California's 23rd congressional district
California's 23rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California.
California's 23rd congressional district | |||
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California's 23rd congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Population (2018 est.) | 747,852[1] | ||
Median income | $56,995[2] | ||
Ethnicity | |||
Cook PVI | R+14[4] |
The current district includes parts of the southern San Joaquin Valley, the Tehachapi Mountains and southern Sierra Nevada, and the northwestern Mojave Desert. It comprises most of Kern County and portions of Los Angeles and Tulare counties. Cities in the district include Porterville, Ridgecrest, most of Bakersfield, and part of Lancaster.[5] By PVI, it is the most Republican-leaning district in the state.
The district is represented in the 116th United States Congress by Republican Kevin McCarthy. Since January 2019, McCarthy has been House minority leader.
Former characteristics
From 2003 to 2013 the district ran along the Pacific coasts of Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties. Major cities in the district included Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, and Oxnard.[6] Before redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission in 2011, California's 23rd Congressional District was one of the narrowest districts in the United States, stretching along the Pacific coast from Oxnard to the Monterey County line. It was often referred to as "the district that disappears at high tide"[7] or the "ribbon of shame".[8] This area is now divided between the 24th and 26th districts.
Election results from statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | Clinton 38.4–34.5% |
Senator | Herschensohn 49.4–40.6% | |
Senator | Feinstein 46.2–45.3% | |
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[9] | Gore 48.2–46.9% |
Senator[10] | Feinstein 51.2–41.5% | |
2002 | Governor[11] | Davis 48.0–40.7% |
2003 | Recall[12][13] | Yes 52.8–47.2% |
Schwarzenegger 42.4–35.2% | ||
2004 | President[14] | Kerry 58.3–40.3% |
Senator[15] | Boxer 60.2–34.8% | |
2006 | Governor[16] | Schwarzenegger 53.6–41.1% |
Senator[17] | Feinstein 62.3–33.1% | |
2008 | President[18] | Obama 65.3–32.3% |
2010 | Governor | Brown 55.9–38.5% |
Senator | Boxer 55.9–38.4% | |
2012 | President | Romney 61.5–36.1% |
Senator | Emken 62.0–38.0% | |
2014 | Governor | Kashkari 64.5–35.5% |
2016 | President | Trump 58.1–36.1% |
Senator | Harris 54.3–45.7% | |
2018 | Governor | Cox 62.6–37.4% |
Senator | de Leon 60.3–39.7% |
List of members representing the district
Election results
1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1963 (Special) • 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 • 2016 • 2018 |
1942
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edouard Izac (Incumbent) | 42,864 | 50.5% | |
Republican | James B. Abbey | 42,087 | 49.5% | |
Total votes | 84,951 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1944
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edouard Izac (Incumbent) | 86,707 | 55.1% | |
Republican | James B. Abbey | 70,787 | 44.9% | |
Total votes | 157,494 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1946
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Charles K. Fletcher | 69,411 | 56.3% | |||
Democratic | Edouard Izac (Incumbent) | 53,898 | 43.7% | |||
Total votes | 123,309 | 100.0% | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1948
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Clinton D. McKinnon | 112,534 | 55.8% | |||
Republican | Charles K. Fletcher (Incumbent) | 87,138 | 43.2% | |||
Progressive | Harry C. Steinmetz | 2,017 | 1.0% | |||
Total votes | 201,689 | 100.0% | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
1950
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clinton D. McKinnon (Incumbent) | 94,137 | 51% | |
Republican | Leslie E. Gehres | 90,398 | 49% | |
Total votes | 184,535 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clyde Doyle (Incumbent) | 138,356 | 87.5% | |
Progressive | Olive T. Thompson | 17,501 | 11.1% | |
Republican | C. Cleveland (write-in) | 2,329 | 1.4% | |
Total votes | 158,186 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clyde Doyle (Incumbent) | 90,729 | 70.9% | |
Republican | Frank G. Bussing | 34,911 | 27.3% | |
Progressive | Olive T. Thompson | 2,293 | 1.8% | |
Total votes | 127,933 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1956
