California's 6th congressional district

California's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California.

California's 6th congressional district
California's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Doris Matsui D–Sacramento
Median income	$60,661[1]
Ethnicity	38.87% white[2] 26.95% Hispanic 16.12% Asian 13.62% black 1.33% Pacific Islands Americans 1.15% Native American
Cook PVI	D+21[3]

Doris Matsui, a Democrat, has represented the district since January 2013.

Currently, the 6th district encompasses the city of Sacramento and some of its suburbs. It consists of parts of Sacramento and Yolo counties.[4]

Prior to redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission of 2011, the 6th district encompassed the coastal areas north of San Francisco. It consisted of Marin County and most of Sonoma County. Cities in the district included Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Petaluma, Novato, San Rafael, and Mill Valley.

Election results from recent statewide races

Year	U.S. President	U.S. Senator (Class 1)	U.S. Senator (Class 3)	Governor
1992	Clinton 55.8 - 23.5%[5]	Feinstein 66.8 - 27.0%[6]	Boxer 60.0 - 30.8%[7]	—
1994	—	Feinstein 63.7 - 29.5%[8]		Brown 51.8 - 44.2[9]
1996	Clinton 56.9% - 28.6%[10]	—	—	—
1998	—	—	Boxer 63.5 - 32.7%[11]	Davis 66.7 - 27.8%[12]
2000	Gore 61.9 - 30.1%[13]	Feinstein 63.0 - 27.7%[14]	—	—
2002	—	—	—	Davis 53.1 - 28.6%[15]
2003	—	—	—	Recall: No 64.0 - 36.0%[16][17]
				Bustamante 44.3 - 33.1%
2004	Kerry 70.3 - 28.1%[18]	—	Boxer 68.3 - 27.5%[19]	—
2006	—	Feinstein 73.2 - 20.0%[20]	—	Angelides 46.4 - 45.9%[21]
2008	Obama 76.0 - 22.0%[22]	—	—	—
2010	—	—	Boxer 66.9 - 28.1%[23]	Brown 67.7 - 28.3%[24]
2012	Obama 69.1 - 28.3%[25]	Feinstein 71.3 - 28.7%[26]	—	—
2014	—	—	—	Brown 72.7 - 27.3%[27]
2016	Clinton 69.1 - 24.4%[28]	—	Harris 67.2 - 32.8%[29]	—
2018	—	Feinstein 56.6 - 43.4%[30]	—	Newsom 69.4 - 30.6%[31]

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Notes	Counties
Henry Markham	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Retired.	Alpine, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Monterey, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Ventura
William Vandever	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Retired.
William W. Bowers	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Redistricted to the 7th district.
Marion Cannon	Populist	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Retired.	Los Angeles, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Ventura
James McLachlan	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Lost re-election.
Charles A. Barlow	Populist	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	Lost re-election.
Russell J. Waters	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	Retired.
James McLachlan	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	Redistricted to the 7th district.
James C. Needham	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Redistricted from the 7th district. Lost re-election.	Fresno, Kings, Madera, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus
Joseph R. Knowland	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Redistricted from the 3rd district. Retired to run for U.S. Senate.	Alameda
John A. Elston	Progressive	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th
	Republican	March 4, 1917 – December 15, 1921	65th 66th 67th	Died
Vacant		December 15, 1921 – November 7, 1922
James H. MacLafferty	Republican	November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1925	67th 68th	Lost re-nomination
Albert E. Carter	Republican	March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1943	69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th
		January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	Lost re-election.	Alameda, Contra Costa
George P. Miller	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	79th 80th 81st 82nd	Redistricted to the 8th district.
Robert Condon	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	83rd	Lost re-election.	Solano, Contra Costa
John F. Baldwin, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963	84th 85th 86th 87th	Redistricted to the 14th district.
William S. Mailliard	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	88th 89th	Redistricted from the 4th district.	San Francisco
		January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	90th 91st 92nd		Southeast Marin, western San Francisco
		January 3, 1973 – March 5, 1974	93rd	Resigned to become U.S. Representative to the Organization of American States.	Marin, western San Francisco
Vacant		March 5, 1974 – June 4, 1974
John Burton	Democratic	June 4, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Elected to finish Mailliard's term. Redistricted to the 5th district.
Phillip Burton	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted from the 5th district. Redistricted to the 5th district.	Most of San Francisco
Barbara Boxer	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Retired after being elected U.S. Senator.	Marin, eastern San Francisco, San Mateo (Daly City), far southwestern Solano, southern Sonoma
Lynn Woolsey	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Retired.	Marin and southern Sonoma
		January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th		Marin and southern Sonoma
Doris Matsui	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 5th district.	Portions of Sacramento and Yolo Counties, including the city of Sacramento

