California's 42nd congressional district

California's 42nd congressional district
California's 42nd congressional district
	California's 42nd congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Ken Calvert; R–Corona
Population (2019)	840,562
Median household; income	$90,651
Ethnicity	43.8% White; 37.5% Hispanic; 9.1% Asian; 5.4% Black; 3.4% Two or more races; 0.8% other;
Cook PVI	R+7

California's 42nd congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California.

The district is currently represented by Republican Ken Calvert. It is entirely within Riverside County in the Inland Empire, including the cities of Eastvale, Norco, Corona, Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Wildomar, Murrieta, as well as portions of Temecula.

Competitiveness[]

In statewide races[]

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
1990	Governor^[3]	Wilson 62.0% - 33.8%
1992	President^[4]	Clinton 45.9% - 32.8%
	Senator^[5]	Herschensohn 45.4% - 43.2%
	Senator (Special)^[5]	Seymour 50.7% - 44.0%
1994	Governor^[6]	Wilson 55.6% - 36.9%
1994	Senator^[7]	Huffington 49.3% – 39.6%
1996	President^[8]	Clinton 53.5% - 35.6%
1998	Governor^[9]	Davis 61.3% - 31.7%
1998	Senator^[10]	Boxer 56.7% – 38.1%
2000	President^[11]	Gore 57.0% - 39.3%
2000	Senator^[12]	Feinstein 58.5% - 34.2%
2002	Governor^[13]	Simon 61.1% - 31.9%
2003	Recall^[14]^[15]	Yes 75.8% - 24.2%
2003	Recall^[14]^[15]	Schwarzenegger 66.0% - 15.3%
2004	President^[16]	Bush 62.0% - 36.9%
2004	Senator^[17]	Jones 54.1% - 41.6%
2006	Governor^[18]	Schwarzenegger 71.1% - 24.6%
2006	Senator^[19]	Mountjoy 52.9% - 42.5%
2008	President^[20]	McCain 53.2% - 44.9%
2010	Governor^[21]	Whitman 59.1% - 35.2%
2010	Senator^[22]	Fiorina 61.2% - 33.8%
2012	President^[23]	Romney 56.5% - 41.4%
2012	Senator^[24]	Emken 56.8% - 43.2%
2014	Governor^[25]	Kashkari 63.2% – 36.8%
2016	President^[26]	Trump 53.4%- 41.4%
2016	Senator^[27]	Harris 54.6% - 45.4%
2018	Governor^[28]	Cox 58.8% – 41.2%
2018	Senator^[29]	de León 52.1% - 47.9%
2020	President^[30]	Trump 52.7%- 45.3%

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
District created January 3, 1973
Clair Burgener	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Elected in 1972. Redistricted to the 43rd district.	1973–1975 Southern Coastal Orange, Coastal San Diego outside the city
Lionel Van Deerlin	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	94th 95th 96th	Redistricted from the 41st district and re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Lost re-election.	1975–1983 San Diego (San Diego City southern half)
Duncan Hunter	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 45th district.	1975–1983 San Diego (San Diego City southern half)
Dan Lungren	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989	98th 99th 100th	Redistricted from the 34th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Resigned when appointed California State Treasurer.	1983–1993 Los Angeles (Palos Verdes), Northwestern Orange
Dana Rohrabacher	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993	101st 102nd	Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 45th district.
George Brown, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – July 15, 1999	103rd 104th 105th 106th	Redistricted from the 36th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Died.	1993–2003 San Bernardino (Inland Empire)
Vacant		July 15, 1999 – November 16, 1999
Joe Baca	Democratic	November 16, 1999 – January 3, 2003	106th 107th	Elected to finish Brown's term. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 43rd district.
Gary Miller	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 41st 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 31st district.	2003–2013 Southeastern Los Angeles, Northeastern Orange, Southwestern San Bernardino
Ken Calvert	Republican	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 44th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.	2013–Present Inland Empire (Corona and Murrieta)

Election results[]

1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 1999 (Special) • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018

1972[]

1972 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clair Burgener (Incumbent)	155,965	67.4
	Democratic	Bob Lowe	67,477	29.2
	American Independent	Armin R. Moths	7,812	3.4
Total votes			231,254	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

