U.S. House district for California
- 59.2% White
- 25.6% Hispanic
- 6.0% Asian
- 5.3% Two or more races
- 2.2% Black
- 1.8% other
Cook PVI | R+9[3] |
California's 5th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California.
The district is located in the northern San Joaquin Valley and central Sierra Nevada. The district includes all of Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties, western El Dorado County, and eastern Stanislaus, Madera and Fresno counties. Cities in the district include most of Modesto, northern Turlock, northern Fresno, Oakdale, Hughson, Riverbank, Sonora, Jackson, and Placerville. It also includes the census-designated places of Mariposa, the County seat of Mariposa County, and El Dorado Hills. It also includes Yosemite National Park and part of Kings Canyon National Park. It is represented by Republican Tom McClintock.[1]
From 2013 to 2023, the district was located in the northern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, including Santa Rosa, Vallejo, and most of Wine Country. The district was represented by Mike Thompson, a Democrat.
Election results from statewide races
Year | U.S. President | U.S. Senator (Class 1) | U.S. Senator (Class 3) | Governor |
1992 | Clinton (D) 50.9–31.1% | Feinstein (D) 59.8–32.6% | Boxer (D) 55.2–35.3% | — |
1994 | — | [data missing] | — | Brown (D) 48.6–47.2% |
1996 | Clinton (D) 57.1–33.8% | — | — | — |
1998 | — | — | [data missing] | [data missing] |
2000 | Gore (D) 57.1–37.0%[4] | Feinstein (D) 61.6–31.1%[5] | — | — |
2002 | — | — | — | Davis (D) 50.4–35.3%[6] |
2003 | — | — | — | Recall: N No 50.4–49.6%[7][8] |
Schwarzenegger (R) 43.1–35.4% |
2004 | Kerry (D) 61.1–37.9%[9] | — | Boxer (D) 68.3–27.5%[10] | — |
2006 | — | Feinstein (D) 66.7–27.1%[11] | — | Schwarzenegger (R) 49.6–43.8% |
2008 | Obama (D) 69.5–28.4%[12] | — | — | — |
2010 | — | — | Boxer (D) 62.2–33.3%[13] | Brown (D) 68.1–27.1%[14] |
2012 | Obama (D) 69.7–27.4%[15] | Feinstein (D) 72.5–27.5%[16] | — | — |
2014 | — | — | — | Brown (D) 72.6–27.4%[17] |
2016 | Clinton (D) 69.4–22.2%[18] | — | Harris (D) 73.0–27%[19]| | — |
2018 | — | Feinstein (D) 56.3–43.7%[20] | — | Newsom (D) 70.0–30.0%[21] |
2020 | Biden (D) 72.4–25.3%[22] | — | — | — |
2021 | — | — | — | Recall: N No 72–28%[23] |
2022 | — | — | Meuser (R) 60.3–39.7% | Dahle (R) 62.7–37.3%[24] |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress(es) | Electoral history | Counties |
District created March 4, 1885 |
Charles N. Felton (San Francisco) | Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | 49th 50th | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired. | 1885–1893 San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz |
Thomas J. Clunie (San Francisco) | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | 51st | Elected in 1888. Retired. |
Eugene F. Loud (San Francisco) | Republican | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1903 | 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th | Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Lost re-election. |
1893–1913 San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara |
William J. Wynn (San Francisco) | Democratic-Union Labor | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | 58th | Elected in 1902. Lost re-election. |
Everis A. Hayes (San Jose) | Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913 | 59th 60th 61st 62nd | Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 8th district. |
John I. Nolan (San Francisco) | Republican | March 4, 1913 – November 18, 1922 | 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th | Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Died. | 1913–1967 San Francisco |
Vacant | November 18, 1922 – January 23, 1923 | 67th |
Mae Nolan (San Francisco) | Republican | January 23, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | 67th 68th | Elected only to finish her husband's term. Retired. |
Lawrence J. Flaherty (San Francisco) | Republican | March 4, 1925 – June 13, 1926 | 69th | Elected in 1924. Died. |
Vacant | June 13, 1926 – August 31, 1926 |
Richard J. Welch (San Francisco) | Republican | August 31, 1926 – September 10, 1949 | 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st | Elected to finish Flaherty's term. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Died. |
Vacant | September 10, 1949 – November 8, 1949 | 81st |
John F. Shelley (San Francisco) | Democratic | November 8, 1949 – January 7, 1964 | 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th | Elected to finish Welch's term. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Resigned to become Mayor of San Francisco. |
