California's 35th congressional district

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California's 35th congressional district
Area 55 mi²
Distribution 100% urban, 0% rural
Population (2000) 639,088
Median income $32,156
Ethnic composition 10.4% White, 34.1% Black, 5.6% Asian, 47.4% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI D+33
California's congressional districts since 2003.
California's congressional districts since 2003.

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.

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[edit] Voting

John Kerry received 79% of the vote in this district in 2004; George W. Bush received 20%.[1] The district voted for Phil Angelides 67-28% in 2006,[2] Dianne Feinstein 81-15% in 2006,[3] Barbara Boxer 81-15% in 2004,[4] keeping Gray Davis 67-33%[5] and Cruz Bustamante 52-30%[6] in 2003, and Davis 74-19% in 2002.[7]

[edit] Election results

1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006

[edit] 1962

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican James B. Utt (incumbent) 133,737 68.5
Democratic Burton Shamsky 61,395 31.5
Total votes 195,132 100.0
Majority 72,342 37.0
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1964

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1964[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican James B. Utt (incumbent) 167,791 65
Democratic Paul B. Carpenter 90,295 35
Total votes 258,086 100
Majority 77,496 30
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1966

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1966[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican James B. Utt (incumbent) 189,582 73.1
Democratic Thomas B. Lenhart 69,873 26.9
Total votes 259,455 100.0
Majority 119,709 46.2
Turnout
Republican hold Swing


[edit] 1968

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1968[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Total votes 293,462 100.0
Majority 138,906 47.4
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1970

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Total votes 287,526 100.0
Majority 105,746 36.7
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1972

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Glenn M. Anderson (inc.) 103,912 74.8
Republican Vernon E. Brown 35,018 25.2
Total votes 138,930 100.0
Majority 68,904 49.6
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1974

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic James F. Lloyd 60,709 50.3
Republican Victor Veysey (incumbent) 60,102 49.7
Total votes 120,811 100.0
Majority 607 0.6
Turnout
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

[edit] 1976

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic James F. Lloyd (incumbent) 87,472 53.3
Republican Louis Brutocao 76,765 46.7
Total votes 164,237 100.0
Majority 10,707 6.6
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1978

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic James F. Lloyd (incumbent) 80,388 54
Republican David Dreier 68,442 46
Total votes 148,830 100.0
Majority 11,946 8
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1980

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Total votes 194,514 100.0
Majority 12,464 6.4
Turnout
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

[edit] 1982

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jerry Lewis (incumbent) 112,786 68.3
Democratic Robert E. Erwin 52,349 31.7
Total votes 165,135 100.0
Majority 60,437 36.6
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1984

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1984[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jerry Lewis (incumbent) 176,477 85.5
Peace and Freedom Kevin Akin 29,990 14.5
Total votes 206,467 100.0
Majority 146,487 71.0
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1986

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1986[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jerry Lewis (incumbent) 127,235 76.9
Democratic Robert J. "Sarge" Hall 38,322 23.1
Total votes 165,557 100.0
Majority 88,913 53.8
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1988

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1988[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jerry Lewis (incumbent) 181,203 70.4
Democratic Paul Sweeney 71,186 27.7
Libertarian Jeff Shuman 4,879 1.9
Total votes 257,268 100.0
Majority 110,017 52.7
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1990

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jerry Lewis (incumbent) 121,602 60.6
Democratic Barry Borton 66,100 32.9
Libertarian Jerry Johnson 13,020 6.5
Total votes 200,722 100.0
Majority 55,502 27.7
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

[edit] 1992

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1992[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Total votes 124,776 100.0
Majority 85,524 68.5
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1994

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1994[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Maxine Waters (incumbent) 65,688 78.12
Republican Nate Truman 18,930 21.87
Independent Gordon Mego (write-in) 3 0.00
Total votes 84,081 100.0
Majority 47,298 56.25
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1996

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Maxine Waters (incumbent) 92,762 85.6%
Republican Eric Carlson 13,116 12.0%
American Independent Gordon Mego 2,610 2.4%
Total votes 108,488 100.0%
Majority 79,646 73.6%
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 1998

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Maxine Waters (incumbent) 92,762 89.32%
American Independent Gordon Michael Mego 9,413 10.68%
Total votes 108,488 100.0%
Majority 83,349 78.64%
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 2000

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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%
Total votes 116,215 100.0%
Majority 87,987 75.7%
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Maxine Waters (incumbent) 72,401 77.6
Republican Ross Moen 18,094 19.3
American Independent Gordon Michael Mego 2,912 3.1
Majority 54,307 58.3
Turnout 93,407
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] 2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Maxine Waters (incumbent) 125,949 80.6 +3.0
Republican Ross Moen 23,591 15.1 -4.2
American Independent Gordon Michael Mego 3,440 2.2 -0.9
Libertarian Charles Tate 3,427 2.1 +2.1
Majority 102,358 65.5 +7.2
Turnout 115,807
Democratic hold Swing +7.2

[edit] 2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Maxine Waters (incumbent) 82,498 83.8 +3.2
American Independent Gordon Michael Mego 8,343 8.5 +6.3
Libertarian Paul T. Ireland 7,665 7.7 +5.6
Majority 74,155 75.3 +9.8
Turnout 97,506
Democratic hold Swing +9.8

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statement of Vote (2004 President)
  2. ^ Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
  3. ^ Statement of Vote (2006 Senate)
  4. ^ Statement of Vote (2004 Senate)
  5. ^ Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
  6. ^ Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
  7. ^ Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
  8. ^ 1962 election results
  9. ^ 1964 election results
  10. ^ 1966 election results
  11. ^ 1968 election results
  12. ^ 1970 election results
  13. ^ 1972 election results
  14. ^ 1974 election results
  15. ^ 1976 election results
  16. ^ 1978 election results
  17. ^ 1980 election results
  18. ^ 1982 election results
  19. ^ 1984 election results
  20. ^ 1986 election results
  21. ^ 1988 election results
  22. ^ 1990 election results
  23. ^ 1992 election results
  24. ^ 1994 election results
  25. ^ 1996 election results
  26. ^ 1998 election results
  27. ^ 2000 election results
  28. ^ 2002 general election results
  29. ^ 2004 general election results
  30. ^ 2006 general election results

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