California's 2nd congressional district

California's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California.

California's 2nd congressional district
California's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Jared Huffman D–San Rafael
Population (2018)	722,370[1]
Median income	$77,550[2]
Ethnicity	72.80% white[3] 16.64% Hispanic 4.35% Asian 3.21% Native American 1.94% black 0.27% Pacific Islands Americans
Cook PVI	D+22[4]

Jared Huffman, a Democrat, has represented the district since January 2013.

Currently, the district encompasses the northern coast of the state. It stretches from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border and includes all of Highway 101 north of San Francisco except for a stretch in Sonoma County. It consists of Marin, Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte, and Trinity counties plus portions of Sonoma County. Cities in the district include San Rafael, Petaluma, Novato, Windsor, Healdsburg, Ukiah, Fort Bragg, Fortuna, Eureka, Arcata, McKinleyville, and Crescent City.[5]

History

From 2003 until the redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission that took effect in 2013, the 2nd district encompassed much of the far northern part of the state, from the Central Valley north of Sacramento to the Oregon border. It was the largest district by area in California. It consisted of Colusa, Glenn, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, and Yuba counties plus portions of Butte and Yolo counties.

The district had a dramatically different political history than its current incarnation. While the current 2nd is one of the most Democratic districts in California, the old 2nd had been a Republican stronghold for almost three decades. Much of this territory is now the 1st District, while most of the current 2nd had been split between the 1st and 6th districts from 2003 to 2013.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
1990	Governor[6]	Wilson 56.8% - 37.4%
1992	President[7]	Bush 38.7 – 35.7%
	Senator[8]	Herschensohn 52.7 – 35.6%
	Senator (Special)[9]	Seymour 47.0 – 42.7%
1994	Governor[10]	Wilson 64.2 – 29.7%
	Senator[11]	Huffington 57.8 – 32.8%
1996	President[12]	Dole 50.9 – 36.1%
1998	Governor[13]	Lungren 50.6% – 45.1%
	Senator[14]	Fong 56.3% – 38.3%
2000	President[15]	Bush 59.2 – 34.1%
	Senator[16]	Campbell 50.9 – 39.5%
2002	Governor[17]	Simon 57.6 – 31.1%
2003	Recall[18][19]	Yes 70.5 – 29.5%
		Schwarzenegger 57.6 – 18.5%
2004	President[20]	Bush 62.0 – 36.6%
	Senator[21]	Jones 55.5 – 39.6%
2006	Governor[22]	Schwarzenegger 70.5 – 23.7%
	Senator[23]	Mountjoy 51.8 – 42.0%
2008	President[24]	McCain 55.0 – 42.6%
2010	Governor[25]	Whitman 55.2 – 37.6%
	Senator[26]	Fiorina 60.2 – 31.9%
2012	President[27]	Obama 68.7 – 26.8%
	Senator[28]	Feinstein 72.6 – 27.4%
2014	Governor[29]	Brown 73.5 – 26.5%
2016	President[30]	Clinton 69.0 – 23.3%
	Senator[31]	Harris 73.8 – 26.2%
2018	Governor [32]	Newsom 72.1 – 27.9%
	Senator [33]	Feinstein 56.6 – 43.4%

List of members representing the district

District created March 4, 1865.

