California's 47th congressional district

California's 47th congressional district
	California's 47th congressional district since January 3, 2013.
	Alan Lowenthal; D–Long Beach
Median income	$68,300[1]
Ethnicity	34.1% white[2]; 34.1% Hispanic; 21.4% Asian; 7.3% black; 3.1% other;
Cook PVI	D+13[3]

California's 47th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is centered in Long Beach, extends into the western Orange County cities of Garden Grove, Westminster, Stanton, Los Alamitos, and Cypress, and includes Catalina Island. The district is represented by Democrat Alan Lowenthal.

Competitiveness

Although the district's Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+13 suggests a fairly safe Democratic district, it is actually split between heavily Democratic portions of eastern Los Angeles County, centered around Long Beach, and Republican-leaning portions of western Orange County. However, the Los Angeles County portion has more than double the population of the Orange County portion (Long Beach alone accounts for half the population), pushing the district into the Democratic column.

After being reassigned to this district, the western Orange County cities explored a lawsuit to challenge being merged into a district which is dominated by a much larger city in a different county , however nothing came of it.

In statewide races

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President[4]	Bush 45.9% – 31.0%
	Senator[5]	Herschensohn 58.7% – 33.7%
	Senator (Special)[6]	Seymour 52.3% – 39.9%
1994	Governor[7]	Wilson 65.5% – 27.1%
1994	Senator[8]	Huffington 58.6% - 33.1%
1996	President[9]	Dole 54.0% - 36.2%
1998	Governor[10]	Lungren 54.0% – 43.1%
1998	Senator[11]	Fong 58.9% – 37.5%
2000	President[12]	Bush 57.5% – 38.8%
2000	Senator[13]	Campbell 52.2% – 41.2%
2002	Governor[14]	Davis 50.8% – 40.3%
2003	Recall[15][16]	Yes 61.7% – 38.3%
2003	Recall[15][16]	Schwarzenegger 48.9% – 31.1%
2004	President[17]	Bush 50.0% – 48.6%
2004	Senator[18]	Boxer 57.5% – 35.4%
2006	Governor[19]	Schwarzenegger 53.6% – 40.3%
2006	Senator[20]	Feinstein 59.5% – 33.8%
2008	President[21]	Obama 60.1% – 37.8%
2010	Governor[22]	Brown 54.4% – 37.8%
2010	Senator[23]	Boxer 55.7% – 37.0%
2012	President[24]	Obama 60.0% – 37.5%
2012	Senator[25]	Feinstein 61.4% – 38.6%
2014	Governor[26]	Brown 56.5% – 43.5%
2016	President[27]	Clinton 62.6% – 31.0%
2016	Senator[28]	Harris 57.7% – 42.3%
2018	Governor[29]	Newsom 61.7% – 38.3%
	Senator[30]	Feinstein 55.3% – 44.7%
	Lieutenant Governor[31][32]	Kounalakis 54.8% – 45.2%
	Secretary of State[31][32]	Padilla 64.1% – 35.9%
	Controller[31][32]	Yee 65.1% – 34.9%
	Treasurer[31][32]	Ma 63.8% – 36.2%
	Attorney General[31][32]	Becerra 63.5% – 36.5%
	Insurance Commissioner[31][32]	Lara 54.2% – 45.8%
	Board of Equalization, 3rd District[32][lower-alpha 1]	Vazquez 67.6% – 32.4%
	Board of Equalization, 4th District[31][lower-alpha 1]	Anderson 51.5% – 48.5%

Notes

Note: The 3rd District of the Board of Equalization only serves the 47th congressional district in Los Angeles County. The 4th District of the Board of Equalization only serves the 47th congressional district in Orange County.

List of members representing the district

District created January 3, 1993.

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
Christopher Cox	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Redistricted from the 40th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 48th district.	1993–2003 South-Central Orange
Loretta Sanchez	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 46th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 46th district.	2003–2013 Central Orange (Anaheim, Garden Grove, Santa Ana)
Alan Lowenthal	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018.	2013–Present Orange and Los Angeles (Long Beach)

Election results

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Cox (Incumbent)	165,004	64.9
	Democratic	John F. Anwiler	76,924	30.3
	Peace and Freedom	Maxine Bell Quirk	12,297	4.8
	Independent	Barry Charles (write-in)	32	0.0
Total votes			244,257	100.0
	Republican hold

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Cox (Incumbent)	154,071	71.7
	Democratic	Gary Kingsbury	53,669	25.0
	Libertarian	Victor A. Wagner, Jr.	7,257	3.3
Total votes			214,997	100.0
	Republican hold

