California's 48th congressional district

California's 48th congressional district
California's 48th congressional district
	California's 48th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Darrell Issa; R–San Diego
Ethnicity	58.6% White; 19.9% Hispanic; 17.5% Asian; 0.9% Black;
Cook PVI	R+7

California's 48th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California based in Orange County in Southern California. It is currently represented by Republican Darrell Issa.

The district is centered on Huntington Beach. It includes Seal Beach, Sunset Beach, Huntington Beach, Midway City, parts of Westminster, Fountain Valley, parts of Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Aliso Viejo, Laguna Beach, and Laguna Niguel.^[2]

From 2003 to 2013, the district included the cities of Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest (formerly known as El Toro), Tustin, and parts of Newport Beach and San Juan Capistrano.

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2014	Governor^[3]	Kashkari 42.4 - 57.6%
2012	President^[4]	Romney 43.0 - 54.7%
2010	Governor	Whitman 58.7 - 36.4%
2010	Senator	Fiorina 59.3 - 36.3%
2008	President^[5]	Obama 49.3 - 48.6%
2006	Governor^[6]	Schwarzenegger 71.5 - 24.0%
2006	Senator^[7]	Mountjoy 49.7 - 45.5%
2004	President^[8]	Bush 58.3 - 40.4%
2004	Senator^[9]	Jones 51.4 - 43.7%
2003	Recall^[10]^[11]	Yes 72.9 - 27.1%
2003	Recall^[10]^[11]	Schwarzenegger 65.2 - 16.3%
2002	Governor^[12]	Simon 59.4 - 32.8%
2000	President^[13]	Bush 60.4 - 35.7%
2000	Senator^[14]	Campbell 53.1 - 39.2%
1998	Governor
1998	Senator
1996	President
1994	Governor
1994	Senator
1992	President	Bush 44.1 - 29.1%
	Senator	Herschensohn 58.2 - 32.1%
	Senator	Seymour 51.9 - 38.4%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created		January 3, 1993
Ron Packard	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001	Redistricted from the 43rd district Retired	Southern Orange, Riverside (Temecula), northwestern San Diego
Darrell Issa	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 49th district
Christopher Cox	Republican	January 3, 2003 – August 2, 2005	Redistricted from the 47th district Resigned to become SEC chair	South-central Orange
Vacant		August 2, 2005 – December 7, 2005
John Campbell	Republican	December 7, 2005 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted to the 45th district
Dana Rohrabacher	Republican	January 3, 2013 - present	Redistricted from the 46th district	coastal Orange County (Huntington Beach)

Election results

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (incumbent)	140,935	61.1
	Democratic	Michael P. "Mike" Farber	67,415	29.3
	Peace and Freedom	Donna White	13,396	5.8
	Libertarian	Ted Lowe	8,749	3.8
Total votes			230,495	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (incumbent)	143,570	73.39
	Democratic	Andrei Leschick	43,523	22.25
	Reform	Donna White	8,543	4.37
Total votes			195,636	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (incumbent)	145,814	65.9
	Democratic	Dan Farrell	59,558	26.9
	Reform	William Dreu	8,013	3.6
	Natural Law	Sharon Miles	8,006	3.6
Total votes			221,391	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (incumbent)	138,948	76.89
	Natural Law	Sharon K. Miles	23,262	12.87
	Libertarian	Daniel L. Muhe	18,509	10.24
Total votes			180,719	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Darrell Issa	160,627	61.5
	Democratic	Peter Kouvelis	74,073	28.4
	Reform	Eddie Rose	11,240	4.3
	Natural Law	Sharon K. Miles	8,269	3.1
	Libertarian	Joe Michael Cobb	7,269	2.7
Total votes			261,478	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Cox (incumbent)	122,884	68.5
	Democratic	John Graham	51,058	28.4
	Libertarian	Joe Michael Cobb	5,607	3.1
Total votes			179,549	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Cox (incumbent)	189,004	65.0
	Democratic	John Graham	93,525	32.2
	Libertarian	Bruce Cohen	8,343	2.8
Total votes			290,872	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2005

California 48th congressional district special election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Campbell	41,450	44.7
	Democratic	Steve Young	25,926	28.0
	American Independent	Jim Gilchrist	23,237	25.1
	Green	Bea Tiritilli	1,242	1.3
	Libertarian	Bruce Cohen	880	0.9
Total votes			93,138	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Campbell (incumbent)	120,130	59.9
	Democratic	Steve Young	74,647	37.2
	Libertarian	Bruce Cohen	5,750	2.9
Total votes			200,527	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Campbell (incumbent)	171,658	55.60
	Democratic	Steve Young	125,537	40.67
	Libertarian	Don Patterson	11,507	3.73
Total votes			308,702	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Campbell (incumbent)	145,481	59.94
	Democratic	Beth Krom	88,465	36.45
	Libertarian	Mike Binkley	8,773	3.61
Total votes			242,719	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dana Rohrabacher (incumbent)	177,144	61.0
	Democratic	Ron Varasteh	113,358	39.0
Total votes			290,502	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2014

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dana Rohrabacher (incumbent)	112,082	64.1
	Democratic	Suzanne Joyce Savary	62,713	35.9
Total votes			174,795	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 47th congressional district that are currently living.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
Ron Packard	1993 - 2001	(1931-01-19) January 19, 1931 (age 93)
Darrell Issa	2001 - 2003	(1953-11-01) November 1, 1953 (age 71)
Christopher Cox	2003 - 2005	(1952-10-16) October 16, 1952 (age 72)
John B. T. Campbell III	2005 - 2013	(1955-07-19) July 19, 1955 (age 69)

Historical district boundaries

References

External links

33°37′06″N 117°52′19″W / 33.618408°N 117.871971°W / 33.618408; -117.871971

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[2] ttp://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/CA/48

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[5] (2008 President)

[6] Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)

[7] Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)

[8] Statement of Vote (2004 President)

[9] Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)

[10] Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)

[11] Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)

[12] Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)

[13] Statement of Vote (2000 President)

[14] Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)

[15] 1992 election results

[16] 1994 election results

[17] 1996 election results

[18] 1998 election results

[19] 2000 election results

[2006_general_election_results-20] 2006 general election results

[21] 2004 general election results

[22] 2008 general election results

[23] 2010 general election results

[24] 2012 general election results

[25] 2014 general election results

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