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
William Higby	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	39th 40th	Redistricted from the At-large district Lost re-election.	1865–1873 Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Tuolumne
Aaron Augustus Sargent	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Horace F. Page	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883	43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.	1873–1885 Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Tuolumne
James Budd	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
James A. Louttit	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.	1885–1893 Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Merced, Nevada, Placer, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tuolumne, Yuba
Marion Biggs	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Anthony Caminetti	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
					1893–1903 Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sutter, Tuolumne, Yuba
Grove L. Johnson	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Marion De Vries	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – August 20, 1900	55th 56th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when appointed as a member of the Board of General Appraisers
Vacant		August 20, 1900 – December 3, 1900	56th
Samuel D. Woods	Republican	December 3, 1900 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Theodore A. Bell	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.	1903–1913 Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Sacramento, Sonoma, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba
Duncan E. McKinlay	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination to Kent
William Kent	Progressive Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 1st district.
John E. Raker	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – January 22, 1926	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th	Redistricted from the 1st district. Died.	1913–1933 Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne
Vacant		January 22, 1926 – August 31, 1926	69th
Harry Lane Englebright	Republican	August 31, 1926 – March 3, 1943	69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Elected to finish Raker's term. Died.
					1933–1953 Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne
Vacant		May 13, 1943 – August 31, 1943	78th
Clair Engle	Democratic	August 31, 1943 – January 3, 1959	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected to finish Englebright's term. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
					1953–1963 Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne
Harold T. Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1975	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 1st district.
					1963–1973 Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne
					1973–1975 Alpine, Butte, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada County, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity
Donald H. Clausen	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted from the 1st district. [data unknown/missing]	1975–1983 Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma
Eugene A. Chappie	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987	98th 99th	Redistricted from the 1st district. Retired.	1983–1993 Butte, Colusa, Glenn, most of Lake, northern Napa, a tiny portion of Nevada, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yuba
Wally Herger	Republican	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2013	100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
					1993–2003 Butte (except Gridley), Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Trinity, Yuba
					2003–2013 Most of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, northern Yolo, Yuba
Jared Huffman	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2012.	2013–present California's North Coast including Del Norte, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, and Trinity counties. Coastal Sonoma County.

Election results

1864 1867 1868 1871 1872 1875 1876 1879 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 (Special) 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 (Special) 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1943 (Special) 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 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 2016 2018

1864

1864 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Higby	23,414	61.6
	Democratic	James W. Coffroth	14,581	38.4
Total votes			37,995	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1867

1867 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Higby (incumbent)	16,053	52.0
	Democratic	James W. Coffroth	14,786	48.0
Total votes			30,839	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1868

1868 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aaron Augustus Sargent	18,264	54.7
	Democratic	James W. Coffroth	15,124	45.3
Total votes			33,388	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1871

1871 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aaron Augustus Sargent (incumbent)	18,065	54.0
	Democratic	James W. Coffroth	15,382	46.0
Total votes			33,447	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1872

1872 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Horace F. Page	13,803	51.9
	Democratic	Pasz Coggins	12,816	48.1
Total votes			26,619	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1875

1875 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Horace F. Page (incumbent)	13,624	43.4
	Democratic	Hy Larkin	12,154	38.8
	Independent	Charles R. Tuttle	5,589	17.8
Total votes			31,367	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1876

1876 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Horace F. Page (incumbent)	20,815	56.7
	Democratic	G. J. Carpenter	15,916	43.3
Total votes			36,731	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1879

1879 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Horace F. Page (incumbent)	19,386	51.9
	Democratic	Thomas J. Clunie	12,847	34.4
	Workingman's	H. B. Williams[42]	5,139	13.8
Total votes			37,372	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1880

1880 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Horace F. Page (incumbent)	22,038	53.6
	Democratic	John R. Glasscock	18,859	45.9
	Greenback	Benjamin Todd [44]	296	0.4
	Prohibition	B. K. Lowe	41	0.1
Total votes			41,118	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1882

1882 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Budd	20,229	50.5
	Republican	Horace F. Page (incumbent)	19,246	48.1
	Prohibition	J. L. Coles	478	1.2
	Greenback	F. J. Woodward [46]	78	0.2
Total votes			40,031	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

1884

1884 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James A. Louttit	18,327	49.4
	Democratic	Charles Allen Sumner	18,208	49.1
	Prohibition	Joshua B. Webster	558	1.5
Total votes			37,093	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1886

1886 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marion Biggs	17,667	50.0
	Republican	J. C. Campbell	16,594	47.0
	Prohibition	W. O. Clark	1,076	3.0
Total votes			35,337	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

1888

1888 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marion Biggs (incumbent)	19,064	50.6
	Republican	John A. Eagon	17,541	46.6
	Independent	S. M. McLean	913	2.4
	Know Nothing	J. F. McSwain [50]	138	0.4
Total votes			37,656	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1890

1890 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Caminetti	18,644	49.0
	Republican	George G. Blanchard	18,485	48.6
	Prohibition	J. S. Witherell	912	2.4
Total votes			38,041	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1892

