California's 35th congressional district

California's 35th congressional district
California's 35th congressional district
	California's 35th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Norma Torres; D–Pomona
Population (2019)	764,643
Median household; income	$73,069
Ethnicity	69.5% Hispanic; 14.5% White; 6.8% Black; 6.6% Asian; 1.8% Two or more races; 0.8% other;
Cook PVI	D+17

California's 35th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Norma Torres and is based in the Inland Empire, including the communities of Chino, Fontana, Montclair, Ontario and Pomona.

Competitiveness[]

In statewide races[]

Year	Office	Results
1990	Governor^[3]	Wilson 60.5% - 33.2%
1992	President^[4]	Clinton 77.8% - 12.9%
	Senator^[5]	Boxer 75.3% - 18.5%
	Senator (Special)^[6]	Feinstein 79.2% - 15.6%
1994	Governor^[7]	Brown 67.2% - 29.8%
1994	Senator^[8]	Feinstein 70.7% - 21.7%
1996	President^[9]	Clinton 83.8% - 10.9%
1998	Governor^[10]	Davis 87.1% - 10.7%
1998	Senator^[11]	Boxer 83.8% – 13.7%
2000	President^[12]	Gore 85.9% - 12.0%
2000	Senator^[13]	Feinstein 85.9% - 9.7%
2002	Governor^[14]	Davis 73.6% - 18.6%
2003	Recall^[15]^[16]	66.8% - 33.2%
2003	Recall^[15]^[16]	Bustamante 52.3% - 29.8%
2004	President^[17]	Kerry 79.0% - 20.0%
2004	Senator^[18]	Boxer 80.5% - 14.8%
2006	Governor^[19]	Angelides 67.3% - 27.9%
2006	Senator^[20]	Feinstein 80.8% - 14.6%
2008	President^[21]	Obama 84.4% - 14.1%
2010	Governor^[22]	Brown 79.1% - 16.4%
2010	Senator^[23]	Boxer 79.1% - 16.2%
2012	President^[24]	Obama 67.4% - 30.6%
2012	Senator^[25]	Feinstein 68.0% – 32.0%
2014	Governor^[26]	Brown 60.6% – 39.4%
2016	President^[27]	Clinton 67.7% - 26.9%
2016	Senator^[28]	Harris 50.2% – 49.8%
2018	Governor^[29]	Newsom 65.6% – 34.4%
2018	Senator^[30]	Feinstein 52.1% – 47.9%
2020	President^[31]	Biden 65.1% - 32.6%

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
District created January 3, 1963
James B. Utt	Republican	January 3, 1963 – March 1, 1970	88th 89th 90th 91st	Redistricted from the 28th district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Died.	1963–1969 Orange, San Diego
James B. Utt	Republican	January 3, 1963 – March 1, 1970	88th 89th 90th 91st		1969–1973 Orange, San Diego
Vacant		March 1, 1970 – June 30, 1970	91st
John G. Schmitz	Republican	June 30, 1970 – January 3, 1973	91st 92nd	Elected to finish Utt's term. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 39th district and lost
Glenn M. Anderson	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 1972. Redistricted to the 32nd district.	1973–1975 Los Angeles
James F. Lloyd	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	94th 95th 96th	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Lost re-election.	1975–1983 Los Angeles, Southwestern San Bernardino
David Dreier	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 33rd district.	1975–1983 Los Angeles, Southwestern San Bernardino
Jerry Lewis	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 37th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 40th district.	1983–1993 San Bernardino
Maxine Waters	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 29th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 43rd district.	1993–2003 South Los Angeles
Maxine Waters	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th		2003–2013 South Los Angeles
Gloria Negrete McLeod	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	113th	Elected in 2012. Retired to run for the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors	2013–Present Inland Empire (Fontana, Ontario, and Pomona)
Norma Torres	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – Present	114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Election results[]

1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 (Special) • 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 • 2020

1962[]

1962 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James B. Utt (Incumbent)	133,737	68.5
	Democratic	Burton Shamsky	61,395	31.5
Total votes			195,132	100.0
	Republican hold

1964[]

1964 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James B. Utt (Incumbent)	167,791	65.0
	Democratic	Paul B. Carpenter	90,295	35.0
Total votes			258,086	100.0
	Republican hold

1966[]

1966 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James B. Utt (Incumbent)	189,582	73.1
	Democratic	Thomas B. Lenhart	69,873	26.9
Total votes			259,455	100.0
	Republican hold

1968[]

1968 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James B. Utt (Incumbent)	212,684	72.5
	Democratic	Thomas B. Lenhart	73,778	25.1
	American Independent	Annie McDonald	7,000	2.4
Total votes			293,462	100.0
	Republican hold

1970 (Special)[]

1970 California's 35th congressional district special election^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John G. Schmitz	67,209	72.4
	Democratic	David N. Hartman	25,655	27.6
Total votes			92,864	100.0
	Republican hold

1970[]

1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John G. Schmitz (Incumbent)	192,765	67.0
	Democratic	Thomas B. Lenhart	87,019	30.3
	Peace and Freedom	Francis R. Halpern	7,742	2.7
Total votes			287,526	100.0
	Republican hold

1972[]

1972 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn M. Anderson (Incumbent)	103,912	74.8
	Republican	Vernon E. Brown	35,018	25.2
Total votes			138,930	100.0
	Democratic hold

1974[]

1974 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James F. Lloyd	60,709	50.3
	Republican	Victor Veysey (Incumbent)	60,102	49.7
Total votes			120,811	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1976[]

1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James F. Lloyd (Incumbent)	87,472	53.3
	Republican	Louis Brutocao	76,765	46.7
Total votes			164,237	100.0
	Democratic hold

