California's 20th congressional district
California's 20th congressional district | |
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Cook PVI | D+21 |
California's 20th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It is centered in the upper Central Coast region, and includes Monterey and Santa Cruz.
The district is currently represented by Republican Vince Fong.
From 2003-2013, the former district covered parts of Fresno and Kern counties and all of Kings county. It contained most of the city of Fresno.
Voting
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2010 | Governor | Brown 55.9 - 37.1% |
Senator | Boxer 48.3 - 43.5% | |
2008 | President[2] | Obama 59.6 - 38.7% |
2006 | Governor[3] | Schwarzenegger 53.7 - 41.5% |
Senator[4] | Feinstein 60.5 - 33.9% | |
2004 | President[5] | Kerry 50.6 - 48.5% |
Senator[6] | Boxer 57.2 - 38.3% | |
2003 | Recall[7][8] | Yes 50.0 - 41.0% |
Schwarzenegger 42.7 - 40.4% | ||
2002 | Governor[9] | Davis 53.1 - 40.6% |
2000 | President[10] | Gore 49.6 - 47.6% |
Senator[11] | Feinstein 58.4 - 35.0% | |
1998 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
1996 | President | |
1994 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
1992 | President | Clinton 46.9 - 37.5% |
Senator | Herschensohn 50.2 - 40.1% | |
Senator | Feinstein 47.4 - 44.9% |
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties |
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District created | March 4, 1933 | |||
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Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 |
Retired | Imperial, San Diego |
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Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 |
Redistricted to the 23rd district | |
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Republican | January 3, 1943 – August 5, 1956 |
Redistricted from the 11th district Died |
Los Angeles |
Vacant | August 5, 1956 – January 3, 1957 |
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Republican | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1973 |
Retired | |
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Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Redistricted to the 22nd district | |
File:BarryGoldwaterJr1.PNG Barry Goldwater, Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 |
Redistricted from the 27th district Retired to run for US Senate |
Southwestern Los Angeles, eastern Ventura |
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Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Redistricted from the 18th district Redistricted to the 21st district |
Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles (Lancaster), San Luis Obispo |
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Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
Redistricted from the 17th district | Western Fresno, northwestern Kern, Kings, western Tulare |
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
Retired | Western Fresno, northwestern Kern, Kings | ||
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Democratic | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 |
Redistricted to the 16th district | |
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Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 |
Redistricted from the 17th district | Central Coast including Monterey and Santa Cruz |
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Democratic | January 3, 2017 – present |
Election results
1932 • 1934 • 1936 • 1938 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 |
1932
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Burnham (incumbent) | 43,757 | 50.3 | |
Democratic | Claude Chandler | 43,304 | 49.7 | |
Total votes | 87,061 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1934
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Burnham (incumbent) | 51,682 | 52.4 | |
Democratic | Edouard Izac | 46,957 | 47.6 | |
Total votes | 98,639 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1936
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Edouard Izac | 59,208 | 56.4 | |||
Republican | Ed P. Simple | 44,925 | 42.8 | |||
Communist | Esco L. Richardson | 916 | 0.8 | |||
Total votes | 105,049 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1938
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 65,243 | 60.4 | |
Republican | John L. Bacon | 42,710 | 39.6 | |
Total votes | 107,953 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1940
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 69,874 | 51.1 | |
Republican | John L. Bacon | 66,132 | 48.3 | |
Communist | Esco L. Richardson | 806 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 136,812 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1942
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (inc.) | 62,628 | 48.4 | |
Democratic | Joseph O. Donovan | 55,479 | 42.9 | |
