California's_21st_congressional_district
California's 21st congressional district
U.S. House district for California
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.
According 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.
Year | 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% |
Cities with 10,000 or more people
2,500-10,000 people
1942
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 135,979 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 135,979 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2012
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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 | ||||
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