Election results for representatives

1884 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 • 1892 • 1894 • 1896 • 1898 • 1900 • 1902 • 1904 • 1906 • 1908 • 1910 • 1912 • 1914 • 1916 • 1918 • 1920 • 1922 (Special) • 1922 • 1924 • 1926 • 1928 • 1930 • 1932 • 1934 • 1936 • 1938 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 (Special) • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018

1884

United States House of Representatives elections, 1884

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry Markham	17,397	49.1
	Democratic	R. A. Del Valle	16,990	47.9
	Prohibition	Will D. Gould	821	2.3
	Populist	Isaac Kinley	237	0.7
Total votes			35,445	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

1886

United States House of Representatives elections, 1886

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Vandever	18,259	47.3
	Democratic	Joseph D. Lynch	18,204	47.1
	Prohibition	W. A. Harris	2,159	5.6
Total votes			38,622	100.0
	Republican hold

1888

United States House of Representatives elections, 1888

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Vandever (incumbent)	35,406	52.5
	Democratic	Reel B. Terry	29,453	43.7
	Prohibition	J. G. Miller	2,375	3.5
	Know Nothing	Alfred Daggett	150	0.2
Total votes			67,384	100.0
	Republican hold

1890

United States House of Representatives elections, 1890

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William W. Bowers	33,522	51.1
	Democratic	W. J. Curtis	28,904	44.1
	Prohibition	O. R. Dougherty	3,130	4.8
Total votes			65,556	100.0
	Republican hold

1892

United States House of Representatives elections, 1892

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Populist	Marion Cannon	20,680	56.3
	Republican	Hervey Lindley	14,271	38.8
	Prohibition	O. R. Dougherty	1,805	4.9
Total votes			36,756	100.0
	Populist gain from Republican

1894

United States House of Representatives elections, 1894

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James McLachlan	18,746	44.3
	Democratic	George S. Patton	11,693	27.6
	Populist	W. C. Bowman	9,769	23.1
	Prohibition	J. E. McComas	2,120	5.0
Total votes			42,328	100.0
	Republican gain from Populist

1896

United States House of Representatives elections, 1896

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Populist	Charles A. Barlow	24,157	48.9
	Republican	James McLachlan (incumbent)	23,494	47.6
	Prohibition	Henry Clay Needham	1,196	2.4
	Socialist Labor	Job Harriman	542	1.1
Total votes			49,389	100.0
	Populist gain from Republican

1898

United States House of Representatives elections, 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell J. Waters	24,050	52.6
	Populist	Charles A. Barlow (incumbent)	20,499	44.9
	Socialist Labor	James T. Van Ransselaer	1,132	2.5
Total votes			45,681	100.0
	Republican gain from Populist

1900

United States House of Representatives elections, 1900

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James McLachlan	27,081	51.8
	Democratic	William Graves	19,793	37.9
	Socialist	H. G. Wilshire	3,674	7.0
	Prohibition	James Campbell	1,693	3.2
Total votes			52,241	100.0
	Republican hold

1902

United States House of Representatives elections, 1902

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James C. Needham (inc.)	17,268	53.5
	Democratic	Gaston M. Ashe	13,732	42.5
	Socialist	J. L. Cobb	815	2.5
	Prohibition	Joel H. Smith	466	1.4
Total votes			32,281	100.0
	Republican hold

1904

United States House of Representatives elections, 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James C. Needham (inc.)	18,828	55.1
	Democratic	William M. Conley	13,074	38.2
	Socialist	J. L. Cobb	1,537	4.5
	Prohibition	Joel H. Smith	740	2.2
Total votes			34,079	100.0
	Republican hold

1906

United States House of Representatives elections, 1906

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James C. Needham (inc.)	18,928	55.6
	Democratic	Harry A. Greene	12,868	37.8
	Socialist	Richard Kirk	1,303	3.8
	Prohibition	Herman E. Burbank	964	2.8
Total votes			34,063	100.0
	Republican hold

