California's 21st congressional district
California's 21st congressional district (or CA-21) is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It is located in the San Joaquin Valley and includes Kings County and portions of Fresno, Kern, and Tulare counties. Cities in the district include Coalinga, Delano, Hanford, and part of Bakersfield.
California's 21st congressional district | |||
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California's 21st congressional district – since January 3, 2013. | |||
Representative |
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Median income | $44,561[1] | ||
Ethnicity | |||
Cook PVI | D+5[3] |
The district is currently represented by Democrat TJ Cox, who defeated Republican incumbent David Valadao in 2018. Democrat Emilio Huerta, who lost to Valadao in 2016, had announced that he would run against Valadao again in the 2018 midterm elections.[4] However, Huerta withdrew from the race on March 2, 2018, one week before the filing deadline to appear on the primary election ballot.[5][6] On March 6, 2018, TJ Cox, an engineer and small businessman, withdrew from the CA-10 primary race to instead run in CA-21 against Rep. Valadao.[6]
Formerly, from 2003 to 2013, the 21st district covered all of Tulare County and the eastern half of Fresno County.
Election results from statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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2008 | President | Obama 51.5–45.7% |
2010 | Governor | Brown 47.5–43.8% |
Senator | Fiorina 49.9–39.5% | |
Attorney General | Cooley 48.9–37.2% | |
Treasurer | Lockyer 49.7–38.7% | |
Controller | Chiang 50.1–37.8% | |
2012 | President | Obama 54.6–43.5% |
Senator | Feinstein 55.6–44.4% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 52.4–47.6% |
2016 | President | Clinton 55.2–39.7% |
Senator | Sanchez 56.7–43.3% | |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 52.1–47.9% |
Senator | de Leon 57.0–43.0% |
List of members representing the district
Representative | Party | Dates | Cong ress(es) |
Electoral history | Counties |
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District created | January 3, 1943 | ||||
Harry R. Sheppard |
Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953 |
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd |
Redistricted from the 19th district. Redistricted to the 27th district. |
1943–1953 Northern Los Angeles, San Bernardino |
Edgar W. Hiestand |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
Redistricted to the 27th district and lost re-election. | 1953–1983 Los Angeles |
Augustus Hawkins |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1975 |
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd |
Redistricted to the 29th district. | |
James C. Corman |
Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 |
94th 95th 96th |
Redistricted from the 22nd district. Lost re-election | |
Bobbi Fiedler |
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
97th | Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987 |
98th 99th |
1983–1993 Los Angeles (western San Fernando Valley), southeastern Ventura | |||
Elton Gallegly |
Republican | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 |
100th 101st 102nd |
Redistricted to the 23rd district. | |
Bill Thomas |
Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th |
Redistricted from the 20th district. Redistricted to the 22nd district. |
1993–2003 Kern, eastern Tulare |
Devin Nunes |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 |
108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Redistricted to the 22nd district. | 2003–2013 Eastern Fresno, Tulare |
David Valadao |
Republican | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019 |
113th 114th 115th |
Elected in 2012. Lost re-election. |
2013–present Kings, parts of Fresno. Kern and Tulare. |
TJ Cox |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 – present |
116th | Elected in 2018. |
Election results
1942
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 38,419 | 96.6 | |
Republican | Arthur E. Isham (write-in) | 1,350 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 39,769 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1944
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 48,539 | 58.5 | |
Republican | Earl S. Webb | 34,409 | 41.5 | |
Total votes | 82,948 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1946
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 37,229 | 52.7 | |
Republican | Lowell E. Lathrop | 33,395 | 47.3 | |
Total votes | 70,624 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1948
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 61,383 | 55.2 | |
Republican | Lowell E. Lathrop | 47,411 | 42.6 | |
Progressive | Howard J. Louks | 2,422 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 111,216 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1950
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 62,994 | 57.4 | |
Republican | R. E. Reynolds | 46,693 | 42.6 | |
Total votes | 109,687 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand | 112,100 | 53.6 | ||
Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 97,007 | 46.4 | ||
Total votes | 209,107 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican win (new seat) |
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (Incumbent) | 100,258 | 58.7 | |
Democratic | William E. "Bill" Roskam | 70,486 | 41.3 | |
Total votes | 170,744 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1956
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (Incumbent) | 153,679 | 62.6 | |
Democratic | W. C. "Bill" Stethem | 91,683 | 37.4 | |
Total votes | 245,362 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (Incumbent) | 127,238 | 51.9 | |
Democratic | Mrs. Rudd Brown | 118,141 | 48.1 | |
Total votes | 245,379 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1960
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (Incumbent) | 179,376 | 58.4 | |
Democratic | Mrs. Rudd Brown | 127,591 | 41.6 | |
Total votes | 306,967 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins | 73,465 | 84.6 | ||
Republican | Herman Smith | 13,371 | 15.2 | ||
Total votes | 86,836 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 106,231 | 90.3 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 11,374 | 9.7 | |
Total votes | 117,605 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 74,216 | 84.8 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 13,294 | 15.2 | |
Total votes | 87,510 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 87,205 | 91.6 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 7,995 | 8.4 | |
Total votes | 95,200 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 75,127 | 94.5 | |
