California's 20th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is currently represented by Democrat Jimmy Panetta.
California's 20th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Population (2021) | 748,911 | ||
Median household income | $86,124[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+23[2] |
It encompasses much of the Central Coast region. The district includes Monterey and San Benito counties, most of Santa Cruz County, and portions of Santa Clara County.
Prior to redistricting in 2011, the 20th district was located in the San Joaquin Valley. It covered Kings County and portions of Fresno and Kern counties, including most of the city of Fresno. That area is now largely divided between the 21st and 16th districts, while most of the current 20th was within the former 17th.
Redistricting in 2022 returned the district to the San Joaquin Valley. The new 20th district includes parts of Kern, Tulare, Kings, and Fresno counties. It includes the southern Sierra Nevada and western Mojave Desert, with three "fingers" extending west into the valley. Cities in the district include Clovis, Tehachapi, Ridgecrest, Taft, Lemoore, the west and northeast sides of Bakersfield, the south side of Visalia, the northeast side of Tulare, the north side of Hanford, and a sliver of northeastern Fresno including California State University, Fresno.[3] The new 20th district is by far the most Republican district in California, and will be represented by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | Clinton 46.9 – 37.5% |
Senator | Herschensohn 50.2 – 40.1% | |
Senator | Feinstein 47.4 – 44.9% | |
1994 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
1996 | President | |
1998 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
2000 | President[4] | Gore 49.6 – 47.6% |
Senator[5] | Feinstein 58.4 – 35.0% | |
2002 | Governor[6] | Davis 53.1 – 40.6% |
2003 | Recall[7][8] | ![]() |
Schwarzenegger 42.7 – 40.4% | ||
2004 | President[9] | Kerry 50.6 – 48.5% |
Senator[10] | Boxer 57.2 – 38.3% | |
2006 | Governor[11] | Schwarzenegger 53.7 – 41.5% |
Senator[12] | Feinstein 60.5 – 33.9% | |
2008 | President[13] | Obama 59.6 – 38.7% |
2010 | Governor | Brown 55.9 – 37.1% |
Senator | Boxer 48.3 – 43.5% | |
2012 | President | Obama 70.9 – 26.2% |
Senator | Feinstein 73.1 - 26.9% | |
2014 | Governor | Brown 73.0 - 27.0% |
2016 | President | Clinton 70.4 – 23.2% |
Senator | Harris 66.2 - 33.8% | |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 70.2 - 29.8% |
Senator | Feinstein 54.2 - 45.8% | |
2020 | President | Biden 72.7 – 25.0% |
2021 | Recall[14] | ![]() |
Member | Party | Dates | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Counties |
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District created March 4, 1933 | |||||
![]() George Burnham |
Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 |
73rd 74th |
Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Retired. |
1933–1943 Imperial, San Diego |
![]() Edouard Izac |
Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 |
75th 76th 77th |
Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Redistricted to the 23rd district. | |
![]() John Carl Hinshaw |
Republican | January 3, 1943 – August 5, 1956 |
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th |
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Died. |
1943–1975 Los Angeles |
Vacant | August 5, 1956 – January 3, 1957 |
84th | |||
![]() H. Allen Smith |
Republican | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1973 |
85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd |
Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired. | |
![]() Carlos Moorhead |
Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
93rd | Elected in 1972. Redistricted to the 22nd district. | |
![]() Barry Goldwater, Jr. |
Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 |
94th 95th 96th 97th |
Redistricted from the 27th district and re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
1975–1983 Southwestern Los Angeles, eastern Ventura |
![]() Bill Thomas |
Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 21st district. |
1983–1993 Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles (Lancaster), San Luis Obispo |
![]() Cal Dooley |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th |
Redistricted from the 17th 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. Retired. |
1993–2003 Western Fresno, northwestern Kern, Kings, western Tulare |
2003–2013 Western Fresno, northwestern Kern, Kings | |||||
