California's 34th congressional district

California's 34th congressional district
California's 34th congressional district
Representative	{{{representative}}};
Area	59 sq mi (150 km2)
Distribution	100% urban; 0% rural;
Population (2000)	639,088
Median household; income	29,863
Ethnicity	77.2% Hispanic; 11.4% White; 5.5% Asian; 4.4% Black; 0.3% Native American; 0.1% other;
Cook PVI	D+23

California's 34th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County and is California's most heavily Hispanic district. Its current representative is Democrat Lucille Roybal-Allard. Rep. Roybal Allard is running against Republican challenger Christopher Balding in the 2008 election.

Voting

John Kerry received 69% of the vote in this district in 2004; George W. Bush received 30%.^[1] The district voted for Phil Angelides 63-32% in 2006,^[2] Dianne Feinstein 74-21% in 2006,^[3] Barbara Boxer 74-21% in 2004,^[4] keeping Gray Davis 57-43%^[5] and Cruz Bustamante 53-33%^[6] in 2003, and Davis 63-27% in 2002.^[7]

List of Representatives

Counties	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes
Orange	Harry R. Sheppard	Democratic	1963-01-03 – 1967-01-03	Newly created district
Los Angeles, Orange	Harry R. Sheppard	Democratic	1967-01-03 – 1975-01-03	Retired
Los Angeles, northwestern Orange	Mark W. Hannaford	Democratic	1975-01-03 – 1979-01-03	Lost re-election to Lungren
Los Angeles, northwestern Orange	Dan Lungren	Republican	1979-01-03 – 1983-01-03	Redistricted to 42nd district
Los Angeles (Norwalk)	Ed Torres	Democratic	1983-01-03 – 1999-01-03	Redistricted from 33rd district; retired
Los Angeles (Norwalk)	Grace Napolitano	Democratic	1999-01-03 – 2003-01-03	Redistricted to 38th district
Los Angeles (Downtown L.A.)	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democratic	2003-01-03 – present	Redistricted from 33rd district; incumbent

Election Results

1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006

1962

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna	90,758	55.9
	Republican	Robert A. Geier	71,478	44.1
Turnout			162,236
	Democratic win (new seat)

1964

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1964^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (incumbent)	137,588	58.3
	Republican	Robert A. Geier	98,606	41.7
Turnout			236,194
	Democratic hold

1966

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1966^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (incumbent)	127,976	55.8
	Republican	Frank LaMagna	101,410	44.2
Turnout			129,386
	Democratic hold

1968

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1968^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (incumbent)	105,880	50.9
	Republican	Bill J. Teague	102,333	49.1
Turnout			208,213
	Democratic hold

1970

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (incumbent)	101,664	54.5
	Republican	Bill J. Teague	82,167	44.0
	American Independent	Lee R. Rayburn	2,843	1.5
Turnout			186,674
	Democratic hold

1972

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (incumbent)	113,841	67.2
	Republican	John D. Ratterree	48,916	28.9
	American Independent	Lee R. Rayburn	6,604	3.9
Turnout			169,361
	Democratic hold

1974

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark W. Hannaford (inc.)	78,345	49.8
	Republican	Bill Bond	72,967	46.3
	American Independent	James Manis	3,169	2.0
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	3,043	1.9
Turnout			157,524
	Democratic hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark W. Hannaford (inc.)	100,988	50.7
	Republican	Dan Lungren	98,147	49.3
Turnout			199,135
	Democratic hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Lungren	90,554	53.7
	Democratic	Mark W. Hannaford (inc.)	73,608	43.7
	American Independent	Lawrence John Stafford	4,410	2.6
Turnout			168,572
	Republican gain from Democratic

1980

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Lungren (incumbent)	138,024	71.8
	Democratic	Simone	46,351	24.1
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	7,794	4.1
Turnout			192,169
	Republican hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres	68,316	57.2
	Republican	Paul R. Jackson	51,026	42.8
Turnout			119,342
	Democratic hold

1984

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1984^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (incumbent)	87,060	59.8
	Republican	Paul R. Jackson	58,467	40.2
Turnout			145,527
	Democratic hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1986^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (incumbent)	66,404	60.3
	Republican	Charles M. House	43,659	39.7
Turnout			110,063
	Democratic hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1988^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (incumbent)	92,087	63.2
	Republican	Charles M. House	50,954	35.0
	Libertarian	Carl M. "Marty" Swinney	2,686	1.8
Turnout			145,727
	Democratic hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (incumbent)	55,646	60.7
	Republican	John Eastman	36,024	39.3
Turnout			91,670
	Democratic hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1992^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (incumbent)	91,738	61.3
	Republican	J. Jay Hernandez	50,907	34.0
	Libertarian	Carl M. "Marty" Swinney	7,072	4.7
	No party	Worland (write-in)	1	0.0
Turnout			149,718
	Democratic hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1994^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (incumbent)	72,439	61.67
	Republican	Albert J. Nunez	40,068	34.11
	Libertarian	Carl M. "Marty" Swinney	4,921	4.19
	American Independent	J. Scott (write-in)	27	0.02
Turnout			117,455
	Democratic hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (incumbent)	94,730	68.5
	Republican	David Nunez	36,852	26.7
	American Independent	J. Scott	4,122	2.9
	Libertarian	David Argall	2,736	1.9
Turnout			138,440
	Democratic hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano	76,471	67.63
	Republican	Ed Perez	32,321	28.58
	Libertarian	Jason Heath	2,195	1.94
	American Independent	Walter Scott	2,088	1.85
Turnout			113,075
	Democratic hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano (incumbent)	105,980	71.3
	Republican	Robert Arthur Canales	33,445	22.5
	Natural Law	Julia F. Simon	9,262	6.2
	Republican	John W. Brantuk (write-in)	36	0.0
Turnout			148,723
	Democratic hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard (inc.)	46,734	74.1
	Republican	Wayne Miller	17,090	25.9
Turnout			63,824
	Democratic hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard (inc.)	82,282	74.5
	Republican	Wayne Miller	28,175	25.5
Turnout			110,457
	Democratic hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard (inc.)	57,459	76.8
	Republican	Wayne Miller	17,359	23.2
	No party	Naomi Crane (write-in)	1	0.0
Turnout			74,819
	Democratic hold

References

External links

[1] Statement of Vote (2004 President)

[2] Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)

[3] Statement of Vote (2006 Senate)

[4] Statement of Vote (2004 Senate)

[5] Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)

[6] Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)

[7] Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)

[8] 1962 election results

[9] 1964 election results

[10] 1966 election results

[11] 1968 election results

[12] 1970 election results

[13] 1972 election results

[14] 1974 election results

[15] 1976 election results

[16] 1978 election results

[17] 1980 election results

[18] 1982 election results

[19] 1984 election results

[20] 1986 election results

[21] 1988 election results

[22] 1990 election results

[23] 1992 election results

[24] 1994 election results

[25] 1996 election results

[26] 1998 election results

[27] 2000 election results

[28] 2002 general election results

[29] 2004 general election results

[30] 2006 general election results

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