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Cox (Incumbent)	160,078	65.7
	Democratic	Tina Laine	70,362	28.9
	Natural Law	Iris Adam	6,573	2.8
	Libertarian	Victor Wagner	6,530	2.6
Total votes			243,777	100.0
	Republican hold

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Cox (Incumbent)	132,711	67.6
	Democratic	Christina Avalos	57,938	29.5
	Libertarian	Victor A. Wagner, Jr.	2,991	1.5
	Reform	Raymond O. Mills	1,369	0.7
	Natural Law	Paul Fisher	1,307	0.7
Total votes			196,316	100.0
	Republican hold

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Cox (Incumbent)	181,365	65.7
	Democratic	John Graham	83,186	30.1
	Libertarian	David F. Nolan	8,081	2.9
	Natural Law	Iris Adam	3,769	1.3
Total votes			276,401	100.0
	Republican hold

2002

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent)	42,501	60.6
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	24,346	34.7
	Libertarian	Paul Marsden	2,944	4.2
	Independent	Kenneth M. Valenzuela-Fisher (write-in)	382	0.5
	Independent	Michael J. Monge (write-in)	5	0.0
Total votes			70,178	100.0
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent)	65,684	60.4
	Republican	Alexandria A. "Alex" Coronado	43,099	39.6
Total votes			108,783	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent)	47,134	62.4
	Republican	Tan D. Nguyen	28,485	37.6
Total votes			75,619	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent)	85,878	69.5
	Republican	Rosemarie "Rosie" Avila	31,432	25.4
	American Independent	Robert Lauten	6,274	5.1
Total votes			123,584	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent)	50,832	53.0
	Republican	Van Tran	37,679	39.3
	Independent	Cecilia Igleseis	7,443	7.7
Total votes			95,954	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Lowenthal	130,093	56.6
	Republican	Gary DeLong	99,919	43.4
Total votes			230,012	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Lowenthal (Incumbent)	69,061	56.0
	Republican	Andy Whallon	54,309	44.0
Total votes			123,370	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Lowenthal (Incumbent)	154,759	63.7
	Republican	Andy Whallon	88,109	36.3
Total votes			242,868	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Lowenthal (Incumbent)	143,354	64.9
	Republican	John Briscoe	77,682	35.1
Total votes			221,036	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

From 2003 through 2013, the district consisted of many of Orange County's central suburbs, including Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana. Due to redistricting after the 2010 United States Census, the district has moved west to parts of Los Angeles County and now includes Catalina and San Clemente islands. The district also retains parts of Orange County such as Garden Grove.

In popular culture

California's 47th congressional district was the scene of a congressional election (won by a deceased Democratic challenger), and later a congressional special election (won by the Republican incumbent), featured in several episodes of the political drama The West Wing. However, in that context, several Orange County place names were referenced that are not within the current boundaries of the district, such as the city of Newport Beach. Many of these places are currently located in the 46th and 48th districts.

References

External links

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[BoEdistricts-33] Note: The 3rd District of the Board of Equalization only serves the 47th congressional district in Los Angeles County. The 4th District of the Board of Equalization only serves the 47th congressional district in Orange County.

[1] US Census

[2] LA Times

[Cook-3] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[4] Statement of Vote (1992 President)

[5] Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)

[6] Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)

[7] Statement of Vote (1994 Governor)

[8] Statement of Vote (1994 Senate)

[9] Statement of Vote (1996 President)

[10] Statement of Vote (1998 Governor) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[11] Statement of Vote (1998 Senate) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[12] Statement of Vote (2000 President)

[13] Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)

[14] Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)

[15] Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)

[16] Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)

[17] Statement of Vote (2004 President)

[18] Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)

[19] Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)

[20] Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)

[21] Statement of Vote (2008 President)

[22] Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)

[23] Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)

[24] Statement of Vote (2012 President)

[25] Statement of Vote (2012 Senator)

[26] Statement of Vote (2014 Governor)

[27] Statement of Vote (2016 President)

[28] Statement of Vote (2016 Senator)

[29] Statement of Vote (2018 Governor)

[30] Statement of Vote (2018 Senator)

[34] 1992 election results

[35] 1994 election results

[36] 1996 election results

[37] 1998 election results

[38] 2000 election results

[39] 2002 election results

[40] 2004 election results

[41] 2006 election results

[42] 2008 election results

[43] 2010 election results

[44] 2012 election results

[45] 2014 election results

[46] 2016 election results

[47] 2018 election results