3%^[5]
2003	—	—	—	Recall: No 53.0 - 47.0%^[6]^[7]
2003	—	—	—	Schwarzenegger 40.8 - 36.0%
2004	Kerry 59.7 - 38.4%^[8]	—	Boxer 60.5 - 34.2%^[9]	—
2006	—	Feinstein 62.7 - 29.6%^[10]	—	Schwarzenegger 51.0 - 40.9%
2008	Obama 65.6 - 31.7%^[11]	—	—	—
2010	—	—	Boxer 59.4 - 34.6%^[12]	Brown 57.0 - 35.9%^[13]
2012	Romney 56.6 - 40.3%	[data missing]	—	—
2014	—	—	—	[data missing]

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history	Counties
District created		March 4, 1865
Donald C. McRuer	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	Retired.	Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, Tulare
Samuel Beach Axtell	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	Retired.
Sherman Otis Houghton	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Redistricted to the 4th district.
Charles Clayton	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Retired.	San Francisco
William Adam Piper	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	Lost re-election.
Horace Davis	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	Lost re-election.
William Rosecrans	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	Retired.
Barclay Henley	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Redistricted from the 3rd district.	Colusa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity
Thomas L. Thompson	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Lost re-election.
John J. De Haven	Republican	March 4, 1889 – October 1, 1890	Resigned after being appointed associate justice of California Supreme Court.
Vacant		October 1, 1890 – December 9, 1890
Thomas J. Geary	Democratic	December 9, 1890 – March 3, 1895	First elected to finish De Haven's term. Redistricted to the 2nd district.
John All Barham	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901	Retired.	Del Norte, Humboldt, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity
Frank Coombs	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	Lost re-election.
James N. Gillett	Republican	March 4, 1903 – November 4, 1906	Resigned after being elected Governor.	Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Del Norte, El Dorado, Humboldt, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne
Vacant		November 4, 1906 – November 6, 1906
William F. Englebright	Republican	November 6, 1906 – March 3, 1911	First elected to finish Gillett's term. Lost re-election.
John E. Raker	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Redistricted to the 2nd district.
William Kent	Independent	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917	Redistricted from the 2nd district Retired.	Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Sonoma, Sutter, Yuba
Clarence F. Lea	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1949	Retired.
Hubert B. Scudder	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Retired.
Hubert B. Scudder	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959	Retired.	Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma
Clement Woodnutt Miller	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – October 7, 1962	Died
Vacant		October 7, 1962 – January 22, 1963
Donald H. Clausen	Republican	January 22, 1963 – January 3, 1967	First elected to finish Miller's term. Redistricted to the 2nd district.	Del Norte, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma
		January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973		Del Norte, Humboldt, most of Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma
		January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975		Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, Yuba
Harold T. Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	Redistricted from the 2nd district Lost re-election.
Eugene A. Chappie	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to the 2nd district.
Douglas H. Bosco	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991	Lost re-election.	Del Norte, Humboldt, western Lake, Mendocino, southern Napa, northern Sonoma
Frank Riggs	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993	Lost re-election.
Daniel Hamburg	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Lost re-election.	Del Norte, Humboldt, western Lake, Mendocino, Napa, northwestern Solano, northeastern Sonoma
Frank Riggs	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999	Retired to run for Senate.
Mike Thompson	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003	First elected in 1998. Redistricted to the 5th district.
Mike Thompson	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	First elected in 1998. Redistricted to the 5th district.	Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, eastern Sonoma, southern Yolo
Doug LaMalfa	Republican	January 3, 2013 – present	First elected in 2012.	Inland Northern California including Chico and Redding

Election results for representatives

1864 • 1866 • 1868 • 1870 • 1872 • 1874 • 1876 • 1878 • 1880 • 1882 • 1884 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 (Special) • 1892 • 1894 • 1896 • 1898 • 1900 • 1902 • 1904 • 1906 (Special) • 1908 • 1910 • 1912 • 1914 • 1916 • 1918 • 1920 • 1922 • 1924 • 1926 • 1928 • 1930 • 1932 • 1934 • 1936 • 1938 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1963 (Special) • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2012 • 2014