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clyde Doyle (Incumbent) | 120,109 | 70.9% | |
Republican | E. Elgie "Cal" Calvin | 49,198 | 29.1% | |
Total votes | 169,207 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clyde Doyle (Incumbent) | 140,817 | 100.0% | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1960
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clyde Doyle (Incumbent) | 148,415 | 74.2% | |
Republican | Emmett A. Schwartz | 51,548 | 25.8% | |
Total votes | 199,963 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clyde Doyle (Incumbent) | 83,269 | 64.2% | |
Republican | Emmett A. Schwartz | 46,488 | 35.8% | |
Total votes | 129,757 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1963 (Special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Del M. Clawson | 53.2% | ||||
Democratic | Carley V. Porter | 35.4% | ||||
Democratic | Maurice H. Quigley | 4.7% | ||||
Democratic | Armand R. Porter | 2.7% | ||||
Democratic | James Earle Christo | 1.4% | ||||
Democratic | Lynn W. Johnston | 1.4% | ||||
Republican | Harold R. "Hal" Bennett | 0.6% | ||||
Republican | Harry L. Butler | 0.6% | ||||
Total votes | 100.0% | |||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Del M. Clawson (Incumbent) | 90,721 | 55.4% | |
Democratic | H. O. Van Pettin | 72,903 | 44.6% | |
Total votes | 163,624 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Del M. Clawson (Incumbent) | 93,320 | 67.4% | |
Democratic | Ed O'Connor | 45,141 | 32.6% | |
Total votes | 138,461 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Del M. Clawson (Incumbent) | 95,628 | 64.9% | |
Democratic | Jim Sperrazzo | 51,606 | 35.1% | |
Total votes | 147,234 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Del M. Clawson (Incumbent) | 77,346 | 63.3% | |
Democratic | G. L. "Jerry" Chapman | 44,767 | 36.7% | |
Total votes | 122,113 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Del M. Clawson (Incumbent) | 118,731 | 61.4% | |
Democratic | Conrad G. Tuohey | 74,561 | 38.6% | |
Total votes | 193,292 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas M. Rees | 119,239 | 71.4% | |
Republican | Jack E. Roberts | 47,615 | 28.6% | |
Total votes | 166,854 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson | 130,619 | 60.2% | |
Republican | Thomas F. Bartman | 86,434 | 39.8% | |
Total votes | 217,053 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson (Incumbent) | 117,498 | 65.6% | |
Republican | Joseph Barbara | 61,496 | 34.4% | |
Total votes | 178,994 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson (Incumbent) | 126,020 | 63.2% | |
Republican | Robert "Bob" Winckler | 62,742 | 31.5% | |
Libertarian | Jeffrey P. Lieb | 10,623 | 5.3% | |
Total votes | 199,385 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson (Incumbent) | 120,788 | 59.6% | |
Republican | David Armor | 82,031 | 40.4% | |
Total votes | 202,819 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson (Incumbent) | 140,461 | 61.6% | |
Republican | Claude W. Parrish | 84,093 | 36.9% | |
Libertarian | Larry Leathers | 3,580 | 1.6% | |
Total votes | 228,134 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson (Incumbent) | 121,468 | 65.7% | |
Republican | George Woolverton | 58,746 | 31.8% | |
Peace and Freedom | Tom Hopke | 2,521 | 1.4% | |
Libertarian | Taylor Rhodes | 2,019 | 1.1% | |
Total votes | 184,754 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson (Incumbent) | 147,858 | 63.5% | |
Republican | Jim Salomon | 77,184 | 33.1% | |
Libertarian | John R. Vernon | 4,503 | 1.9% | |
Peace and Freedom | John Honigsfeld | 3,316 | 1.4% | |
No party | Write-ins | 18 | 0.0% | |
Total votes | 232,879 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson (Incumbent) | 103,141 | 61.7% | |
Republican | Jim Salomon | 57,118 | 34.2% | |
Peace and Freedom | John Honigsfeld | 6,834 | 4.1% | |
Total votes | 167,093 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly (Redistricted incumbent) | 115,504 | 54.3% | |
Democratic | Anita Perez Ferguson | 88,225 | 41.4% | |
Libertarian | Jay C. Wood | 9,091 | 4.3% | |
No party | Dunbar (write-in) | 61 | 0.0% | |
Total votes | 212,881 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly (Incumbent) | 114,043 | 66.17% | |
Democratic | Kevin Ready | 47,345 | 27.47% | |
Libertarian | Bill Brown | 6,481 | 3.76% | |
Green | Robert T. Marston | 4,457 | 2.59% | |
No party | Nagode (write-in) | 14 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 172,340 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly (Incumbent) | 118,880 | 59.6% | |
