California's 21st congressional district (or CA-21) is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It is located in the San Joaquin Valley and includes parts of Fresno County and Tulare County. Cities in the district include the majority of Fresno, the north side of Visalia, and all of Sanger, Selma, Kingsburg, Parlier, Reedley, Orange Cove, Dinuba, Orosi, Cutler, Farmersville, Woodlake and Exeter.[3] The district is currently represented by Democrat Jim Costa.
California's 21st congressional district | |||
---|---|---|---|
Representative |
| ||
Population (2022) | 748,904 | ||
Median household income | $61,213[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
| ||
Cook PVI | D+9[2] |
Demographics edit
According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 377,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 63% are Latino, while 26% are White. Immigrants make up 16% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $51,500, while 15% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 23% of those 25 and older have not earned a high school degree, while 12% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.
Election results from statewide races edit
Year | Office | Results |
---|---|---|
2008 | President | Obama 51.5–45.7% |
2010 | Governor | Brown 47.5–43.8% |
Senator | Fiorina 49.9–39.5% | |
Attorney General | Cooley 48.9–37.2% | |
Treasurer | Lockyer 49.7–38.7% | |
Controller | Chiang 50.1–37.8% | |
2012 | President | Obama 54.6–43.5% |
Senator | Feinstein 55.6–44.4% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 52.4–47.6% |
2016 | President | Clinton 55.2–39.7% |
Senator | Sanchez 56.7–43.3% | |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 52.1–47.9% |
Senator | de Leon 57.0–43.0% | |
2020 | President | Biden 54.4–43.5% |
2021 | Recall[4] | Yes 51.4–48.6% |
2022 | Governor[5] | Newsom 50.9 - 49.1% |
Senator | Padilla 53.5 - 46.5% |
Composition edit
# | County | Seat | Population |
---|---|---|---|
19 | Fresno | Fresno | 1,015,190 |
107 | Tulare | Visalia | 477,433 |
Cities with 10,000 or more people edit
- Fresno - 542,107
- Visalia - 141,384
- Reedley - 25,658
- Sanger - 25,339
- Selma - 24,825
- Dinuba - 24,563
- Parlier - 18,494
- Kingsburg - 12,380
- Farmersville - 10,382
- Exeter - 10,324
- Orange Cove - 10,273
2,500-10,000 people edit
List of members representing the district edit
Election results edit
1942 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 38,419 | 96.6 | |
Republican | Arthur E. Isham (write-in) | 1,350 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 39,769 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
1944 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 48,539 | 58.5 | |
Republican | Earl S. Webb | 34,409 | 41.5 | |
Total votes | 82,948 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
1946 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 37,229 | 52.7 | |
Republican | Lowell E. Lathrop | 33,395 | 47.3 | |
Total votes | 70,624 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
1948 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 61,383 | 55.2 | |
Republican | Lowell E. Lathrop | 47,411 | 42.6 | |
Progressive | Howard J. Louks | 2,422 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 111,216 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
1950 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 62,994 | 57.4 | |
Republican | R. E. Reynolds | 46,693 | 42.6 | |
Total votes | 109,687 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
1952 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand | 112,100 | 53.6 | ||
Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 97,007 | 46.4 | ||
Total votes | 209,107 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |
1954 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (Incumbent) | 100,258 | 58.7 | |
Democratic | William E. "Bill" Roskam | 70,486 | 41.3 | |
Total votes | 170,744 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
1956 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (Incumbent) | 153,679 | 62.6 | |
Democratic | W. C. "Bill" Stethem | 91,683 | 37.4 | |
Total votes | 245,362 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
1958 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (Incumbent) | 127,238 | 51.9 | |
Democratic | Mrs. Rudd Brown | 118,141 | 48.1 | |
Total votes | 245,379 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
1960 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (Incumbent) | 179,376 | 58.4 | |
Democratic | Mrs. Rudd Brown | 127,591 | 41.6 | |
Total votes | 306,967 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1962 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins | 73,465 | 84.6 | ||
Republican | Herman Smith | 13,371 | 15.2 | ||
Total votes | 86,836 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
1964 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 106,231 | 90.3 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 11,374 | 9.7 | |
Total votes | 117,605 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
1966 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 74,216 | 84.8 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 13,294 | 15.2 | |
Total votes | 87,510 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
1968 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 87,205 | 91.6 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 7,995 | 8.4 | |
Total votes | 95,200 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
1970 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 75,127 | 94.5 | |
Republican | Southy M. Johnson | 4,349 | 5.5 | |
Total votes | 79,476 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
1972 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 92,799 | 82.9 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 19,187 | 17.1 | |
Total votes | 111,986 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
1974 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James C. Corman (Incumbent) | 86,778 | 73.5 | |
Republican | Mel Nadell | 31,365 | 26.5 | |
Total votes | 118,143 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
1976 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James C. Corman (Incumbent) | 101,837 | 66.5 | |
Republican | Erwin Ed Hogan | 44,094 | 28.8 | |
Peace and Freedom | Bill Hill | 7,178 | 4.7 | |
Total votes | 153,109 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
1978 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James C. Corman (Incumbent) | 73,869 | 59.5 | |
Republican | Rod Walsh | 44,519 | 35.9 | |
Peace and Freedom | Bill Hill | 5,750 | 4.6 | |
Total votes | 124,138 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
1980 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bobbi Fiedler | 74,674 | 48.7 | |||
Democratic | James C. Corman (Incumbent) | 73,898 | 48.2 | |||
Libertarian | George J. Lehmann | 2,790 | 1.8 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Jan B. Tucker | 2,038 | 1.3 | |||
Total votes | 153,400 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1982 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bobbi Fiedler (Incumbent) | 138,474 | 71.8 | |
Democratic | George Henry Margolis | 46,412 | 24.1 | |
