California's 51st congressional district

California's 51st congressional district
California's 51st congressional district
	California's 51st congressional district since January 3, 2013.
Representative
	Juan Vargas; D–San Diego
Area	4,896 sq mi (12,680 km2)
Population (2019)	740,797
Median household; income	$52,471
Ethnicity	69.4% Hispanic; 13.3% White; 8.3% Asian; 6.7% Black; 1.5% Two or more races; 0.7% other;
Cook PVI	D+20

California's 51st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is currently represented by Democrat Juan Vargas.

The district currently includes all of Imperial County and the extreme southern portions of San Diego County, and covers the entirety of California's border with Mexico. Cities in the district include National City, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach and El Centro.

Competitiveness[]

In statewide races[]

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President^[4]	Bush 40.3% – 32.3%
	Senator^[5]	Herschensohn 52.1 – 38.2%
	Senator (Special)^[6]	Seymour 48.0% – 43.3%
1994	Governor^[7]	Wilson 69.1% - 27.0%
1994	Senator^[8]	Huffington 56.4% – 35.7%
1996	President^[9]	Dole 51.7% – 38.5%
1998	Governor^[10]	Lungren 52.7% – 43.9%
1998	Senator^[11]	Fong 55.3% – 41.0%
2000	President^[12]	Bush 55.2% – 40.5%
2000	Senator^[13]	Campbell 46.7% – 46.2%
2002	Governor^[14]	Davis 53.5% – 39.7%
2003	Recall^[15]^[16]	Yes 60.4% – 39.6%
2003	Recall^[15]^[16]	Schwarzenegger 48.8% – 36.4%
2004	President^[17]	Kerry 53.4% – 45.7%
2004	Senator^[18]	Boxer 61.0% - 33.7%
2006	Governor^[19]	Schwarzenegger 51.6% – 43.1%
2006	Senator^[20]	Feinstein 62.6% – 32.2%
2008	President^[21]	Obama 63.1% – 35.5%
2010	Governor^[22]	Brown 56.3% – 36.3%
2010	Senator^[23]	Boxer 55.5% – 37.4%
2012	President^[24]	Obama 69.4% – 28.9%
2012	Senator^[25]	Feinstein 70.1% - 29.9%
2014	Governor^[26]	Brown 66.2% – 33.8%
2016	President^[27]	Clinton 71.8% – 22.8%
2016	Senator^[28]	Sanchez 56.6% – 43.4%
2018	Governor^[29]	Newsom 67.9% – 32.1%
2018	Senator^[30]	de León 51.6% – 48.4%
2020	President^[31]	Biden 66.9% – 30.9%

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
District created January 3, 1993
Duke Cunningham	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Redistricted from the 44th 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 50th district.	1993–2003 Northern San Diego
Bob Filner	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – December 3, 2012	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 50th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Resigned to become Mayor of San Diego.	2003–2013 Imperial Eastern San Diego
Vacant		December 3, 2012 – January 3, 2013	112th		2003–2013 Imperial Eastern San Diego
Juan Vargas	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 Imperial Southern San Diego

Election results[]

1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020

1992[]

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duke Cunningham (Incumbent)	141,890	56.1
	Democratic	Bea Herbert	85,148	33.7
	Libertarian	Bill Holmes	10,309	4.1
	Peace and Freedom	Miriam Clark	10,307	4.1
	Green	Richard Roe	5,328	2.1
	Independent	Johnson (write-in)	13	0.0
Total votes			262,995	100.0
	Republican hold

1994[]

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duke Cunningham (Incumbent)	138,547	66.9
	Democratic	Rita K. Tamerius	57,374	27.7
	Libertarian	Bill Holmes	6,968	3.4
	Peace and Freedom	Miriam Clark	4,099	2.0
Total votes			206,968	100.0
	Republican hold

1996[]

