California's 34th congressional district

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California's 34th congressional district
Area 59 mi²
Distribution 100% urban, 0% rural
Population (2000) 639,088
Median income $29,863
Ethnic composition 11.4% White, 4.4% Black, 5.5% Asian, 77.2% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI D+23

California's 34th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County and is California's most heavily Hispanic district. Its current representative is Democrat Lucille Roybal-Allard. Rep. Roybal Allard is running against Republican challenger Christopher Balding in the 2008 election.

[edit] Voting

John Kerry received 69% of the vote in this district in 2004; George W. Bush received 30%.[1] The district voted for Phil Angelides 63-32% in 2006,[2] Dianne Feinstein 74-21% in 2006,[3] Barbara Boxer 74-21% in 2004,[4] keeping Gray Davis 57-43%[5] and Cruz Bustamante 53-33%[6] in 2003, and Davis 63-27% in 2002.[7]

[edit] Election Results

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[edit] 1962

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard T. Hanna 90,758 55.9
Republican Robert A. Geier 71,478 44.1
Total votes 162,236 100.0
Majority 19,280 11.8
Turnout
Democratic win (new constituency)

[edit] 1964

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1964[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard T. Hanna (incumbent) 137,588 58.3
Republican Robert A. Geier 98,606 41.7
Total votes 236,194 100.0
Majority 38,982 16.6
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1966

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1966[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard T. Hanna (incumbent) 127,976 55.8
Republican Frank LaMagna 101,410 44.2
Total votes 129,386 100.0
Majority 26,566 11.6
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1968

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1968[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard T. Hanna (incumbent) 105,880 50.9
Republican Bill J. Teague 102,333 49.1
Total votes 208,213 100.0
Majority 3,547 1.8
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1970

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard T. Hanna (incumbent) 101,664 54.5
Republican Bill J. Teague 82,167 44.0
American Independent Lee R. Rayburn 2,843 1.5
Total votes 186,674 100.0
Majority 19,497 10.5
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1972

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard T. Hanna (incumbent) 113,841 67.2
Republican John D. Ratterree 48,916 28.9
American Independent Lee R. Rayburn 6,604 3.9
Total votes 169,361 100.0
Majority 64,925 38.3
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1974

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mark W. Hannaford (inc.) 78,345 49.8
Republican Bill Bond 72,967 46.3
American Independent James Manis 3,169 2.0
Peace and Freedom John S. Donohue 3,043 1.9
Total votes 157,524 100.0
Majority 5,378 3.5
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1976

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mark W. Hannaford (inc.) 100,988 50.7
Republican Dan Lungren 98,147 49.3
Total votes 199,135 100.0
Majority 2,841 0.6
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1978

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Lungren 90,554 53.7
Democratic Mark W. Hannaford (inc.) 73,608 43.7
American Independent Lawrence John Stafford 4,410 2.6
Total votes 168,572 100.0
Majority 16,946 10.0
Turnout
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

[edit] 1980

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Lungren (incumbent) 138,024 71.8
Democratic Simone 46,351 24.1
Peace and Freedom John S. Donohue 7,794 4.1
Total votes 192,169 100.0
Majority 91,673 47.7
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1982

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Esteban Torres 68,316 57.2
Republican Paul R. Jackson 51,026 42.8
Total votes 119,342 100.0
Majority 17,290 14.4
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1984

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1984[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Esteban Torres (incumbent) 87,060 59.8
Republican Paul R. Jackson 58,467 40.2
Total votes 145,527 100.0
Majority 28,593 19.6
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1986

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1986[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Esteban Torres (incumbent) 66,404 60.3
Republican Charles M. House 43,659 39.7
Total votes 110,063 100.0
Majority 22,745 20.6
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1988

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1988[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Esteban Torres (incumbent) 92,087 63.2
Republican Charles M. House 50,954 35.0
Libertarian Carl M. "Marty" Swinney 2,686 1.8
Total votes 145,727 100.0
Majority 41,133 28.2
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1990

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Esteban Torres (incumbent) 55,646 60.7
Republican John Eastman 36,024 39.3
Total votes 91,670 100.0
Majority 19,622 21.4
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1992

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1992[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Esteban Torres (incumbent) 91,738 61.3
Republican J. Jay Hernandez 50,907 34.0
Libertarian Carl M. "Marty" Swinney 7,072 4.7
Independent Worland (write-in) 1 0.0
Total votes 149,718 100.0
Majority 41,831 27.3
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1994

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1994[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Esteban Torres (incumbent) 72,439 61.67
Republican Albert J. Nunez 40,068 34.11
Libertarian Carl M. "Marty" Swinney 4,921 4.19
American Independent J. Scott (write-in) 27 0.02
Total votes 117,455 100.0
Majority 32,371 27.56
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1996

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Esteban Torres (incumbent) 94,730 68.5%
Republican David Nunez 36,852 26.7%
American Independent J. Scott 4,122 2.9%
Libertarian David Argall 2,736 1.9%
Total votes 138,440 100.0%
Majority 57,878 41.8%
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1998

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Grace Napolitano 76,471 67.63%
Republican Ed Perez 32,321 28.58%
Libertarian Jason Heath 2,195 1.94%
American Independent Walter Scott 2,088 1.85%
Total votes 113,075 100.0%
Majority 44,150 39.05%
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 2000

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Grace Napolitano (incumbent) 105,980 71.3%
Republican Robert Arthur Canales 33,445 22.5%
Natural Law Julia F. Simon 9,262 6.2%
Republican John W. Brantuk (write-in) 36 0.0%
Total votes 148,723 100.0%
Majority 72,535 48.8%
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lucille Roybal-Allard (inc.) 46,734 74.1
Republican Wayne Miller 17,090 25.9
Majority 29,644 48.2
Turnout 63,824
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lucille Roybal-Allard (inc.) 82,282 74.5 +0.4
Republican Wayne Miller 28,175 25.5 -0.4
Majority 54,107 49.0 +0.8
Turnout 110,457
Democratic hold Swing +0.8

[edit] 2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lucille Roybal-Allard (inc.) 57,459 76.8 +2.3
Republican Wayne Miller 17,359 23.2 -2.3
Independent Naomi Crane (write-in) 1 0.0 +0.0
Majority 40,100 53.6 +4.6
Turnout 74,819
Democratic hold Swing +4.6

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