Libertarian | Daniel Wiener | 7,881 | 4.1 | |
Total votes | 192,767 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
1984 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bobbi Fiedler (Incumbent) | 173,504 | 72.3 | |
Democratic | Charles "Charlie" Davis | 62,085 | 25.9 | |
Libertarian | Robert Townsend Leet | 4,379 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 239,968 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
1986 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly | 132,090 | 68.4 | |
Democratic | Gilbert R. Saldana | 54,497 | 28.2 | |
Libertarian | Daniel Wiener | 6,504 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 193,091 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
1988 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly (Incumbent) | 181,413 | 69.1 | |
Democratic | Donald E. Stevens | 75,739 | 28.8 | |
Libertarian | Robert Jay | 5,519 | 2.1 | |
Total votes | 262,671 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
1990 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly (Incumbent) | 118,326 | 58.4 | |
Democratic | Richard D. Freiman | 68,921 | 34.0 | |
Libertarian | Peggy L. Christensen | 15,364 | 7.6 | |
Total votes | 202,611 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
1992 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 127,758 | 65.2 | |
Democratic | Deborah A. Vollmer | 68,058 | 34.7 | |
Libertarian | Mike Hodges (write-in) | 149 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 195,965 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
1994 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 116,874 | 68.10 | |
Democratic | John L. Evans | 47,517 | 27.69 | |
Libertarian | Mike Hodges | 6,899 | 4.02 | |
No party | Vollmer (write-in) | 339 | 0.20 | |
Total votes | 171,629 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
1996 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 125,916 | 65.9 | |
Democratic | Deborah Vollmer | 50,694 | 26.5 | |
Reform | John Evans | 8,113 | 4.3 | |
Natural Law | Jane Bialosky | 3,380 | 1.8 | |
Libertarian | Mike Hodges | 3,049 | 1.5 | |
Republican | Karen Gentry (write-in) | 172 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 191,324 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
1998 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 115,989 | 78.91 | |
Democratic | John Evans | 30,994 | 21.09 | |
Total votes | 146,983 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2000 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 142,539 | 71.6 | |
Democratic | Pedro "Pete" Martinez | 49,318 | 24.8 | |
Libertarian | James R.S. Manion | 7,243 | 3.6 | |
Total votes | 199,100 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
2002 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes | 87,544 | 70.5 | ||
Democratic | David G. LaPere | 32,584 | 26.3 | ||
Libertarian | Jonathan Richter | 4,070 | 3.2 | ||
Total votes | 124,198 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican win (new seat) |
2004 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 140,721 | 73.2 | |
Democratic | Fred B. Davis | 51,594 | 26.8 | |
Total votes | 192,315 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
2006 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 95,214 | 66.8 | |
Democratic | Steven Haze | 42,718 | 29.9 | |
Green | John Roger Miller | 4,729 | 3.3 | |
Total votes | 142,661 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
2008 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 143,498 | 68.4 | |
Democratic | Larry Johnson | 66,317 | 31.6 | |
Total votes | 209,815 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
2010 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 135,979 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 135,979 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
2012 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Valadao | 67,164 | 57.8 | ||
Democratic | John Hernandez | 49,119 | 42.2 | ||
Total votes | 116,283 | 100.0 | |||
Republican win (new seat) |
2014 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Valadao (Incumbent) | 45,907 | 57.8 | |
Democratic | Amanda Renteria | 33,470 | 42.2 | |
Total votes | 79,377 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2016 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Valadao (Incumbent) | 75,126 | 56.7 | |
Democratic | Emilio Huerta | 57,282 | 43.3 | |
Total votes | 132,408 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2018 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | TJ Cox | 57,239 | 50.4 | |||
Republican | David Valadao (Incumbent) | 56,377 | 49.6 | |||
Total votes | 113,616 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2020 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Valadao | 85,928 | 50.45 | |||
Democratic | TJ Cox (Incumbent) | 84,406 | 49.55 | |||
Total votes | 170,334 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2022 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jim Costa (Incumbent) | 68,074 | 54.2 | |
Republican | Michael Maher | 57,573 | 45.8 | |
Total votes | 125,647 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ "CA 2022 Congressional". Dave's Redistricting. January 4, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Counties by Congressional District for Recall Question" (PDF). sos.ca.gov. September 14, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ "Counties by Congressional Districts for Governor" (PDF). sos.ca.gov. November 8, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- ^ 1942 election results
- ^ 1944 election results
- ^ 1946 election results
- ^ 1948 election results
- ^ 1950 election results
- ^ 1952 election results
- ^ 1954 election results
- ^ 1956 election results
- ^ 1958 election results
- ^ 1960 election results
- ^ 1962 election results
- ^ 1964 election results
- ^ 1966 election results
- ^ 1968 election results
- ^ 1970 election results
- ^ 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
- ^ 2000 election results
- ^ 2002 general election results Archived February 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2004 general election results Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2006 general election results Archived November 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ California - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times
- ^ Barone, Michael; Cohen, Richard E. (2009). Koszczuk, Jackie (ed.). The Almanac of American Politics (2010 ed.). Washington, D.C.: National Journal Group. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-89234-120-7.
- ^ Statement of Vote November 4, 2008, General Election Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2010 general election results[permanent dead link]
- ^ 2012 general election results Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ U.S. House of Representatives District 21 - Districtwide Results Archived 2014-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ U.S. House of Representatives District 21 - Districtwide Results Archived 2014-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ U.S. House of Representatives District 21 - Districtwide Results Archived 2018-12-02 at the Wayback Machine