1892 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Caminetti (incumbent)	20,741	53.3
	Republican	John F. Davis	16,781	43.1
	Prohibition	Chauncey H. Dunn	1,307	3.4
	Independent	J. H. White	122	0.3
Total votes			38,951	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1894

1894 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Grove L. Johnson	19,302	43.0
	Democratic	Anthony Caminetti (incumbent)	15,732	35.1
	Populist	Burdell Cornell	8,946	20.0
	Prohibition	Elam Briggs	866	1.9
Total votes			44,846	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1896

1896 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marion De Vries	24,434	55.5
	Republican	Grove L. Johnson (incumbent)	18,613	42.3
	Prohibition	F. E. Coulter	974	2.2
Total votes			44,021	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

1898

1898 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marion De Vries (incumbent)	25,196	55.3
	Republican	Frank D. Ryan	20,400	44.7
Total votes			45,596	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1900 (Special)

United States House of Representatives special election, November 6, 1900[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel D. Woods	N/A	51.0
	Democratic	J. D. Sproul	N/A	49.0
Total votes			N/A	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1900 (General)

1900 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel D. Woods	23,019	50.4
	Democratic	J. D. Sproul	21,851	47.9
	Social Democrat	W. F. Lockwood [58]	402	0.9
	Prohibition	W. H. Barron	371	0.8
Total votes			45,643	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1902

1902 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Theodore A. Bell	21,536	49.2
	Republican	Frank Coombs (incumbent)	21,181	48.3
	Socialist	G. H. Rogers	731	1.7
	Prohibition	W. P. Fassett	367	0.8
Total votes			43,815	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

1904

1904 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan E. McKinlay (incumbent)	22,873	49.2
	Democratic	Theodore A. Bell	21,640	46.6
	Socialist	J. H. White	1,524	3.3
	Prohibition	Eli P. LaCell	431	0.9
Total votes			46,468	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1906

1906 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan E. McKinlay (incumbent)	23,411	51.8
	Democratic	W. A. Beard	20,262	44.8
	Socialist	A. J. Gaylord	1,524	3.4
Total votes			45,197	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1908

1908 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan E. McKinlay (incumbent)	28,627	57.5
	Democratic	W. K. Hays	19,193	38.5
	Socialist	A. J. Gaylord	2,003	4.0
Total votes			49,823	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1910

1910 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Kent	25,346	50.1
	Democratic	I. G. Zumwalt	22,229	44.0
	Socialist	W. H. Ferber	2,647	5.2
	Prohibition	Henry P. Stipp	329	0.7
Total votes			50,451	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1912

1912 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Raker (incumbent)	23,467	62.6
	Republican	Frank M. Rutherford	10,178	27.2
	Socialist	J. C. Williams	3,818	10.2
Total votes			37,463	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1914

1914 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Raker (incumbent)	32,575	64.7
	Republican	James T. Matlock	15,716	31.2
	Prohibition	W. P. Fassett	2,086	4.1
Total votes			50,377	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1916

1916 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Raker (incumbent)	30,042	71.0
	Republican	Edward H. Hart	12,282	29.0
Total votes			42,324	100
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1918

1918 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Raker (incumbent)	28,249	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1920

1920 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Raker (incumbent)	26,172	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1922

1922 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Raker (incumbent)	32,981	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1924

1924 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Raker (incumbent)	30,590	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1926 (Special)

August 31, 1926 special election[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Lane Englebright	11,462	26.0
	Republican	Frank J Powers	10,237	23.2
	Republican	Ferdinand G. Stevenot	8,763	19.9
	Republican	Marshall De Motte	8,001	18.2
	Democratic	Robert H De Witt	5,572	12.7
Total votes			44,035	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1926

1926 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[72]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent)	32,264	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1928

1928 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[73]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent)	32,455	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1930

1930 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent)	35,941	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1932

1932 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent)	43,146	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1934

1934 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent)	66,370	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1936

1936 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent)	51,416	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1938

1938 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent)	71,496	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1940

1940 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent)	71,033	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1942

1942 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[80]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent)	50,094	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1943 (Special)

