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California's 5th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. Mike Thompson, a Democrat, has represented the district since January 2013.

California's 5th congressional district

Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)

Representative

Mike Thompson
D–St. Helena

Population (2021)

710,312

Median household
income

$88,514[1]

Ethnicity

50.6% White
26.9% Hispanic
11.0% Asian
6.4% Black
4.0% Two or more races
1.2% other

Cook PVI

D+22[2]

Currently, the 5th district encompasses much of California's Wine Country and portions of the East Bay. It consists of Napa County plus portions of Contra Costa, Lake, Solano, and Sonoma counties. Cities in the district include Cotati, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, Napa, American Canyon, Vallejo, Benicia, Hercules, and most of Martinez.[3]

Starting in the 2022 midterm elections, the district is located in the northern San Joaquin Valley and central Sierra Nevada. It includes Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Mariposa counties, most of Stanislaus County, and parts of El Dorado and Fresno counties. The new 5th district is strongly Republican and includes the majority of Modesto, much of northern Fresno, the northern half of Turlock, and Yosemite and Kings Canyon national parks.[4]

Competitiveness

John Kerry won the district in 2004 with 61.1% of the vote. The district swung more into the Democratic column in 2008 when Barack Obama won 69.62% of the vote while John McCain received 28.40%.

Election results from recent 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 unknown/missing]	—	Brown (D) 48.6 - 47.2%
1996	Clinton (D) 57.1 - 33.8%	—	—	—
1998	—	—	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
2000	Gore (D) 57.1 - 37.0%[5]	Feinstein (D) 61.6 - 31.1%[6]	—	—
2002	—	—	—	Davis (D) 50.4 - 35.3%[7]
2003	—	—	—	Recall: N No 50.4 - 49.6%[8][9]
2003	—	—	—	Schwarzenegger (R) 43.1 - 35.4%
2004	Kerry (D) 61.1 - 37.9%[10]	—	Boxer (D) 68.3 - 27.5%[11]	—
2006	—	Feinstein (D) 66.7 - 27.1%[12]	—	Schwarzenegger (R) 49.6 - 43.8%
2008	Obama (D) 69.5 - 28.4%[13]	—	—	—
2010	—	—	Boxer (D) 62.2 - 33.3%[14]	Brown (D) 68.1 - 27.1%[15]
2012	Obama (D) 69.7 - 27.4%[16]	Feinstein (D) 72.5 - 27.5%[17]	—	—
2014	—	—	—	Brown (D) 72.6 - 27.4%[18]
2016	Clinton (D) 69.4 – 22.2%[19]	—	Harris (D) 73.0 - 27%[20]\|	—
2018	—	Feinstein (D) 56.3 - 43.7%[21]	—	Newsom (D) 70.0 - 30.0%[22]
2020	Biden (D) 72.4 – 25.3%[23]	—	—	—
2021	—	—	—	Recall: N No 72 - 28%[24]

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
5	Amador	Jackson	41,259
9	Calaveras	San Andreas	46,221
43	Mariposa	Mariposa	17,147
109	Tuolumne	Sonora	55,810

As of 2023, California's 4th congressional district is located in the Sierra Nevada region's Gold Country. It encompasses Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, and Tuolumne Counties, as well as most of Madera County and parts of El Dorado, Fresno, and Stanislaus Counties.

El Dorado County is split between this district and the 3rd district. They are partitioned by Scott Creek, Perry Creek, Perry Creek Rd, Rocky Bar Rd, Grizzly Flat Rd, Happy Valley Rd, Canon Creek, E16 Highway, Pleasant Valley Rd, Cedar Ravine Rd, Woodland Dr, Weber Creek, Highway 50, Chili Bar Reservoir, South Fork American River, Marshall Rd, Hastings Creek, Highway 49, Pilot Creek, North Fork American River, and the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area. The 5th district takes in the cities of El Dorado Hills and Placerville, and the census-designated place Diamond Springs.

Fresno County is split between this district and both the 20th district and 21st district. They are partitioned on the northern border by Highway 245, Dunlap Rd, Mill Creek, Millwood, Mill, Mill Flat Creek, Kings River, Sycamore Springs Rd, Bobs Flat Rd, Powerhouse Rd, Wilson Rd, and Smalley Rd. They are partitioned on the southern border by N Willow Ave, E Herndon Ave, E Bullard Ave, N Blackstone Ave, W Shaw Ave, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, N Marks Ave, N Hazel Ave, W Figarden Dr, and W Herndon Ave. The 5th district takes in the north side of the city of Fresno, and Kings Canyon National Park and Sierra National Forest.