1864

United States House of Representatives elections, 1864
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald C. McRuer	20,370	58.9
	Democratic	Joseph B. Crocker	14,191	41.1
Total votes			34,561	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1866

United States House of Representatives elections, 1866
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel Beach Axtell	18,793	57.3
	Republican	Timothy Guy Phelps	13,989	42.7
Total votes			32,782	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1868

United States House of Representatives elections, 1868
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel Beach Axtell (inc.)	23,632	54.1
	Republican	Frank M. Pixley	20,081	45.9
Total votes			43,713	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1870

United States House of Representatives elections, 1870
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sherman Otis Houghton	25,971	51.6
	Democratic	Lawrence Archer	24,374	48.4
Total votes			50,345	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1872

United States House of Representatives elections, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Clayton	11,938	52.3
	Democratic	William Adam Piper	10,883	47.7
Total votes			22,821	100.0
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

1874

United States House of Representatives elections, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Adam Piper	12,417	49.1
	Republican	Ira P. Rankin	6,791	26.8
	Independent	John F. Swift	6,103	24.1
Total votes			25,311	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1876

United States House of Representatives elections, 1876
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Horace Davis	22,134	53.3
	Democratic	William Adam Piper (inc.)	19,363	46.7
Total votes			41,497	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1878

United States House of Representatives elections, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Horace Davis (incumbent)	20,074	48.4
	Independent	Clitus Barbour	18,449	44.5
	Democratic	Charles R. Summer	2,940	7.1
Total votes			41,463	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1880

United States House of Representatives elections, 1880
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Rosecrans	21,005	51.0
	Republican	Horace Davis (incumbent)	19,496	47.3
	Greenback	Stephen Maybell	683	1.7
Total votes			41,184	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1882

United States House of Representatives elections, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Rosecrans (inc.)	22,733	59.5
	Republican	Paul Neumann	14,847	38.8
	Prohibition	James M. Shafter	580	1.5
	Greenback	H. S. Fitch	67	0.2
Total votes			38,227	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1884

United States House of Representatives elections, 1884
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barclay Henley	16,461	49.7
	Republican	Thomas L. Carothers	16,316	49.3
	Independent	C. C. Bateman ^[14]	321	1.0
Total votes			33,098	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1886

United States House of Representatives elections, 1886
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Larkin Thompson	16,499	50.1
	Republican	Charles A. Garter	15,526	47.1
	Prohibition	L. W. Simmons	849	2.6
	Independent	Philip Cowen	80	0.2
Total votes			32,954	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1888

United States House of Representatives elections, 1888
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. De Haven	19,345	49.9
	Democratic	Thomas Larkin Thompson (I)	19,019	49.0
	Know Nothing	W. D. Reynolds ^[15]	428	1.1
Total votes			38,792	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1890 (Special)

United States House of Representatives elections, 1890
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas J. Geary	19,334	49.3
	Republican	John All Barham	19,153	48.8
	Prohibition	L. B. Scranton	759	1.9
Total votes			39,246	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1892

United States House of Representatives elections, 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas J. Geary (incumbent)	19,308	56.8
	Republican	Edward W. Davis	13,123	38.6
	Populist	C. C. Swafford	1,546	4.6
Total votes			33,977	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1894

United States House of Representatives elections, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John All Barham	15,101	41.1
	Democratic	Thomas J. Geary (incumbent)	13,570	37.0
	Populist	Roger F. Grigsby	7,246	19.7
	Prohibition	J. R. Gregory	790	2.2
Total votes			36,707	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1896

United States House of Representatives elections, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John All Barham (incumbent)	17,826	49.7
	Democratic	Fletcher A. Cutler	16,328	45.5
	Populist	George W. Montieth	1,497	4.2
	Prohibition	B. F. Taylor	249	0.7
Total votes			35,900	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1898

United States House of Representatives elections, 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John All Barham (incumbent)	19,598	51.8
	Democratic	Emmet Seawell	18,244	48.2
Total votes			37,842	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1900

United States House of Representatives elections, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Coombs	21,227	55.3
	Democratic	James F. Farraher	16,270	42.4
	Social Democratic	William Morgan ^[16]	599	1.6
	Prohibition	Charles T. Clark	310	0.8
Total votes			38,406	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1902

