California's 47th congressional district
California's 47th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Population (2019) | 717,594 | ||
Median household income | $72,493[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+14[2] |
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[citation needed], however nothing came of it.
In statewide races[]
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
1992 | President[3] | Bush 45.9% – 31.0% |
Senator[4] | Herschensohn 58.7% – 33.7% | |
Senator (Special)[5] | Seymour 52.3% – 39.9% | |
1994 | Governor[6] | Wilson 65.5% – 27.1% |
Senator[7] | Huffington 58.6% - 33.1% | |
1996 | President[8] | Dole 54.0% - 36.2% |
1998 | Governor[9] | Lungren 54.0% – 43.1% |
Senator[10] | Fong 58.9% – 37.5% | |
2000 | President[11] | Bush 57.5% – 38.8% |
Senator[12] | Campbell 52.2% – 41.2% | |
2002 | Governor[13] | Davis 50.8% – 40.3% |
2003 | Recall[14][15] | Yes 61.7% – 38.3% |
Schwarzenegger 48.9% – 31.1% | ||
2004 | President[16] | Bush 50.0% – 48.6% |
Senator[17] | Boxer 57.5% – 35.4% | |
2006 | Governor[18] | Schwarzenegger 53.6% – 40.3% |
Senator[19] | Feinstein 59.5% – 33.8% | |
2008 | President[20] | Obama 60.1% – 37.8% |
2010 | Governor[21] | Brown 54.4% – 37.8% |
Senator[22] | Boxer 55.7% – 37.0% | |
2012 | President[23] | Obama 60.0% – 37.5% |
Senator[24] | Feinstein 61.4% – 38.6% | |
2014 | Governor[25] | Brown 56.5% – 43.5% |
2016 | President[26] | Clinton 62.6% – 31.0% |
Senator[27] | Harris 57.7% – 42.3% | |
2018 | Governor[28] | Newsom 61.7% – 38.3% |
Senator[29] | Feinstein 55.3% – 44.7% | |
Lieutenant Governor[30][31] | Kounalakis 54.8% – 45.2% | |
Secretary of State[30][31] | Padilla 64.1% – 35.9% | |
Controller[30][31] | Yee 65.1% – 34.9% | |
Treasurer[30][31] | Ma 63.8% – 36.2% | |
Attorney General[30][31] | Becerra 63.5% – 36.5% | |
Insurance Commissioner[30][31] | Lara 54.2% – 45.8% | |
Board of Equalization, 3rd District[31][a] | Vazquez 67.6% – 32.4% | |
Board of Equalization, 4th District[30][a] | Anderson 51.5% – 48.5% | |
2020 | President[32] | Biden 62.4% – 35.3% |
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b 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[]
Member | Party | Dates | Cong ress(es) |
Electoral history | Counties |
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District created January 3, 1993 | |||||
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 117th |
Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. |
2013–Present Orange and Los Angeles (Long Beach) |
Election results[]
1992[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent) | 42,501 | 60.6 | |
Republican | Jeff Chavez | 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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alan Lowenthal | 130,093 | 56.6 | |
Republican | 99,919 | 43.4 | ||
Total votes | 230,012 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alan Lowenthal (Incumbent) | 69,061 | 56.0 | |
Republican | Andy Whallon | 54,309 | 44.0 | |
Total votes | 123,370 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alan Lowenthal (Incumbent) | 154,759 | 63.7 | |
Republican | Andy Whallon | 88,109 | 36.3 | |
Total votes | 242,868 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alan Lowenthal (Incumbent) | 143,354 | 64.9 | |
Republican | John Briscoe | 77,682 | 35.1 | |
Total votes | 221,036 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alan Lowenthal (incumbent) | 197,028 | 63.3 | |
Republican | John Briscoe | 114,371 | 36.7 | |
Total votes | 311,399 | 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.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ US Census
- ^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ Statement of Vote (1992 President)
- ^ Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)
- ^ 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)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g [1]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g [2]
- ^ https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2012/11/19/1163009/-Daily-Kos-Elections-presidential-results-by-congressional-district-for-the-2012-2008-elections
- ^ 1992 election results
- ^ 1994 election results
- ^ 1996 election results
- ^ 1998 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
External links[]
- GovTrack.us: California's 47th congressional district
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
- California Voter Foundation map - CD47
Coordinates: 33°46′59″N 117°53′57″W / 33.783024°N 117.899206°W
- Congressional districts of California
- Government of Los Angeles County, California
- Government in Orange County, California
- Government in Long Beach, California
- Channel Islands of California
- Cypress, California
- Garden Grove, California
- Lakewood, California
- Los Angeles Harbor Region
- Signal Hill, California
- Westminster, California
- Constituencies established in 1993
- 1993 establishments in California