United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California,_2016

2016 California's 2nd congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Jared Huffman; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Jared Huffman; Democratic

2016 California's 1st congressional district election
← 2014 2018 →
	Results by county; LaMalfa: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
U.S. Representative before election; Doug LaMalfa; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Doug LaMalfa; Republican

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California
All 53 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
	Democratic 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100% ; Republican 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ; Winners Democratic hold Republican hold
	Democratic 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100% ; Republican 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ; Winners Democratic hold Republican hold

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California

2016 House elections in California

The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with a primary election on June 7, 2016. Voters elected the 53 U.S. representatives from the state of California, one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including a presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

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United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2016 Primary election — June 7, 2016
Party		Votes	Percentage	Candidates	Advancing to general	Seats contesting
	Democratic	4,915,447	63.91%	99	60	53
	Republican	2,624,761	34.13%	86	44	44
	No party preference	122,209	1.59%	19	2	2
	Green	14,302	0.19%	2	0	0
	Libertarian	8,154	0.11%	2	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	6,400	0.08%	1	0	0
Valid votes		7,691,273	89.97%	—	—	—
Invalid votes		857,028	10.03%	—	—	—
Totals		8,548,301	100.00%	209	106	—
Voter turnout		47.72%

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2016 General election — November 8, 2016
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	7,417,967	63.49%	39
	Republican	4,172,087	35.71%	14
	No party preference	94,312	0.81%	0
Valid votes				—	—
Invalid votes				—	—
Totals		11,684,366	100.00%	53	—
Voter turnout

District	CPVI	Incumbent	First elected	2014 result	Cook Nov 7, 2016^[1]	DKE Nov 7, 2016^[2]	Roth. Nov 3, 2016^[3]	Sab. Nov 7, 2016^[4]	RCP Oct 31, 2016^[5]	Winner
California 7	EVEN	Ami Bera (D)	2012	50.4% D	Leans D	Leans D	Leans D	Leans D	Leans D	Ami Bera
California 10	R+1	Jeff Denham (R)	2010	56.2% R	Toss-up	Toss-up	Leans R	Leans D	Leans R	Jeff Denham
California 21	D+2	David Valadao (R)	2012	57.8% R	Leans R	Leans R	R Favored	Leans R	Likely R	David Valadao
California 24	D+4	(Lois Capps) (D)	1998	51.9% D	Leans D	Leans D	D Favored	Leans D	Leans D	Salud Carbajal
California 25	R+3	Steve Knight (R)	2014	53.3% R	Toss-up	Toss-up	R Favored	Leans D	Toss-up	Steve Knight
California 49	R+4	Darrell Issa (R)	2000	60.2% R	Toss-up	Toss-up	Tilt R	Leans D	Toss-up	Darrell Issa
California 52	D+2	Scott Peters (D)	2012	51.6% D	Solid D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Scott Peters

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa (incumbent)	86,136	40.8
	Democratic	Jim Reed	59,665	28.3
	Republican	Joe Montes	35,875	17.0
	Democratic	David Peterson	13,430	6.4
	Republican	Gary Allen Oxley	6,885	3.3
	No party preference	Jeff Gerlach	4,958	2.3
	Republican	Gregory Cheadle	4,217	2.0
Total votes			211,166	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa (incumbent)	185,448	59.1
	Democratic	Jim Reed	128,588	40.9
Total votes			314,036	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Huffman (incumbent)	157,897	68.3
	Republican	Dale K. Mensing	36,187	15.7
	Democratic	Erin A. Schrode	20,998	9.1
	No party preference	Matthew Robert Wookey	16,092	7.0
	Democratic	Andrew Augustine Caffrey (write-in)	6	0.0
Total votes			231,180	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Huffman (incumbent)	254,194	76.9
	Republican	Dale K. Mensing	76,572	23.1
Total votes			330,766	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Garamendi (incumbent)	98,430	63.1
	Republican	N. Eugene Cleek	37,843	24.3
	Republican	Ryan Detert	19,699	12.7
Total votes			155,972	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Garamendi (incumbent)	152,513	59.4
	Republican	N. Eugene Cleek	104,453	40.6
Total votes			256,966	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom McClintock (incumbent)	135,626	61.5
	Democratic	Robert W. Derlet	60,574	27.5
	Democratic	Sean White	24,460	11.1
Total votes			220,660	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom McClintock (incumbent)	220,133	62.7
	Democratic	Robert W. Derlet	130,845	37.3
Total votes			350,978	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	124,634	65.7
	Republican	Carlos Santamaria	36,430	19.2
	Democratic	Nils Palsson	23,639	12.5
	Democratic	Alex Poling	4,998	2.6
Total votes			189,701	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	224,526	76.9
	Republican	Carlos Santamaria	67,565	23.1
Total votes			292,091	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doris Matsui (incumbent)	99,599	70.4
	Republican	Robert (Bob) Evans	26,000	18.4
	Democratic	Jrmar Jefferson	7,631	5.4
	No party preference	Mario Galván	6,354	4.5
	No party preference	Yuriy Seretskiy	1,930	1.4
Total votes			141,514	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doris Matsui (incumbent)	177,565	75.4
	Republican	Robert (Bob) Evans	57,848	24.6
Total votes			235,413	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ami Bera (incumbent)	93,506	54.0
	Republican	Scott Jones	79,640	46.0
Total votes			173,146	100.0