![]() Jim Costa |
Democratic | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 |
109th 110th 111th 112th |
Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 16th district. | |
![]() Sam Farr |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 |
113th 114th |
Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired. |
2013–present Monterey and San Benito, and portions of Santa Clara and Santa Cruz |
![]() Jimmy Panetta |
Democratic | January 3, 2017 – present |
115th 116th 117th |
Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 19th district. | |
![]() Kevin McCarthy |
Republican | January 3, 2023 – |
Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 2022. | 2023–present: parts of the southern San Joaquin Valley, the Tehachapi Mountains and southern Sierra Nevada, and the northwestern Mojave Desert |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Burnham (Incumbent) | 43,757 | 50.3 | |
Democratic | Claude Chandler | 43,304 | 49.7 | |
Total votes | 87,061 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Burnham (Incumbent) | 51,682 | 52.4 | |
Democratic | Edouard Izac | 46,957 | 47.6 | |
Total votes | 98,639 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Edouard Izac | 59,208 | 56.4 | |||
Republican | Ed P. Simple | 44,925 | 42.8 | |||
Communist | Esco L. Richardson | 916 | 0.8 | |||
Total votes | 105,049 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edouard Izac (Incumbent) | 65,243 | 60.4 | |
Republican | John L. Bacon | 42,710 | 39.6 | |
Total votes | 107,953 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edouard Izac (Incumbent) | 69,874 | 51.1 | |
Republican | John L. Bacon | 66,132 | 48.3 | |
Communist | Esco L. Richardson | 806 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 136,812 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent) | 62,628 | 48.4 | |
Democratic | Joseph O. Donovan | 55,479 | 42.9 | |
Prohibition | Virgil G. Hinshaw | 6,864 | 5.3 | |
Townsend | Janie Bele McCarty | 3,537 | 2.7 | |
Communist | Orla E. Lair | 792 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 129,300 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent) | 112,663 | 51.8 | |
Democratic | Archibald B. Young | 101,090 | 46.5 | |
Prohibition | Charles Hiram Randall | 3,615 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 217,368 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent) | 98,283 | 63.2 | |
Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 67,317 | 36.8 | |
Total votes | 165,600 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent) | 204,710 | 81.6 | |
Democratic | William B. Esterman | 46,232 | 18.4 | |
Total votes | 250,942 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent) | 211,012 | 85.1 | |
Progressive | Myra Tanner Weiss | 26,508 | 10.7 | |
Prohibition | Frank Nelson | 10,339 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 247,859 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent) | 109,509 | 100.0 | |
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (Incumbent) | 71,213 | 71.2 | |
Democratic | Eugene Radding | 28,838 | 28.8 | |
Total votes | 100,051 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith | 85,459 | 70.8 | |
Democratic | Eugene Radding | 35,249 | 29.2 | |
Total votes | 120,708 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 72,311 | 66 | |
Democratic | Eugene Radding | 37,331 | 34 | |
Total votes | 109,642 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 90,214 | 70.1 | |
Democratic | Eugene Radding | 38,497 | 29.9 | |
Total votes | 128,711 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 119,938 | 70.6 | |
Democratic | Leon Mayer | 49,850 | 29.4 | |
Total votes | 169,788 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 132,402 | 67.9 | |
Democratic | C. Bernard Kaufman | 62,645 | 32.1 | |
Total votes | 195,047 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 128,896 | 73.4 | |
Democratic | Raymond Freschi | 46,730 | 26.6 | |
Total votes | 175,626 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 133,148 | 69.3 | |
Democratic | Don White | 56,008 | 29.2 | |
Peace and Freedom | Robert J. Clarke | 2,965 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 192,121 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (Incumbent) | 116,437 | 69.1 | |
Democratic | Michael M. Stolzberg | 50,033 | 29.7 | |
American Independent | Earl C. Harper | 2,100 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 168,570 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carlos Moorhead | 120,299 | 57.4 | |