1978[]

1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James F. Lloyd (Incumbent)	80,388	54.0
	Republican	David Dreier	68,442	46.0
Total votes			148,830	100.0
	Democratic hold

1980[]

1980 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier	100,743	51.8
	Democratic	James F. Lloyd (Incumbent)	88,279	45.4
	Peace and Freedom	James Michael "Mike" Noonan	5,492	2.8
Total votes			194,514	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1982[]

1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (Incumbent)	112,786	68.3
	Democratic	Robert E. Erwin	52,349	31.7
Total votes			165,135	100.0
	Republican hold

1984[]

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (Incumbent)	176,477	85.5
	Peace and Freedom	Kevin Akin	29,990	14.5
Total votes			206,467	100.0
	Republican hold

1986[]

1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (Incumbent)	127,235	76.9
	Democratic	Robert J. "Sarge" Hall	38,322	23.1
Total votes			165,557	100.0
	Republican hold

1988[]

1988 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (Incumbent)	181,203	70.4
	Democratic	Paul Sweeney	71,186	27.7
	Libertarian	Jeff Shuman	4,879	1.9
Total votes			257,268	100.0
	Republican hold

1990[]

1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (Incumbent)	121,602	60.6
	Democratic	Barry Borton	66,100	32.9
	Libertarian	Jerry Johnson	13,020	6.5
Total votes			200,722	100.0
	Republican hold

1992[]

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	102,941	82.5
	Republican	Nate Truman	17,417	14.0
	Peace and Freedom	Alice Mae Miles	2,797	2.2
	Libertarian	Carin Rogers	1,618	1.3
	American Independent	Gordon Mego (write-in)	3	0.0
Total votes			124,776	100.0
	Democratic hold

1994[]

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	65,688	78.1
	Republican	Nate Truman	18,930	21.9
	American Independent	Gordon Mego (write-in)	3	0.0
Total votes			84,521	100.0
	Democratic hold

1996[]

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[50]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	92,762	85.6
	Republican	Eric Carlson	13,116	12.0
	American Independent	Gordon Mego	2,610	2.4
Total votes			108,488	100.0
	Democratic hold

1998[]

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[51]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	78,732	89.3
	American Independent	Gordon Michael Mego	9,413	10.7
Total votes			88,145	100.0
	Democratic hold

2000[]

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[52]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	100,569	86.6
	Republican	Carl McGill	12,582	10.9
	American Independent	Gordon Michael Mego	1,911	1.6
	Natural Law	Rick Dunstan	1,153	0.9
Total votes			116,215	100.0
	Democratic hold

2002[]

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[53]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	72,401	77.6
	Republican	Ross Moen	18,094	19.3
	American Independent	Gordon Michael Mego	2,912	3.1
Total votes			93,407	100.0
	Democratic hold

2004[]

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[54]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	125,949	80.6
	Republican	Ross Moen	23,591	15.1
	American Independent	Gordon Michael Mego	3,440	2.2
	Libertarian	Charles Tate	3,427	2.1
Total votes			115,807	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006[]

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[55]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	82,498	83.8
	American Independent	Gordon Michael Mego	8,343	8.5
	Libertarian	Paul T. Ireland	7,665	7.7
Total votes			97,506	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008[]

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[56]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	150,778	82.6
	Republican	Ted Hayes	24,169	13.2
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	7,632	4.2
Total votes			182,579	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010[]

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[57]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	98,131	79.3
	Republican	K. Bruce Brown	25,561	20.7
Total votes			123,692	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012[]

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[58]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloria Negrete McLeod	79,698	55.9
	Democratic	Joe Baca (Incumbent)	62,982	44.1
Total votes			142,680	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014[]

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[59]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norma Torres	39,502	63.5
	Democratic	Christina Gagnier	22,753	36.5
Total votes			62,255	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016[]

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[60]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norma Torres (Incumbent)	124,044	72.4
	Republican	Tyler Fischella	47,309	27.6
Total votes			171,353	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018[]

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[61]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norma Torres (Incumbent)	103,420	69.4
	Republican	Christian Leonel Valiente	45,604	30.6
Total votes			149,024	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020[]

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norma Torres (Incumbent)	169,405	69.3
	Republican	Mike Cargile	74,941	30.7
Total votes			244,346	100
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries[]

From 2003 to 2013, the district was based in Los Angeles County. The district was composed of parts of the Westchester District of the City of Los Angeles and the cities of Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena and Florence-Graham, as well as some adjacent areas.

References[]

External links[]

Coordinates: 34°02′43″N 117°35′18″W / 34.04528°N 117.58833°W / 34.04528; -117.58833

[1] US Census

[Cook-2] "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

[3] Statement of Vote (1990 Governor)

[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)

[31] ttps://www.dailykos.com/stories/2012/11/19/1163009/-Daily-Kos-Elections-presidential-results-by-congressional-district-for-the-2012-2008-elections

[32] 1962 election results

[33] 1964 election results

[34] 1966 election results

[35] 1968 election results

[36] 1970 special election results

[37] 1970 election results

[38] 1972 election results

[39] 1974 election results

[40] 1976 election results

[41] 1978 election results

[42] 1980 election results

[43] 1982 election results

[44] 1984 election results

[45] 1986 election results

[46] 1988 election results

[47] 1990 election results

[48] 1992 election results

[49] 1994 election results

[50] 1996 election results

[51] 1998 election results

[52] 2000 election results

[53] 2002 election results

[54] 2004 election results

[55] 2006 election results

[56] 2008 election results

[57] 2010 election results

[58] 2012 election results

[59] 2014 election results

[60] 2016 election results

[61] 2018 election results

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