United States House of Representatives elections, 1902
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Gillett (inc.)	21,268	50.5
	Democratic	Anthony Caminetti	19,696	46.7
	Socialist	M. F. Shore	810	1.9
	Prohibition	W. O. Clark	362	0.9
Total votes			42,136	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1904

United States House of Representatives elections, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Gillett (inc.)	21,602	54.1
	Democratic	Anthony Caminetti	15,706	39.3
	Socialist	A. J. Gaylord	2,197	5.5
	Prohibition	Jarrot L. Rollins	421	1.1
Total votes			39,926	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1906 (Special)

United States House of Representatives elections, 1906
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William F. Englebright	18,125	95.2
	Democratic	F. W. Taft	539	2.8
	Socialist	J. C. Weybright	325	1.7
	Prohibition	R. L. Webb	51	0.3
Total votes			19,040	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1908

United States House of Representatives elections, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William F. Englebright (inc.)	20,624	54.1
	Democratic	E. W. Holland	14,031	36.8
	Socialist	D. N. Cunningham	2,898	7.6
	Prohibition	W. P. Fassett	546	1.4
Total votes			38,099	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1910

United States House of Representatives elections, 1910
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Raker	16,704	45.4
	Republican	William F. Englebright (inc.)	16,570	45.1
	Socialist	William Morgan	3,231	8.8
	Prohibition	C. H. Essex	259	0.7
Total votes			37,064	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1912

United States House of Representatives elections, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Kent (incumbent)	20,341	37.3
	Democratic	I. G. Zumwalt	18,756	34.4
	Republican	Edward H. Hart	10,585	19.4
	Socialist	Joseph Bredsteen	4,892	9.0
Total votes			54,574	100.0
Turnout
	Independent hold

1914

United States House of Representatives elections, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Kent (incumbent)	35,403	48.1
	Republican	Edward H. Hart	28,166	38.3
	Democratic	O. F. Meldon	7,987	10.8
	Prohibition	Henry P. Stipp	2,068	2.8
Total votes			73,624	100.0
Turnout
	Independent hold

1916

United States House of Representatives elections, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea	32,797	48.8
	Republican	Edward H. Hart	28,769	42.8
	Socialist	Mary M. Morgan	3,730	5.5
	Prohibition	Jay Scott Ryder	1,935	2.9
Total votes			67,231	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Independent

1918

United States House of Representatives elections, 1918
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	42,063	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1920

United States House of Representatives elections, 1920^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	34,427	61.7
	Republican	C. A. Bodwell, Jr.	18,569	33.3
	Socialist	A. K. Gifford	2,773	5.0
Total votes			55,769	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1922

United States House of Representatives elections, 1922^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	53,129	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1924

United States House of Representatives elections, 1924^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	47,250	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1926

United States House of Representatives elections, 1926^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	60,207	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1928

United States House of Representatives elections, 1928^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	56,381	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1930

United States House of Representatives elections, 1930^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	66,703	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1932

United States House of Representatives elections, 1932^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	73,400	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1934

United States House of Representatives elections, 1934^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	98,661	93.6
	Socialist	Allen K. Gifford	6,698	6.4
Total votes			105,359	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1936

United States House of Representatives elections, 1936^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	58,073	53.8
	Republican	Nelson B. Van Matre	48,647	45.1
	Communist	Vernon Dennis Healy	1,218	1.1
Total votes			107,938	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1938

United States House of Representatives elections, 1938^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	73,636	63
	Townsend	Ernest S. Mitchell	43,320	37
Total votes			116,956	100
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1940

United States House of Representatives elections, 1940^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	103,547	93.3
	Communist	Albert J. Lima	5,647	5.1
	Independent	Ernest S. Mitchell (write-in)	1,828	1.6
Total votes			111,022	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1942

United States House of Representatives elections, 1942^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	78,281	93.2
	Communist	Albert J. Lima	5,703	6.8
Total votes			83,984	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1944

United States House of Representatives elections, 1944^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	92,706	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1946

United States House of Representatives elections, 1946^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	77,653	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1948