Vacant | January 7, 1964 – February 18, 1964 | 88th |
Phillip Burton (San Francisco) | Democratic | February 18, 1964 – January 3, 1975 | 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd | Elected to finish Shelley's term. Re-elected later in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Redistricted to the 6th district. |
Eastern San Francisco |
John Burton (San Francisco) | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 | 94th 95th 96th 97th | Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired. | 1975–1983 Marin, northwestern San Francisco |
Phillip Burton (San Francisco) | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – April 10, 1983 | 98th | Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1982. Died. | 1983–1993 Western San Francisco |
Vacant | April 10, 1983 – June 21, 1983 | |
Sala Burton (San Francisco) | Democratic | June 21, 1983 – February 1, 1987 | 98th 99th 100th | Elected to finish her husband's term. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Died. |
Vacant | February 1, 1987 – June 2, 1987 | 100th |
Nancy Pelosi (San Francisco) | Democratic | June 2, 1987 – January 3, 1993 | 100th 101st 102nd | Elected to finish Burton's term. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 8th district. |
Bob Matsui (Sacramento) | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 1, 2005 | 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th | Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004, but died before his term began. | 1993–2003 Sacramento (Sacramento city) |
2003–2013
Sacramento (Sacramento city) |
Vacant | January 1, 2005 – March 8, 2005 | 108th 109th |
Doris Matsui (Sacramento) | Democratic | March 8, 2005 – January 3, 2013 | 109th 110th 111th 112th | Elected to finish her husband's term. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 6th district. |
Mike Thompson (St. Helena) | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023 | 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th | Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 4th district. | 2013–2023
North Bay area including Napa, Santa Rosa, and Vallejo |
Tom McClintock (Elk Grove) | Republican | January 3, 2023 – present | 118th | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 2022. | 2023–present
Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne. Mariposa, western El Dorado, eastern Stanislaus, Madera and Fresno. |
Complete election results
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1912
1914
1916
1918
1920
1922
1923 (Special)
Republican Mae Nolan won the special election to replace her husband John I. Nolan, who won re-election but died before the 68th Congress convened. Data for this special election is not available.[27]
1924
1926 (Special)
Republican Richard J. Welch won the special election to replace fellow Republican Lawrence J. Flaherty, who died in office. Data for this special election is not available.[29]
1926
1928
1930
1932
1934
1936
1938
1940
1942
1944
1946
1948
1949 (Special)
Democrat John F. Shelley won the special election to replace Republican Richard J. Welch, who died in office. Data for this special election is not available.[42]
1950
1952
1954
1956
1958
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1983 (Special)
1983 Special election[60] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Sala Burton | | 56.9 |
| Republican | Duncan Lent Howard | | 23.3 |
| Democratic | Richard Doyle | | 8.4 |
| Republican | Tom Spinosa | | 3.7 |
| Republican | Gary Richard Arnold | | 2.0 |
| Democratic | Tibor Uskert | | 1.4 |
| Republican | Bill Dunlap | | 1.3 |
| Democratic | Evelyn K. Lantz | | 1.1 |
| Democratic | Michael O. Plunkett | | 0.7 |
| Peace and Freedom | Andrew R. "Paul" Kangas | | 0.6 |
| Libertarian | Eric A. Garris | | 0.5 |
| No party | Richard Stypman (Write-in) | | |
| No party | Samuel Unger (write-in) | | |
Total votes | | 100.0 |
Turnout | | |
| Democratic hold |
1984
1986
1987 (Special)
1987 Special election[63] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Nancy Pelosi | | 63.4 |
| Republican | Harriet Ross | | 23.3 |
| Independent | Karen Edwards | | 2.2 |
| Independent | Cathy Sedwick | | 0.9 |
| Peace and Freedom | Theodore Adrian "Ted" Zurr | | 1.5 |
| Libertarian | Samuel K. "Sam" Grove | | 1.4 |
Total votes | | 100.0 |
Turnout | | |
| Democratic hold |
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2005 (special)
Incumbent Robert Matsui died January 1, 2005. In a special election held on March 8, 2005, to fill the vacancy, Matsui's widow, Doris, won the seat with almost 68% of the vote. She was sworn in on March 10, 2005.
