California's 46th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California.
California's 46th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Population (2019[1]) | 734,651 | ||
Median householdincome | $71,800[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+16[3] |
The district is currently represented by Democrat Lou Correa. The district is based in Orange County and includes the communities of Anaheim and Santa Ana, as well as parts of Orange. It is both the most liberal and most Latino Congressional district in Orange County.
The Congressional district also contains the theme park Disneyland and Angel Stadium.
From 2003 to 2013 the district covered part of Los Angeles County and Orange County. The district included Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, and Rancho Palos Verdes.
Competitiveness
In statewide races
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
1992 | President[4] | Bush 39.9% – 37.1% |
Senator[5] | Herschensohn 53.1% – 36.2% | |
Senator (Special)[5] | Seymour 45.7% – 42.6% | |
1994 | Governor[6] | Wilson 60.1% – 34.1% |
Senator[7] | Huffington 54.2% – 33.2% | |
1996 | President[8] | Clinton 48.3% – 40.8% |
1998 | Governor[9] | Davis 55.9% - 39.6% |
Senator[10] | Boxer 49.9% – 44.2% | |
2000 | President[11] | Gore 54.1% – 42.3% |
Senator[12] | Feinstein 49.9% – 44.2% | |
2002 | Governor[13] | Simon 55.8% – 36.4% |
2003 | Recall[14][15] | Yes 70.0% – 30.0% |
Schwarzenegger 62.2% – 17.8% | ||
2004 | President[16] | Bush 56.9% – 41.6% |
Senator[17] | Jones 48.6% – 45.5% | |
2006 | Governor[18] | Schwarzenegger 68.9% – 26.3% |
Senator[19] | Feinstein 47.9% – 47.1% | |
2008 | President[20] | McCain 49.8% – 48.0% |
2010 | Governor[21] | Whitman 55.8% – 38.8% |
Senator[22] | Fiorina 56.4% – 38.4% | |
2012 | President[23] | Obama 61.4% – 36.2% |
Senator[24] | Feinstein 63.0% – 37.0% | |
2014 | Governor[25] | Brown 59.5% – 40.5% |
2016 | President[26] | Clinton 66.3% – 27.9% |
Senator[27] | Sanchez 58.7% – 41.3% | |
2018 | Governor[28] | Newsom 63.8% – 36.2% |
Senator[29] | Feinstein 52.8% – 47.2% | |
Lieutenant Governor[30] | Hernandez 52.8% – 47.2% | |
Secretary of State[30] | Padilla 67.1% – 32.9% | |
Controller[30] | Yee 67.0% – 33.0% | |
Treasurer[30] | Ma 65.9% – 34.1% | |
Attorney General[30] | Becerra 66.2% – 33.8% | |
Insurance Commissioner[30] | Lara 59.9% – 40.1% | |
State Board of Equalization, 4th District[30] | Schaefer 63.4% – 36.6% | |
2020 | President[31] | Biden 64.3% – 33.5% |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Dates | Cong ress(es) | Electoral history | Counties |
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District created January 3, 1993 | |||||
Bob Dornan | Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 | 103rd 104th | Redistricted from the 38th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Lost re-election. | 1993–2003 Orange (Garden Grove, Santa Ana) |
Loretta Sanchez | Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 | 105th 106th 107th | Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 47th district. | |
Dana Rohrabacher | Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th | Redistricted from the 45th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 48th district. | 2003–2013 Los Angeles (Long Beach, Palos Verdes), Orange (Huntington Beach) |
Loretta Sanchez | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 | 113th 114th | Redistricted from the 47th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | 2013–Present Orange County (Anaheim and Santa Ana) |
Lou Correa | Democratic | January 3, 2017 – Present | 115th 116th 117th | Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. |
Election results
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dornan (Incumbent) | 55,659 | 50.2 | |
Democratic | Robert John Banuelos | 45,435 | 41.0 | |
Libertarian | Richard G. Newhouse | 9,712 | 8.8 | |
Total votes | 110,806 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dornan (Incumbent) | 50,616 | 57.1 | |
Democratic | Michael P. "Mike" Farber | 33,004 | 37.2 | |
Libertarian | Richard G. Newhouse | 5,077 | 5.7 | |
Total votes | 88,697 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Loretta Sanchez | 47,964 | 46.9 | |||
Republican | Bob Dornan (Incumbent) | 46,980 | 45.9 | |||
Reform | Lawrence Stafford | 3,235 | 3.1 | |||
Libertarian | Thomas Reimer | 2,333 | 2.2 | |||
Natural Law | J. Aguirre | 1,972 | 1.9 | |||
Total votes | 102,484 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent) | 47,964 | 56.4 | |
Republican | Bob Dornan | 33,388 | 39.3 | |
Libertarian | Thomas E. Reimer | 2,316 | 2.7 | |
Natural Law | Larry G. Engwall | 1,334 | 1.6 | |
Total votes | 85,002 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent) | 70,381 | 60.3 | |
Republican | Gloria Matta Tuchman | 40,928 | 35.0 | |
Libertarian | Richard B. Boddie | 3,159 | 2.7 | |
