California's 20th congressional district is a congressional district in California including much of the southern and southeastern part of the state's Central Valley. The district currently has no representative in the United States House of Representatives due to resignation of Kevin McCarthy following the motion to vacate the office of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.[3][4]
California's 20th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Population (2022) | 793,325 | ||
Median household income | $82,983[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+16[2] |
Redistricting in 2022 returned the district to the San Joaquin Valley. The new 20th district includes parts of Kern, Tulare, Kings, and Fresno counties. It includes the southern Sierra Nevada and western Mojave Desert, with three "fingers" extending west into the valley. Cities in the district include Clovis, Tehachapi, Ridgecrest, Taft, Lemoore, the west and northeast sides of Bakersfield, the south side of Visalia, the northeast side of Tulare, the north side of Hanford, and a sliver of northeastern Fresno including California State University, Fresno.[5] The new 20th district is the most Republican district in California, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+16.[2]
Before 2022, it encompassed much of the Central Coast region. The district included Monterey and San Benito counties, most of Santa Cruz County, and portions of Santa Clara County.
Before redistricting in 2011, the 20th district was located in the San Joaquin Valley. It covered Kings County and portions of Fresno and Kern counties, including most of the city of Fresno. That area is now largely divided between the 21st and 16th districts, while most of the current 20th was within the former 17th.
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | Clinton 46.9 – 37.5% |
Senator | Herschensohn 50.2 – 40.1% | |
Senator | Feinstein 47.4 – 44.9% | |
1994 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
1996 | President | |
1998 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
2000 | President[6] | Gore 49.6 – 47.6% |
Senator[7] | Feinstein 58.4 – 35.0% | |
2002 | Governor[8] | Davis 53.1 – 40.6% |
2003 | Recall[9][10] | Yes 50.0 – 41.0% |
Schwarzenegger 42.7 – 40.4% | ||
2004 | President[11] | Kerry 50.6 – 48.5% |
Senator[12] | Boxer 57.2 – 38.3% | |
2006 | Governor[13] | Schwarzenegger 53.7 – 41.5% |
Senator[14] | Feinstein 60.5 – 33.9% | |
2008 | President[15] | Obama 59.6 – 38.7% |
2010 | Governor | Brown 55.9 – 37.1% |
Senator | Boxer 48.3 – 43.5% | |
2012 | President | Obama 70.9 – 26.2% |
Senator | Feinstein 73.1 - 26.9% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 73.0 - 27.0% |
2016 | President | Clinton 70.4 – 23.2% |
Senator | Harris 66.2 - 33.8% | |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 70.2 - 29.8% |
Senator | Feinstein 54.2 - 45.8% | |
2020 | President | Biden 72.7 – 25.0% |
2021 | Recall[16] | No 71.5 – 28.5% |
2022 | Governor[17] | Dahle 69.5 - 30.5% |
Senator | Meuser 67.7 - 32.3% |
# | County | Seat | Population |
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19 | Fresno | Fresno | 1,015,190 |
29 | Kern | Bakersfield | 916,108 |
31 | Kings | Hanford | 152,981 |
107 | Tulare | Visalia | 477,433 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Burnham | 43,757 | 50.3 | |
Democratic | Claude Chandler | 43,304 | 49.7 | |
Total votes | 87,061 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Burnham (Incumbent) | 51,682 | 52.4 | |
Democratic | Edouard Izac | 46,957 | 47.6 | |
Total votes | 98,639 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edouard Izac | 59,208 | 56.4 | |||
Republican | Ed P. Simple | 44,925 | 42.8 | |||
Communist | Esco L. Richardson | 916 | 0.8 | |||
Total votes | 105,049 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edouard Izac (Incumbent) | 65,243 | 60.4 | |
Republican | John L. Bacon | 42,710 | 39.6 | |
Total votes | 107,953 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edouard Izac (Incumbent) | 69,874 | 51.1 | |
Republican | John L. Bacon | 66,132 | 48.3 | |
Communist | Esco L. Richardson | 806 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 136,812 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw | 62,628 | 48.4 | |||
Democratic | Joseph O. Donovan | 55,479 | 42.9 | |||
Prohibition | Virgil G. Hinshaw | 6,864 | 5.3 | |||
Townsend | Janie Bele McCarty | 3,537 | 2.7 | |||
Communist | Orla E. Lair | 792 | 0.6 | |||
Total votes | 129,300 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent) | 112,663 | 51.8 | |
Democratic | Archibald B. Young | 101,090 | 46.5 | |
Prohibition | Charles Hiram Randall | 3,615 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 217,368 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent) | 98,283 | 63.2 | |
Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 67,317 | 36.8 | |
Total votes | 165,600 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent) | 204,710 | 81.6 | |
Democratic | William B. Esterman | 46,232 | 18.4 | |
Total votes | 250,942 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent) | 211,012 | 85.1 | |
Progressive | Myra Tanner Weiss | 26,508 | 10.7 | |
Prohibition | Frank Nelson | 10,339 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 247,859 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent) | 109,509 | 100.0 | |
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent) | 71,213 | 71.2 | |
Democratic | Eugene Radding | 28,838 | 28.8 | |
Total votes | 100,051 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | H. Allen Smith | 85,459 | 70.8 | |
Democratic | Eugene Radding | 35,249 | 29.2 | |
Total votes | 120,708 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 72,311 | 66 | |
Democratic | Eugene Radding | 37,331 | 34 | |
