California's 15th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is currently represented by Democrat Eric Swalwell.
California's 15th congressional district | |||
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![]() ![]() Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections) | |||
Representative |
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Population (2021) | 784,297 | ||
Median household income | $126,475[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+22[2] |
Currently, the district includes most of San Mateo County and the southeast side of San Francisco. Cities in the district include Daly City, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame, Hillsborough, San Mateo, Foster City, San Carlos, Belmont, Redwood City and East Palo Alto.[3]
Prior to the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections, the district covered most of eastern and southwestern Alameda County as well as part of Contra Costa County. Cities and CDPs in the district included Castro Valley, Dublin, Hayward, Livermore, Pleasanton, Sunol, and Union City; most of San Ramon; and parts of Danville and Fremont. The new 15th district roughly corresponds to the old 14th district and vice versa.
Year | U.S. President | U.S. Senator (Class 1) | U.S. Senator (Class 3) | Governor |
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1992 | Clinton 46.3 – 30.3% | Feinstein 59.3 – 33.4% | Boxer 51.1 – 38.3% | |
1994 | Feinstein 52.3 – 39.2% | Wilson 51.3 – 43.3% | ||
1996 | Clinton 52.7 – 35.2% | |||
1998 | Boxer 54.5 – 41.3% | Davis 60.8 – 35% | ||
2000 | Gore 56.7 – 37.8%[4] | Feinstein 54.6 – 39.8%[5] | ||
2002 | Davis 55.0 – 33.4%[6] | |||
2003 | Recall: ![]() | |||
Schwarzenegger 40.8 – 37.2% | ||||
2004 | Kerry 62.9 – 35.9%[9] | Boxer 64.9 – 30.8%[10] | ||
2006 | Feinstein 68.5 – 26.2%[11] | Schwarzenegger 53.6 – 41.3%[12] | ||
2008 | Obama 68.4 – 29.7% [13] | |||
2010 | Boxer 61.8 – 33.0% | Brown 59.8 – 36.2% | ||
2012 | Obama 68.0 – 29.8% | Feinstein 70.7 – 29.3% | ||
2014 | Brown 69.7 – 30.3% | |||
2016 | Clinton 69.9 – 24.4% | Harris 69.8 – 30.2% | ||
2018 | Feinstein 57.3 – 42.7% | Newsom 69 – 31% | ||
2020 | Biden 71.5 – 26.4% | |||
2021 | Recall: ![]() |
# | County | Seat | Population |
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81 | San Mateo | Redwood City | 737,888 |
As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 15th congressional district is part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It encompasses the east coast of San Mateo, which is split between this district and the 16th district. They are partitioned by the San Francisquito Creek, Menalto Ave, Willow Rd, S Perimeter Rd, W Perimeter Rd, Bay Rd, Marsh Rd, Middlefield Rd, Highway 82, Highway 84, Alameda de las Pulgas, Woodhill Dr, Farm Hill Blvd, The Loop Rd, Jefferson Ave, Summit Way, California Way, Junipero Serra Freeway, and Highway 35. The 15th district takes in the cities of San Mateo, Daly City, South San Francisco, Redwood City, Burlingame, San Bruno, Millbrae, East Palo Alto, San Carlos, Foster City, and Belmont, the town of Hillsborough, as well as the census designated place North Fair Oaks.
Along with San Mateo County, the 16th district also takes in the San Francisco neighborhoods of Crocker Amazon, Excelsior, Little Hollywood, Mission Terrace, Oceanview, Outer Mission, Portola, and Visitacion Valley.
