California's 27th congressional district
California's 27th congressional district | ||
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Current Representative | Judy Chu (D–Monterey Park) | |
Ethnicity | 29.2% White, 4.5% Black, 37.0% Asian, 26.9% Hispanic, 2.5[1]% other | |
Cook PVI | D+11 |
California's 27th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California
The district is currently represented by Democrat Judy Chu. The district covers the San Gabriel Foothills including the communities of Alhambra , Altadena, Arcadia, Bradbury, Claremont, East Pasadena, Glendora, Monrovia, Monterey Park, Pasadena, Rosemead, San Antonio Heights, San Gabriel, San Marino, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena, South San Gabriel, Temple City, and Upland.
Voting
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2012 | President | Obama 62.6 - 35.0% |
2010 | Governor | Brown 57.9 - 36.8% |
Senator | Boxer 57.6 - 36.7% | |
2008 | President[2] | Obama 66.1 - 31.7% |
2006 | Governor[3] | Schwarzenegger 52.7 - 42.3% |
Senator[4] | Feinstein 63.2 - 31.3% | |
2004 | President[5] | Kerry 59.3 - 39.3% |
Senator[6] | Boxer 63.7 - 31.2% | |
2003 | Recall[7][8] | Yes 56.5 - 43.5% |
Schwarzenegger 52.0 - 29.9% | ||
2002 | Governor[9] | Davis 50.1 - 40.0% |
2000 | President[10] | Gore 53.4 - 41.4% |
Senator[11] | Feinstein 56.6 - 36.4% | |
1998 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
1996 | President | |
1994 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
1992 | President | Clinton 44.3 - 36.6% |
Senator | Herschensohn 47.5 - 44.9% | |
Senator | Feinstein 50.7 - 42.1% |
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | Notes | Counties |
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District created | January 3, 1953 | |||
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Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 | Redistricted from the 21st district Redistricted to the 33rd district |
San Bernardino |
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Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | Lost re-election | Los Angeles |
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Republican | January 3, 1965 – January 21, 1969 | Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of California | |
Vacant | January 21, 1969 – April 29, 1969 | |||
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Republican | April 29, 1969 – January 3, 1973 | ||
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | Redistricted to the 20th district | Los Angeles, southern Ventura | ||
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Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | Redistricted from the 28th district Retired to run for the US Senate |
Los Angeles |
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Republican | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 | Retired to run for the US Senate | |
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Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | Retired | Western Los Angeles (Manhattan/Redondo Beach, Santa Monica) |
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Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 | Redistricted from the 22nd district Retired |
Los Angeles (Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena) |
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Republican | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 | Lost re-election | |
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Democratic | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted to the 29th district | |
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Democratic | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted from the 24th district Redistricted to the 30th district |
Western Los Angeles (Northridge) |
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Democratic | January 3, 2013 – present | Redistricted from the 32nd district | San Gabriel Foothills including Alhambra and Pasadena |
Election results
1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1969 (Special) • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 |
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (inc.) | 68,773 | 55.0 | |
Republican | Carl B. Hilliard | 56,202 | 45.0 | |
Total votes | 124,975 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (inc.) | 65,389 | 64.8 | |
Republican | Martin K. Barrett | 35,594 | 35.2 | |
Total votes | 100,983 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1956
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (inc.) | 124,662 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (inc.) | 105,062 | 72.3 | |
Republican | Robert M. Castle | 40,317 | 27.7 | |
Total votes | 145,379 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1960
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (inc.) | 123,645 | 66.8 | |
Republican | Robert M. Castle | 61,484 | 33.2 | |
Total votes | 185,129 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 66,979 | 52.1 | |||
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (inc.) | 61,538 | 47.9 | |||
Total votes | 128,517 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Edwin Reinecke | 83,141 | 51.7 | |||
Democratic | Tom Bane | 77,587 | 48.3 | |||
Total votes | 160,734 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Edwin Reinecke (incumbent) | 93,890 | 65.3 | |
Democratic | John A. "Jack" Howard | 49,785 | 34.7 | |
Total votes | 143,675 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Edwin Reinecke (incumbent) | 158,309 | 72.2 | |
Democratic | John T. Butchko | 60,808 | 27.8 | |
Total votes | 219,117 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1969 (Special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. | ' | 56.9 | |
Democratic | John K. Van de Kamp | 43.1 | ||
Total votes | {{{votes}}} | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. | 139,326 | 66.6 | |
Democratic | N. "Toni" Kimmel | 63,652 | 30.5 | |
Peace and Freedom | Edward Richer | 3,306 | 1.6 | |
American Independent | John H. Hind | 2,642 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 208,926 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (inc.) | 117,622 | 57.4 | |
Democratic | Mark S. Novak | 87,295 | 42.6 | |
