California's 47th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California.

Following the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district shifted to Orange County to contain Irvine, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and Seal Beach. It is currently represented by Democrat Katie Porter.

The district, a Democratic-leaning swing district with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+3, includes the heavily Democratic city of Irvine, and Republican-leaning coastal cities such as Huntington Beach and Newport Beach.

In statewide races

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Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President[3]	Bush 45.9% – 31.0%
	Senator[4]	Herschensohn 58.7% – 33.7%
	Senator (Special)[4]	Seymour 52.3% – 39.9%
1994	Governor[5]	Wilson 65.5% – 27.1%
	Senator[6]	Huffington 58.6% – 33.1%
1996	President[7]	Dole 54.0% – 36.2%
1998	Governor[8]	Lungren 54.0% – 43.1%
	Senator[9]	Fong 58.9% – 37.5%
2000	President[10]	Bush 57.5% – 38.8%
	Senator[11]	Campbell 52.2% – 41.2%
2002	Governor[12]	Davis 50.8% – 40.3%
2003	Recall[13][14]	Yes 61.7% – 38.3%
		Schwarzenegger 48.9% – 31.1%
2004	President[15]	Bush 50.0% – 48.6%
	Senator[16]	Boxer 57.5% – 35.4%
2006	Governor[17]	Schwarzenegger 53.6% – 40.3%
	Senator[18]	Feinstein 59.5% – 33.8%
2008	President[19]	Obama 60.1% – 37.8%
2010	Governor[20]	Brown 54.4% – 37.8%
	Senator[21]	Boxer 55.7% – 37.0%
2012	President[22]	Obama 60.0% – 37.5%
	Senator[23]	Feinstein 61.4% – 38.6%
2014	Governor[24]	Brown 56.5% – 43.5%
2016	President[25]	Clinton 62.6% – 31.0%
	Senator[26]	Harris 57.7% – 42.3%
2018	Governor[27]	Newsom 61.7% – 38.3%
	Lieutenant Governor[28][29]	Kounalakis 54.8% – 45.2%
	Secretary of State[28][29]	Padilla 64.1% – 35.9%
	Controller[28][29]	Yee 65.1% – 34.9%
	Treasurer[28][29]	Ma 63.8% – 36.2%
	Attorney General[28][29]	Becerra 63.5% – 36.5%
	Insurance Commissioner[28][29]	Lara 54.2% – 45.8%
	Board of Equalization, 3rd District[29][lower-alpha 1]	Vazquez 67.6% – 32.4%
	Board of Equalization, 4th District[28][lower-alpha 1]	Anderson 51.5% – 48.5%
	Senator[30]	Feinstein 55.3% – 44.7%
2020	President[31]	Biden 62.4% – 35.3%
2021	Recall[32]	No 62.5% – 37.5%
2022	Governor[33]	Dahle 50.3 - 49.7%
	Senator[34]	Padilla 50.8 - 49.2%
	Senator (Special)[35]	Padilla 50.8% – 49.2%

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Notes

1. Note: The 3rd district of the Board of Equalization only serves the 47th congressional district in Los Angeles County. The 4th district of the Board of Equalization only serves the 47th congressional district in Orange County.

As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 38th congressional district is located in Southern California. It covers the South Coast Metro area of Orange County.

Orange County is split between this district, the 45th district, the 46th district, the 40th district, and the 49th district. The 47th, 45th and 46th are partitioned by Highway 405, Old Ranch Parkway, Seal Beach Blvd, St Cloud Dr, Montecito Rd, Rossmoor Center Way, 12240 Seal Beach Blvd-Los Alamitos Army Airfield, Bolsa Chica Channel, Rancho Rd, Harold Pl, Springdale St, 6021 Anacapa Dr-Willow Ln, Edward St, Bolsa Ave, Goldenwest St, McFadden Ave, Union Pacific Railroad, 15241 Cascade Ln-15241 Cedarwood Ave, Highway 39, Edinger Ave, Newland St, Heil Ave, Magnolia St, Warner Ave, Garfield Ave, the Santa Ana River, MacArthur Blvd, Harbor Blvd, Sunflower Ave, Costa Mesa Freeway, E Alton Parkway, and Red Hill Ave.

The 47th, 40th and 49th are partitioned by Barranca Parkway, Jamboree Rd, Warner Ave, Harvard Ave, Myford Rd, Highway 5, Loma Ridge Nature Preserve, Bee Canyon Access Rd, Portola Parkway, Highway 133, Highway 241, Bake Parkway, San Diego Freeway, Ridge Route Dr, Moulton Parkway, Santa Maria Ave, Via Vista, Alta Vis, Santa Vittoria Dr, Avenida del Sol, Punta Alta, Galle Azul, Bahia Blanca W, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Highway S18, Aliso & Wood Canyons, Vista del Sol, Highway 1, Stonington Rd, Virginia Way, 7th Ave, and Laguna Beach.

The 47th district takes in the cities of Costa Mesa, Irvine, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, and Laguna Beach.

California's 47th congressional district was the scene of a congressional election (won by a deceased Democrat), and later a congressional special election (won by the Republican incumbent), featured in several episodes of the political drama The West Wing. Like the real district, the fictional one from the show is in Orange County.^[55]

• List of United States congressional districts