California's_20th_congressional_district

California's 20th congressional district
California's 20th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)
Representative
	Vacant;
Population (2022)	793,325
Median household; income	$82,983
Ethnicity	49.4% White; 33.8% Hispanic; 7.3% Asian; 4.6% Two or more races; 3.3% Black; 0.9% Native American; 0.8% other;
Cook PVI	R+16

California's 20th congressional district

U.S. House district for California

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]

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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.

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Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 46.9 – 37.5%
	Senator	Herschensohn 50.2 – 40.1%
	Senator	Feinstein 47.4 – 44.9%
1994	Governor
1994	Senator
1996	President
1998	Governor
1998	Senator
2000	President^[6]	Gore 49.6 – 47.6%
2000	Senator^[7]	Feinstein 58.4 – 35.0%
2002	Governor^[8]	Davis 53.1 – 40.6%
2003	Recall^[9]^[10]	Yes 50.0 – 41.0%
2003	Recall^[9]^[10]	Schwarzenegger 42.7 – 40.4%
2004	President^[11]	Kerry 50.6 – 48.5%
2004	Senator^[12]	Boxer 57.2 – 38.3%
2006	Governor^[13]	Schwarzenegger 53.7 – 41.5%
2006	Senator^[14]	Feinstein 60.5 – 33.9%
2008	President^[15]	Obama 59.6 – 38.7%
2010	Governor	Brown 55.9 – 37.1%
2010	Senator	Boxer 48.3 – 43.5%
2012	President	Obama 70.9 – 26.2%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 73.1 - 26.9%
2014	Governor	Brown 73.0 - 27.0%
2016	President	Clinton 70.4 – 23.2%
2016	Senator	Harris 66.2 - 33.8%
2018	Governor	Newsom 70.2 - 29.8%
2018	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%
2022	Senator	Meuser 67.7 - 32.3%

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties
District created March 4, 1933
George Burnham (San Diego)	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937	73rd 74th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Retired.	1933–1943 Imperial, San Diego
Edouard Izac (San Diego)	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Redistricted to the 23rd district.	1933–1943 Imperial, San Diego
John Carl Hinshaw (Pasadena)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – August 5, 1956	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th	Redistricted from the 11th district and Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Died.	1943–1975 Los Angeles
Vacant		August 5, 1956 – January 3, 1957	84th
H. Allen Smith (Glendale)	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1973	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired.
Carlos Moorhead (Los Angeles)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Elected in 1972. Redistricted to the 22nd district.
Barry Goldwater Jr. (Los Angeles)	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted from the 27th district and Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	1975–1983 Southwestern Los Angeles, eastern Ventura
Bill Thomas (Bakersfield)	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 18th district and Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 21st district.	1983–1993 Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles (Lancaster), San Luis Obispo
Cal Dooley (Fresno)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	Redistricted from the 17th district and Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired.	1993–2003 Western Fresno, northwestern Kern, Kings, western Tulare
Cal Dooley (Fresno)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th		2003–2013 Western Fresno, northwestern Kern, Kings
Jim Costa (Fresno)	Democratic	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013	109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 16th district.	2003–2013 Western Fresno, northwestern Kern, Kings
Sam Farr (Carmel)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired.	2013–2023 Monterey and San Benito, and portions of Santa Clara and Santa Cruz
Jimmy Panetta (Carmel Valley)	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023	115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 19th district.
Kevin McCarthy (Bakersfield)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – December 31, 2023	118th	Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 2022. Resigned.	2023–present Parts of the southern San Joaquin Valley, the Tehachapi Mountains and southern Sierra Nevada, and the northwestern Mojave Desert
Vacant		December 31, 2023 – present	118th	New member to be elected in 2024 to finish the term.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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	%
	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

#	County	Seat	Population
19	Fresno	Fresno	1,015,190
29	Kern	Bakersfield	916,108
31	Kings	Hanford	152,981
107	Tulare	Visalia	477,433

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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	%
	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	%
	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	%
	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	%
	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	%
	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	%
	Republican	John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent)	109,509	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent)	71,213	71.2
	Democratic	Eugene Radding	28,838	28.8
Total votes			100,051	100.0
	Republican hold

1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 20th district^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

1988 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 20th district^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 20th district^[47]
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

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 20th district^[50]
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	%
	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	%
	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	%
	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	%
	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	%
	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

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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	%
	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	%
	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	%
	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)	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