California's 38th congressional district
California's 38th congressional district | |
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California's 38th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.[1] | |
Current Representative | Linda Sánchez (D–Lakewood) |
Ethnicity | |
Cook PVI | D+17[3] |
California's 38th congressional district is congressional district in the U.S. state of California based in suburban eastern Los Angeles County, California. The district is currently represented by Democrat Linda Sánchez.
Geography
The district covers several cities in southeastern Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley areas including:
- the cities of:
- Artesia
- Bellflower
- Cerritos
- Hawaiian Gardens
- La Mirada
- La Palma
- Lakewood
- Montebello
- Norwalk
- Pico Rivera
- Santa Fe Springs
- South El Monte
- Whittier
- and the unincorporated communities of:
- Avocado Heights
- East La Mirada
- Los Nietos
- South San Gabriel,
- East Whittier
- North Whittier
- South Whittier.
The major cities generally reflect an Hispanic majority, while Cerritos and La Palma have an Asian-American majority.
Recent election results from statewide races
Year | Office | Winner and vote |
---|---|---|
1992 | President | Clinton 44.6 - 33.5% |
Senator | Herschensohn 46.3 - 45.1% | |
Senator | Feinstein 50.9 - 39.5% | |
1994 | Governor | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Senator | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
1996 | President | [Data unknown/missing.] |
1998 | Governor | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Senator | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
2000 | President | Gore 57.9 - 37.3%[4] |
Senator | Feinstein 59.6 - 33.3%[5] | |
2002 | Governor | Davis 62.3 - 28.7%[6] |
2003 | Recall | No 52.4 - 47.6%[7][8] |
Bustamante 47.1 - 37.9% | ||
2004 | President | Kerry 65.3 - 33.6%[9] |
Senator | Boxer 70.8 - 23.4%[10] | |
2006 | Governor | Angelides 58.3 - 37.1%[11] |
Senator | Feinstein 71.9 - 23.0%[12] | |
2008 | President | Obama 72.3 - 26.6%[13] |
2010 | Governor | Brown 68.1 - 25.9% |
Senator | Boxer 67.1 - 26.4% | |
2012 | President | Obama 64.9 - 33.0% |
2016 | President | Clinton 67.0 - 27.4% |
List of representatives
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 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Patrick M. Martin | 68,583 | 55.9 | |||
Democratic | Dalip Singh Saund (incumbent) | 54,022 | 44.1 | |||
Total votes | 122,605 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John V. Tunney | 85,661 | 52.8 | |||
Republican | Patrick M. Martin (incumbent) | 76,525 | 47.2 | |||
Total votes | 162,186 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John V. Tunney (incumbent) | 83,216 | 54.5 | |
Republican | Robert O. Hunter | 69,444 | 45.5 | |
Total votes | 152,660 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John V. Tunney (incumbent) | 121,025 | 62.8 | |
Republican | Robert O. Hunter | 68,196 | 35.4 | |
American Independent | James H. Griffin | 2,415 | 1.3 | |
Peace and Freedom | Terese A. Karmel | 1,205 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 192,841 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Victor Veysey | 87,479 | 49.8 | |||
Democratic | David A. Tunno | 85,684 | 48.8 | |||
American Independent | William E. Pasley | 2,481 | 3.4 | |||
Total votes | 175,644 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) | 77,776 | 56.3 | ||
Republican | Howard J. Snider | 60,379 | 43.7 | ||
Total votes | 138,155 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson | 67,299 | 54.0 | |||
Republican | David Rehmann | 51,509 | 41.3 | |||
American Independent | Lee R. Rayburn | 3,991 | 3.2 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Larry B. Kallenberger | 1,851 | 1.5 | |||
Total votes | 124,650 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 103,317 | 63.6 | |
Republican | James "Jim" Combs | 59,092 | 36.4 | |
Total votes | 162,409 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 75,471 | 58.6 | |
Republican | Dan Goedeke | 53,298 | 41.4 | |
Total votes | 128,769 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 91,880 | 55.5 | |
Republican | Art Jacobson | 66,256 | 40.0 | |
Libertarian | Charles E. "Chuck" Heiser | 7,301 | 4.4 | |
Total votes | 165,437 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 73,914 | 52.4 | |||
Republican | William F. "Bill" Dohr | 61,279 | 43.4 | |||
Libertarian | Anita K. Barr | 5,989 | 4.2 | |||
Total votes | 141,182 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bob Dornan | 86,545 | 53.2 | |||
Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 73,231 | 45.0 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Michael Schuyles Bright | 3,021 | 1.9 | |||
Total votes | 162,797 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bob Dornan (incumbent) | 66,032 | 55.3 | |
Democratic | Richard H. Robinson | 50,625 | 42.4 | |
Libertarian | Lee Connelly | 2,807 | 2.3 | |
Total votes | 119,464 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bob Dornan (incumbent) | 87,690 | 59.5 | |
Democratic | Jerry Yudelson | 52,399 | 35.6 | |
Libertarian | Bruce McKay | 3,733 | 2.5 | |
Peace and Freedom | Frank German | 3,547 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 147,369 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bob Dornan (incumbent) | 60,561 | 58.1 | |
Democratic | Barbara Jackson | 43,693 | 41.9 | |
Total votes | 104,254 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Steve Horn | 92,038 | 48.6 | |||
Democratic | Evan Anderson Braude | 82,108 | 43.4 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Paul Burton | 8,391 | 4.4 | |||
Libertarian | Blake Ashley | 6,756 | 3.6 | |||