1974[]

1974 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (Incumbent)	69,746	69.9
	Republican	Wes Marden	30,058	30.1
Total votes			99,804	100.0
	Democratic hold

1976[]

1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (Incumbent)	103,062	76.0
	Republican	Wes Marden	32,565	24.0
Total votes			135,627	100.0
	Democratic hold

1978[]

1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (Incumbent)	85,126	73.7
	Republican	Lawrence C. Mattera	30,319	26.3
Total votes			115,445	100.0
	Democratic hold

1980[]

1980 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter	79,713	53.3
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (Incumbent)	69,936	46.7
Total votes			149,649	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1982[]

1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Lungren (Incumbent)	142,845	69.0
	Democratic	James P. Spellman	58,690	28.3
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	5,514	2.7
Total votes			207,049	100.0
	Republican hold

1984[]

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Lungren (Incumbent)	177,783	73.0
	Democratic	Mary Lou Brophy	60,025	24.6
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	5,811	2.4
Total votes			243,619	100.0
	Republican hold

1986[]

1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Lungren (Incumbent)	140,364	72.8
	Democratic	Michael P. Blackburn	47,586	24.7
	Peace and Freedom	Kate McClatchy	4,761	2.5
Total votes			192,711	100.0
	Republican hold

1988[]

1988 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dana Rohrabacher	153,280	64.2
	Democratic	Guy C. Kimbrough	78,778	33.0
	Libertarian	Richard D. Rose	6,563	2.8
Total votes			238,621	100.0
	Republican hold

1990[]

1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dana Rohrabacher (Incumbent)	109,353	59.3
	Democratic	Guy C. Kimbrough	67,189	36.5
	Libertarian	Richard Gibb Martin	7,744	4.2
Total votes			184,286	100.0
	Republican hold

1992[]

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent)	79,780	50.7
	Republican	Dick Rutan	69,251	44.0
	Libertarian	Fritz R. Ward	8,424	5.3
Total votes			157,455	100.0
	Democratic hold

1994[]

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent)	58,888	51.1
	Republican	Rob Guzman	56,259	48.9
	Independent	LaBine (write-in)	44	0.0
	Independent	Sanchez (write-in)	14	0.0
Total votes			115,205	100.0
	Democratic hold

1996[]

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent)	52,166	50.5
	Republican	Linda Wilde	51,170	49.5
Total votes			103,336	100.0
	Democratic hold

1998[]

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent)	62,207	55.3
	Republican	Elia Pirozzi	45,328	40.3
	American Independent	Hale McGee	3,086	2.7
	Libertarian	David Lynn Hollist	1,899	1.7
Total votes			112,520	100.0
	Democratic hold

1999 (Special)[]

1999 California's 42nd congressional district special election^[45]^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca	23,690	50.5
	Republican	Elia Pirozzi	21,018	44.9
	Reform	Rick Simon	1,198	2.6
	Libertarian	John S. Ballard	956	2.0
Total votes			46,862	100.0
Turnout				19.4
	Democratic hold

2000[]

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca (Incumbent)	90,585	59.8
	Republican	Eli Pirozzi	53,239	35.2
	Libertarian	John "Scott" Ballard	4,059	2.6
	Natural Law	Gwyn Hartley	3,694	2.4
Total votes			151,577	100.0
	Democratic hold

2002[]

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (Incumbent)	98,476	67.8
	Democratic	Richard Waldron	42,090	29.0
	Libertarian	Donald Yee	4,680	3.2
Total votes			145,186	100.0
	Republican hold

2004[]

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (Incumbent)	167,632	68.2
	Democratic	Lewis Myers	78,393	31.8
Total votes			246,025	100.0
	Republican hold

2006[]

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[50]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (Incumbent)	129,720	100.0
	Republican hold

2008[]

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[51]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (Incumbent)	158,404	60.2
	Democratic	Ed Chau	104,909	39.8
Total votes			263,313	100.0
	Republican hold

2010[]

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[52]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (Incumbent)	127,161	62.3
	Democratic	Michael Williamson	65,122	31.8
	Libertarian	Mark Lambert	12,115	5.9
Total votes			204,398	100.0
	Republican hold

2012[]