Madera County is split between this district and the 13th district. They are partitioned by Road 35, Road 36, Road 38, Madera Equalization Reservoir, River Rd, Avenue 21, Road 23, Avenue 27, Road 22 1/2, and Berenda Slough. The 5th district takes in the census-designated places Yosemite Lakes Park and Oakhurst.

Stanislaus County is split between this district and both the 9th district and 13th district. They are partitioned on the northern border by Lon Dale Rd, Highway J9, Highway J14, River Rock Rd, Lesnini Creek, Sonora Rd, and Stanislaus River. They are partitioned on the southern border by S Golden State Blvd, Highway J14, Union Pacific, Highway 99, N Golden State Blvd, Faith Home Rd, Rohde Rd, Moore Rd, Tuolumne River, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Lateral No 2 Park, Viola St, Roble Ave, N Conejo Ave, N Carpenter Rd, Kansas Ave, Morse Rd, and Stanislaus River. The 5th district takes in the northern halves of the cities of Modesto and Turlock, the cities of Riverbank, Oakdale, and Waterford, as well as the census-designated places Salida, Hughson, and Keyes.

Cities & CDP with 10,000 or more people

Modesto - 218,464
Turlock - 67,953
Oakdale - 20,364
Salida - 13,886
Placerville - 10,747

2,500-10,000 people

Ione - 8,568
Hughson - 6,425
Keyes - 5,809
Rancho Calaveras - 5,325
Sonora - 5,226
Jackson - 4,840
Phoenix Lake - 4,264
Valley Springs - 3,890
Angels Camp - 3,667
Mono Vista - 3,646
Copperopolis - 3,400
Jamestown - 3,379
Arnold - 3,288
San Andreas - 2,783
Sutter Creek - 2,622
Pine Mountain Lake - 2,604
Columbia - 2,577

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
District created March 4, 1885
Charles N. Felton	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	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. Retired.
Eugene F. Loud	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.
Eugene F. Loud	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1903	52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th		1893–1913 San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara
William J. Wynn	Democratic-Union Labor	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
Everis A. Hayes	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	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	Republican	January 23, 1923 – March 3, 1925	67th 68th	Elected only to finish her husband's term. Retired.
Lawrence J. Flaherty	Republican	March 4, 1925 – June 13, 1926	69th	Elected in 1924. Died.
Vacant		June 13, 1926 – August 31, 1926	69th
Richard J. Welch	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	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	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.
Phillip Burton	Democratic	February 18, 1964 – January 3, 1975	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd		Eastern San Francisco
John Burton	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	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	98th
Sala Burton	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	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	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)
Bob Matsui	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 1, 2005	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th		2003–2013 Sacramento (Sacramento city)
Vacant		January 1, 2005 – March 8, 2005	108th 109th
Doris Matsui	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	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	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–present North Bay area including Napa, Santa Rosa, and Vallejo
Tom McClintock	Republican	January 3, 2023 –		Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 2022.

Complete election results

1884 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 • 1892 • 1894 • 1896 • 1898 • 1900 • 1902 • 1904 • 1906 • 1908 • 1910 • 1912 • 1914 • 1916 • 1918 • 1920 • 1922 • 1923 (Special) • 1924 • 1926 (Special) • 1926 • 1928 • 1930 • 1932 • 1934 • 1936 • 1927 (Special) • 1938 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1949 (Special) • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1983 (Special) • 1984 • 1986 • 1987 (Special) • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2005 (Special) • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020

1884

1884 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles N. Felton	17,014	51.7
	Democratic	Frank J. Sullivan	15,676	47.6
	Prohibition	William Crowhurst	232	0.7
Total votes			32,922	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1886

1886 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles N. Felton (Incumbent)	16,328	48.8
	Democratic	Frank J. Sullivan	16,209	48.4
	Independent	Albert E. Redstone	470	1.4
	Prohibition	C. Henderson	460	1.4
Total votes			33,467	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1888

1888 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas J. Clunie	20,276	49.3
	Republican	Timothy Guy Phelps	20,225	49.2
	Independent	Henry French	613	1.5
Total votes			41,114	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

1890

1890 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene F. Loud	22,871	52.8
	Democratic	Thomas J. Clunie (Incumbent)	19,899	45.9
	Socialist	E. F. Howe	574	1.3
Total votes			43,344	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1892