1908

United States House of Representatives elections, 1908

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James C. Needham (inc.)	21,323	52.0
	Democratic	Fred P. Feliz	15,868	38.7
	Socialist	W. M. Pattison	2,288	5.6
	Prohibition	James W. Webb	1,509	3.7
Total votes			40,988	100.0
	Republican hold

1910

United States House of Representatives elections, 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James C. Needham (inc.)	19,717	47.3
	Democratic	A. L. Cowell	18,408	44.2
	Socialist	Richard Kirk	2,568	6.2
	Prohibition	Ira E. Surface	951	2.3
Total votes			41,644	100.0
	Republican hold

1912

United States House of Representatives elections, 1912

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph R. Knowland (inc.)	35,219	53.7
	Socialist	J. Stitt Wilson	26,234	40.0
	Democratic	Hiram A. Luttrell	4,135	6.3
Total votes			65,588	100.0
	Republican hold

1914

United States House of Representatives elections, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	John A. Elston		44.4
	Republican	George H. Derrick		37.7
	Socialist	Howard H. Caldwell		13.9
	Prohibition	Harlow E. Wolcott		3.9
Total votes				100.0
	Progressive gain from Republican

1916

United States House of Representatives elections, 1916

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John A. Elston (incumbent)	56,520	64.6
	Democratic	H. Avery Whitney	19,787	22.6
	Socialist	Luella Twining	7,588	8.7
	Prohibition	Harlow E. Wolcott	3,605	4.1
Total votes			87,500	100.0
	Republican hold

1918

United States House of Representatives elections, 1918

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John A. Elston (incumbent)	59,082	88.4
	Socialist	Luella Twining	7,721	11.6
Total votes			66,803	100.0
	Republican hold

1920

United States House of Representatives elections, 1920[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John A. Elston (incumbent)	75,610	83.3
	Democratic	Maynard Shipley	15,151	16.7
Total votes			90,761	100.0
	Republican hold

1922 (Special)

Special election, 1922[33]

Candidate		Votes	%
James H. MacLafferty		'	68.4
Hugh W. Brunk			31.6
Total votes			100.0
Voter turnout		%

1922

United States House of Representatives elections, 1922[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James H. MacLafferty (inc.)	59,858	66.4
	Democratic	Hugh W. Brunk	22,711	25.2
	Socialist	Elvina S. Beals	7,616	8.4
Total votes			90,185	100.0
	Republican hold

1924

United States House of Representatives elections, 1924[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert E. Carter	68,547	57.5
	Independent	John L. Davie	42,873	35.9
	Socialist	Herbert L. Coggins	7,858	6.6
Total votes			119,278	100.0
	Republican hold

1926

United States House of Representatives elections, 1926[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert E. Carter (incumbent)	91,995	100.0
	Republican hold

1928

United States House of Representatives elections, 1928[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert E. Carter (incumbent)	113,579	100.0
	Republican hold

1930

United States House of Representatives elections, 1930[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert E. Carter (incumbent)	110,190	100.0
	Republican hold

1932

United States House of Representatives elections, 1932[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert E. Carter (incumbent)	75,528	100.0
	Republican hold

1934

United States House of Representatives elections, 1934[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert E. Carter (incumbent)	93,213	100.0
	Republican hold

1936

United States House of Representatives elections, 1936[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert E. Carter (incumbent)	103,712	91.0
	Socialist	Clarence E. Rust	8,247	7.2
	Communist	Lloyd L. Harris	2,021	1.8
Total votes			113,980	100.0
	Republican hold

1938

United States House of Representatives elections, 1938[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert E. Carter (incumbent)	118,632	94.4
	Communist	Dave L. Saunders	7,015	5.6
Total votes			125,647	100.0
	Republican hold

1940

United States House of Representatives elections, 1940[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert E. Carter (incumbent)	131,584	96
	Communist	Clarence Paton	5,426	4
Total votes			137,010	100
	Republican hold

1942

United States House of Representatives elections, 1942[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert E. Carter (incumbent)	108,585	92.6
	Communist	Clarence Paton	8,532	7.3
	No party	William H. Hollander (write-in)	185	0.1
Total votes			117,302	100.0
	Republican hold

1944

United States House of Representatives elections, 1944[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Paul Miller	104,441	52
	Republican	Albert E. Carter (incumbent)	96,395	48
Total votes			200,836	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1946