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[53]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	130,245	60.6
	Democratic	Michael Williamson	84,702	39.4
Total votes			214,947	100.0
	Republican hold

2014[]

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[54]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	74,540	65.7
	Democratic	Tim Sheridan	38,850	34.3
Total votes			113,390	100.0
	Republican hold

2016[]

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[55]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	149,547	58.8
	Democratic	Tim Sheridan	104,689	41.2
Total votes			254,236	100.0
	Republican hold

2018[]

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[56]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	131,040	56.5
	Democratic	Julia C. Peacock	100,892	43.5
Total votes			231,932	100.0
	Republican hold

2020[]

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[57]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (incumbent)	210,274	57.1
	Democratic	William "Liam" O'Mara	157,773	42.9
Total votes			368,047	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries[]

From 2003 to 2013, the district covered parts of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino counties in Southern California.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Congressional District 42 (116th Congress), California". census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Statement of Vote (1990 Governor)
^ Statement of Vote (1992 President)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)
^ Statement of Vote (1994 Governor)
^ Statement of Vote (1994 Senate)
^ Statement of Vote (1996 President)
^ Statement of Vote (1998 Governor) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Statement of Vote (1998 Senate) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Statement of Vote (2000 President)
^ Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
^ Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
^ Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
^ Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
^ Statement of Vote (2004 President)
^ Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
^ Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
^ Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
^ Statement of Vote (2008 President)
^ Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)
^ Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)
^ Statement of Vote (2012 President)
^ Statement of Vote (2012 Senator)
^ Statement of Vote (2014 Governor)
^ Statement of Vote (2016 President)
^ Statement of Vote (2016 Senator)
^ Statement of Vote (2018 Governor)
^ Statement of Vote (2018 Senator)
^ https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2012/11/19/1163009/-Daily-Kos-Elections-presidential-results-by-congressional-district-for-the-2012-2008-elections
^ 1972 election results
^ 1974 election results
^ 1976 election results
^ 1978 election results
^ 1980 election results
^ 1982 election results
^ 1984 election results
^ 1986 election results
^ 1988 election results
^ 1990 election results
^ 1992 election results
^ 1994 election results
^ 1996 election results
^ 1998 election results
^ 1999 special election results
^ 1999 special election results
^ 2000 election results
^ 2002 election results
^ 2004 election results
^ 2006 election results
^ 2008 election results
^ 2010 election results
^ 2012 election results
^ 2014 election results
^ 2016 election results
^ 2018 election results
^ 2020 election results

External links[]

Coordinates: 33°36′N 117°18′W / 33.6°N 117.3°W / 33.6; -117.3

[Census2018-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Congressional District 42 (116th Congress), California". census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 6, 2020.

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[3] Statement of Vote (1990 Governor)

[4] Statement of Vote (1992 President)

[autogenerated1992-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)

[6] Statement of Vote (1994 Governor)

[7] Statement of Vote (1994 Senate)

[8] Statement of Vote (1996 President)

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

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

[11] Statement of Vote (2000 President)

[12] Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)

[13] Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)

[14] Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)

[15] Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)

[16] Statement of Vote (2004 President)

[17] Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)

[18] Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)

[19] Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)

[20] Statement of Vote (2008 President)

[21] Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)

[22] Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)

[23] Statement of Vote (2012 President)

[24] Statement of Vote (2012 Senator)

[25] Statement of Vote (2014 Governor)

[26] Statement of Vote (2016 President)

[27] Statement of Vote (2016 Senator)

[28] Statement of Vote (2018 Governor)

[29] Statement of Vote (2018 Senator)

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

[31] 1972 election results

[32] 1974 election results

[33] 1976 election results

[34] 1978 election results

[35] 1980 election results

[36] 1982 election results

[37] 1984 election results

[38] 1986 election results

[39] 1988 election results

[40] 1990 election results

[41] 1992 election results

[42] 1994 election results

[43] 1996 election results

[44] 1998 election results

[45] 1999 special election results

[46] 1999 special election results

[47] 2000 election results

[48] 2002 election results

[49] 2004 election results

[50] 2006 election results

[51] 2008 election results

[52] 2010 election results

[53] 2012 election results

[54] 2014 election results

[55] 2016 election results

[56] 2018 election results

[57] 2020 election results

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