Prohibition | Virgil G. Hinshaw | 6,864 | 5.3 | |
Townsend | Janie Bele McCarty | 3,537 | 2.7 | |
Communist | Orla E. Lair | 792 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 129,300 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1944
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (inc.) | 112,663 | 51.8 | |
Democratic | Archibald B. Young | 101,090 | 46.5 | |
Prohibition | Charles Hiram Randall | 3,615 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 217,368 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1946
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (inc.) | 98,283 | 63.2 | |
Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 67,317 | 36.8 | |
Total votes | 165,600 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1948
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (inc.) | 204,710 | 81.6 | |
Democratic | William B. Esterman | 46,232 | 18.4 | |
Total votes | 250,942 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1950
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (inc.) | 211,012 | 85.1 | |
Progressive | Myra Tanner Weiss | 26,508 | 10.7 | |
Prohibition | Frank Nelson | 10,339 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 247,859 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (inc.) | 109,509 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (inc.) | 71,213 | 71.2 | |
Democratic | Eugene Radding | 28,838 | 28.8 | |
Total votes | 100,051 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1956
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith | 85,459 | 70.8 | |
Democratic | Eugene Radding | 35,249 | 29.2 | |
Total votes | 120,708 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (incumbent) | 72,311 | 66 | |
Democratic | Eugene Radding | 37,331 | 34 | |
Total votes | 109,642 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1960
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (incumbent) | 90,214 | 70.1 | |
Democratic | Eugene Radding | 38,497 | 29.9 | |
Total votes | 128,711 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (incumbent) | 119,938 | 70.6 | |
Democratic | Leon Mayer | 49,850 | 29.4 | |
Total votes | 169,788 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (incumbent) | 132,402 | 67.9 | |
Democratic | C. Bernard Kaufman | 62,645 | 32.1 | |
Total votes | 195,047 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (incumbent) | 128,896 | 73.4 | |
Democratic | Raymond Freschi | 46,730 | 26.6 | |
Total votes | 175,626 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (incumbent) | 133,148 | 69.3 | |
Democratic | Don White | 56,008 | 29.2 | |
Peace and Freedom | Robert J. Clarke | 2,965 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 192,121 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (incumbent) | 116,437 | 69.1 | |
Democratic | Michael M. Stolzberg | 50,033 | 29.7 | |
American Independent | Earl C. Harper | 2,100 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 168,570 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carlos Moorhead | 120,299 | 57.4 | |
Democratic | John Binkley | 89,219 | 42.6 | |
Total votes | 209,518 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (inc.) | 96,324 | 61.2 | |
Democratic | Arline M. Mathews | 61,119 | 38.8 | |
Total votes | 157,443 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (inc.) | 146,158 | 67.2 | |
Democratic | Patty Lear Corman | 71,193 | 32.8 | |
Total votes | 217,351 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (inc.) | 129,714 | 66.4 | |
Democratic | Pat Lear | 65,695 | 33.6 | |
Total votes | 195,409 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (inc.) | 199,674 | 78.8 | |
Democratic | Matt Miller | 43,024 | 17.0 | |
Libertarian | Christopher R. Darwin | 10,605 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 253,303 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (incumbent) | 123,312 | 68.1 | |
Democratic | Robert J. Bethea | 57,769 | 31.9 | |
Total votes | 181,081 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (incumbent) | 151,732 | 70.9 | |
Democratic | Michael T. LeSage | 62,307 | 29.1 | |
Total votes | 214,039 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (incumbent) | 129,989 | 72.6 | |
Democratic | Jules H. Moquin | 49,027 | 27.4 | |
Total votes | 179,016 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (incumbent) | 162,779 | 71.1 | |
Democratic | Lita Reid | 62,037 | 27.1 | |
Libertarian | David L. Bersohn | 4,190 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 229,006 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (incumbent) | 112,962 | 59.8 | |
Democratic | Michael A. Thomas | 65,101 | 34.5 | |
Libertarian | William Howard Dilbeck | 10,555 | 5.6 | |
No party | Reid (write-in) | 307 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 188,925 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cal Dooley (incumbent) | 72,679 | 64.9 | |
