California's 16th congressional district

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California's 16th congressional district
California's 16th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Jim Costa (D–Fresno)
Ethnicity	25.1% White, 5.8% Black, 8.6% Asian, 58.0% Hispanic, 2.5^[1]% other
Cook PVI	D+7

California's 16th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California, centered in the Central Valley. It includes the cities of Fresno and Merced. The district is currently represented by Democrat Jim Costa.

From 2003 to 2013, the 16th district covered part of Santa Clara County and included much of central San Jose.

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2010	Governor	Brown 62.3 - 33.4%
2010	Senator	Boxer 64.3 - 30.8%
2008	President^[2]	Obama 69.6 - 28.8%
2006	Governor^[3]	Schwarzenegger 49.6 - 46.1%
2006	Senator^[4]	Feinstein 70.2 - 24.6%
2004	President^[5]	Kerry 63.4 - 35.5%
2004	Senator^[6]	Boxer 67.0 - 28.5%
2003	Recall^[7]^[8]	No 57.3 - 42.7%
2003	Recall^[7]^[8]	Bustamante 41.2 - 38.7%
2002	Governor^[9]	Davis 56.3 - 31.3%
2000	President^[10]	Gore 64.2 - 31.7%
2000	Senator^[11]	Feinstein 64.4 - 30.2%
1998	Governor
1998	Senator
1996	President
1994	Governor
1994	Senator
1992	President	Clinton 52.4 - 27.1%
	Senator	Boxer 54.4 - 34.0%
	Senator	Feinstein 63.8 - 28.4%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created		March 4, 1933
John F. Dockweiler	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Lost re-election as an independent candidate after running for governor	Los Angeles
Leland M. Ford	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	Lost re-election
Will Rogers, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – May 23, 1944	Resigned to return to active duty in the Army
Vacant		May 23, 1944 – January 3, 1945
Ellis E. Patterson	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	Lost re-nomination
Donald L. Jackson	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1961	Retired
Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted to the 28th district
Bernice F. Sisk	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	Redistricted from the 12th district	Fresno, Madera, Merced
Bernice F. Sisk	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted to the 15th district	Fresno, Merced
Burt L. Talcott	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977	Redistricted from the 12th district Lost re-election	Western Monterey, San Benito, northern San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz
Leon Panetta	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983
Leon Panetta	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted to the 17th district	Monterey, San Benito, northern San Luis Obispo, southern Santa Cruz
Don Edwards	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Redistricted from the 10th district; retired	Santa Clara
Zoe Lofgren	Democratic	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003		Santa Clara
Zoe Lofgren	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted to the 19th district	Santa Clara (San Jose)
Jim Costa	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	Redistricted from the 20th district	Central Valley including Fresno and Merced

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 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014

1932

United States House of Representatives elections, 1932^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Dockweiler	70,333	54.9
	Republican	Clyde Woodworth	57,718	45.1
Total votes			128,051	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new seat)

1934

United States House of Representatives elections, 1934^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Dockweiler (inc.)	119,332	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1936

United States House of Representatives elections, 1936^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Dockweiler (inc.)	90,986	57.7
	Republican	Raymond V. Darby	66,583	42.3
Total votes			157,569	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1938

United States House of Representatives elections, 1938^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leland M. Ford	97,407	62.8
	Democratic	John F. Dockweiler (write-in)	32,863	21.2
	Townsend	Ted E. Felt	16,045	10.3
	Progressive	J. Barton Huthins	6,643	4.3
	Communist	La Rue McCormick	2,070	1.3
Total votes			155,028	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1940

United States House of Representatives elections, 1940^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leland M. Ford	188,049	96.4
	Communist	George C. Sandy	7,017	3.6
Total votes			195,066	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1942

United States House of Representatives elections, 1942^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Will Rogers, Jr.	61,437	53.7
	Republican	Leland M. Ford (incumbent)	52,023	45.4
	Communist	Allen L. Ryan	1,043	0.9
Total votes			114,503	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1944

United States House of Representatives elections, 1944^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellis E. Patterson (inc.)	105,835	54.1
	Republican	Jesse Randolph Kellems	89,700	45.9
Total votes			195,535	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1946

United States House of Representatives elections, 1946^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson	78,264	53.9
	Democratic	Harold Harby	45,951	31.7
	Democratic	Ellis E. Patterson (write-in)	20,945	14.4
Total votes			145,160	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1948

United States House of Representatives elections, 1948^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (inc.)	121,198	57
	Democratic	Ellis E. Patterson	91,268	43
Total votes			212,466	100
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1950

United States House of Representatives elections, 1950^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (inc.)	115,970	59.3
	Democratic	S. Mark Hogue	79,744	40.7
Total votes			195,714	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1952

United States House of Representatives elections, 1952^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (inc.)	79,127	59.7
	Democratic	S. Mark Hogue	53,337	40.3
Total votes			132,464	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1954

United States House of Representatives elections, 1954^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (inc.)	63,124	60.8
	Democratic	S. Mark Hogue	40,659	39.2
Total votes			103,783	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1956

United States House of Representatives elections, 1956^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (inc.)	84,050	60.8
	Democratic	G. Robert "Bob" Fleming	53,624	39.2
Total votes			137,674	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1958

United States House of Representatives elections, 1958^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (inc.)	70,724	57.8
	Democratic	Melvin Lennard	51,616	42.2
Total votes			122,340	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1960

United States House of Representatives elections, 1960^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.	83,601	55.4
	Democratic	Jerry Pacht	67,318	44.6
Total votes			150,919	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1962