Total votes | 204,917 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (inc.) | 99,645 | 63.9 | |
Democratic | John Dalessio | 50,919 | 32.5 | |
Peace and Freedom | Jerry Rubin | 5,547 | 3.6 | |
Total votes | 156,111 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dornan | 114,623 | 54.7 | |
Democratic | Gary Familian | 94,988 | 45.3 | |
Total votes | 209,611 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dornan (incumbent) | 89,392 | 51 | |
Democratic | Carey Peck | 85,880 | 49 | |
Total votes | 175,272 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dornan (incumbent) | 109,807 | 51.0 | |
Democratic | Carey Peck | 100,061 | 46.5 | |
Libertarian | Jerome L. "Jerry" Sievers | 5,448 | 2.5 | |
Total votes | 215,316 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Mel Levine | 108,347 | 59.5 | |||
Republican | Bart W. Christensen | 67,479 | 37.0 | |||
Libertarian | ZacK Richardson | 6,391 | 3.5 | |||
Total votes | 182,217 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mel Levine (incumbent) | 116,933 | 55.0 | |
Republican | Robert B. Scribner | 88,896 | 41.8 | |
Peace and Freedom | Thomas L. O'Connor, Jr. | 3,815 | 1.8 | |
Libertarian | Jeff Avrech | 3,137 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 212,781 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mel Levine (incumbent) | 110,403 | 63.7 | |
Republican | Rob Scribner | 59,410 | 34.3 | |
Peace and Freedom | Thomas L. O'Connor, Jr. | 2,078 | 1.2 | |
Libertarian | Larry Leathers | 1,429 | 0.8 | |
Total votes | 173,320 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mel Levine (incumbent) | 148,814 | 67.5 | |
Republican | Dennis Galbraith | 65,307 | 29.6 | |
Libertarian | William J. Fulco | 6,214 | 2.8 | |
Total votes | 220,335 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mel Levine (incumbent) | 90,857 | 58.2 | |
Republican | David Barrett Cohen | 58,140 | 37.2 | |
Peace and Freedom | Edward E. Ferrer | 7,101 | 4.5 | |
Total votes | 156,098 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carlos Moorhead (inc.) | 105,521 | 49.7 | |
Democratic | Doug Kahn | 83,805 | 39.4 | |
Green | Jesse A. Moorman | 11,003 | 5.2 | |
Peace and Freedom | Margaret L. Edwards | 7,329 | 3.5 | |
Libertarian | Dennis Decherd | 4,790 | 2.3 | |
No party | Ballantyne (write-in) | 2 | 0.0% | |
Total votes | 212,450 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carlos Moorhead (inc.) | 88,341 | 52.97 | |
Democratic | Doug Kahn | 70,267 | 42.13 | |
American Independent | Bill Gibbs | 4,328 | 2.60 | |
Libertarian | Dennis Decherd | 3,838 | 2.30 | |
Total votes | 166,774 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Rogan | 95,310 | 50.2 | |
Democratic | Doug Kahn | 82,014 | 43.2 | |
Libertarian | Elizabeth Michael | 6,645 | 3.5 | |
Green | Walt Sheasby | 4,195 | 3.3 | |
Natural Law | Martin Zucker | 1,766 | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 189,930 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Rogan (incumbent) | 80,702 | 50.73 | |
Democratic | Barry A. Gordon | 73,875 | 46.44 | |
Libertarian | Bob New | 4,489 | 2.82 | |
Total votes | 159,066 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Adam Schiff | 113,708 | 52.7 | |||
Republican | Jim Rogan (incumbent) | 94,518 | 43.9 | |||
Natural Law | Miriam R. Hospodar | 3,873 | 1.7 | |||
Libertarian | Ted Brown | 3,675 | 1.7 | |||
Total votes | 215,774 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brad Sherman (incumbent) | 79,815 | 62.0 | |
Republican | Robert M. Levy | 48,996 | 38.0 | |
Total votes | 128,811 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brad Sherman (incumbent) | 125,296 | 62.3 | |
Republican | Robert M. Levy | 66,946 | 33.3 | |
Green | Eric J. Carter | 8,956 | 4.4 | |
Total votes | 201,198 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brad Sherman (incumbent) | 92,650 | 68.8 | |
Republican | Peter Hankwitz | 42,074 | 31.2 | |
Total votes | 134,724 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brad Sherman (incumbent) | 135,665 | 68 | |
Republican | Navraj Singh | 49,510 | 25 | |
Total votes | 185,175 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brad Sherman (incumbent) | 102,927 | 65.15 | |
Republican | Mark Reed | 55,056 | 34.85 | |
Total votes | 157,983 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Judy Chu (incumbent) | 154,191 | 64.0 | |
Republican | Jack Orswell | 86,817 | 36.0 | |
Total votes | 241,008 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Judy Chu (incumbent) | 75,728 | 59% | |
Republican | Jack Orswell | 51,852 | 41% | |
Total votes | 127,580 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Living former Members
As of April 2015, there are three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 27th congressional district that are currently living.
Representative | Term in office | Date of birth (and age) |
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James E. Rogan | 1997 - 2001 | August 21, 1957 |
Adam Schiff | 2001 - 2003 | June 22, 1960 |
Brad Sherman | 2003 - 2013 | October 24, 1954 |
Historical district boundaries
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See also
References
- ↑ http://www.latimes.com/la-redistricting-map-july-2011,0,5339409.htmlstory#39.71057374407184,-118.14590136718749,5,usCongress,,,current
- ↑ (2008 President)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2004 President)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2000 President)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
- ↑ 1952 election results
- ↑ 1954 election results
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- ↑ 1960 election results
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- ↑ 1969 special election results
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2006 general election results Archived November 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
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- ↑
- ↑ 2012 general election results Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 2012 general election results Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
External links
- GovTrack.us: California's 27th congressional district
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
- California Voter Foundation map - CD27
Coordinates: 34°15′54″N 117°56′06″W / 34.26500°N 117.93500°W