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California's 43rd congressional district

Coordinates: 33°54′11″N 118°20′11″W / 33.90306°N 118.33639°W / 33.90306; -118.33639
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California's 43rd congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023[a]
Representative
Population (2024)719,690
Median household
income		$75,336[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+27[2]

California's 43rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that is currently represented by Democrat Maxine Waters. The district is centered in the southern part of Los Angeles County, and includes portions of the cities of Los Angeles (including LAX) and Torrance. It includes the entirety of the cities of Hawthorne, Lawndale, Gardena, Inglewood, and Lomita. From 2003 until 2013, the 43rd district was based in San Bernardino County. The Hispanic-majority district encompassed the southwestern part of the county, and included San Bernardino and Rialto.

Recent election results from statewide races

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2023–2033 boundaries

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Year Office Results[3][4][5][a]
2008 President Obama 84%–15%
2010 Governor Brown 79%–17%
Lt. Governor Newsom 72%–18%
Secretary of State Bowen 77%–15%
Attorney General Harris 72%–21%
Treasurer Lockyer 79%–15%
Controller Chiang 78%–15%
2012 President Obama 87%–13%
2014 Governor Brown 80%–20%
2016 President Clinton 84%–11%
2018 Governor Newsom 83%–17%
Attorney General Becerra 85%–15%
2020 President Biden 81%–17%
2022 Senate (Reg.) Padilla 80%–20%
Governor Newsom 78%–22%
Lt. Governor Kounalakis 76%–24%
Secretary of State Weber 79%–21%
Attorney General Bonta 78%–22%
Treasurer Ma 78%–22%
Controller Cohen 76%–24%
2024 President Harris 73%–24%
Senate (Reg.) Schiff 74%–26%

Composition

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FIPS County Code[8] County Seat Population
37 Los Angeles Los Angeles 9,663,345

Under the 2020 redistricting, California's 43rd congressional district is located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. This district includes Los Angeles International Airport; the cities of Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Gardena, Compton, northeast Torrance; the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts; and the census-designated places Lennox, Del Aire, Alondra Park, West Athens, Westmont, West Rancho Dominguez, Willowbrook, and East Rancho Dominguez.

This district, the 36th district, 37th district, 44th district, and the 42nd district are all entirely within Los Angeles County. The 43rd and 36th are partitioned by W Florence Ave, Arbor Vitae St, Westchester Parkway, La Tijera Blvd, W 91st St, Cum Laude Ave, W 92nd St, Waterview St, Napoleon St, Vista Del Mar, W Imperial Highway, Aviation Blvd, Del Aire Park, E Sl Segundo Blvd, S Aviation Blvd, Marine Ave, Inglewood Ave, Highway 91, Redondo Beach Blvd, Hawthorne Blvd, and Sepulveda Blvd.

The 43rd, 37th and 42nd are partitioned by E 91st St, McKinley Ave, E 88th Pl, Avalon Blvd, E Manchester Ave, S Normandie Ave, W 94th Pl, S Halldale Ave, W Century Blvd, La Salle Ave/S Denker Ave, W 104th St, S Western Ave, W 108th St, S Gramercy Pl, S Van Ness Ave, W 76th St, 8th Ave, W 79th St, S Victoria Ave, W 74th St, West Blvd, W 64th St, S La Brea Ave, 6231 S La Brea Ave-Flight Ave, W 64th St, 6404 S Springpark Ave-W Fairview Blvd, W Centinela Ave, Ave, S Central Ave, Firestone Blvd-E 90 St, S Central Ave, E 103rd St, Success Ave, E 92nd St, E 91st, Croesus Ave, and E 97th St.

The 43rd and the 44th are partitioned by Alameda St, E 103rd St, Mona Blvd, E 107th Pl, E 108th St, S Alameda St, Highway 105, Mona Blvd, Santa Fe Ave, E Stockton Ave, N Bullis Rd, Palm Ave/E Killen Pl, N Thorson Ave, McMillan St, Waldorf Dr/N Castlegate Ave, S Gibson Ave, Wright Rd, E Rosecrans Ave, Highway 710, Somerset Blvd, Myrrh St, Hunsake Ave, Alondra Blvd, E Greenleaf Blvd, Main Campus Dr, S Susana Rd, Highway 91, Highway 47, Calle Anita, 2605 Homestead Pl-266 W Apras St, 255 W Victoria St-18300 S Wilmington Ave, W Victoria St, Central Ave, Lincoln Memorial Park, 2600 W Billings St-2973 W Caldwell St, Malloy Ave/S Clymar Ave, W Alondra Blvd, S Figueroa St, W 182nd St, Electric St, and S Western Ave.

