California's 48th congressional district
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California's 48th congressional district is located in Orange County in southern California, and includes the cities of Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest (formerly known as El Toro), Tustin, and parts of Newport Beach, San Juan Capistrano, and Santa Ana. Cox won his last bid for re-election with 65% of the vote. George W. Bush received 58% of the vote in this district in 2004. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R +8.
Republican John Campbell has represented the district in the U.S. House of Representatives since December 7, 2005. He replaced Chris Cox who had resigned on August 2, 2005 to become chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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[edit] Election results
[edit] 2005
| Special election, 2005: California District 48 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | John Campbell | 41,450 | 44.7 | -20.3 | |
| Democratic | Steve Young | 25,926 | 28.0 | -4.2 | |
| Constitution | Jim Gilchrist | 23,237 | 25.1 | +25.1 | |
| Green | Bea Tiritilli | 1,242 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Libertarian | Bruce Cohen (politician) | 880 | 0.9 | -1.9 | |
| Majority | 15,524 | 16.7 | |||
| Turnout | 93,138 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | -8.1 | |||
[edit] 2004
| United States House election, 2004: California District 48 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Christopher Cox | 189,004 | 65.0 | -3.5 | |
| Democratic | John Graham | 93,525 | 32.2 | +3.8 | |
| Libertarian | Bruce Cohen (politician) | 8,343 | 2.8 | -0.3 | |
| Majority | 95,479 | 32.8 | |||
| Turnout | 290,872 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | -3.7 | |||
[edit] 2002
| United States House election, 2002: California District 48 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Christopher Cox | 120,643 | 68.5 | +2.8 | |
| Democratic | John Graham | 50,056 | 28.4 | -2.7 | |
| Libertarian | Joe Michael Cobb | 5,495 | 3.1 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 70,587 | 40.1 | |||
| Turnout | 176,194 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
[edit] See also
California 48th Congressional District Election, 2005
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