No party | Brown (write-in) | 14 | 0.0% | |||
No party | Venable (write-in) | 14 | 0.0% | |||
Total votes | 189,321 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Steve Horn (incumbent) | 85,225 | 58.47 | |
Democratic | Peter Mathews | 53,681 | 36.83 | |
Libertarian | Lester W. Mueller | 3,795 | 2.60 | |
Peace and Freedom | Richard K. Green | 2,995 | 2.05 | |
No party | Duke (write-in) | 73 | 0.05% | |
Total votes | 145,769 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Steve Horn (incumbent) | 88,136 | 52.6 | |
Democratic | Rick Zbur | 71,627 | 42.8 | |
Green | William Yeager | 4,610 | 2.7 | |
Libertarian | Paul Gautreau | 3,272 | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 195,545 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Steve Horn (incumbent) | 88,136 | 52.93 | |
Democratic | Peter Mathews | 71,627 | 44.31 | |
Libertarian | David Bowers | 3,705 | 2.75 | |
Republican | Margherita Underhill (write-in) | 17 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 163,485 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Steve Horn (incumbent) | 87,266 | 48.5 | |
Democratic | Gerrie Shcipske | 85,498 | 47.5 | |
Natural Law | Karen Blasdell-Wilkinson | 3,744 | 2.0 | |
Libertarian | Jack Neglia | 3,614 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | 180,122 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Grace Napolitano (incumbent) | 62,600 | 71.2 | |
Republican | Alex A. Burrola | 23,126 | 26.2 | |
Libertarian | Al Cuperus | 2,301 | 2.6 | |
Total votes | 88,027 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Grace Napolitano (incumbent) | 116,851 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Grace Napolitano (incumbent) | 75,181 | 75.4 | |
Republican | Sidney W. Street | 24,620 | 24.6 | |
Total votes | 99,801 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Grace Napolitano (incumbent) | 130,211 | 81.73 | |
Libertarian | Christopher M. Agrella | 29,113 | 18.27 | |
Total votes | 159,324 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Grace Napolitano (incumbent) | 85,459 | 73.45 | |
Republican | Robert Vaughn | 30,883 | 26.55 | |
Total votes | 116,342 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Linda Sánchez (incumbent) | 145,280 | 67.5 | |
Republican | Benjamin Campos | 69,807 | 32.5 | |
Total votes | 215,087 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Linda Sánchez (incumbent) | 58,192 | 59% | |
Republican | Benjamin Campos | 40,288 | 41% | |
Total votes | 98,480 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Linda Sánchez (incumbent) | 163,590 | 70.5% | |
Republican | Ryan Downing | 68,524 | 29.5% | |
Total votes | 232,114 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Living former Members
As of April 2015, there are four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 38th congressional district that are currently living. The most recent representative to die was Steve Horn (1993-2003) on February 17, 2011.
Representative | Term in office | Date of birth (and age) |
---|---|---|
Jerry M. Patterson | 1975 - 1985 | October 25, 1934 |
Bob Dornan | 1985 - 1993 | April 3, 1933 |
Grace Napolitano | 2003 - 2013 | December 4, 1936 |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ↑ https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd113/cd_based/ST06/CD113_CA38.pdf
- ↑ "California's citizen commission final district maps: Find out what's changed where you live". latimes.com.
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2000 President) Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2000 Senator) Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2002 Governor) Archived 2010-11-11 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question) Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2003 Governor) Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2004 President) Archived 2010-08-01 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2004 Senator) Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2006 Governor) Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2006 Senator) Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ (2008 President) Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "1962 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1964 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1966 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1968 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1970 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1972 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1974 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1976 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1978 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1980 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1982 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1984 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1986 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1988 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1990 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1992 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1994 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1996 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "1998 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ "2000 election results" (PDF).
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 2012 general election results Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
External links
- GovTrack.us: California's 38th congressional district
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
- California Voter Foundation map - CD38
Coordinates: 33°56′26″N 118°03′45″W / 33.94056°N 118.06250°W