Natural Law | Larry Engwall | 2,440 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | 116,908 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dana Rohrabacher (Incumbent) | 108,807 | 61.8 | |
Democratic | Gerrie Schipske | 60,890 | 34.6 | |
Libertarian | Keith Gann | 6,488 | 3.6 | |
Independent | Thomas Lash (write-in) | 80 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 176,165 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dana Rohrabacher (Incumbent) | 171,318 | 62.0 | |
Democratic | Jim Brandt | 90,129 | 32.5 | |
Green | Tom Lash | 10,238 | 3.7 | |
Total votes | 271,685 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dana Rohrabacher (Incumbent) | 116,176 | 59.6 | |
Democratic | Jim Brandt | 71,573 | 36.7 | |
Libertarian | Dennis Chang | 7,303 | 3.7 | |
Total votes | 195,052 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dana Rohrabacher (Incumbent) | 149,818 | 52.5 | |
Democratic | Debbie Cook | 122,891 | 43.1 | |
Green | Thomas Lash | 8,257 | 2.9 | |
Libertarian | Ernst P. Gasteiger | 4,311 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 285,277 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dana Rohrabacher (Incumbent) | 139,822 | 62.2 | |
Democratic | Ken Arnold | 84,940 | 37.8 | |
Total votes | 224,762 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent) | 95,694 | 63.9 | |
Republican | Jerry Hayden | 54,121 | 36.1 | |
Total votes | 149,815 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent) | 49,738 | 59.7 | |
Republican | Adam Nick | 33,577 | 40.3 | |
Total votes | 83,315 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lou Correa | 115,248 | 70.0 | |
Democratic | Bao Nguyen | 49,345 | 30.0 | |
Total votes | 164,593 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lou Correa (Incumbent) | 102,278 | 69.1 | |
Republican | Russell Rene Lambert | 45,638 | 30.9 | |
Total votes | 147,916 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lou Correa (incumbent) | 157,803 | 68.8 | |
Republican | James S. Waters | 71,716 | 31.2 | |
Total votes | 229,519 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Historical district boundaries
The district was commonly considered[46] to be typical of gerrymandering. It covered some or all of the following cities in Orange County: Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, and Westminster. In Los Angeles County, the district covered Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Palos Verdes Estates part of Long Beach, and a very small portion of the San Pedro neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, and Santa Catalina Island, on which Avalon was the only city. The district also included the whole of the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
See also
- List of United States congressional districts
References
- ^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=06&cd=46
- ^ US Census
- ^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ Statement of Vote (1992 President)
- ^ a b Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)
- ^ Statement of Vote (1994 Governor)
- ^ Statement of Vote (1994 Senate)
- ^ Statement of Vote (1996 President)
- ^ Statement of Vote (1998 Governor) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statement of Vote (1998 Senate) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statement of Vote (2000 President)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2004 President)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2008 President)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)}}
- ^ Statement of Vote (2012 President)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2012 Senate)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2014 Governor)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2016 President)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2016 Senate)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2018 Governor)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2018 Senator)
- ^ a b c d e f g [1]
- ^ "Statement of Votes" (PDF). OCVote. Orange County Registrar of Voters. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- ^ 1992 election results
- ^ 1994 election results
- ^ 1996 election results
- ^ 1998 election results
- ^ 2000 election results
- ^ 2002 election results
- ^ 2004 election results
- ^ 2006 election results
- ^ 2008 election results
- ^ 2010 election results
- ^ 2012 election results
- ^ 2014 election results
- ^ 2016 election results
- ^ 2018 election results
- ^ Patrick McGreevy (December 19, 2010). "New redistricting panel takes aim at bizarre political boundaries". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
External links
- GovTrack.us: California's 46th congressional district
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
- California Voter Foundation map - CD46
Coordinates: 33°43′N 118°02′W / 33.72°N 118.04°W / 33.72; -118.04