Republican | Ed Hunt | 39,388 | 35.1 | |
Total votes | 112,067 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cal Dooley (incumbent) | 57,394 | 56.70 | |
Republican | Paul Young | 43,836 | 43.30 | |
Total votes | 101,230 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cal Dooley (incumbent) | 65,381 | 56.6% | |
Republican | Trice Harvey | 45,276 | 39.1% | |
Libertarian | Jonathan Richter | 5,048 | 4.3% | |
Total votes | 115,705 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cal Dooley (incumbent) | 60,599 | 60.73% | |
Republican | Cliff Unruh | 39,183 | 39.27% | |
Total votes | 99,782 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cal Dooley (incumbent) | 66,235 | 52.4% | |
Republican | Rich Rodriguez | 57,563 | 45.5% | |
Natural Law | Walter Kenneth Ruehlig | 1,416 | 1.1% | |
Libertarian | Arnold Kriegbaum | 1,320 | 1.0% | |
Total votes | 126,534 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cal Dooley (incumbent) | 47,627 | 63.7 | |
Republican | Andre Minuth | 25,628 | 34.3 | |
Libertarian | Varrin Swearingen | 1,515 | 2.0 | |
Turnout | 74,770 | |||
Democratic hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim Costa | 61,005 | 53.5 | |
Republican | Roy Ashburn | 53,231 | 46.5 | |
Total votes | 114,236 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim Costa (incumbent) | 61,120 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim Costa (incumbent) | 93,023 | 74.33 | |
Republican | Jim Lopez | 32,118 | 25.67 | |
Total votes | 125,141 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | 60.55% | |||
Democratic hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim Costa (incumbent) | 46,247 | 51.71 | |
Republican | Andy Vidak | 43,197 | 48.29 | |
Total votes | 89,444 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 172,996 | 74.1 | |
Republican | Jeff Taylor | 60,566 | 25.9 | |
Total votes | 233,562 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 106,034 | 75.2 | |
Republican | Ronald Paul Kabat | 35,010 | 24.8 | |
Total votes | 141,044 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Living former Members
As of April 2015[update], there are four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 20th congressional district that are currently living.
Representative | Term in office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Barry Goldwater, Jr. | 1975 - 1983 | July 15, 1938 |
Bill Thomas | 1983 - 1993 | December 6, 1941 |
Cal Dooley | 1993 - 2005 | January 11, 1954 |
Jim Costa | 2005 - 2013 | April 13, 1952 |
Historical district boundaries
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/CA-20th.png/220px-CA-20th.png)
See also
References
- ^ http://www.latimes.com/la-redistricting-map-july-2011,0,5339409.htmlstory#39.71057374407184,-118.14590136718749,5,usCongress,,,current
- ^ (2008 President)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2004 President)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2000 President)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
- ^ 1932 election results
- ^ 1934 election results
- ^ 1936 election results
- ^ 1938 election results
- ^ 1940 election results
- ^ 1942 election results
- ^ 1944 election results
- ^ 1946 election results
- ^ 1948 election results
- ^ 1950 election results
- ^ 1952 election results
- ^ 1954 election results
- ^ 1956 election results
- ^ 1958 election results
- ^ 1960 election results
- ^ 1962 election results
- ^ 1964 election results
- ^ 1966 election results
- ^ 1968 election results
- ^ 1970 election results
- ^ 1972 election results
- ^ 1974 election results
- ^ 1976 election results
- ^ 1978 election results
- ^ 1980 election results
- ^ 1982 election results
- ^ 1984 election results
- ^ 1986 election results
- ^ 1988 election results
- ^ 1990 election results
- ^ 1992 election results
- ^ 1994 election results
- ^ 1996 election results
- ^ 1998 election results
- ^ 2000 election results
- ^ 2002 general election results Archived February 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2004 general election results
- ^ 2006 general election results Archived November 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2008 general election results
- ^ 2010 general election results
- ^ 2012 general election results Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ U.S. House of Representatives District 20 - Districtwide Results
External links
- Congressional districts of California
- Government of Monterey County, California
- Government of Santa Cruz County, California
- Aptos, California
- Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
- Gilroy, California
- Monterey, California
- Pacific Grove, California
- Salinas, California
- Salinas Valley
- Santa Cruz, California
- Santa Lucia Range
- Watsonville, California
- Constituencies established in 1933
- 1933 establishments in California