2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California

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United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2004
All 53 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
	Electoral results by congressional district

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2004 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 2004. The districts after the 2000 census were gerrymandered to protect incumbents of both parties, so there was no change in the party balance, 33 Democrats and 20 Republicans.

Overview

United States HoR elections in California, 2004
Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic	6,223,698	53.54%	33
	Republican	5,030,821	43.28%	20
	Green	205,278	1.77%	0
	Libertarian	111,031	0.96%	0
	Peace and Freedom	39,211	0.34%	0
	American Independent	8,163	0.07%	0
	Write-in	5,551	0.05%	0
Totals		11,623,753	100.00%	53

Results

The following are the final results from the Secretary of State of California.^[1]^[2]

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50 • District 51 • District 52 • District 53

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	189,366	66.92
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	79,970	28.26
	Green	Pamela Elizondo	13,635	4.82
Total votes			282,971	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	182,119	66.85
	Democratic	Mike Johnson	90,310	33.15
Total votes			272,429	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Lungren	177,738	61.92
	Democratic	Gabe Castillo	100,025	34.84
	Libertarian	Douglas Arthur Tuma	9,310	3.24
Total votes			287,063	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Doolittle (incumbent)	221,926	65.39
	Democratic	David I. Winters	117,743	34.69
Total votes			339,369	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	138,004	71.36
	Republican	Mike Dugas	45,120	23.33
	Green	Pat Driscoll	6,593	3.41
	Peace and Freedom	John C. Reiger	3,670	1.90
Total votes			193,387	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	226,423	72.65
	Republican	Paul L. Erickson	85,244	27.35
Total votes			311,667	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Miller (incumbent)	166,831	76.08
	Republican	Charles Hargrave	52,446	23.92
Total votes			219,277	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Pelosi (incumbent)	224,017	82.95
	Republican	Jennifer Depalma	31,074	11.51
	Peace and Freedom	Leilani Dowell	9,527	3.53
	No party	Terry Baum (write-in)	5,446	2.02
Total votes			270,064	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Lee (incumbent)	215,630	84.55
	Republican	Claudia Bermudez	31,278	12.26
	Libertarian	Jim Eyer	8,131	3.19
Total votes			255,039	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Tauscher (incumbent)	182,750	65.71
	Republican	Jeff Ketelson	95,349	34.29
Total votes			278,099	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Pombo (incumbent)	163,582	61.23
	Democratic	Jerry McNerney	103,587	38.77
Total votes			267,169	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Lantos (incumbent)	171,852	68.03
	Republican	Mike Garza	52,593	20.82
	Green	Pat Gray	23,038	9.12
	Libertarian	Harland Harrison	5,116	2.03
Total votes			252,599	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	144,605	71.61
	Republican	George I. Bruno	48,439	23.99
	Libertarian	Mark W. Stroberg	8,877	4.40
Total votes			201,921	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo (incumbent)	182,712	69.77
	Republican	Chris Haugen	69,564	26.56
	Libertarian	Brian Holtz	9,588	3.66
	No party	Dennis Mitrzyk (write-in)	24	0.01
Total votes			261,888	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Honda (incumbent)	154,385	72.03
	Republican	Raymond L. Chukwu	59,953	27.97
Total votes			214,338	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	129,222	70.89
	Republican	Douglas Adams McNea	47,992	26.33
	Libertarian	Markus Welch	5,067	2.78
Total votes			182,281	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Farr (incumbent)	148,958	66.73
	Republican	Mark Risley	65,117	29.17
	Green	Ray Glock-Grueneich	3,645	1.63
	Peace and Freedom	Joe Williams	2,823	1.26
	Libertarian	Joel Smolen	2,607	1.17
	No party	David Mauricio Munoz (write-in)	75	0.03
Total votes			223,225	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Cardoza (incumbent)	103,732	67.49
	Republican	Charles F. Pringle, Sr.	49,973	32.51
Total votes			153,705	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Radanovich (incumbent)	155,354	66.03
	Democratic	James Lex Bufford	64,047	27.22
	Green	Larry R. Mullen	15,863	6.74
Total votes			235,264	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Costa	61,005	53.40
	Republican	Roy Ashburn	53,231	46.60
Total votes			114,236	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Devin Nunes (incumbent)	140,721	73.17
	Democratic	Fred B. Davis	51,594	26.83
Total votes			192,315	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	209,384	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	153,980	63.03
	Republican	Don Regan	83,926	34.35
	Libertarian	Michael Favorite	6,391	2.62
Total votes			244,297	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	178,660	62.82
	Democratic	Brett Wagner	96,397	33.90
	Green	Stuart A. Bechman	9,321	3.28
Total votes			284,378	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard McKeon (incumbent)	145,575	64.42
	Democratic	Fred "Tim" Willoughby	80,395	35.58
Total votes			225,970	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	134,596	53.58
	Democratic	Cynthia Matthews	107,522	42.80
	Libertarian	Randall Weissbuch	9,089	3.62
Total votes			251,207	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	125,296	62.27
	Republican	Robert M. Levy	66,946	33.27
	Green	Eric J. Carter	8,956	4.45
Total votes			201,198	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	115,303	70.95
	Republican	David Hernandez	37,868	23.30
	Libertarian	Kelley L. Ross	9,339	5.75
Total votes			162,510	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Schiff (incumbent)	133,670	64.63
	Republican	Harry Scolinos	62,871	30.40
	Green	Philip Koebel	5,715	2.76
	Libertarian	Ted Brown	4,570	2.21
	No party	John Burton (write-in)	6	0.00
Total votes			206,832	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	216,682	71.24
	Republican	Victor Elizade	87,465	28.76
Total votes			304,147	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra (incumbent)	89,363	80.21
	Republican	Luis Vega	22,048	19.79
Total votes			111,411	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hilda Solis (incumbent)	119,144	85.01
	Libertarian	Leland Faegre	21,002	14.99
Total votes			140,146	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diane Watson (incumbent)	166,801	88.58
	Libertarian	Robert G. Weber, Jr.	21,513	11.42
Total votes			188,314	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard (incumbent)	82,282	74.49
	Republican	Wayne Miller	28,175	25.51
Total votes			110,457	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (incumbent)	125,949	80.53
	Republican	Ross Moen	23,591	15.08
	American Independent	Gordon Michael Mego	3,440	2.20
	Libertarian	Charles Tate	3,427	2.19
Total votes			156,407	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jane Harman (incumbent)	151,208	61.96
	Republican	Paul Whitehead	81,666	33.46
	Peace and Freedom	Alice Stek	6,105	2.50
	Libertarian	Mike Binkley	5,065	2.08
Total votes			244,044	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald (inc.)	118,823	75.05
	Republican	Vernon Van	31,960	20.19
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	7,535	4.76
Total votes			158,318	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano (incumbent)	116,851	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Sánchez (incumbent)	100,132	60.70
	Republican	Tim Escobar	64,832	39.30
Total votes			164,964	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Royce (incumbent)	147,617	67.93
	Democratic	J. Tillman Williams	69,684	32.07
Total votes			217,301	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (incumbent)	181,605	82.95
	Libertarian	Peymon Mottahedek	37,332	17.05
Total votes			218,937	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (incumbent)	167,632	68.14
	Democratic	Lewis Myers	78,393	31.86
Total votes			246,025	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca (incumbent)	86,830	66.37
	Republican	Ed Laning	44,004	33.63
	No party	Barry J. Patts (write-in)	0	0.00
Total votes			130,834	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 44

