| California's 35th congressional district | ||
|---|---|---|
| Current Representative | Maxine Waters (D) | |
| Area | 55 mi² | |
| Distribution | 100% urban, 0% rural | |
| Population (2000) | 639,088 | |
| Median income | $32,156 | |
| Ethnicity | 10.4% White, 34.1% Black, 5.6% Asian, 47.4% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other | |
| Cook PVI | D+31 | |
California's 35th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County. It is one of 53 California Congressional Districts.
The congressional district is composed of parts of the Westchester district of the City of Los Angeles, and parts (or all) of the cities of Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena and Florence-Graham, as well as some adjacent areas. It is among the safest districts for the Democratic Party in the country. Its current Representative is Democrat Maxine Waters.
Voting
| Election results from statewide races | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results |
| 2008 | President[1] | Obama 84.4 - 14.1% |
| 2006 | Governor[2] | Angelides 67.3 - 27.9% |
| Senator[3] | Feinstein 80.8 - 14.6% | |
| 2004 | President[4] | Kerry 79.0 - 20.0% |
| Senator[5] | Boxer 80.5 - 14.8% | |
| 2003 | Recall[6][7] | No 66.8 - 33.2% |
| Bustamante 52.3 - 29.8% | ||
| 2002 | Governor[8] | Davis 73.6 - 18.6% |
| 2000 | President[9] | Gore 85.9 - 12.0% |
| Senator[10] | Feinstein 85.9 - 9.7% | |
| 1998 | Governor | |
| Senator | ||
| 1996 | President | |
| 1994 | Governor | |
| Senator | ||
| 1992 | President | Clinton 77.8 - 12.9% |
| Senator | Boxer 75.3 - 18.5% | |
| Senator | Feinstein 79.2 - 15.6% | |
List of Representatives
| Counties | Representative | Party | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange, San Diego | James B. Utt | Republican | 1963-01-03 – 1970-03-01 | Redistricted from 28th district; died in office |
| Vacant | 1970-03-01 – 1970-06-30 | |||
| John G. Schmitz | Republican | 1970-06-30 – 1973-01-03 | Lost re-nomination to Andrew J. Hinshaw Redistricted to 39th district |
|
| Los Angeles | Glenn M. Anderson | Democratic | 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-03 | Redistricted from 17th district Redistricted to 32nd district |
| Los Angeles, southwestern San Bernardino | James F. Lloyd | Democratic | 1975-01-03 – 1981-01-03 | Redistricted from 43rd district Lost re-election to Dreier |
| David Dreier | Republican | 1981-01-03 – 1983-01-03 | Redistricted to 33rd district | |
| San Bernardino | Jerry Lewis | Republican | 1983-01-03 – 1993-01-03 | Redistricted from 37th district Redistricted to 40th district |
| South Central Los Angeles | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 1993-01-03 – present | Redistricted from 29th district; incumbent |
Election results
|
1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 (Special) • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 |
1962
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1962[11] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | James B. Utt (incumbent) | 133,737 | 68.5% | |
| Democratic | Burton Shamsky | 61,395 | 31.5% | |
| Totals | 195,132 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1964
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1964[12] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | James B. Utt (incumbent) | 167,791 | 65% | |
| Democratic | Paul B. Carpenter | 90,295 | 35% | |
| Totals | 258,086 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1966
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1966[13] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | James B. Utt (incumbent) | 189,582 | 73.1% | |
| Democratic | Thomas B. Lenhart | 69,873 | 26.9% | |
| Totals | 259,455 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1968
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1968[14] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | James B. Utt (incumbent) | 212,684 | 72.5% | |
| Democratic | Thomas B. Lenhart | 73,778 | 25.1% | |
| American Independent | Annie McDonald | 7,000 | 2.4% | |
| Totals | 293,462 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1970 (Special)
| 1970 special election[15] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | John G. Schmitz | ' | 72.4% | |
| Democratic | David N. Hartman | 27.6% | ||
| Totals | {{{votes}}} | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1970
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1970[16] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | John G. Schmitz (incumbent) | 192,765 | 67.0% | |
| Democratic | Thomas B. Lenhart | 87,019 | 30.3% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Francis R. Halpern | 7,742 | 2.7% | |
| Totals | 287,526 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1972
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1972[17] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (inc.) | 103,912 | 74.8% | |
| Republican | Vernon E. Brown | 35,018 | 25.2% | |
| Totals | 138,930 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1974
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1974[18] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Democratic | James F. Lloyd | 60,709 | 50.3% | |||
| Republican | Victor Veysey (incumbent) | 60,102 | 49.7% | |||
| Totals | 120,811 | 100.0% | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
1976
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1976[19] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | James F. Lloyd (incumbent) | 87,472 | 53.3% | |
| Republican | Louis Brutocao | 76,765 | 46.7% | |
| Totals | 164,237 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1978
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1978[20] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | James F. Lloyd (incumbent) | 80,388 | 54% | |