Democratic | Robert Unruhe | 70,035 | 35.2% | |
Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 8,346 | 4.1% | |
Natural Law | Stephen Hospodar | 2,246 | 1.1% | |
Total votes | 199,507 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly (Incumbent) | 96,362 | 60.06% | |
Democratic | Daniel "Dan" Gonzalez | 64,068 | 39.94% | |
Total votes | 160,430 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly (Incumbent) | 119,479 | 54.1% | |
Democratic | Michael Case | 89,918 | 40.7% | |
Reform | Cary Savitch | 6,473 | 3.0% | |
Libertarian | Roger Peebles | 3,708 | 1.6% | |
Natural Law | Stephen P. Hospodar | 1,456 | 0.6% | |
Total votes | 221,034 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lois Capps (Redistricted incumbent) | 95,752 | 59.1% | |
Republican | Beth Rogers | 62,604 | 38.6% | |
Libertarian | James E. Hill | 3,866 | 2.3% | |
Total votes | 162,222 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lois Capps (Incumbent) | 153,980 | 63.1% | |
Republican | Don Regan | 83,926 | 34.3% | |
Libertarian | Michael Favorite | 6,391 | 2.6% | |
Total votes | 244,297 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lois Capps (Incumbent) | 114,661 | 65.2% | |
Republican | Victor G. Tognazzini | 61,272 | 34.8% | |
No party | H.A. Gardner Jr. (write-in) | 18 | 0.0% | |
Total votes | 175,951 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lois Capps (Incumbent) | 171,403 | 68.07% | |
Republican | Matt Kokkonen | 80,385 | 31.93% | |
Total votes | 251,788 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | 77.41% | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lois Capps (Incumbent) | 111,768 | 57.8% | |
Republican | Tom Watson | 72,744 | 37.6% | |
Libertarian | Darrell M. Stafford | 3,326 | 1.7% | |
No party | John V. Hager | 5,625 | 2.9% | |
Total votes | 193,463 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Kevin McCarthy (Redistricted incumbent) | 158,161 | 73.2% | |
No party preference | Terry Phillips | 57,842 | 26.8% | |
Total votes | 216,003 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
2014
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent) | 58,334 | 99.1% | |
Democratic | Raul Garcia (write-in) | 313 | 0.5% | |
Republican | Mike Biglay (write-in) | 157 | 0.3% | |
No party preference | Ronald L. Porter (write-in) | 36 | 0.1% | |
Libertarian | Gail K. Lightfoot (write-in) | 31 | 0.1% | |
Green | Noah Calugaru (write-in) | 3 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 58,871 | 100.0% | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent) | 100,317 | 74.8% | |
Democratic | Raul Garcia | 33,726 | 25.2% | |
Total votes | 134,043 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent) | 167,116 | 69.2% | |
Democratic | Wendy Reed | 74,468 | 30.8% | |
Total votes | 241,584 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent) | 131,113 | 63.7% | |
Democratic | Tatiana Matta | 74,661 | 36.3% | |
Total votes | 205,774 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
2020
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Kim Mangone | |||
Total votes |
Historical district boundaries
References
- https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=06&cd=23
- https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=06&cd=23
- "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.
- "California's citizen commission final district maps: Find out what's changed where you live". Los Angeles Times. August 2, 2011.
- https://statewidedatabase.org/pub/data/MAPS/district/2001/cd23.pdf
- Patrick McGreevy (December 19, 2010). "New redistricting panel takes aim at bizarre political boundaries". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- Aaron Blake (July 27, 2011). "Name that district! (Gerrymandering edition)". Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
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- Statement of Vote (2004 Senator) Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
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- 2004 general election results Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- 2006 general election results Archived November 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- "2010 general election results". Archived from the original on 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
- 2012 general election results Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- 2012 general election results Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- 2018 general election results