California's 31st congressional district

California's 31st congressional district
California's 31st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Pete Aguilar (D–Redlands)
Ethnicity	29.7% White, 11.0% Black, 7.2% Asian, 49.4% Hispanic, 2.7[1]% other
Cook PVI	D+5

California's 31st congressional district is a congressional district in San Bernardino County, in the U.S. state of California. The district is located in the Inland Empire region, including the city of San Bernardino and portions of Rancho Cucamonga. The district is currently represented by Democrat Pete Aguilar, who won in 2014 with 51.4% of the vote.

Formerly, from 2003 to 2013, the district was located in Los Angeles County. It was the only congressional district entirely based within the City of Los Angeles, and included Hollywood and some predominantly Hispanic/Latino sections of central and northeast Los Angeles.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
1992	U.S. President	Clinton 51.7 - 32.3%
	U.S. Senator	Boxer 48.9 - 41.1%
	U.S. Senator	Feinstein 57.7 - 33.7%
1994	Governor	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	U.S. Senator	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
1996	U.S. President	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
1998	Governor	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	U.S. Senator	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
2000	U.S. President[2]	Gore 69.3 - 27.4%
	U.S. Senator[3]	Feinstein 70.4 - 22.3%
2002	Governor[4]	Davis 68.6 - 19.5%
2003	Gubernatorial recall[5][6]	No 67.6 - 32.4%
		Bustamante 58.5 - 26.5%
2004	U.S. President[7]	Kerry 76.9 - 21.6%
	U.S. Senator[8]	Boxer 80.1 - 14.6%
2006	Governor[9]	Angelides 66.8 - 26.8%
	U.S. Senator[10]	Feinstein 79.1 - 14.0%
2008	U.S. President[11]	Obama 79.9 - 17.8%
2010	Governor[12]	Brown 77.9 - 16.6%
	U.S. Senator[13]	Boxer 78.1 - 16.2%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created		January 3, 1963
Charles H. Wilson	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981	Lost re-nomination	Los Angeles
Mervyn M. Dymally	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983
	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Retired	Los Angeles (Carson, Compton)
Matthew G. Martinez	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – July 27, 2000	Redistricted from the 30th district	Los Angeles (Baldwin Park, East L.A.)
	Republican	July 27, 2000 – January 3, 2001	Switched to Republican Party after losing re-nomination
Hilda Solis	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 32nd district
Xavier Becerra	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted from the 30th district Redistricted to the 34th district	Los Angeles (Hollywood, Northeast L.A.)
Gary Miller	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	Redistricted from the 42nd district	Inland Empire including San Bernardino and Rancho Cucamonga
Pete Aguilar	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – Present

Election results

1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014

1962

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	76,631	52.2
	Republican	Gordon Hahn	70,154	47.8
Total votes			146,785	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new seat)

1964

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	114,246	64
	Republican	Norman G. Shanahan	64,256	36
Total votes			178,502	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1966

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	92,875	63.4
	Republican	Norman G. Shanahan	53,708	36.6
Total votes			146,583	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1968

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	94,387	58.9
	Republican	James R. Dunn	62,711	39.1
	American Independent	Stanley L. Schulte	3,134	2.0
Total votes			160,232	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	102,071	73.2
	Republican	Fred L. Casmir	37,416	26.8
Total votes			139,487	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	85,954	52.3
	Republican	Ben Valentine	69,876	42.5
	Peace and Freedom	Roberta Lynn Wood	8,582	5.2
Total votes			164,412	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	60,560	70.4
	Republican	Norman A. Hodges	23,039	26.8
	Peace and Freedom	William C. Taylor	2,349	2.7
Total votes			85,948	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	83,155	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	55,667	67.8
	Republican	Don Grimshaw	26,490	32.2
Total votes			82,157	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mervyn M. Dymally	69,146	64.4
	Republican	Don Grimshaw	38,203	35.6
Total votes			107,349	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mervyn M. Dymally (inc.)	86,718	72.4
	Republican	Henry C. Minturn	33,043	27.6
Total votes			119,761	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mervyn M. Dymally (inc.)	77,126	70.3
	Republican	Jack McMurray	30,322	27.6
	Peace and Freedom	B. Kwaku Duren	2,333	2.1
Total votes			109,781	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mervyn M. Dymally (inc.)	100,919	71.6
	Republican	Arnold C. May	36,017	25.5
	Peace and Freedom	B. Kwaku Duren	4,091	2.9
Total votes			151,027	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mervyn M. Dymally (inc.)	56,394	67.1
	Republican	Eunice N. Sato	27,593	32.9
Total votes			83,987	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew G. Martinez (inc.)	68,324	62.6
	Republican	Reuben D. Franco	40,873	37.4
Total votes			109,197	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew G. Martinez (inc.)	50,541	59.14
	Republican	John V. Flores	34,926	40.86
Total votes			85,467	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew G. Martinez (inc.)	69,285	67.5
	Republican	John Flores	28,705	28.0
	Libertarian	Michael Everling	4,700	4.5
Total votes			102,690	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew G. Martinez (inc.)	61,173	70.02
	Republican	Frank C. Moreno	19,786	22.65
	Green	Krista Lieberg-Wong	4,377	5.01
	Libertarian	Michael B. Everling	1,121	1.28
	Natural Law	Gary Hearne	903	1.03
Total votes			87,360	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hilda Solis	89,600	79.4
	Green	Krista Lieberg-Wong	10,294	9.1
	Libertarian	Michael McGuire	7,138	6.3
	Natural Law	Richard D. Griffin	5,882	5.2
Total votes			112,914	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra (incumbent)	54,569	81.2
	Republican	Luis Vega	12,674	18.8
Total votes			67,243	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra (incumbent)	89,363	80.3
	Republican	Luis Vega	22,048	19.7
Total votes			111,411	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra (incumbent)	64,952	98
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra (incumbent)	110,955	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra (incumbent)	76,363	83.82
	Republican	Stephen C. Smith	14,740	16.18
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (incumbent)	88,964	55.2
	Republican	Robert Dutton	72,255	44.8
Total votes			161,219	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Aguilar	51,622	52%
	Republican	Paul Chabot	48,162	48%
Total votes			99,784	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Living former Members

As of April 2015, there are three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 31st congressional district that are currently living.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
Hilda Solis	2001 - 2003	October 20, 1957
Xavier Becerra	2003 - 2013	January 26, 1958
Gary Miller	2013 - 2015	October 16, 1948

Former district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. California's citizen commission final district maps
2. Statement of Vote (2000 President)
3. Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
4. Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
5. Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
6. Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
7. Statement of Vote (2004 President)
8. Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
9. Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
10. Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
11. (2008 President)
12. Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)
13. Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)
14. 1962 election results
15. 1964 election results
16. 1966 election results
17. 1968 election results
18. 1970 election results
19. 1972 election results
20. 1974 election results
21. 1976 election results
22. 1978 election results
23. 1980 election results
24. 1982 election results
25. 1986 election results
26. 1988 election results
27. 1990 election results
28. 1992 election results
29. 1994 election results
30. 1996 election results
31. 1998 election results
32. 2000 election results
33. 2002 general election results Archived February 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
34. 2004 general election results
35. 2006 general election results Archived November 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
36. 2008 general election results
37. 2010 general election results
38. 2012 general election results Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
39. 2012 general election results Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

• GovTrack.us: California's 31st congressional district
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
• California Voter Foundation map - CD31

Coordinates: 34°06′36″N 117°21′12″W / 34.11000°N 117.35333°W