Member | Party | Dates | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Counties |
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District created March 4, 1933 | |||||
![]() William I. Traeger |
Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd | Elected in 1932. Lost re-election. |
1933–1963 Los Angeles |
![]() John M. Costello |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1945 |
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th |
Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Lost renomination. | |
![]() Gordon L. McDonough |
Republican | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1963 |
79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Lost re-election. | |
![]() John J. McFall |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1975 |
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd |
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Redistricted to the 14th district. |
1963–1967 San Joaquin, Stanislaus |
1967–1973 Northeastern Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus | |||||
1973–1975 Eastern Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus | |||||
![]() Bernice F. Sisk |
Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
94th 95th |
Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. |
1975–1983 Western Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus |
![]() Tony Coelho |
Democratic | January 3, 1979 – June 15, 1989 |
96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st |
Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Resigned. | |
1983–1993 Western Fresno, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus | |||||
Vacant | June 15, 1989 – September 12, 1989 |
101st | |||
![]() Gary Condit |
Democratic | September 12, 1989 – January 3, 1993 |
101st 102nd |
Elected to finish Coelho's term. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 18th district. | |
![]() Norman Mineta |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – October 10, 1995 |
103rd 104th |
Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Resigned to accept a position with Lockheed Martin. |
1993–2003 Western Santa Clara, northern Santa Cruz |
Vacant | October 10, 1995 – December 12, 1995 |
104th | |||
![]() Tom Campbell |
Republican | December 12, 1995 – January 3, 2001 |
104th 105th 106th |
Elected to finish Mineta's term. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |
![]() Mike Honda |
Democratic | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013 |
107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 17th district. | |
2003–2013![]() Western/northwestern Santa Clara | |||||
![]() Eric Swalwell |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – present |
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th |
Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 14th district. |
2013–present Eastern/southern Alameda, southern Contra Costa |
![]() Kevin Mullin |
Democratic | January 3, 2023 – |
Elected in 2022. | 2023–present: Alameda County and includes the cities of Hayward, Pleasanton, Livermore, Union City, Castro Valley, and parts of Dublin and Fremont |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | William I. Traeger | 67,390 | 52.8 | ||
Democratic | John M. Costello | 57,518 | 45.1 | ||
No party | Errol Shour (write-in) | 2,721 | 2.1 | ||
Total votes | 127,663 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | John M. Costello | 67,247 | 50.5 | |||
Republican | William I. Traeger (Incumbent) | 65,858 | 49.5 | |||
Total votes | 133,161 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John M. Costello (Incumbent) | 99,107 | 69.0 | |
Republican | Ernest Sawyer | 44,559 | 31.0 | |
Total votes | 143,718 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John M. Costello (Incumbent) | 83,086 | 60.1 | |
Republican | O. D. Thomas | 51,483 | 37.3 | |
Communist | Emil Freed | 2,951 | 2.1 | |
Total votes | 138,132 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John M. Costello (Incumbent) | 94,435 | 56.2 | |
Republican | Norris Nelson | 71,667 | 42.6 | |
Communist | Emil Freed | 2,004 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 168,155 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John M. Costello (Incumbent) | 88,798 | 86.1 | |
Prohibition | B. Tarkington Dowden | 10,185 | 9.9 | |
Communist | Philip Gardner | 3,989 | 3.9 | |
Total votes | 103,094 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough | 100,305 | 56.6 | |||
Democratic | Hal Styles | 73,655 | 41.6 | |||
Prohibition | Johannes Nielson-Lange | 2,694 | 1.5 | |||
Total votes | 177,081 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 106,020 | 99.4 | |
Turnout | 106,628 | |||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 131,933 | 83.0 | |
Progressive | Maynard Omerberg | 27,007 | 17.0 | |
Total votes | 159,031 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 112,704 | 87.1 | |
Progressive | Jeanne Cole | 16,559 | 12.8 | |
Total votes | 129,352 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 142,545 | 99.7 | |
Turnout | 142,932 | |||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 77,651 | 56.9 | |
Democratic | Frank O'Sullivan | 58,785 | 43.1 | |
Total votes | 136,445 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 97,182 | 57.9 | |
Democratic | Emery Petty | 70,681 | 42.1 | |
Total votes | 167,865 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 77,267 | 52.0 | |
Democratic | Emery Petty | 71,192 | 48.0 | |
Total votes | 148,482 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 89,234 | 51.3 | |
Democratic | Norman Martell | 84,650 | 48.5 | |
Total votes | 174,035 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John J. McFall (Incumbent) | 97,322 | 70 | |
Republican | Clifford B. Bull | 41,726 | 30 | |
Total votes | 139,048 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John J. McFall (Incumbent) | 109,560 | 70.9 | |
Republican | Kenneth Gibson | 44,977 | 29.1 | |
Total votes | 154,537 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John J. McFall (Incumbent) | 81,733 | 57 | |
Republican | Sam Van Dyken | 61,550 | 43 | |
Total votes | 143,283 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John J. McFall (Incumbent) | 85,761 | 53.8 | |
Republican | Sam Van Dyken | 73,685 | 46.2 | |
Total votes | 159,446 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John J. McFall (Incumbent) | 98,442 | 63.1 | |