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

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2,500 – 10,000 people

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List of members representing the district

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Member Party Dates Cong
ress(es) 		Electoral history Counties
District created January 3, 1973

Victor Veysey
(Brawley) 		Republican January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1975 		93rd Redistricted from the 38th district and re-elected in 1972.
Retired. 		1973–1975
Imperial, Riverside, Inland San Diego

Clair Burgener
(Rancho Santa Fe) 		Republican January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1983 		94th
95th
96th
97th 		Redistricted from the 42nd district and re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Retired. 		1975–1983
Imperial, Southwestern Riverside, San Diego

Ron Packard
(Carlsbad) 		Republican January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993 		98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd 		Elected as a write-in candidate in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 48th district. 		1983–1993
Southern Orange, Northwestern San Diego

Ken Calvert
(Corona) 		Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2003 		103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th 		Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the 44th district. 		1993–2003
Western Riverside.

Joe Baca
(Rialto) 		Democratic January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2013 		108th
109th
110th
111th
112th 		Redistricted from the 42nd district and re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 35th district and lost. 		2003–2013

San Bernardino (Fontana, Ontario, San Bernardino)

Maxine Waters
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic January 3, 2013 –
present 		113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
119th 		Redistricted from the 35th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024. 		2013–2023

South Los Angeles (Hawthorne and Inglewood)
2023–present

South Los Angeles (Hawthorne and Inglewood)

Election results

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1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014• 2016 • 2018 • 2020 • 2022 • 2024

1972

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1972 United States House of Representatives elections in California[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Victor Veysey (Incumbent) 117,781 62.7
Democratic Ernest Z. Robles 70,129 37.3
Total votes 187,910 100.0
Republican win (new seat)

1974

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1974 United States House of Representatives elections in California[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clair Burgener (Incumbent) 114,102 60.4
Democratic Bill Bandes 74,905 39.6
Total votes 189,007 100.0
Republican hold

1976

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1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clair Burgener (Incumbent) 173,576 65.0
Democratic Pat Kelly 93,475 35.0
Total votes 267,051 100.0
Republican hold

1978

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1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clair Burgener (Incumbent) 167,150 68.7
Democratic Reuben B. Brooks 76,308 31.3
Total votes 243,458 100.0
Republican hold

1980

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1980 United States House of Representatives elections in California[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clair Burgener (Incumbent) 298,815 86.6
Democratic Tom Metzger 46,361 13.4
Total votes 345,176 100.0
Republican hold

1982

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1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron Packard (write-in) 66,444 36.8
Democratic Roy Pat Archer 57,995 32.1
Republican Johnnie R. Crean 56,297 31.1
Total votes 180,736 100.0
Republican hold

1984

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1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron Packard (Incumbent) 165,643 74.1
Democratic Lois E. Humphreys 50,996 22.8
Libertarian Phyllis Avery 6,878 3.1
Total votes 223,517 100.0
Republican hold

1986

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1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron Packard (Incumbent) 137,341 73.1
Democratic Joseph Chirra 45,078 24.0
Libertarian Phyllis Avery 5,370 2.9
Total votes 187,789 100.0
Republican hold

1988

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1988 United States House of Representatives elections in California[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron Packard (Incumbent) 202,478 71.7
Democratic Howard Greenbaum 72,499 25.6
Libertarian Daniel L. Muhe 7,552 2.7
Total votes 282,529 100.0
Republican hold

1990

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1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron Packard (Incumbent) 151,206 68.1
Peace and Freedom Doug Hansen 40,212 18.1
Libertarian Richard L. "Rick" Arnold 30,720 13.8
Total votes 222,138 100.0
Republican hold

1992

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1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Calvert 88,987 46.7
Democratic Mark A. Takano 88,468 46.4
American Independent Gary Odom 6,095 3.2
Libertarian Gene L. Berkman 4,989 2.6
Independent John Schwab (write-in) 2,100 1.1
Invalid or blank votes 13,210 6.5
Total votes 203,849 100.0
Republican hold

1994

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1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Calvert (Incumbent) 84,500 54.7
Democratic Mark A. Takano 59,342 38.4
Libertarian Gene L. Berkman 9,636 6.3
Independent John Schwab (write-in) 767 0.5
Independent Velma Hickey (write-in) 141 0.1
Invalid or blank votes 6,421 4.0
Total votes 160,807 100.0
Republican hold

1996

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1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Calvert (Incumbent) 97,247 54.7
Democratic Guy Kimbrough 67,422 37.9
Natural Law Annie Wallack 6,576 3.7
Peace and Freedom Kevin Akin 3,309 1.9
Libertarian Gene Berkman 3,086 1.7
Independent Colleen Cummings (write-in) 84 0.1
Invalid or blank votes 6,571 3.6
Total votes 184,295 100.0
Republican hold

1998

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1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Calvert (Incumbent) 83,012 55.7
Democratic Mike Rayburn 56,373 37.8
Green Phill Courtney 5,508 3.7
Natural Law Annie Wallack 4,178 2.8
Invalid or blank votes 9,064 5.7
Total votes 158,135 100.0
Republican hold

