California's 12th congressional district

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California's 12th congressional district
Area 363 mi²
Distribution 99.9% urban, 0.1% rural
Population (2000) 639,088
Median income $70,307
Ethnic composition 48.2% White, 2.5% Black, 28.5% Asian, 15.7% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI D+22

California's 12th congressional district spans from the southwestern portions of San Francisco in the north down to San Mateo in the south, and from Moss Beach in the west to the edge of San Mateo in the east, where it borders California's 14th. The district comprises portions of San Mateo and San Francisco counties. The seat was held by Democrat Tom Lantos until his death on February 11, 2008; Jackie Speier won the April 8, 2008 special election and was sworn in on April 10, 2008 as Lantos's replacement[1].

The majority of San Francisco, however, is located within California's 8th district, currently represented by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

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[edit] Voting

John Kerry received 72% of the vote in this district in 2004; George W. Bush received 27%.[2] The district voted for Phil Angelides 51-44% in 2006,[3] Dianne Feinstein 77-18% in 2006,[4] Barbara Boxer 73-24% in 2004,[5] keeping Gray Davis 66-34%[6] and Cruz Bustamante 48-32%[7] in 2003, and Davis 60-27% in 2002.[8]



[edit] List of Representatives

Counties Representative Party Dates Notes
Los Angeles John H. Hoeppel Democratic 1933-03-04 – 1937-01-03 Newly created district
Lost re-nomination to Voorhis
Jerry Voorhis Democratic 1937-01-03 – 1947-01-03 Lost re-election to Nixon
Richard Nixon Republican 1947-01-03 – 1951-01-03 Retired to run for Senate
Patrick J. Hillings Republican 1951-01-03 – 1953-01-03 Redistricted to 25th district
Fresno, Madera, Merced Allan O. Hunter Republican 1953-01-03 – 1955-01-03 Redistricted from 9th district
Bernice F. Sisk Democratic 1955-01-03 – 1963-01-03 Redistricted to 16th district
Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz Burt L. Talcott Republican 1963-01-03 – 1967-01-03 Newly created district
Kings, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz 1967-01-03 – 1973-01-03
Monterey, San Benito, northwestern San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-03 Redistricted to 16th district
Southern San Mateo Pete McCloskey Republican 1975-01-03 – 1983-01-03 Redistricted from 17th district
Retired to run for Senate
Southern San Mateo, Santa Clara, northern Santa Cruz Ed Zschau Republican 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-03 Retired to run for Senate
Ernie Konnyu Republican 1987-01-03 – 1989-01-03 Lost re-nomination to Campbell
Tom Campbell Republican 1989-01-03 – 1993-01-03 Won special election to State Senate
Redistricted to 14th district
Southwestern San Francisco, northern San Mateo Tom Lantos Democratic 1993-01-03 – 2008-02-11 Redistricted from 11th district
Died in office
Vacant 2008-02-11 – 2008-04-10
Jackie Speier Democratic 2008-04-10 – present Incumbent

[edit] Recent election results

1932 • 1934 • 1936 • 1938 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006

[edit] 1932

United States House of Representatives elections, 1932[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John H. Hoeppel 43,122 45.8
Republican Frederick F. Houser 40,674 43.2
Prohibition Richard M. Cannon 10,308 11.0
Total votes 94,104 100.0
Majority 2,448 2.6
Turnout
Democratic win (new constituency)

[edit] 1934

United States House of Representatives elections, 1934[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John H. Hoeppel (incumbent) 52,595 50.7
Republican Frederick F. Houser 51,216 49.3
Total votes 103,811 100.0
Majority 1,379 1.4
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1936

United States House of Representatives elections, 1936[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jerry Voorhis 62,034 53.7
Republican Frederick F. Houser 53,445 46.3
Total votes 115,479 100.0
Majority 8,589 7.4
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1938

United States House of Representatives elections, 1938[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) 75,003 60.8
Republican Eugene W. Nixon 40,457 32.8
Townsend Russell R. Hand 7,903 6.4
Total votes 123,363 100.0
Majority 34,546 28.0
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1940

United States House of Representatives elections, 1940[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) 99,494 64.0
Republican Eugene W. Nixon 54,731 35.2
Communist Albert Lewis 1,152 0.8
Total votes 155,377 100.0
Majority 44,763 28.8
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1942

United States House of Representatives elections, 1942[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) 53,705 56.8
Republican Roy P. McLaughlin 40,780 43.2
Total votes 94,485 100.0
Majority 12,925 13.6
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1944