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duke Cunningham (Incumbent)	149,032	65.1
	Democratic	Rita Tamerius	66,250	29.0
	Peace and Freedom	Miriam Clark	5,407	2.3
	Libertarian	J.C. Anderson	5,298	2.3
	Natural Law	Eric Bourdette	3,037	1.3
Total votes			215,282	100.0
	Republican hold

1998[]

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duke Cunningham (Incumbent)	126,229	61.02
	Democratic	Dan Kripke	71,706	34.66
	Libertarian	Jack Anderson	5,411	2.62
	Natural Law	Eric Bourdette	3,532	1.71
	Independent	Don J. Pando (write-in)	0	0.00
Total votes			206,878	100.0
	Republican hold

2000[]

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duke Cunningham (Incumbent)	172,291	64.4
	Democratic	George "Jorge" Barraza	81,408	30.4
	Libertarian	Daniel L. Muhe	7,159	2.7
	Natural Law	Eric Hunter Bourdette	6,941	2.5
Total votes			267,799	100.0
	Republican hold

2002[]

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Filner (Incumbent)	59,541	58.0
	Republican	Maria Guadalupe Garcia	40,430	39.3
	Libertarian	Jeffrey S. Keup	2,816	2.7
Total votes			102,787	100.0
	Democratic hold

2004[]

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Filner (Incumbent)	111,441	61.7
	Republican	Michael Giorgino	63,526	35.1
	Libertarian	Michael S. Metti	5,912	3.2
Total votes			180,879	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006[]

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Filner (Incumbent)	78,114	67.5
	Republican	Blake L. Miles	34,931	30.1
	Libertarian	Dan Litwin	2,790	2.4
	Independent	David Arguello (write-in)	4	0.0
Total votes			115,839	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008[]

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Filner (Incumbent)	148,281	72.8
	Republican	David Lee Joy	49,345	24.2
	Libertarian	Dan Litwin	6,199	3.0
Total votes			203,825	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010[]

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Filner (Incumbent)	86,411	60.1
	Republican	Nick Popaditch	57,480	39.9
	Green	Marcus Jay Shapiro	5	0
Total votes			143,891	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012[]

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Vargas	85,672	71.5
	Republican	Michael Crimmins	36,649	28.5
Total votes			122,321	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014[]

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Vargas (Incumbent)	56,373	68.8
	Republican	Stephen Meade	25,577	31.2
Total votes			81,950	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016[]

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Vargas (Incumbent)	145,162	72.8
	Republican	Juan M Hidalgo Jr	54,362	27.2
Total votes			199,524	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018[]

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Vargas (Incumbent)	109,527	71.2
	Republican	Juan M Hidalgo Jr	44,301	28.8
Total votes			153,828	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020[]

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Vargas (Incumbent)	165,596	68.3
	Republican	Juan M Hidalgo Jr	76,841	31.7
Total votes			242,437	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries[]

In the 1980s, California's 44th congressional district was one of four that divided San Diego. The district had been held for eight years by Democrat Jim Bates, and was considered the most Democratic district in the San Diego area. Randy "Duke" Cunningham won the Republican nomination and won the general election by just a point, meaning that the San Diego area was represented entirely by Republicans for only the second time since the city was split into three districts after the 1960 United States census.

After the 1990 United States census, the district was renumbered the 51st congressional district and much of its share of San Diego was moved to the new 50th congressional district.

References[]

^ "American Fact Finder - Results". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
^ US Census
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ 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 Senate)
^ 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)
^ "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012".
^ 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[]

District information at GovTrack.us

Coordinates: 32°48′N 116°00′W / 32.8°N 116°W / 32.8; -116

[1] "American Fact Finder - Results". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2015.

[2] US Census

[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 Senate)

[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] "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012".

[32] 1992 election results

[33] 1994 election results

[34] 1996 election results

[35] 1998 election results

[36] 2000 election results

[37] 2002 election results

[38] 2004 election results

[39] 2006 election results

[40] 2008 election results

[41] 2010 election results

[42] 2012 election results

[43] 2014 election results

[44] 2016 election results

[45] 2018 election results

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