2005 special election[73] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Doris Matsui | 56,175 | 67.65 |
| Democratic | Julie Padilla | 7,158 | 8.62 |
| Republican | John Flynn | 6,559 | 7.90 |
| Republican | Serge Chernay | 3,742 | 4.51 |
| Republican | Michael O'Brien | 2,591 | 3.12 |
| Republican | Shane Singh | 1,753 | 2.11 |
| Republican | Bruce Stevens | 1,124 | 1.35 |
| Green | Pat Driscoll | 976 | 1.18 |
| Independent | Leonard Padilla | 916 | 1.10 |
| Democratic | Charles Pineda | 659 | 0.79 |
| Libertarian | Gale Morgan | 451 | 0.54 |
| Peace and Freedom | John Reiger | 286 | 0.34 |
| Democratic | Lara Shapiro (write-in) | 6 | 0.01 |
Invalid or blank votes | 637 | 0.77 |
Total votes | 83,033 | 100.0 |
Turnout | | 27.72 |
| Democratic hold |
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
Timeline of representatives
The following timeline depicts the progression of the representatives and their political affiliation at the time of assuming office.
See also
- United States portal
- California portal
- San Francisco Bay Area portal
References
- ^ a b "CA 2022 Congressional". Dave's Redistricting. January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ Statement of Vote (2000 President) Archived June 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statement of Vote (2000 Senator) Archived June 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statement of Vote (2002 Governor) Archived November 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question) Archived May 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statement of Vote (2003 Governor) Archived May 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statement of Vote (2004 President) Archived August 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statement of Vote (2004 Senator) Archived August 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statement of Vote (2006 Senator) Archived August 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "California Secretary of State. Supplement to the Statement of Vote. President. Counties by Congressional District" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
- ^ Statement of Vote (2010 Governor Archived May 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statement of Vote (2010 Governor) Archived May 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Supplement to the Statement of Vote. Counties by Congressional Districts for President ca.gov
- ^ Supplement to the Statement of Vote [permanent dead link]
- ^ Supplement to the Statement of Vote ca.gov
- ^ "General Election–Statement of Vote, November 8, 2016 :: California Secretary of State".
- ^ "General Election–Statement of Vote, November 8, 2016 :: California Secretary of State".
- ^ Supplement to the Statement of Vote ca.gov
- ^ Supplement to the Statement of Vote ca.gov
- ^ "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012".
- ^ "Counties by Congressional District for Recall Question" (PDF). sos.ca.gov. September 14, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ Supplement to the Statement of Vote ca.gov
- ^ 1920 election results
- ^ 1922 election results
- ^ 1923 special election results
- ^ 1924 election results
- ^ 1926 special election results
- ^ 1926 election results
- ^ 1928 election results
- ^ 1930 election results
- ^ 1932 election results
- ^ 1934 election results
- ^ 1936 election results
- ^ 1938 election results
- ^ 1940 election results
- ^ 1942 election results
- ^ 1944 election results
- ^ 1946 election results
- ^ 1948 election results
- ^ 1949 special election results
- ^ 1950 election results
- ^ 1952 election results
- ^ 1954 election results
- ^ 1956 election results
- ^ 1958 election results
- ^ 1960 election results
- ^ 1962 election results
- ^ 1964 election results
- ^ 1966 election results
- ^ 1968 election results
- ^ 1970 election results
- ^ 1972 election results
- ^ 1974 election results
- ^ 1976 election results
- ^ 1978 election results
- ^ 1980 election results
- ^ 1982 election results
- ^ 1983 special election results
- ^ 1984 election results
- ^ 1986 election results
- ^ 1987 special election results
- ^ 1988 election results
- ^ 1990 election results
- ^ 1992 election results
- ^ 1994 election results
- ^ 1996 election results
- ^ 1998 election results
- ^ 2000 election results
- ^ 2002 election results Archived February 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2004 election results[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Special Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 29, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2008.
- ^ 2006 election results Archived November 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Office of the California Secretary of State Archived December 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "United States Representative in Congress, (retrieved on August 9, 2009).
- ^ Office of the California Secretary of State[permanent dead link] "United States Representative in Congress, (retrieved on March 24, 2011).
- ^ https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/06-sov-summary.xls
- ^ https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/xls/06-summary.xls
- ^ https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/csv-candidates.xls
External links
- GovTrack.us: California's 5th congressional district
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions (out of date)
- California Voter Foundation map - CD05 (out of date)
- Interview of Paul Smith, Republican candidate for the 5th CD recorded July 15, 2008 in Sacramento, CA
- The at-large seats only existed from 1850 to 1865 and from 1883 to 1885.
The 53rd district is obsolete. - See also
- California's past and present representatives, senators, and delegations
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