United States House of Representatives elections, 1944[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) 77,385 55.3
Republican Roy P. McLaughlin 62,524 44.7
Total votes 139,909 100.0
Majority 14,861 10.6
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1946

United States House of Representatives elections, 1946[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Richard Nixon 65,586 56.0
Democratic Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) 49,994 42.7
Prohibition John Henry Hoeppel 1,476 1.3
Total votes 117,056 100.0
Majority 15,592 13.3
Turnout
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

[edit] 1948

United States House of Representatives elections, 1948[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Richard Nixon (incumbent) 141,509 87.8
Progressive Una W. Rice 19,631 12.2
Total votes 161,140 100.0
Majority 121,878 75.6
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1950

United States House of Representatives elections, 1950[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Patrick J. Hillings 107,933 60.1
Democratic Steve Zetterberg 71,682 39.9
Total votes 179,615 100.0
Majority 36,251 20.2
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1952

United States House of Representatives elections, 1952[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Allan O. Hunter (incumbent) 103,587 100.0
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1954

United States House of Representatives elections, 1954[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bernice F. Sisk 63,911 53.8
Republican Allan O. Hunter (incumbent) 54,903 46.2
Total votes 118,814 100.0
Majority 9,008 7.6
Turnout
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

[edit] 1956

United States House of Representatives elections, 1956[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) 109,920 73
Republican Robert B. Moore 40,663 27
Total votes 150,583 100
Majority 69,257 46
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1958

United States House of Representatives elections, 1958[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) 112,702 81.1
Republican Daniel K. Halpin 26,228 18.9
Total votes 138,930 100
Majority 86,474 62.2
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1960

United States House of Representatives elections, 1960[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) 141,974 100.0
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1962

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) 75,424 61.3
Democratic William K. Steward 47,576 38.7
Total votes 123,000 100.0
Majority 27,848 22.6
Turnout
Republican win (new constituency)

[edit] 1964

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) 93,112 61.9
Democratic William K. Steward 57,242 38.1
Total votes 150,354 100.0
Majority 35,870 23.8
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1966

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) 108,070 77.3
Democratic Gerald V. Barron 31,787 22.7
Total votes 139,857 100.0
Majority 76,283 54.6
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1968