1892 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene F. Loud (Incumbent)	14,660	46.4
	Democratic	J. W. Ryland	13,694	43.3
	Populist	Jonas J. Morrison	2,484	7.9
	Prohibition	William Kelly	771	2.4
Total votes			31,609	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1894

1894 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene F. Loud (Incumbent)	13,379	36.8
	Democratic	Joseph P. Kelly	8,384	23.0
	Populist	James T. Rogers	7,820	21.5
	Prohibition	James Denman	6,811	18.7
Total votes			36,394	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1896

1896 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene F. Loud (Incumbent)	19,351	48.6
	Democratic	Joseph P. Kelly	10,494	26.3
	Populist	A. B. Kinne	8,825	22.2
	Socialist Labor	Henry Daniels	757	1.9
	Prohibition	T. H. Lawson	404	1.0
Total votes			39,831	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1898

1898 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene F. Loud (Incumbent)	20,254	51.8
	Democratic	William Craig	17,352	44.3
	Socialist Labor	E. T. Kingsley	1,532	3.9
Total votes			39,138	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1900

1900 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene F. Loud (Incumbent)	23,443	55.7
	Democratic	J. H. Henry	17,365	41.3
	Socialist	C. H. King	942	2.2
	Prohibition	Fred E. Caton	322	0.8
Total votes			42,072	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1902

1902 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William J. Wynn	22,712	56.5
	Republican	Eugene F. Loud (Incumbent)	16,577	41.2
	Socialist	Joseph Lawrence	620	1.5
	Prohibition	Fred E. Caton	301	0.8
Total votes			40,210	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

1904

1904 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Everis A. Hayes	23,701	52.3
	Democratic	William J. Wynn (Incumbent)	18,025	39.7
	Union Labor	F. R. Whitney	2,263	5.0
	Socialist	Charles J. Williams	916	2.0
	Prohibition	George B. Pratt	445	1.0
Total votes			45,350	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1906

1906 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Everis A. Hayes (Incumbent)	22,530	53.4
	Democratic	Hiram G. Davis	17,295	41.0
	Socialist	Joseph Lawrence	2,343	5.6
Total votes			42,168	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1908

1908 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Everis A. Hayes (Incumbent)	28,127	49.1
	Democratic	George A. Tracy	24,531	42.8
	Socialist	E. H. Misner	3,640	6.3
	Prohibition	Walter E. Vail	1,045	1.8
Total votes			57,343	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1910

1910 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Everis A. Hayes (Incumbent)	33,265	59.4
	Democratic	Thomas E. Hayden	15,345	27.4
	Socialist	E. L. Reguin	7,052	12.6
	Prohibition	T. E. Caton	359	0.6
Total votes			56,021	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1912

1912 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John I. Nolan	27,902	52.3
	Socialist	Stephen V. Costello	18,516	34.7
	Prohibition	E. L. Requin	6,962	13.0
Total votes			53,380	100.0
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

1914

1914 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John I. Nolan (Incumbent)	53,875	83.3
	Socialist	Mads Peter Christensen	7,366	11.4
	Prohibition	Frederick Head	3,410	5.3
Total votes			64,651	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1916

1916 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John I. Nolan (Incumbent)	59,333	84.7
	Socialist	Charles A. Preston	6,708	9.6
	Prohibition	Frederick Head	4,046	5.8
Total votes			70,087	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1918

1918 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John I. Nolan (Incumbent)	40,375	87
	Socialist	Thomas F. Feeley	6,032	13
Total votes			46,407	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1920

1920 United States House of Representatives elections in California[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John I. Nolan (Incumbent)	50,274	81.8
	Socialist	Hugo Ernst	10,952	18.2
Total votes			61,226	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1922

1922 United States House of Representatives elections in California[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John I. Nolan (Incumbent)	49,414	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

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

1924 United States House of Representatives elections in California[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lawrence J. Flaherty	38,893	72.6
	Socialist	Isabel C. King	12,175	27.4
Total votes			51,068	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

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

1926 United States House of Representatives elections in California[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (Incumbent)	47,694	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1928

1928 United States House of Representatives elections in California[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (Incumbent)	51,708	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1930

1930 United States House of Representatives elections in California[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (Incumbent)	59,853	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1932

1932 United States House of Representatives elections in California[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (Incumbent)	67,349	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1934