United States House of Representatives elections, 1946[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George P. Miller (incumbent)	118,548	100.0
	Democratic hold

1948

United States House of Representatives elections, 1948[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George P. Miller (incumbent)	194,985	100.0
	Democratic hold

1950

United States House of Representatives elections, 1950[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George P. Miller (incumbent)	192,342	100.0
	Democratic hold

1952

United States House of Representatives elections, 1952[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Condon	87,768	50.6
	Republican	John F. Baldwin, Jr.	85,756	49.4
Total votes			173,524	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

1954

United States House of Representatives elections, 1954[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John F. Baldwin, Jr.	72,336	50.9
	Democratic	Robert Condon (incumbent)	69,776	49.1
Total votes			142,112	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1956

United States House of Representatives elections, 1956[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John F. Baldwin, Jr. (inc.)	98,683	53.7
	Democratic	H. Roberts Quinney	84,965	46.3
Total votes			183,648	100.0
	Republican hold

1958

United States House of Representatives elections, 1958[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John F. Baldwin, Jr. (inc.)	92,669	51
	Democratic	Howard H. Jewel	89,192	49
Total votes			181,861	100
	Republican hold

1960

United States House of Representatives elections, 1960[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John F. Baldwin, Jr. (inc.)	128,418	58.7
	Democratic	Douglas R. Page	90,260	41.3
Total votes			218,678	100.0
	Republican hold

1962

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William S. Mailliard (inc.)	105,762	58.7
	Democratic	John A. O'Connell	74,429	41.3
Total votes			180,191	100.0
	Republican hold

1964

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William S. Mailliard (inc.)	125,869	63.6
	Democratic	Thomas P. O'Toole	71,894	36.3
Total votes			197,763	100.0
	Republican hold

1966

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William S. Mailliard (inc.)	132,506	76.6
	Democratic	Le Rue Grim	40,514	23.4
Total votes			173,020	100.0
	Republican hold

1968

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William S. Mailliard (inc.)	140,071	72.8
	Democratic	Phillip Drath	52,433	27.2
Total votes			192,504	100.0
	Republican hold

1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William S. Mailliard (inc.)	96,393	53.3
	Democratic	Russell R. Miller	84,255	46.6
Total votes			180,648	100.0
	Republican hold

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William S. Mailliard (inc.)	118,197	52.0
	Democratic	Roger Boas	108,934	48.0
Total votes			227,131	100.0
	Republican hold

1974 (Special)

Special election, 1974[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Burton		50.0
	Republican	Thomas Caylor		21.1
	Democratic	Terrence "T.V." McGuire		8.7
	Republican	Jean Wall		5.8
	Republican	Sean McCarthy		5.3
	Democratic	Alan F. Reeves		4.1
	Republican	Wesley Wilkes		2.7
	Democratic	Leslie Alan Grant		2.1
Total votes				100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton	84,585	71.3
	Republican	Tom Spinosa	25,721	21.7
	Peace and Freedom	Emily Siegel	4,753	4.0
	American Independent	Carl Richard Davis	3,456	2.9
Total votes			118,515	100.0
	Democratic hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (incumbent)	86,493	66.1
	Republican	Tom Spinosa	35,359	27.0
	Peace and Freedom	Emily Siegel	6,570	5.0
	American Independent	Raymond O. Heaps	2,494	1.9
Total votes			130,916	100.0
	Democratic hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (incumbent)	81,801	68.3
	Republican	Tom Spinosa	33,515	27.9
	American Independent	Raymond O. Heaps	4,452	3.7
Total votes			119,768	100.0
	Democratic hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (incumbent)	93,400	69.3
	Republican	Tom Spinosa	34,500	25.6
	Libertarian	Roy Childs	6,750	5.0
Total votes			134,650	100.0
	Democratic hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Boxer	96,379	52.3
	Republican	Dennis McQuaid	82,128	44.6
	Libertarian	Howard Crieghton	3,191	1.7
	Peace and Freedom	Timothy-Allen Albertson	2,366	1.3
Total votes			184,064	100.0
	Democratic hold