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) 140,713 94.9
American Independent Ann J. Holliday 7,593 5.1
Total votes 148,308 100.0
Majority 133,180 89.8
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) 95,549 63.6
Democratic O'Brien Riordan 50,942 33.9
Peace and Freedom Herbert H. Foster, Jr. 3,682 2.5
Total votes 150,173 100.0
Majority 44,607 29.7
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) 105,555 54.0
Democratic Julian Camacho 84,268 43.1
American Independent Stanley K. Monteith 5,753 2.9
Total votes 195,576 100.0
Majority 21,287 10.9
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Pete McCloskey (incumbent) 103,228 69.1
Democratic Gary G. Gillmor 46,197 30.9
Total votes 149,425 100.0
Majority 57,031 28.2
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Pete McCloskey (incumbent) 130,332 66.2
Democratic David T. Harris 61,526 31.3
American Independent Joseph David "Joss" Cooney 4,999 2.5
Total votes 196,857 100.0
Majority 78,806 34.9
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Pete McCloskey (incumbent) 116,982 73.1
Democratic Kirsten Olsen 34,472 21.5
American Independent Harold R. Boylan 5,609 3.5
Peace and Freedom Adele Fumino 3,022 1.9
Total votes 160,085 100.0
Majority 82,510 51.6
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Pete McCloskey (incumbent) 143,817 72.2
Democratic Kirsten Olsen 37,009 18.6
Libertarian Bill Evers 15,073 7.6
Peace and Freedom Adele Fumino 3,184 1.6
Total votes 199,083 100.0
Majority 106,808 53.6
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Ed Zschau 115,365 63.0
Democratic Emmett Lynch 61,372 33.5
Libertarian William C. "Bill" White 6,471 3.5
Total votes 183,208 100.0
Majority 53,993 29.5
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Ed Zschau (incumbent) 155,795 61.7
Democratic Martin Carnoy 91,026 36.0
Libertarian William C. "Bill" White 5,872 2.3
Total votes 252,963 100.0
Majority 64,769 25.7
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Ernie Konnyu 111,252 59.5
Democratic Lance T. Weil 69,564 37.2
Libertarian William C. "Bill" White 6,227 3.3
Total votes 187,043 100.0
Majority 41,688 22.3
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Tom Campbell 136,384 51.7
Democratic Anna Eshoo 121,523 46.0
Libertarian Tom Grey 6,023 2.3
Total votes 263,930 100.0
Majority 14,861 5.7
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Tom Campbell (incumbent) 125,157 60.8
Democratic Bob Palmer 69,270 33.7
Libertarian Chuck Olson 11,271 5.5
Total votes 205,698 100.0
Majority 55,887 27.1
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Lantos (incumbent) 157,205 68.8
Republican Jim R. Tomlin 53,278 23.3
Peace and Freedom Mary Weldon 10,142 4.4
Libertarian George L. O'Brien 7,782 3.4
Total votes 228,407 100.0
Majority 103,927 45.5
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Lantos (incumbent) 118,408 67.42
Republican Deborah Wilder 57,228 32.58
Total votes 175,636 100.0
Majority 61,180 34.84
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Lantos (incumbent) 149,052 71.7%
Republican Storm Jenkins 49,278 23.8%
Libertarian Christopher Schmidt 6,111 2.9%
Natural Law Richard Bong 3,472 1.6%
Total votes 207,913 100.0%
Majority 99,774 47.9%
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Lantos (incumbent) 128,135 73.98%
Republican Robert H. Evans, Jr. 36,562 21.11%
Libertarian Michael J. Moloney 8,515 4.92%
Total votes 173,212 100.0%
Majority 91,573 52.87%
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Lantos (incumbent) 158,404 74.6%
Republican Mike Garza 44,162 20.8%
Libertarian Barbara J. Less 6,431 3.0%
Natural Law Rifkin Young 3,559 1.6%
Total votes 212,556 100.0%
Majority 114,242 52.8%
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Lantos (incumbent) 105,597 68.1 -6.4
Republican Michael J. Moloney 38,381 24.8 +4.0
Libertarian Maad Abu-Ghazalah 11,006 7.1 +4.1
Majority 67,216 43.3 -10.4
Turnout 185,216
Democratic hold Swing -10.4%

[edit] 2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Lantos (incumbent) 171,852 68.1 0.0
Republican Mike Garza 52,593 20.8 -4.0
Green Pat Green 23,038 9.1 +9.1
Libertarian Harland Harrison 5,116 2.0 -5.1
Majority 119,259 47.3 +4.0
Turnout 252,599
Democratic hold Swing +4.0

[edit] 2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Lantos (incumbent) 138,650 76.1 +8.0
Republican Mike Moloney 43,674 23.9 +3.1
Majority 94,976 52.2 +4.9
Turnout 182,324
Democratic hold Swing +4.9

[edit] References

  1. ^ CURRENT HOUSE FLOOR PROCEEDINGS - LEGISLATIVE DAY OF APRIL 10, 2008 - 110TH CONGRESS - SECOND SESSION
  2. ^ Statement of Vote (2004 President)
  3. ^ Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
  4. ^ Statement of Vote (2006 Senate)
  5. ^ Statement of Vote (2004 Senate)
  6. ^ Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
  7. ^ Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
  8. ^ Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
  9. ^ 1932 election results
  10. ^ 1934 election results
  11. ^ 1936 election results
  12. ^ 1938 election results
  13. ^ 1940 election results
  14. ^ 1942 election results
  15. ^ 1944 election results
  16. ^ 1946 election results
  17. ^ 1948 election results
  18. ^ 1950 election results
  19. ^ 1952 election results
  20. ^ 1954 election results
  21. ^ 1956 election results
  22. ^ 1958 election results
  23. ^ 1960 election results
  24. ^ 1962 election results
  25. ^ 1964 election results
  26. ^ 1966 election results
  27. ^ 1968 election results
  28. ^ 1970 election results
  29. ^ 1972 election results
  30. ^ 1974 election results
  31. ^ 1976 election results
  32. ^ 1978 election results
  33. ^ 1980 election results
  34. ^ 1982 election results
  35. ^ 1984 election results
  36. ^ 1986 election results
  37. ^ 1988 election results
  38. ^ 1990 election results
  39. ^ 1992 election results
  40. ^ 1994 election results
  41. ^ 1996 election results
  42. ^ 1998 election results
  43. ^ 2000 election results
  44. ^ 2002 general election results
  45. ^ 2004 general election results
  46. ^ 2006 general election results

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