1934 United States House of Representatives elections in California[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (Incumbent)	89,751	93.8
	Communist	Alexander Noral	5,933	6.2
Total votes			95,684	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1936

1936 United States House of Representatives elections in California[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (Incumbent)	82,910	94.8
	Communist	Lawrence Ross	4,545	5.2
Total votes			87,455	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1938

1938 United States House of Representatives elections in California[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (Incumbent)	91,868	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1940

1940 United States House of Representatives elections in California[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (Incumbent)	119,122	95.8
	Communist	Walter R. Lambert	5,232	4.2
Total votes			124,354	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1942

1942 United States House of Representatives elections in California[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (Incumbent)	85,747	92.7
	Communist	Walter R. Lambert	6,749	7.3
Total votes			92,496	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1944

1944 United States House of Representatives elections in California[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (Incumbent)	112,151	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1946

1946 United States House of Representatives elections in California[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (Incumbent)	94,293	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1948

1948 United States House of Representatives elections in California[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (Incumbent)	116,347	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

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

1950 United States House of Representatives elections in California[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Shelley (Incumbent)	117,888	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1952

1952 United States House of Representatives elections in California[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Shelley (Incumbent)	107,542	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1954

1954 United States House of Representatives elections in California[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Shelley (Incumbent)	86,428	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1956

1956 United States House of Representatives elections in California[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Shelley (Incumbent)	104,358	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1958

1958 United States House of Representatives elections in California[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Shelley (Incumbent)	99,171	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1960

1960 United States House of Representatives elections in California[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Shelley (Incumbent)	104,507	83.7
	Republican	Vick Verreos	20,305	16.3
Total votes			124,812	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1962

1962 United States House of Representatives elections in California[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Shelley (Incumbent)	64,493	80.4
	Republican	Roland S. Charles	15,670	19.6
Total votes			80,163	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1964

1964 United States House of Representatives elections in California[50]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (Incumbent)	71,638	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1966

1966 United States House of Representatives elections in California[51]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (Incumbent)	56,476	71.3
	Republican	Terry R. Macken	22,778	28.7
Total votes			79,254	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1968

1968 United States House of Representatives elections in California[52]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (Incumbent)	86,647	72.0
	Republican	Waldo Velasquez	29,123	24.2
	Peace and Freedom	Marvin Garson	4,549	3.8
Total votes			120,319	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1970

1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California[53]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (Incumbent)	76,567	70.8
	Republican	John E. Parks	31,570	29.2
Total votes			108,137	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1972

1972 United States House of Representatives elections in California[54]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (Incumbent)	120,819	81.8
	Republican	Edlo E. Powell	26,963	18.2
Total votes			147,782	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1974

1974 United States House of Representatives elections in California[55]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Burton (Incumbent)	87,323	59.6
	Republican	Thomas Caylor	55,881	37.7
	Peace and Freedom	Raymond Broshears	3,999	2.7
Total votes			147,203	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1976

1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California[56]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Burton (Incumbent)	103,746	61.8
	Republican	Branwell Fanning	64,008	38.2
Total votes			167,754	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1978

1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California[57]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Burton (Incumbent)	106,046	66.8
	Republican	Dolores Skore	52,603	33.2
Total votes			158,649	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1980

1980 United States House of Representatives elections in California[58]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Burton (Incumbent)	101,105	51.1
	Republican	Dennis McQuaid	89,624	45.3
	Libertarian	Dan P. Dougherty	7,092	3.6
Total votes			197,821	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1982

1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California[59]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (Incumbent)	103,268	50.5
	Republican	Milton Marks	72,139	35.3
	Libertarian	Justin Raimondo	2,904	14.2
Total votes			178,311	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1983 (Special)

1983 Special election[60]
Party		Candidate	%
	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

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California[61]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sala Burton (Incumbent)	139,692	72.3
	Republican	Tom Spinosa	45,930	23.8
	Libertarian	Joseph Fuhrig	4,008	2.1
	Peace and Freedom	Henry Clark	3,574	1.8
Total votes			193,204	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1986

1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California[62]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sala Burton (Incumbent)	122,688	75.2
	Republican	Mike Garza	36,039	22.1
	Libertarian	Samuel K. "Sam" Grove	2,409	1.5
	Peace and Freedom	Theodore Adrian "Ted" Zuur	2,078	1.3
Total votes			163,214	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1987 (Special)