Total votes | 109,642 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 90,214 | 70.1 | |
Democratic | Eugene Radding | 38,497 | 29.9 | |
Total votes | 128,711 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 119,938 | 70.6 | |
Democratic | Leon Mayer | 49,850 | 29.4 | |
Total votes | 169,788 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 132,402 | 67.9 | |
Democratic | C. Bernard Kaufman | 62,645 | 32.1 | |
Total votes | 195,047 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 128,896 | 73.4 | |
Democratic | Raymond Freschi | 46,730 | 26.6 | |
Total votes | 175,626 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 133,148 | 69.3 | |
Democratic | Don White | 56,008 | 29.2 | |
Peace and Freedom | Robert J. Clarke | 2,965 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 192,121 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 116,437 | 69.1 | |
Democratic | Michael M. Stolzberg | 50,033 | 29.7 | |
American Independent | Earl C. Harper | 2,100 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 168,570 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carlos Moorhead | 120,299 | 57.4 | |
Democratic | John Binkley | 89,219 | 42.6 | |
Total votes | 209,518 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater Jr. | 96,324 | 61.2 | |
Democratic | Arline M. Mathews | 61,119 | 38.8 | |
Total votes | 157,443 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater Jr. (Incumbent) | 146,158 | 67.2 | |
Democratic | Patty Lear Corman | 71,193 | 32.8 | |
Total votes | 217,351 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater Jr. (Incumbent) | 129,714 | 66.4 | |
Democratic | Pat Lear | 65,695 | 33.6 | |
Total votes | 195,409 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater Jr. (Incumbent) | 199,674 | 78.8 | |
Democratic | Matt Miller | 43,024 | 17.0 | |
Libertarian | Christopher R. Darwin | 10,605 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 253,303 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas | 123,312 | 68.1 | |
Democratic | Robert J. Bethea | 57,769 | 31.9 | |
Total votes | 181,081 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 151,732 | 70.9 | |
Democratic | Michael T. LeSage | 62,307 | 29.1 | |
Total votes | 214,039 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 129,989 | 72.6 | |
Democratic | Jules H. Moquin | 49,027 | 27.4 | |
Total votes | 179,016 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 162,779 | 71.1 | |
Democratic | Lita Reid | 62,037 | 27.1 | |
Libertarian | David L. Bersohn | 4,190 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 229,006 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 112,962 | 59.8 | |
Democratic | Michael A. Thomas | 65,101 | 34.5 | |
Libertarian | William Howard Dilbeck | 10,555 | 5.6 | |
No party | Reid (write-in) | 307 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 188,925 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Cal Dooley | 72,679 | 64.9 | |||
Republican | Ed Hunt | 39,388 | 35.1 | |||
Total votes | 112,067 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cal Dooley (Incumbent) | 57,394 | 56.70 | |
Republican | Paul Young | 43,836 | 43.30 | |
Total votes | 101,230 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cal Dooley (Incumbent) | 65,381 | 56.6 | |
Republican | Trice Harvey | 45,276 | 39.1 | |
Libertarian | Jonathan Richter | 5,048 | 4.3 | |
Total votes | 115,705 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cal Dooley (Incumbent) | 60,599 | 60.73 | |
Republican | Cliff Unruh | 39,183 | 39.27 | |
Total votes | 99,782 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cal Dooley (Incumbent) | 66,235 | 52.4 | |
Republican | Rich Rodriguez | 57,563 | 45.5 | |
Natural Law | Walter Kenneth Ruehlig | 1,416 | 1.1 | |
Libertarian | Arnold Kriegbaum | 1,320 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 126,534 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cal Dooley (Incumbent) | 47,627 | 63.7 | |
Republican | Andre Minuth | 25,628 | 34.3 | |
Libertarian | Varrin Swearingen | 1,515 | 2.0 | |
Turnout | 74,770 | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jim Costa | 61,005 | 53.5 | |
Republican | Roy Ashburn | 53,231 | 46.5 | |
Total votes | 114,236 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jim Costa (Incumbent) | 61,120 | 100.0 | |
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jim Costa (Incumbent) | 93,023 | 74.33 | |
Republican | Jim Lopez | 32,118 | 25.67 | |
Total votes | 125,141 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 60.55 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim Costa (Incumbent) | 46,247 | 51.71 | |
Republican | Andy Vidak | 43,197 | 48.29 | |
Total votes | 89,444 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Sam Farr (Incumbent) | 172,996 | 74.1 | |
Republican | Jeff Taylor | 60,566 | 25.9 | |
Total votes | 233,562 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Sam Farr (Incumbent) | 106,034 | 75.2 | |
Republican | Ronald Paul Kabat | 35,010 | 24.8 | |
Total votes | 141,044 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jimmy Panetta | 180,980 | 70.8 | |
Republican | Casey Lucius | 74,811 | 29.2 | |
Total votes | 255,791 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jimmy Panetta (Incumbent) | 183,677 | 81.4 | |
No party preference | Ronald Paul Kabat | 42,044 | 18.6 | |
Total votes | 225,721 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jimmy Panetta (incumbent) | 236,896 | 76.8 | |
Republican | Jeff Gorman | 71,658 | 23.2 | |
Total votes | 308,554 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Kevin McCarthy (incumbent) | 153,847 | 67.2 | |
Democratic | Marisa Wood | 74,934 | 32.8 | |
Total votes | 228,781 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
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