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	108,339	71.8
	Republican	Arthur L. Selland	42,401	28.2
Total votes			150,740	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1964

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	117,727	66.8
	Republican	David T. Harris	58,604	33.2
Total votes			176,331	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1966

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	118,063	71.4
	Republican	Cecil F. White	47,329	28.6
Total votes			165,392	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1968

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	97,473	62.5
	Republican	Dave Harris	55,192	35.4
	American Independent	John P. Carroll	3,390	2.2
Total votes			156,055	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	95,118	66.4
	Republican	Phillip V. Sanchez	43,843	30.6
	American Independent	James W. Scott	4,237	3.0
Total votes			143,198	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	134,079	79.1
	Republican	Carol Harner	35,384	20.9
Total votes			169,463	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)	76,084	49.2
	Democratic	Julian Camacho	74,018	47.8
	American Independent	D. Jeff Mauro	4,576	3.0
Total votes			154,678	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta	104,545	53.4
	Republican	Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)	91,160	46.6
Total votes			195,705	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	104,550	61.4
	Republican	Eric Seastrand	65,808	38.6
Total votes			170,358	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	158,360	71.0
	Republican	W. A. "Jack" Roth	54,675	24.5
	Libertarian	Kenton H. Bowers	6,802	3.0
	Peace and Freedom	D. Jeff Mauro	3,198	1.4
Total votes			223,035	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	142,630	85.4
	Republican	Gary Richard Arnold	24,448	14.6
Total votes			167,078	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	153,377	70.8
	Republican	Patricia Smith Ramsey	60,065	27.7
	Libertarian	Bill Anderson	3,245	1.5
Total votes			216,687	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	128,151	78.4
	Republican	Louis Darrigo	31,386	19.2
	Peace and Freedom	Ron Wright	2,017	1.2
	Libertarian	Bill Anderson	1,944	1.2
Total votes			163,498	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	177,452	78.6
	Republican	Stanley K. Monteith	48,375	21.4
Total votes			225,827	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	134,236	74.2
	Republican	Jerry M. Reiss	39,885	22.0
	Libertarian	Brian H. Tucker	6,881	3.8
Total votes			181,002	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	96,661	62
	Republican	Ted Bundesen	49,843	32
	Peace and Freedom	Amani S. Kummba	9,370	6
	No party	Hunt (write-in)	5	0%
	No party	Loeber (write-in)	3	0%
	No party	James (write-in)	1	0%
Total votes			155,883	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren	74,935	64.96
	Republican	Lyle J. Smith	40,409	35.03
	No party	Barraza (write-in)	8	0.01%
Total votes			115,352	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	94,020	65.7
	Republican	Chuck Wojslaw	43,197	30.2
	Libertarian	David Bonino	4,124	2.8
	Natural Law	Abaan Abu-Shumays	1,866	1.3
Total votes			143,207	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	85,503	72.82
	Republican	Horace Eugene Thayn	27,494	23.42
	Natural Law	John H. Black	4,417	3.76
Total votes			117,414	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	115,118	72.1
	Republican	Horace "Gene" Thayn	37,213	23.3
	Libertarian	Dennis Michael Umphress	4,742	3.0
	Natural Law	Edward J. Klein	2,673	1.6
Total votes			159,746	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	72,370	67.1
	Republican	Douglas Adams McNea	32,182	29.8
	Libertarian	Dennis Michael Umphress	3,434	3.1
Total votes			104,556	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	129,222	70.9
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	47,992	26.4
	Libertarian	Markus Welch	5,067	2.7
Total votes			182,281	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	98,929	72.8
	Republican	Charel Winston	37,130	27.2
Total votes			136,059	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008^[50]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	146,481	71.3
	Republican	Charel Winston	49,399	24.1
	Libertarian	Steven Wells	9,447	4.6
Total votes			205,327	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010^[51]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	105,841	67.82
	Republican	Daniel Sahagun	37,913	24.29
	Libertarian	Edward Gonzalez	12,304	7.89
Total votes			156,058	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012^[52]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Costa (incumbent)	84,649	57.4
	Republican	Brian Daniel Whelan	62,801	42.6
Total votes			147,450	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014^[53]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Costa (incumbent)	46,277	50.7
	Republican	Johnny Tacherra	44,943	49.3
Total votes			91,220	100.0
	Democratic hold

Living former Members

As of April 2015, there are four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 16th congressional district that are currently living.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
Burt L. Talcott	1975 - 1977	(1920-02-22) February 22, 1920
Leon Panetta	1989 - 1993	(1938-06-28) June 28, 1938
Don Edwards	1993 - 1995	(1915-01-06) January 6, 1915
Zoe Lofgren	1995 - 2013	(1947-12-21) December 21, 1947

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

↑ http://www.latimes.com/la-redistricting-map-july-2011,0,5339409.htmlstory#39.71057374407184,-118.14590136718749,5,usCongress,,,current
↑ (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)
↑ 1932 election results
↑ 1934 election results
↑ 1936 election results
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↑ 1960 election results
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↑ 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
↑ 2006 Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008" (retrieved on August 8th, 2009).
↑ 2010 Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010" (retrieved on March 24th, 2011).
↑ 2012 general election results
↑ U.S. House of Representatives District 16 - Districtwide Results

External links

California's congressional districts

All districts: At-large; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53

The at-large seats only existed from 1850 to 1865 and from 1883 to 1885.

See also: California's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations; Recent U.S. House elections in California: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014

Coordinates: 37°06′34″N 120°31′18″W / 37.10944°N 120.52167°W / 37.10944; -120.52167

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