1987 Special election[63]
Party		Candidate	%
	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

1988 United States House of Representatives elections in California[64]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Pelosi (Incumbent)	133,530	76.4
	Republican	Bruce Michael O'Neill	33,692	19.3
	Peace and Freedom	Theodore Adrian "Ted" Zuur	3,975	2.3
	Libertarian	Sam Grove	3,561	2.0
Total votes			174,758	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1990

1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California[65]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Pelosi (Incumbent)	120,633	77.2
	Republican	Alan Nichols	35,671	22.8
Total votes			156,304	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California[66]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (Incumbent)	158,250	68.6
	Republican	Robert S. Dinsmore	58,698	25.5
	American Independent	Gordon Mors	4,745	2.1
	Libertarian	Chris J. Rufer	4,547	2.0
	Green	Tian Harter	4,316	1.9
	No party	Bergeron (write-in)	4	0.0
Total votes			230,560	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California[67]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (Incumbent)	125,042	68.48
	Republican	Robert S. Dinsmore	52,905	28.97
	American Independent	Gordon Mors	4,649	2.55
Total votes			182,596	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California[68]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (Incumbent)	142,618	70.5
	Republican	Robert Dinsmore	52,940	26.2
	Libertarian	Joseph Miller	2,548	1.2
	American Independent	Gordon Mors	2,231	1.1
	Natural Law	Charles Kersey	2,123	1.0
Total votes			202,460	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California[69]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (Incumbent)	130,715	71.89
	Republican	Robert Dinsmore	47,307	26.02
	Libertarian	Douglas Arthur Tuma	3,746	2.06
	Green	Ken Adams (write-in)	70	0.04
Total votes			181,838	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California[70]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (Incumbent)	147,025	68.1
	Republican	Ken Payne	55,945	25.9
	Green	Ken Adams	6,195	2.9
	Libertarian	Cullene Lang	3,746	1.7
	Natural Law	Alan Barreca	2,894	1.3
Total votes			215,805	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2002

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California[71]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (Incumbent)	90,697	70.9
	Republican	Richard Frankhuizen	33,313	26.1
	Libertarian	Timothy E. Roloff	3,923	3.0
Total votes			189,717	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California[72]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (Incumbent)	138,004	71.4
	Republican	Mike Dugas	45,120	23.4
	Green	Pat Driscoll	6,593	3.4
	Peace and Freedom	John C. Reiger	3,670	1.8
Total votes			193,387	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

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

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California[74]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doris Matsui (Incumbent)	89,119	70.7
	Republican	Xiaochin Claire Yan	29,824	23.7
	Green	Jeff Kravitz	5,394	4.3
	Peace and Freedom	John C. Reiger	1,716	1.3
Total votes			126,053	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2008

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California[75]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doris Matsui (Incumbent)	164,242	74.3
	Republican	Paul A. Smith	46,002	20.9
	Peace and Freedom	L. R. Roberts	10,731	4.8
	Independent	David B.Lynch (write-in candidate)	180	0.0
Total votes			221,155	100
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California[76]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doris Matsui (Incumbent)	124,220	72%
	Republican	Paul A. Smith	43,577	25%
	Peace and Freedom	Gerald Allen Frink	4,594	3%
Total votes			172,391	100%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012[77]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (Incumbent)	202,872	74.5%
	Republican	Randy Loftin	69,545	25.5%
Total votes			272,417	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2014

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014[78]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (Incumbent)	129,613	75.7%
	No party preference	James Hinton	41,535	24.3%
Total votes			171,148	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2016

United States House of Representatives elections, 2016[79]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (Incumbent)	224,526	76.9%
	Republican	Carlos Santamaria	67,565	23.1%
Total votes			292,091	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (Incumbent)	205,860	78.9%
	No party preference	Anthony Mills	55,158	21.1%
Total votes			261,018	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	271,233	76.1
	Republican	Scott Giblin	85,227	23.9
Total votes			356,460	100.0
	Democratic hold

Timeline of representatives

The following timeline depicts the progression of the representatives and their political affiliation at the time of assuming office.

References

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Statement of Vote (2006 Senator) Archived August 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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Statement of Vote (2010 Governor) Archived May 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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2002 election results Archived February 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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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

California's congressional districts

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

The at-large seats only existed from 1850 to 1865 and from 1883 to 1885.
In 2023, the 53rd district will become obsolete.

See also: California's past and present representatives, senators, and delegations

Recent U.S. House elections in California: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022

All U.S. districts
Apportionment
Redistricting
Gerrymandering

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