Republican | Sam Van Dyken | 55,546 | 35.6 | |
American Independent | Francis E. "Gill" Gillings | 1,994 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 155,982 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John J. McFall (Incumbent) | 145,273 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (Incumbent) | 80,205 | 72 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 31,361 | 28 | |
Total votes | 111,566 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (Incumbent) | 92,735 | 72.2 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 35,700 | 27.8 | |
Total votes | 128,435 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony Coelho | 75,212 | 60.1 | |
Republican | Chris Patterakis | 49,914 | 39.9 | |
Total votes | 125,126 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony Coelho (Incumbent) | 108,072 | 71.8 | |
Republican | Ron Schwartz | 37,895 | 25.2 | |
Libertarian | Michael L. Pullen | 4,524 | 3.0 | |
Total votes | 150,491 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony Coelho (Incumbent) | 86,022 | 63.7 | |
Republican | Ed Bates | 45,948 | 34.0 | |
Libertarian | Stephen L. Gerringer | 3,073 | 2.3 | |
Total votes | 135,043 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony Coelho (Incumbent) | 109,590 | 65.5 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 54,730 | 32.7 | |
Libertarian | Richard M. Harris | 3,086 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 167,406 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony Coelho (Incumbent) | 93,600 | 71.0 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 35,793 | 27.2 | |
Libertarian | Richard M. Harris | 2,382 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 131,775 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony Coelho (Incumbent) | 118,710 | 69.8 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 47,957 | 28.2 | |
Libertarian | Richard M. Harris | 3,526 | 2.1 | |
Total votes | 170,193 | 100.0 | ||
Total votes | 70,753 | 41.6 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gary Condit | 57.1 | ||
Republican | Claire L. Berryhill | 35.0 | ||
Republican | Robert J. Weimer | 3.3 | ||
Republican | Cliff Burris | 2.6 | ||
Libertarian | Roy Shrimp | 0.9 | ||
Republican | Chris Patterakis | 0.4 | ||
Republican | David M. "Dave" Williams | 0.4 | ||
Republican | Jack E. McCoy | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gary Condit (Incumbent) | 97,147 | 66.2 | |
Republican | Cliff Burris | 49,634 | 33.8 | |
Total votes | 146,781 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Norm Mineta (Incumbent) | 168,617 | 63.5 | |
Republican | Robert Wick | 82,875 | 31.2 | |
Libertarian | Duggan Dieterly | 13,293 | 5.0 | |
No party | Futrell (write-in) | 585 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 265,370 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Norm Mineta (Incumbent) | 119,921 | 59.90 | |
Republican | Robert Wick | 80,266 | 40.09 | |
No party | Liu (write-in) | 17 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 200,204 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Tom Campbell | 54,372 | 58.85 | |||
Democratic | Jerry Estruth | 33,051 | 35.77 | |||
Independent | Linh Kieu Dao | 4,922 | 5.33 | |||
Reform | Connor Vlakancic (write-in) | 42 | 0.05 | |||
Total votes | 92,387 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Campbell (Incumbent) | 132,737 | 58.6 | |
Democratic | Dick Lane | 79,048 | 34.9 | |
Reform | Valli Sharpe-Geisler | 6,230 | 2.7 | |
Libertarian | Ed Wimmers | 5,481 | 2.4 | |
Natural Law | Bruce Currivan | 3,372 | 1.4 | |
Republican | Linh Dao (write-in) | 9 | 0.0 | |
Republican | Connor Vlakancic (write-in) | 9 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 226,886 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Campbell (Incumbent) | 111,876 | 60.54 | |
Democratic | Dick Lane | 70,059 | 37.91 | |
Natural Law | Frank Strutner | 2,843 | 1.54 | |
Republican | Constant Vlakancic (write-in) | 8 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 184,786 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Mike Honda | 128,545 | 54.3 | |||
Republican | Jim Cunneen | 99,866 | 42.2 | |||
Libertarian | Ed Wimmers | 4,820 | 2.0 | |||
Natural Law | Douglas C. Gorney | 3,591 | 1.5 | |||
No party | Phillip Kronzer (write-in) | 82 | 0.0 | |||
Total votes | 236,904 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Honda (Incumbent) | 87,482 | 65.8 | |
Republican | Linda Rae Hermann | 41,251 | 31.0 | |
Libertarian | Jeff Landauer | 4,289 | 3.2 | |
Total votes | 133,022 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Honda (Incumbent) | 154,385 | 72.1 | |
Republican | Raymond Chukwu | 59,953 | 27.9 | |
Total votes | 214,338 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Honda (Incumbent) | 115,532 | 72.4 | |
Republican | Raymond Chukwu | 44,186 | 27.6 | |
Total votes | 186,718 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Honda (Incumbent) | 170,977 | 71.66 | |
Republican | Joyce Stoer Cordi | 55,489 | 23.26 | |
Green | Peter Myers | 12,123 | 5.08 | |
Total votes | 238,589 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Honda (Incumbent) | 126,147 | 67.60 | |
Republican | Scott Kirkland | 60,468 | 32.40 | |
Total votes | 186,615 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eric Swalwell | 120,388 | 52.1 | |
Democratic | Pete Stark (Incumbent) | 110,646 | 47.9 | |
Total votes | 231,034 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eric Swalwell (Incumbent) | 99,756 | 69.8 | |
Republican | Hugh Bussell | 43,150 | 30.2 | |
Total votes | 142,906 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eric Swalwell (Incumbent) | 198,578 | 73.8 | |
Republican | Danny R. Turner | 70,619 | 26.2 | |
Total votes | 269,197 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eric Swalwell (Incumbent) | 177,989 | 73.0 | |
Republican | Rudy L. Peters Jr. | 65,940 | 27.0 | |
Total votes | 243,929 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eric Swalwell (incumbent) | 242,991 | 70.9 | |
Republican | Alison Hayden | 99,710 | 29.1 | |
Total votes | 342,701 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kevin Mullin | |||
Democratic | David Canepa | |||
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
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