August 31, 1943 special election[81]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clair Engle	1,721	53.3
	Republican	Grace Engelbright	1,304	40.40
	Republican	Jesse M. Mayo	203	6.3
Total votes			3,228	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

1944

1944 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[82]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clair Engle (incumbent)	48,201	63.8
	Republican	Jesse M. Mayo	27,312	36.2
Total votes			75,513	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1946

1946 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[83]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clair Engle (incumbent)	57,895	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1948

1948 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[84]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clair Engle (incumbent)	78,555	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1950

1950 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[85]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clair Engle (incumbent)	85,103	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1952

1952 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clair Engle (incumbent)	124,179	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1954

1954 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clair Engle (incumbent)	113,104	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1956

1956 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[88]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clair Engle (incumbent)	136,544	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1958

1958 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[89]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson	90,850	61.0
	Republican	Curtis W. Tarr	58,199	39.0
Total votes			149,049	100
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1960

1960 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[90]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	109,565	62.7
	Republican	Curtis W. Tarr	65,198	37.3
Total votes			174,763	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1962

1962 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[91]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	106,239	64.6
	Republican	Frederic H. Nagel	58,150	35.4
Total votes			164,389	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1964

1964 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[92]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	125,774	64.6
	Republican	Chester C. Merriam	68,835	35.4
Total votes			194,609	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1966

1966 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[93]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	131,145	70.9
	Republican	William H. Romack, Jr.	53,753	29.1
Total votes			184,898	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1968

1968 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[94]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	127,880	60.8
	Republican	Osmer E. Dunaway	78,986	37.5
	American Independent	Paul J. Huft	3,577	1.7
Total votes			210,443	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1970

1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[95]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	151,070	77.9
	Republican	Lloyd E. Gilbert	37,223	19.2
	American Independent	Jack R. Carrigg	5,681	2.9
Total votes			193,974	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1972

1972 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[96]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	148,808	68.3
	Republican	Francis X. Callahan	62,381	28.6
	American Independent	Dorothy D. Paradis	6,688	3.1
Total votes			217,877	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1974

1974 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[97]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald H. Clausen (incumbent)	95,508	53
	Democratic	Oscar H. Klee	76,951	42.7
	Peace and Freedom	Carole J. Glass	7,719	4.3
Total votes			180,178	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1976

1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[98]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald H. Clausen (incumbent)	121,290	56.0
	Democratic	Oscar H. Klee	88,829	41.0
	Peace and Freedom	Robert B. "Bob" Allred	6,444	3.0
Total votes			216,563	100
Turnout
	Republican hold

1978

1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[99]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald H. Clausen (incumbent)	114,451	52.0
	Democratic	Norma Bork	99,712	45.3
	Peace and Freedom	Irv Sutley	6,097	2.8
Total votes			220,260	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1980

1980 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[100]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald H. Clausen (incumbent)	141,698	54.2
	Democratic	Norma K. Bork	109,789	42.0
	Libertarian	Daniel Mosier	6,833	2.6
	Peace and Freedom	Linda D. Wren	3,354	1.3
Total votes			261,674	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1982

1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[101]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene A. Chappie (incumbent)	116,172	57.9
	Democratic	John Newmeyer	81,314	40.5
	Peace and Freedom	Howard Fegarsky	3,126	1.6
Total votes			200,612	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1984

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[102]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene A. Chappie (incumbent)	158,679	69.5
	Democratic	Harry Cozad	69,793	30.5
Total votes			228,472	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1986

1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[103]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger	109,758	58.3
	Democratic	Stephen C. Swendiman	74,602	39.6
	Libertarian	Harry Hugh "Doc" Pendery	4,054	2.2
Total votes			188,414	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1988

1988 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[104]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	139,010	58.8
	Democratic	Wayne R. Meyer	91,088	38.5
	Libertarian	Harry Hugh "Doc" Pendery	6,253	2.6
Total votes			236,351	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1990