United States House of Representatives elections, 1948^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hubert B. Scudder	82,947	54.5
	Democratic	Sterling J. Norgard	68,951	45.3
	Progressive	Roger Kent (write-in)	304	0.2
Total votes			152,302	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1950

United States House of Representatives elections, 1950^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hubert B. Scudder (inc.)	85,122	54.0
	Democratic	Roger Kent	72,584	46.0
Total votes			157,706	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1952

United States House of Representatives elections, 1952^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hubert B. Scudder (inc.)	137,801	86.4
	Progressive	Carl Sullivan	21,734	13.6
Total votes			159,535	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1954

United States House of Representatives elections, 1954^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hubert B. Scudder (inc.)	83,762	59.1
	Democratic	Max Kortum	58,004	40.9
Total votes			141,766	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1956

United States House of Representatives elections, 1956^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hubert B. Scudder (inc.)	102,604	53.6
	Democratic	Clement Woodnutt Miller	88,962	46.4
Total votes			191,566	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1958

United States House of Representatives elections, 1958^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clement Woodnutt Miller	102,096	54.9
	Republican	Frederick G. Dupuis	84,807	45.1
Total votes			185,903	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

1960

United States House of Representatives elections, 1960^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clement Woodnutt Miller (inc.)	115,829	51.6
	Republican	Frederick G. Dupuis	108,505	48.4
Total votes			224,334	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1962

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clement Woodnutt Miller (inc.)	100,962	50.8
	Republican	Donald H. Clausen	97,949	49.2
Total votes			198,911	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1963 (Special)

Special election, 1963^[39]
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Don H. Clausen	54.2
	Democratic	William F. Grader	44.7
	Democratic	John C. Stuart (write-in)	1.1
Total votes			100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1964

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald H. Clausen (inc.)	141,048	59.1
	Democratic	George McCabe	97,651	40.9
Total votes			238,699	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1966

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald H. Clausen (inc.)	143,755	65.1
	Democratic	Thomas T. Storer	77,000	34.9
Total votes			220,755	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1968