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
					Ami Bera	Scott Jones
1	October 18, 2016	Capital Public Radio Folsom Lake College KVIE Los Rios Community College District The Sacramento Bee	Jason Schoultz	C-SPAN	P	P

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ami Bera (D)	Scott Jones (R)	Undecided
Tulchin Research (DCCC)	October 10–12, 2016	400	± 4.9%	50%	39%	11%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Jones/NRCC)	October 1–3, 2016	400	± 4.9%	42%	47%	11%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Jones)	August 14–17, 2016	400	± 4.9%	46%	45%	9%
NMB Research (R-CLF)	August 9–11, 2016	400	± 4.9%	45%	46%	9%

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[31]	Lean D	November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections^[32]	Lean D	November 7, 2016
Rothenberg^[33]	Lean D	November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[34]	Lean D	November 7, 2016
RCP^[35]	Lean D	October 31, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ami Bera (incumbent)	152,133	51.2
	Republican	Scott Jones	145,168	48.8
Total votes			297,301	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Cook (incumbent)	50,425	42.0
	Democratic	Rita Ramirez	26,325	21.9
	Republican	Tim Donnelly	24,886	20.7
	Democratic	John Pinkerton	11,780	9.8
	Democratic	Roger La Plante	6,661	5.5
Total votes			120,077	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Cook (incumbent)	136,972	62.3
	Democratic	Rita Ramirez	83,035	37.7
Total votes			220,007	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry McNerney (incumbent)	71,634	55.3
	Republican	Antonio C. "Tony" Amador	28,161	21.7
	Republican	Kathryn Nance	24,783	19.1
	Libertarian	Alex Appleby	5,029	3.9
Total votes			129,607	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry McNerney (incumbent)	133,163	57.4
	Republican	Antonio C. "Tony" Amador	98,992	42.6
Total votes			232,155	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Denham (incumbent)	61,290	47.7
	Democratic	Michael Eggman	35,413	27.4
	Democratic	Michael J. "Mike" Barkley	18,576	14.5
	Republican	Robert Hodges	13,130	10.2
Total votes			128,409	100.0

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Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff Denham (R)	Michael Eggman (D)	Undecided
Anzalone Liszt Grove (D-Eggman)	October 12–16, 2016	500	± 4.4%	42%	47%	11%
Clarity Campaign Labs (D-House Majority PAC)	October 11–13, 2016	837	± 3.4%	45%	46%	9%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Denham/NRCC)	August 28–30, 2016	400	± 4.9%	57%	35%	8%
Latino Decisions (DCCC)	August 18–22, 2016	402	± 4.9%	46%	43%	11%

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[31]	Tossup	November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections^[32]	Tossup	November 7, 2016
Rothenberg^[33]	Lean R	November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[34]	Lean D (flip)	November 7, 2016
RCP^[35]	Lean R	October 31, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Denham (incumbent)	124,671	51.7
	Democratic	Michael Eggman	116,470	48.3
Total votes			241,141	100
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark DeSaulnier (incumbent)	133,317	75.3
	Republican	Roger Allen Petersen	43,654	24.7
Total votes			176,971	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark DeSaulnier (incumbent)	214,868	72.1
	Republican	Roger Allen Petersen	83,341	27.9
Total votes			298,209	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Pelosi (incumbent)	169,537	78.1
	No party preference	Preston Picus	16,633	7.7
	Republican	Bob Miller	16,583	7.6
	Green	Barry Hermanson	14,289	6.6
Total votes			217,042	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Pelosi (incumbent)	274,035	80.9
	No party preference	Preston Picus	64,810	19.1
Total votes			338,845	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Lee (incumbent)	192,227	92.0
	Republican	Sue Caro	16,818	8.0
Total votes			209,045	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Lee (incumbent)	293,117	90.8
	Republican	Sue Caro	29,754	9.2
Total votes			322,871	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jackie Speier (incumbent)	144,719	99.0
	Republican	Angel Cardenas (write-in)	1,400	1.0
Total votes			146,119	100.0