Republican | Southy M. Johnson | 4,349 | 5.5 | |
Total votes | 79,476 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 92,799 | 82.9 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 19,187 | 17.1 | |
Total votes | 111,986 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James C. Corman (Incumbent) | 86,778 | 73.5 | |
Republican | Mel Nadell | 31,365 | 26.5 | |
Total votes | 118,143 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James C. Corman (Incumbent) | 101,837 | 66.5 | |
Republican | Erwin Ed Hogan | 44,094 | 28.8 | |
Peace and Freedom | Bill Hill | 7,178 | 4.7 | |
Total votes | 153,109 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James C. Corman (Incumbent) | 73,869 | 59.5 | |
Republican | Rod Walsh | 44,519 | 35.9 | |
Peace and Freedom | Bill Hill | 5,750 | 4.6 | |
Total votes | 124,138 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bobbi Fiedler | 74,674 | 48.7 | |||
Democratic | James C. Corman (Incumbent) | 73,898 | 48.2 | |||
Libertarian | George J. Lehmann | 2,790 | 1.8 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Jan B. Tucker | 2,038 | 1.3 | |||
Total votes | 153,400 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bobbi Fiedler (Incumbent) | 138,474 | 71.8 | |
Democratic | George Henry Margolis | 46,412 | 24.1 | |
Libertarian | Daniel Wiener | 7,881 | 4.1 | |
Total votes | 192,767 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bobbi Fiedler (Incumbent) | 173,504 | 72.3 | |
Democratic | Charles "Charlie" Davis | 62,085 | 25.9 | |
Libertarian | Robert Townsend Leet | 4,379 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 239,968 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly | 132,090 | 68.4 | |
Democratic | Gilbert R. Saldana | 54,497 | 28.2 | |
Libertarian | Daniel Wiener | 6,504 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 193,091 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly (Incumbent) | 181,413 | 69.1 | |
Democratic | Donald E. Stevens | 75,739 | 28.8 | |
Libertarian | Robert Jay | 5,519 | 2.1 | |
Total votes | 262,671 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly (Incumbent) | 118,326 | 58.4 | |
Democratic | Richard D. Freiman | 68,921 | 34.0 | |
Libertarian | Peggy L. Christensen | 15,364 | 7.6 | |
Total votes | 202,611 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 127,758 | 65.2 | |
Democratic | Deborah A. Vollmer | 68,058 | 34.7 | |
Libertarian | Mike Hodges (write-in) | 149 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 195,965 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 116,874 | 68.10 | |
Democratic | John L. Evans | 47,517 | 27.69 | |
Libertarian | Mike Hodges | 6,899 | 4.02 | |
No party | Vollmer (write-in) | 339 | 0.20 | |
Total votes | 171,629 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 125,916 | 65.9 | |
Democratic | Deborah Vollmer | 50,694 | 26.5 | |
Reform | John Evans | 8,113 | 4.3 | |
Natural Law | Jane Bialosky | 3,380 | 1.8 | |
Libertarian | Mike Hodges | 3,049 | 1.5 | |
Republican | Karen Gentry (write-in) | 172 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 191,324 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 115,989 | 78.91 | |
Democratic | John Evans | 30,994 | 21.09 | |
Total votes | 146,983 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 142,539 | 71.6 | |
Democratic | Pedro "Pete" Martinez | 49,318 | 24.8 | |
Libertarian | James R.S. Manion | 7,243 | 3.6 | |
Total votes | 199,100 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes | 87,544 | 70.5 | ||
Democratic | David G. LaPere | 32,584 | 26.3 | ||
Libertarian | Jonathan Richter | 4,070 | 3.2 | ||
Total votes | 124,198 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican win (new seat) |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 140,721 | 73.2 | |
Democratic | Fred B. Davis | 51,594 | 26.8 | |
Total votes | 192,315 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 95,214 | 66.8 | |
Democratic | Steven Haze | 42,718 | 29.9 | |
Green | John Roger Miller | 4,729 | 3.3 | |
Total votes | 142,661 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 143,498 | 68.4 | |
Democratic | Larry Johnson | 66,317 | 31.6 | |
Total votes | 209,815 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 135,979 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 135,979 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Valadao | 67,164 | 57.8 | ||
Democratic | John Hernandez | 49,119 | 42.2 | ||
Total votes | 116,283 | 100.0 | |||
Republican win (new seat) |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Valadao (Incumbent) | 45,907 | 57.8 | |
Democratic | Amanda Renteria | 33,470 | 42.2 | |
Total votes | 79,377 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Valadao (Incumbent) | 75,126 | 56.7 | |
Democratic | Emilio Huerta | 57,282 | 43.3 | |
Total votes | 132,408 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | TJ Cox | 57,239 | 50.4 | |||
Republican | David Valadao (Incumbent) | 56,377 | 49.6 | |||
Total votes | 113,616 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
References
- https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=06&cd=21
- "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
- "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- Hernandez, Luis. "Nunes, Valadao to face challenge in 2018 election". Visalia Times-Delta. USA Today Networks. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- "Emilio Huerta drops out of congressional race against David Valadao". fresnobee. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- "Candidates wanted: Can Dems conquer Central Valley congressional seat?". The Mercury News. 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
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- 2006 general election results Archived November 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- California - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times
- Barone, Michael; Cohen, Richard E. (2009). Koszczuk, Jackie (ed.). The Almanac of American Politics (2010 ed.). Washington, D.C.: National Journal Group. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-89234-120-7.
- Statement of Vote November 4, 2008, General Election Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- 2010 general election results
- 2012 general election results Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- U.S. House of Representatives District 21 - Districtwide Results Archived 2014-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
- U.S. House of Representatives District 21 - Districtwide Results Archived 2014-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
- U.S. House of Representatives District 21 - Districtwide Results Archived 2018-12-02 at the Wayback Machine