California's 47th congressional district
California's 47th congressional district | ||
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Current Representative | Alan Lowenthal (D–Long Beach) | |
Ethnicity | 34.1% White, 7.3% Black, 21.4% Asian, 34.1% Hispanic, 3.1[1]% other | |
Cook PVI | D+8 |
California's 47th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is centered in Long Beach and extends into the western Orange County cities of Garden Grove, Westminster, Stanton, Los Alamitos and Cypress. The district is represented by Democrat Alan Lowenthal.
Characteristics
While the district's Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+8 suggests a fairly safe Democratic district, it is actually split between heavily Democratic portions of eastern Los Angeles County, centered around Long Beach, and Republican-leaning portions of western Orange County. However, the Los Angeles County portion has more than double the population of the Orange County portion (Long Beach alone accounts for half the population), pushing the district into the Democratic column.
Voting
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2010 | Governor[2] | Brown 54.4 - 37.8% |
Senator[3] | Boxer 55.7 - 37.0% | |
2008 | President[4] | Obama 60.1 - 37.8% |
2006 | Governor[5] | Schwarzenegger 53.6 - 40.3% |
Senator[6] | Feinstein 59.5 - 33.8% | |
2004 | President[7] | Bush 50.0 - 48.6% |
Senator[8] | Boxer 57.5 - 35.4% | |
2003 | Recall[9][10] | Yes 61.7 - 38.3% |
Schwarzenegger 48.9 - 31.1% | ||
2002 | Governor[11] | Davis 50.8 - 40.3% |
2000 | President[12] | Bush 57.5 - 38.8% |
Senator[13] | Campbell 52.2 - 41.2% | |
1998 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
1996 | President | |
1994 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
1992 | President | Bush 45.9 - 31.0% |
Senator | Herschensohn 58.7 - 33.7% | |
Senator | Seymour 52.3 - 39.9% |
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties |
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District created | January 3, 1993 | |||
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Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted from the 40th district Redistricted to the 48th district |
South-central Orange |
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Democratic | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted from the 46th district Redistricted to the 46th district |
Central Orange (Anaheim, Garden Grove, Santa Ana) |
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Democratic | January 3, 2013 – present | Orange and Los Angeles (Long Beach) |
Election results
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris Cox (incumbent) | 165,004 | 64.9 | |
Democratic | John F. Anwiler | 76,924 | 30.3 | |
Peace and Freedom | Maxine Bell Quirk | 12,297 | 4.8 | |
No party | Charles (write-in) | 32 | 0.0% | |
Total votes | 244,257 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris Cox (incumbent) | 154,071 | 71.66 | |
Democratic | Gary Kingsbury | 53,669 | 24.96 | |
Libertarian | Victor A. Wagner, Jr. | 7,257 | 3.38 | |
Total votes | 214,997 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris Cox (incumbent) | 160,078 | 65.7 | |
Democratic | Tina Laine | 70,362 | 28.9 | |
Natural Law | Iris Adam | 6,573 | 2.8 | |
Libertarian | Victor Wagner | 6,530 | 2.6 | |
Total votes | 243,777 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris Cox (incumbent) | 132,711 | 67.60 | |
Democratic | Christina Avalos | 57,938 | 29.51 | |
Libertarian | Victor A. Wagner, Jr. | 2,991 | 1.52 | |
Reform | Raymond O. Mills | 1,369 | 0.70 | |
Natural Law | Paul Fisher | 1,307 | 0.67 | |
Total votes | 196,316 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris Cox (incumbent) | 181,365 | 65.7 | |
Democratic | John Graham | 83,186 | 30.1 | |
Libertarian | David F. Nolan | 8,081 | 2.9 | |
Natural Law | Iris Adam | 3,769 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 276,401 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Loretta Sanchez (incumbent) | 42,501 | 60.6 | |
Republican | Lawrence R. Wiesner | 24,346 | 34.7 | |
Libertarian | Paul Marsden | 2,944 | 4.2 | |
No party | Kenneth M. Valenzuela-Fisher (write-in) | 382 | 0.5% | |
No party | Michael J. Monge (write-in) | 5 | 0.0% | |
Total votes | 70,178 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Loretta Sanchez (incumbent) | 65,684 | 60.4 | |
Republican | Alexandria A. "Alex" Coronado | 43,099 | 39.6 | |
Total votes | 108,783 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Loretta Sanchez (incumbent) | 47,134 | 62.4 | |
Republican | Tan D. Nguyen | 28,485 | 37.6 | |
Total votes | 75,619 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Loretta Sanchez (incumbent) | 85,878 | 69.49 | |
Republican | Rosemarie "Rosie" Avila | 31,432 | 25.43 | |
American Independent | Robert Lauten | 6,274 | 5.08 | |
Total votes | 123,584 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Loretta Sanchez (incumbent) | 50,832 | 53% | |
Republican | Van Tran | 37,679 | 39% | |
Independent | Cecilia Igleseis | 7,443 | 8% | |
Total votes | 95,954 | 100% | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alan Lowenthal | 130,093 | 57% | |
Republican | Gary DeLong | 99,919 | 43% | |
Total votes | 230,012 | 100% | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alan Lowenthal (incumbent) | 69,061 | 56% | |
Republican | Andy Whallon | 54,309 | 44% | |
Total votes | 123,370 | 100% | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
In popular culture
California's 47th congressional district was the scene of a congressional election (won by a deceased Democratic challenger), and later a congressional special election (won by the Republican incumbent), featured in several episodes of the political drama The West Wing. However, in that context, several Orange County place names were referenced that are not within the current boundaries of the district, such as the city of Newport Beach. Many of these places are currently located in the 46th and 48th districts.
Living former Members
As of April 2015, there are two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 47th congressional district that are currently living.
Representative | Term in office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Christopher Cox | 1993 - 2003 | October 16, 1952 |
Loretta Sanchez | 2003 - 2013 | January 7, 1960 |
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
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)
- ↑ (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)
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2006 general election results Archived November 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 2008 general election results Archived December 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 2010 general election results
- ↑ 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 47th congressional district
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
- California Voter Foundation map - CD47
Coordinates: 33°46′59″N 117°53′57″W / 33.783024°N 117.899206°W