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Boxer (incumbent)	162,511	67.9
	Republican	Douglas Binderup	71,011	29.7
	Libertarian	Howard Crieghton	5,574	2.3
Total votes			239,096	100.0
	Democratic hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Boxer (incumbent)	142,946	73.8
	Republican	Franklin Ernst III	50,606	26.1
Total votes			193,552	100.0
	Democratic hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Boxer (incumbent)	176,645	73.3
	Republican	William Steinmetz	64,174	26.6
Total votes			240,819	100.0
	Democratic hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Boxer (incumbent)	137,306	68.1
	Republican	Bill Boerum	64,402	31.9
Total votes			201,708	100.0
	Democratic hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey	190,322	65.2
	Republican	Bill Filante	98,171	33.6
	No party	Write-in	3,293	1.1
Total votes			291,786	100.0
	Democratic hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	137,642	58.1
	Republican	Michael J. Nugent	88,940	37.5
	Libertarian	Louis Beary	6,203	2.6
	Peace and Freedom	Ernest K. Jones, Jr.	4,055	1.7
Total votes			236,840	100.0
	Democratic hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996[72]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	156,958	61.6
	Republican	Duane C. Hughes	86,278	33.8
	Peace and Freedom	Ernest K. Jones, Jr.	6,459	2.5
	Natural Law	Bruce Kendall	5,240	2.1
Total votes			254,935	100.0
	Democratic hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998[73]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	158,446	68.0
	Republican	Ken McAuliffe	69,295	29.7
	Natural Law	Alan R. Barreca	5,240	2.2
Total votes			232,981	100.0
	Democratic hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	182,166	64.3
	Republican	Ken McAuliffe	80,169	28.3
	Green	Justin Moscoso	13,248	4.7
	Libertarian	Richard O. Barton	4,691	1.9
	Natural Law	Alan R. Barreca	2,894	1.1
Total votes			283,118	100.0
	Democratic hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	139,750	66.7
	Republican	Paul L. Erickson	62,052	29.7
	Libertarian	Richard O. Barton	4,936	2.3
	Reform	Jeff Rainforth	2,825	1.3
Total votes			209,563	100.0
	Democratic hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	226,423	72.7
	Republican	Paul L. Erickson	85,244	27.3
Total votes			311,667	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	173,190	70.3
	Republican	Todd Hooper	64,405	26.1
	Libertarian	Richard W. Friesen	9,028	3.6
Total votes			246,623	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	229,672	71.7
	Republican	Mike Halliwell	77,073	24.1
	Libertarian	Joel R. Smolen	13,617	4.2
Total votes			320,362	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	172,216	66%
	Republican	Jim Judd	77,361	30%
	Peace and Freedom	Eugene E. Ruyle	5,915	2%
	Libertarian	Joel R. Smolen	5,660	2%
Total votes			261,152	100%
	Democratic hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012[80]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doris Matsui (Incumbent)	160,667	75.1%
	Republican	Joseph Mc Cray, Sr.	53,406	24.9%
Total votes			214,073	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2014

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014[81]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doris Matsui (Incumbent)	97,008	72.7%
	Republican	Joseph McCray Sr.	36,448	27.3%
Total votes			133,456	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2016

United States House of Representatives elections, 2016[82]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doris Matsui (Incumbent)	177,565	75.4%
	Republican	Robert Evans	57,848	24.6%
Total votes			235,413	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2018

United States House of Representatives elections, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doris Matsui (Incumbent)	162,411	80.4%
	Democratic	Jrmar Jefferson	39,528	19.6%
Total votes			201,939	100.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

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33. 1922 special election results
34. 1922 election results
35. 1924 election results
36. 1926 election results
37. 1928 election results
38. 1930 election results
39. 1932 election results
40. 1934 election results
41. 1936 election results
42. 1938 election results
43. 1940 election results
44. 1942 election results
45. 1944 election results
46. 1946 election results
47. 1948 election results
48. 1950 election results
49. 1952 election results
50. 1954 election results
51. 1956 election results
52. 1958 election results
53. 1960 election results
54. 1962 election results
55. 1964 election results
56. 1966 election results
57. 1968 election results
58. 1970 election results
59. 1972 election results
60. 1974 special election results
61. 1974 election results
62. 1976 election results
63. 1978 election results
64. 1980 election results
65. 1982 election results
66. 1984 election results
67. 1986 election results
68. 1988 election results
69. 1990 election results
70. 1992 election results
71. 1994 election results
72. 1996 election results
73. 1998 election results
74. 2000 election results
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External links

• GovTrack.us: California's 6th congressional district
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions (out of date)
• California Voter Foundation map - CD06 (out of date)