Democratic | John Binkley | 89,219 | 42.6 | |
Total votes | 209,518 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater Jr. (Incumbent) | 96,324 | 61.2 | |
Democratic | Arline M. Mathews | 61,119 | 38.8 | |
Total votes | 157,443 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater Jr. (Incumbent) | 146,158 | 67.2 | |
Democratic | Patty Lear Corman | 71,193 | 32.8 | |
Total votes | 217,351 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater Jr. (Incumbent) | 129,714 | 66.4 | |
Democratic | Pat Lear | 65,695 | 33.6 | |
Total votes | 195,409 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater Jr. (Incumbent) | 199,674 | 78.8 | |
Democratic | Matt Miller | 43,024 | 17.0 | |
Libertarian | Christopher R. Darwin | 10,605 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 253,303 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 123,312 | 68.1 | |
Democratic | Robert J. Bethea | 57,769 | 31.9 | |
Total votes | 181,081 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 151,732 | 70.9 | |
Democratic | Michael T. LeSage | 62,307 | 29.1 | |
Total votes | 214,039 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 129,989 | 72.6 | |
Democratic | Jules H. Moquin | 49,027 | 27.4 | |
Total votes | 179,016 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 162,779 | 71.1 | |
Democratic | Lita Reid | 62,037 | 27.1 | |
Libertarian | David L. Bersohn | 4,190 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 229,006 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 112,962 | 59.8 | |
Democratic | Michael A. Thomas | 65,101 | 34.5 | |
Libertarian | William Howard Dilbeck | 10,555 | 5.6 | |
No party | Reid (write-in) | 307 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 188,925 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cal Dooley (Incumbent) | 72,679 | 64.9 | |
Republican | Ed Hunt | 39,388 | 35.1 | |
Total votes | 112,067 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cal Dooley (Incumbent) | 57,394 | 56.70 | |
Republican | Paul Young | 43,836 | 43.30 | |
Total votes | 101,230 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cal Dooley (Incumbent) | 65,381 | 56.6 | |
Republican | Trice Harvey | 45,276 | 39.1 | |
Libertarian | Jonathan Richter | 5,048 | 4.3 | |
Total votes | 115,705 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cal Dooley (Incumbent) | 60,599 | 60.73 | |
Republican | Cliff Unruh | 39,183 | 39.27 | |
Total votes | 99,782 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cal Dooley (Incumbent) | 66,235 | 52.4 | |
Republican | Rich Rodriguez | 57,563 | 45.5 | |
Natural Law | Walter Kenneth Ruehlig | 1,416 | 1.1 | |
Libertarian | Arnold Kriegbaum | 1,320 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 126,534 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cal Dooley (Incumbent) | 47,627 | 63.7 | |
Republican | Andre Minuth | 25,628 | 34.3 | |
Libertarian | Varrin Swearingen | 1,515 | 2.0 | |
Turnout | 74,770 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim Costa | 61,005 | 53.5 | |
Republican | Roy Ashburn | 53,231 | 46.5 | |
Total votes | 114,236 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim Costa (Incumbent) | 61,120 | 100.0 | |
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim Costa (Incumbent) | 93,023 | 74.33 | |
Republican | Jim Lopez | 32,118 | 25.67 | |
Total votes | 125,141 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | 60.55 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim Costa (Incumbent) | 46,247 | 51.71 | |
Republican | Andy Vidak | 43,197 | 48.29 | |
Total votes | 89,444 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sam Farr (Incumbent) | 172,996 | 74.1 | |
Republican | Jeff Taylor | 60,566 | 25.9 | |
Total votes | 233,562 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sam Farr (Incumbent) | 106,034 | 75.2 | |
Republican | Ronald Paul Kabat | 35,010 | 24.8 | |
Total votes | 141,044 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jimmy Panetta | 180,980 | 70.8 | |
Republican | Casey Lucius | 74,811 | 29.2 | |
Total votes | 255,791 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jimmy Panetta (Incumbent) | 183,677 | 81.4 | |
No party preference | Ronald Paul Kabat | 42,044 | 18.6 | |
Total votes | 225,721 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jimmy Panetta (incumbent) | 236,896 | 76.8 | |
Republican | Jeff Gorman | 71,658 | 23.2 | |
Total votes | 308,554 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
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