California's 21st congressional district
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 | |
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Representative | |
Population (2023) | 749,912 |
Median household income | $63,382[1] |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+9[2] |
Demographics
editAccording 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
editYear | 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 | 1,017,162 |
107 | Tulare | Visalia | 479,468 |
Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people
edit- Fresno – 542,107
- Visalia – 141,384
- Sanger – 26,617
- Reedley – 25,227
- Selma – 24,674
- Dinuba – 24,563
- Parlier – 18,494
- Kingsburg – 12,380
- Farmersville – 10,382
- Exeter – 10,324
2,500 – 10,000 people
edit- Orange Cove – 9,649
- Orosi – 8,329
- Woodlake – 7,419
- Fowler – 6,700
- Old Fig Garden – 5,477
- Goshen – 4,968
- Mayfair – 4,831
- Sunnyside – 4,627
- Cutler – 4,480
- Ivanhoe – 4,198
List of members representing the district
editElection results
edit1942
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
1944
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
1946
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
1948
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
1950
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
1952
editParty | 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 | |||||
Republican win (new seat) |
1954
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
1956
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
1958
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
1960
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins | 73,465 | 84.6 | ||
Republican | Herman Smith | 13,371 | 15.2 | ||
Total votes | 86,836 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
1964
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
1966
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
1968
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
1970
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
1972
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
1974
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
1976
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
1978
editParty | 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 | ||||
Democratic hold |
1980
editParty | 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 | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1982
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
1984
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
1986
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
1988
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
1990
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
1992
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
1994
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
1996
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
1998
editParty | 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
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
2002
editParty | 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
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
2006
editParty | 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 | ||||
Republican hold |
2008
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 143,498 | 68.4 | |
Democratic | Larry Johnson | 66,317 | 31.6 | |
Total votes | 209,815 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2010
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 135,979 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 135,979 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2012
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editReferences
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