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald H. Clausen (inc.)	132,433	75.1
	Democratic	Donald W. Graham	37,650	21.4
	Peace and Freedom	Adolph N. Hofmann	3,372	1.9
	American Independent	Gladys O'Neil	2,882	1.6
Total votes			176,337	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald H. Clausen (inc.)	108,358	63.5
	Democratic	William Kortum	62,688	36.5
Total votes			171,046	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald H. Clausen (inc.)	140,807	62.2
	Democratic	William A. Nighswonger	77,138	34.1
	Peace and Freedom	Jonathan T. Ames	8,470	3.7
Total votes			226,145	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (inc.)	137,849	85.8
	American Independent	Dorothy D. Paradis	22,628	14.2
Total votes			160,477	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (inc.)	160,477	73.9
	Republican	James E. Taylor	56,539	26.1
Total votes			217,016	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978^[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (inc.)	125,122	59.4
	Republican	James E. Taylor	85,690	40.6
Total votes			210,812	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980^[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene A. Chappie	145,098	53.7
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	107,682	39.8
	Libertarian	Jim McClarin	17,419	6.5
Total votes			270,199	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Douglas H. Bosco	107,749	49.8
	Republican	Donald H. Clausen (inc.)	102,043	47.2
	Libertarian	David Redick	6,374	2.9
Total votes			216,166	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[50]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Douglas H. Bosco (incumbent)	157,037	62.3
	Republican	Floyd G. Sampson	95,186	37.7
Total votes			252,223	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[51]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Douglas H. Bosco (incumbent)	138,174	67.5
	Republican	Floyd G. Sampson	54,436	26.6
	Peace and Freedom	Elden McFarland	12,149	5.9
Total votes			204,759	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[52]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Douglas H. Bosco (incumbent)	159,815	62.9
	Republican	Samuel "Mark" Vanderbilt	72,189	28.4
	Peace and Freedom	Eric Fried	22,150	8.7
Total votes			254,154	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[53]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Riggs	99,782	43.3
	Democratic	Douglas H. Bosco (incumbent)	96,468	41.9
	Peace and Freedom	Darlene G. Comingore	34,011	14.8
Total votes			230,261	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[54]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Hamburg	119,676	47.6
	Republican	Frank Riggs (incumbent)	113,266	45.1
	Peace and Freedom	Phil Baldwin	10,764	4.3
	Libertarian	Matthew L. Howard	7,500	3.0
Total votes			251,206	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[55]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Riggs	106,870	53.3
	Democratic	Dan Hamburg (incumbent)	93,717	46.7
	No party	Chase (write-in)	86	0.0
Total votes			200,673	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[56]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Riggs (incumbent)	110,242	49.7
	Democratic	Michela Alioto	96,522	43.4
	Libertarian	Emil Rossi	15,354	6.9
Total votes			222,118	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[57]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson	121,713	61.9
	Republican	Mark Luce	64,622	32.8
	Libertarian	Emil Rossi	5,404	2.8
	Peace and Freedom	Ernest K. Jones, Jr.	4,996	2.5
	Republican	Lawrence R. Weisner (write-in)	37	0.0
Total votes			196,772	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[58]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	155,638	65.1
	Republican	Russel J. "Jim" Chase	66,987	28.0
	Natural Law	Cheryl Kreier	7,173	3.0
	Libertarian	Emil P. Rossi	6,376	2.6
	Reform	Pamela Elizondo	3,161	1.3
Total votes			239,335	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[59]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	118,669	64.1
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	60,013	32.4
	Libertarian	Kevin Bastian	6,534	3.5
Total votes			185,216	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[60]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	189,336	67.0
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	79,970	28.2
	Green	Pamela Elizondo	13,635	4.8
Total votes			282,941	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[61]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	144,409	66.3
	Republican	John W. Jones	63,194	29.0
	Green	Pamela Elizondo	6,899	3.1
	Peace and Freedom	Timothy J. Stock	3,503	1.6
Total votes			218,044	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008^[62]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	154,006	68.2
	Republican	Zane Starkewolf	53,561	23.7
	Green	Carol Wolman	18,492	8.1
Total votes			226,059	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010^[63]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	136,605	62.99
	Republican	Loren Hanks	67,217	30.99
	Green	Carol Wolman	7,576	3.49
	Libertarian	Mike Rodrigues	5,484	2.53
Total votes			216,882	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012^[64]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa	168,827	57.4
	Democratic	Jim Reed	125,386	42.6
Total votes			294,213	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2014

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa	132,052	61.0
	Democratic	Heidi Hall	84,320	39.0
Total votes			216,372	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Living former Members

As of April 2015^[update], there are four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st congressional district that are currently living.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
Douglas H. Bosco	1983 - 1991	(1946-07-28) July 28, 1946 (age 78)
Frank Riggs	1991 - 1993 1995 - 1999	(1950-09-05) September 5, 1950 (age 74)
Daniel Hamburg	1993 - 1995	(1948-10-06) October 6, 1948 (age 76)
Mike Thompson	1999 - 2013	(1951-01-24) January 24, 1951 (age 73)

References

External links

GovTrack.us: California's 1st congressional district
RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions (out of date)
California Voter Foundation map - CD01 (out of date)

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[1] "California election results - 2012 election". Los Angeles Times. November 6, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2013.

[2] "Maps: Final Congressional Districts". Citizens Redistricting Commission. Retrieved February 24, 2013.

[3] Statement of Vote (2000 President)

[4] Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)

[5] Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)

[6] Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)

[7] Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)

[8] Statement of Vote (2004 President)

[9] Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)

[10] Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)

[11] California Secretary of State. Supplement to the Statement of Vote. President. Counties by Congressional District.

[12] Statement of Vote (2010 Governor

[13] Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)

[14] ttp://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/7102

[15] ttp://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/7304

[16] ttp://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/6613

[17] 1920 general election results

[18] 1922 general election results

[19] 1924 general election results

[20] 1926 general election results

[21] 1928 general election results

[22] 1930 general election results

[23] 1932 general election results

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[58] 2000 general election results

[59] 2002 general election results

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[62] 2008 general election results

[63] 2010 general election results - United States Representative

[64] 2012 general election results - United States Representative

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