2000

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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Calvert (Incumbent) 140,201 73.7
Libertarian Bill Reed 29,755 15.6
Natural Law Nat Adam 20,376 10.7
Invalid or blank votes 0 0.0
Total votes 190,332 100.0
Republican hold

2002

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2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Baca (Incumbent) 45,374 66.4
Republican Wendy C. Neighbor 20,821 30.5
Libertarian Ethel M. Mohler 2,145 3.1
Invalid or blank votes 5,273 7.2
Total votes 73,613 100.0
Democratic hold

2004

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2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Baca (Incumbent) 86,830 66.4
Republican Ed Laning 44,004 33.6
Independent Barry J. Patts (write-in) 0 0.0
Total votes 130,834 100.0
Democratic hold

2006

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2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Baca (Incumbent) 52,791 64.5
Republican Scott Folkens 29,069 35.5
Total votes 81,860 100.0
Democratic hold

2008

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2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Baca (Incumbent) 108,259 69.1
Republican John Roberts 48,312 30.9
Total votes 156,571 100.0
Turnout   63.4
Democratic hold

2010

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2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Baca (Incumbent) 70,026 65.5
Republican Scott Folkens 36,890 34.5
Total votes 106,916 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maxine Waters (Incumbent) 143,123 71.2
Democratic Bob Flores 57,771 28.8
Total votes 200,894 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California[30]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maxine Waters (Incumbent) 69,681 71.0
Republican John Wood, Jr. 28,521 29.0
Total votes 98,202 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

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2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maxine Waters (Incumbent) 167,017 76.1
Republican Omar Navarro 52,499 23.9
Total votes 219,516 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maxine Waters (Incumbent) 152,272 77.7
Republican Omar Navarro 43,780 22.3
Total votes 196,052 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

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2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maxine Waters (incumbent) 199,210 71.7
Republican Joe E. Collins III 78,688 28.3
Total votes 277,898 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

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2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maxine Waters (incumbent) 95,462 77.3
Republican Omar Navarro 27,985 22.7
Total votes 123,447 100.0
Democratic hold

2024

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2024 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maxine Waters (incumbent) 160,080 75.1
Republican Steve Williams 53,152 24.9
Total votes 213,232 100.0
Democratic hold

2024

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California's 43rd congressional district, 2024[33][34]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maxine Waters (incumbent) 54,673 69.8
Republican Steve Williams 10,896 13.9
Republican David Knight 5,647 7.2
Democratic Chris Wiggins 4,999 6.4
Democratic Gregory Cheadle 2,075 2.7
Total votes 78,290 100.0
General election
Democratic Maxine Waters (incumbent) 160,080 75.1
Republican Steve Williams 53,152 24.9
Total votes 213,232 100.0
Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

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From 2003 through 2013, the district consisted of many of San Bernardino's central suburbs, including San Bernardino, Ontario and Fontana. Due to redistricting after the 2010 United States census, the district has moved south west into South Los Angeles and now includes Hawthorne and Inglewood.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b The district includes the same census blocks as drawn by the Citizens Redistricting Commission in 2021[6] and during mid-decade redistricting as passed in Prop 50 (2025).[7] As such, boundaries of the district will not change at the 2026 elections.

References

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  1. ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  2. ^ "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  3. ^ "CA 2022 Congressional". davesredistricting.org. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  4. ^ "Supplement to Statement of Vote" (PDF). November 8, 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  5. ^ "Supplement to Statement of Vote" (PDF). November 5, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  6. ^ "Final CD Equivalency Files". California Citizens Redstricting Commission. Archived from the original on August 31, 2025. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  7. ^ "AB 604 Districts Equivalency File". California State Assembly Committee on Elections. Archived from the original on August 24, 2025. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  8. ^ "California FIPS Codes". National Weather Service. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  9. ^ "1972 election results" (PDF).
  10. ^ "1974 election results" (PDF).
  11. ^ "1976 election results" (PDF).
  12. ^ "1978 election results" (PDF).
  13. ^ "1980 election results" (PDF).
  14. ^ "1982 election results" (PDF).
  15. ^ "1984 election results" (PDF).
  16. ^ "1986 election results" (PDF).
  17. ^ "1988 election results" (PDF).
  18. ^ "1990 election results" (PDF).
  19. ^ "1992 election results" (PDF).
  20. ^ "1994 election results" (PDF).
  21. ^ "1996 election results" (PDF).
  22. ^ "1998 election results" (PDF).
  23. ^ "2000 election results" (PDF).
  24. ^ 2002 election results
  25. ^ 2004 election results
  26. ^ 2006 election results
  27. ^ 2008 election results
  28. ^ 2010 election results
  29. ^ 2012 election results
  30. ^ 2014 election results
  31. ^ 2016 election results
  32. ^ 2018 election results
  33. ^ Cite error: The named reference primaryresults was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  34. ^ Cite error: The named reference genr1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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