1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[105]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	133,315	63.7
	Democratic	Erwin E. "Bill" Rush	65,333	31.2
	Libertarian	Ross Crain	10,753	5.1
Total votes			209,401	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[106]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	167,247	65.2
	Democratic	Elliot Roy Freedman	71,780	28.0
	Libertarian	Harry H. "Doc" Pendery	17,529	6.8
Total votes			256,556	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[107]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	137,864	64.2
	Democratic	Mary Jacobs	55,959	26
	American Independent	Devvy Kidd	15,619	7.3
	Libertarian	Harry H. "Doc" Pendery	5,418	2.5
Total votes			214,860	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[108]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	144,913	60.9
	Democratic	Roberts Braden	80,401	33.7
	Natural Law	Patrice Thiessen	7,253	3.0
	Libertarian	William Brunner	5,759	2.4
	Republican	Bob Todd (write-in)	7	0.0
Total votes			238,333	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[109]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	128,372	62.5
	Democratic	Roberts "Rob" Braden	70,837	34.5
	Natural Law	Patrice Thiessen	6,138	3
	Democratic	Stephen F. Scott (write-in)	20	0.01
Total votes			205,367	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[110]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	168,172	65.8
	Democratic	Stan Morgan	72,075	28.2
	Natural Law	John McDermott	8,910	3.4
	Libertarian	Charles R. Martin	6,699	2.6
Total votes			255,856	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2002

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[111]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	117,747	65.8
	Democratic	Mike Johnson	52,455	29.4
	Natural Law	Patrice Thiessen	4,860	2.7
	Libertarian	Charles R. Martin	3,923	2.1
Total votes			178,985	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[112]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	182,119	66.9
	Democratic	Mike Johnson	90,310	33.1
Total votes			272,429	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[113]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	134,911	64.2
	Democratic	Arjinderpal Sekhon	68,234	32.5
	Libertarian	E. Kent Hinesley	7,057	3.3
Total votes			210,202	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[114]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	163,459	57.9
	Democratic	Jeff Morris	118,878	42.1
Total votes			228,356	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[115]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	129,984	57.1
	Democratic	Jim Reed	97,514	42.9%
Total votes			227,498	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[116]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Huffman	226,216	71.2
	Republican	Daniel W. Roberts	91,310	28.8
Total votes			317,526	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[117]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Huffman (incumbent)	163,124	75.0
	Republican	Dale K Mensing	54,400	25.0
Total votes			217,524	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[118]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Huffman (incumbent)	254,194	76.9
	Republican	Dale K Mensing	76,572	23.1
Total votes			330,766	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[119]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Huffman (incumbent)	243,081	77.0
	Republican	Dale K. Mensing	72,576	23.0
Total votes			315,657	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. US Census
2. US Census
3. "Citizens Redistricting Commission Final Report, 2011" (PDF).
4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
5. "Maps: Final Congressional Districts". Citizens Redistricting Commission. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
6. Statement of Vote (1990 Governor)
7. Statement of Vote (1992 President)
8. Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)
9. Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)
10. Statement of Vote (1994 Governor)
11. Statement of Vote (1994 Senate)
12. Statement of Vote (1996 President)
13. Statement of Vote (1998 Governor) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
14. Statement of Vote (1998 Senate) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
15. Statement of Vote (2000 President)
16. Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
17. Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
18. Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
19. Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
20. Statement of Vote (2004 President)
21. Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
22. Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
23. Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
24. Statement of Vote (2008 President)
25. Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)
26. Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)
27. Statement of Vote (2012 President)
28. Statement of Vote (2012 Senator)
29. Statement of Vote (2014 Governor)
30. Statement of Vote (2016 President)
31. Statement of Vote (2016 Senator)
32. Statement of Vote (2018 Governor)
33. Statement of Vote (2018 Senator)
34. 1864 election results
35. 1867 election results
36. 1868 election results
37. 1871 election results
38. 1872 election results
39. 1875 election results
40. 1876 election results
41. 1879 election results
42. Join California
43. 1880 election results
44. Join California
45. 1882 election results
46. Join California
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48. 1886 election results
49. 1888 election results
50. Join California
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52. 1892 election results
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55. 1898 election results
56. 1900 special election results
57. 1900 election results
58. Join California
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External links

• GovTrack.us: California's 2nd congressional district
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions (out of date)
• California Voter Foundation map - CD02 (out of date)