| Republican | David Dreier | 68,442 | 46% | |
| Totals | 148,830 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1980
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1980[21] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Republican | David Dreier | 100,743 | 51.8% | |||
| Democratic | James F. Lloyd (incumbent) | 88,279 | 45.4% | |||
| Peace and Freedom | James Michael "Mike" Noonan | 5,492 | 2.8% | |||
| Totals | 194,514 | 100.0% | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1982
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1982[22] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 112,786 | 68.3% | |
| Democratic | Robert E. Erwin | 52,349 | 31.7% | |
| Totals | 165,135 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1984
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1984[23] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 176,477 | 85.5% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Kevin Akin | 29,990 | 14.5% | |
| Totals | 206,467 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1986
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1986[24] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 127,235 | 76.9% | |
| Democratic | Robert J. "Sarge" Hall | 38,322 | 23.1% | |
| Totals | 165,557 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1988
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1988[25] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 181,203 | 70.4% | |
| Democratic | Paul Sweeney | 71,186 | 27.7% | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Shuman | 4,879 | 1.9% | |
| Totals | 257,268 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1990
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1990[26] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 121,602 | 60.6% | |
| Democratic | Barry Borton | 66,100 | 32.9% | |
| Libertarian | Jerry Johnson | 13,020 | 6.5% | |
| Totals | 200,722 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1992
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1992[27] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 102,941 | 82.5% | |
| Republican | Nate Truman | 17,417 | 14.0% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Alice Mae Miles | 2,797 | 2.2% | |
| Libertarian | Carin Rogers | 1,618 | 1.3% | |
| American Independent | Gordon Mego (write-in) | 3 | 0.0% | |
| Totals | 124,776 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1994
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1994[28] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 65,688 | 78.12% | |
| Republican | Nate Truman | 18,930 | 21.87% | |
| American Independent | Gordon Mego (write-in) | 3 | 0.00% | |
| Totals | 84,521 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1996
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1996[29] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 92,762 | 85.6% | |
| Republican | Eric Carlson | 13,116 | 12.0% | |
| American Independent | Gordon Mego | 2,610 | 2.4% | |
| Totals | 108,488 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1998
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1998[30] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 92,762 | 89.32% | |
| American Independent | Gordon Michael Mego | 9,413 | 10.68% | |
| Totals | 108,488 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2000
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2000[31] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 100,569 | 86.6% | |
| Republican | Carl McGill | 12,582 | 10.9% | |
| American Independent | Gordon Michael Mego | 1,911 | 1.6% | |
| Natural Law | Rick Dunstan | 1,153 | 0.9% | |
| Totals | 116,215 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2002
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2002[32] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 72,401 | 77.6% | |
| Republican | Ross Moen | 18,094 | 19.3% | |
| American Independent | Gordon Michael Mego | 2,912 | 3.1% | |
| Totals | 93,407 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2004
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[33] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 125,949 | 80.6% | |
| Republican | Ross Moen | 23,591 | 15.1% | |
| American Independent | Gordon Michael Mego | 3,440 | 2.2% | |
| Libertarian | Charles Tate | 3,427 | 2.1% | |
| Totals | 115,807 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2006
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[34] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 82,498 | 83.8% | |
| American Independent | Gordon Michael Mego | 8,343 | 8.5% | |
| Libertarian | Paul T. Ireland | 7,665 | 7.7% | |
| Totals | 97,506 | 100.0% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
References
- ^ (2008 President)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2004 President)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2000 President)
- ^ Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
- ^ 1962 election results
- ^ 1964 election results
- ^ 1966 election results
- ^ 1968 election results
- ^ 1970 special election results
- ^ 1970 election results
- ^ 1972 election results
- ^ 1974 election results
- ^ 1976 election results
- ^ 1978 election results
- ^ 1980 election results
- ^ 1982 election results
- ^ 1984 election results
- ^ 1986 election results
- ^ 1988 election results
- ^ 1990 election results
- ^ 1992 election results
- ^ 1994 election results
- ^ 1996 election results
- ^ 1998 election results
- ^ 2000 election results
- ^ 2002 general election results
- ^ 2004 general election results
- ^ 2006 general election results
External links
- GovTrack.us: California's 35th congressional district
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
- California Voter Foundation map - CD35
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