California's 44th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (incumbent)	138,768	61.64
	Democratic	Louis Vandenburg	78,796	35.00
	Peace and Freedom	Kevin Akin	7,559	3.36
Total votes			225,123	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 45

California's 45th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Bono (incumbent)	153,523	66.61
	Democratic	Richard J. Meyer	76,967	33.39
Total votes			230,490	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 46

California's 46th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dana Rohrabacher (incumbent)	171,318	61.92
	Democratic	Jim Brandt	90,129	32.57
	Green	Tom Lash	10,238	3.70
	Libertarian	Keith Gann	5,005	1.81
Total votes			276,690	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 47

California's 47th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loretta Sanchez (incumbent)	65,684	60.38
	Republican	Alexandria A. "Alex" Coronado	43,099	39.62
Total votes			108,783	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 48

California's 48th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Cox (incumbent)	189,004	64.98
	Democratic	John Graham	93,525	32.15
	Libertarian	Bruce Cohen	8,343	2.87
Total votes			290,872	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 49

California's 49th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Darrell Issa (incumbent)	141,658	62.55
	Democratic	Michael P. Byron	79,057	34.91
	Libertarian	Lars R. Grossmith	5,751	2.54
Total votes			226,466	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 50

California's 50th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duke Cunningham (incumbent)	169,025	58.42
	Democratic	Francine Busby	105,590	36.49
	Green	Gary M. Waayers	6,504	2.25
	American Independent	Diane Beall Templin	4,723	1.63
	Libertarian	Brandon C. Osborne	3,486	1.20
Total votes			289,328	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 51

California's 51st congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Filner (incumbent)	111,441	61.61
	Republican	Michael Giorgino	63,526	35.12
	Libertarian	Michael S. Metti	5,912	3.27
Total votes			180,879	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 52

California's 52nd congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	187,799	69.19
	Democratic	Brian S. Keliher	74,857	27.58
	Libertarian	Michael Benoit	8,782	3.24
Total votes			271,438	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 53

California's 53rd congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Davis (incumbent)	146,449	66.14
	Republican	David Hunzeker	63,897	28.86
	Green	Lawrence P. Rockwood	7,523	3.40
	Libertarian	Adam Van Susteren	3,567	1.61
Total votes			221,436	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

References

^ "United States Representative in Congress" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. 2004-12-13. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Voter Participation Statistics by County" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. 2005-01-07. Retrieved 2008-08-18.