California's 23rd congressional district

"CA-23" redirects here. For the state route, see California State Route 23.

California's 23rd congressional district
California's 23rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Kevin McCarthy (R–Bakersfield)
Ethnicity	50.6% White, 5.9% Black, 4.5% Asian, 35.5% Hispanic, 3.5^[1]% other
Cook PVI	R+16

California's 23rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The current district is centered in areas of the southern San Joaquin Valley and southern Sierra Nevada, the Tehachapi Mountains, and the northwestern Mojave Desert. It includes the cities of Mojave and Ridgecrest, as well as most of Bakersfield. Sequoia National Park and Sequoia National Forest are within it.

The district was represented in the 112th United States Congress by Republican Kevin McCarthy. In June 2014 McCarthy was elected Majority Leader of the House of Representatives.

Former characteristics

Boundaries of California's 23rd congressional district from 2003 until 2013.

From 2003–2013 the district ran along the Pacific coasts of Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties. Major cities in the district included Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, and Oxnard.

Before redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission in 2011, California's 23rd Congressional District was one of the narrowest districts in the United States, stretching along the Pacific coast from Oxnard to the Monterey County line. It was often referred to as "the district that disappears at high tide"^[2] or the "ribbon of shame".^[3]

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2010	Governor	Brown 55.9 - 38.5%
2010	Senator	Boxer 55.9 - 38.4%
2008	President^[4]	Obama 65.3 - 32.3%
2006	Governor^[5]	Schwarzenegger 53.6 - 41.1%
2006	Senator^[6]	Feinstein 62.3 - 33.1%
2004	President^[7]	Kerry 58.3 - 40.3%
2004	Senator^[8]	Boxer 60.2 - 34.8%
2003	Recall^[9]^[10]	Yes 52.8 - 47.2%
2003	Recall^[9]^[10]	Schwarzenegger 42.4 - 35.2%
2002	Governor^[11]	Davis 48.0 - 40.7%
2000	President^[12]	Gore 48.2 - 46.9%
2000	Senator^[13]	Feinstein 51.2 - 41.5%
1998	Governor
1998	Senator
1996	President
1994	Governor
1994	Senator
1992	President	Clinton 38.4 - 34.5%
	Senator	Herschensohn 49.4 - 40.6%
	Senator	Feinstein 46.2 - 45.3%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Notes	Counties
District created		January 3, 1943
Edouard Izac	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947	Redistricted from the 20th district Lost re-election	San Diego
Charles K. Fletcher	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	Lost re-election
Clinton D. McKinnon	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Retired to run for the US Senate
Clyde Doyle	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – March 14, 1963	Redistricted from the 18th district Died	Los Angeles
Vacant		March 14, 1963 – June 11, 1963
Del M. Clawson	Republican	June 11, 1963 – January 3, 1973
Del M. Clawson	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted to the 33rd district	Los Angeles, Orange
Thomas M. Rees	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977	Redistricted from the 26th district Retired	Los Angeles
Anthony C. Beilenson	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983		Los Angeles
Anthony C. Beilenson	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted to the 24th district	Los Angeles (northern L.A. suburbs)
Elton Gallegly	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted from the 21st district Redistricted to the 33rd district	Santa Barbara (Carpinteria), Ventura
Lois Capps	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted from the 22nd district Redistricted to the 24th district	Coastal San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Kevin McCarthy	Republican	January 3, 2013 – present	Redistricted from the 22nd district	Southern Central Valley including parts of Bakersfield

Election results

1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1963 (Special) • 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

1942

United States House of Representatives elections, 1942^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edouard Izac (incumbent)	42,864	50.5
	Republican	James B. Abbey	42,087	49.5
Total votes			84,951	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1944

United States House of Representatives elections, 1944^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edouard Izac (incumbent)	86,707	55.1
	Republican	James B. Abbey	70,787	44.9
Total votes			157,494	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1946

United States House of Representatives elections, 1946^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles K. Fletcher	69,411	56.3
	Democratic	Edouard Izac (incumbent)	53,898	43.7
Total votes			123,309	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1948

United States House of Representatives elections, 1948^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clinton D. McKinnon	112,534	55.8
	Republican	Charles K. Fletcher (inc.)	87,138	43.2
	Progressive	Harry C. Steinmetz	2,017	1.0
Total votes			201,689	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1950

United States House of Representatives elections, 1950^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clinton D. McKinnon (inc.)	94,137	51
	Republican	Leslie E. Gehres	90,398	49
Total votes			184,535	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1952

United States House of Representatives elections, 1952^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	138,356	87.5
	Progressive	Olive T. Thompson	17,501	11.1
	Republican	C. Cleveland (write-in)	2,329	1.4
Total votes			158,186	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1954

United States House of Representatives elections, 1954^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	90,729	70.9
	Republican	Frank G. Bussing	34,911	27.3
	Progressive	Olive T. Thompson	2,293	1.8
Total votes			127,933	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1956

United States House of Representatives elections, 1956^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	120,109	70.9
	Republican	E. Elgie "Cal" Calvin	49,198	29.1
Total votes			169,207	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1958

United States House of Representatives elections, 1958^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	140,817	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1960

United States House of Representatives elections, 1960^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	148,415	74.2
	Republican	Emmett A. Schwartz	51,548	25.8
Total votes			199,963	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1962

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	83,269	64.2
	Republican	Emmett A. Schwartz	46,488	35.8
Total votes			129,757	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1963 (Special)

1963 special election^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson	'	53.2
	Democratic	Carley V. Porter		35.4
	Democratic	Maurice H. Quigley		4.7
	Democratic	Armand R. Porter		2.7
	Democratic	James Earle Christo		1.4
	Democratic	Lynn W. Johnston		1.4
	Republican	Harold R. "Hal" Bennett		0.6
	Republican	Harry L. Butler		0.6
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1964

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	90,721	55.4
	Democratic	H. O. Van Pettin	72,903	44.6
Total votes			163,624	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1966

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	93,320	67.4
	Democratic	Ed O'Connor	45,141	32.6
Total votes			138,461	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1968

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	95,628	64.9
	Democratic	Jim Sperrazzo	51,606	35.1
Total votes			147,234	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	77,346	63.3
	Democratic	G. L. "Jerry" Chapman	44,767	36.7
Total votes			122,113	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	118,731	61.4
	Democratic	Conrad G. Tuohey	74,561	38.6
Total votes			193,292	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Rees (incumbent)	119,239	71.4
	Republican	Jack E. Roberts	47,615	28.6
Total votes			166,854	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson	130,619	60.2
	Republican	Thomas F. Bartman	86,434	39.8
Total votes			217,053	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	117,498	65.6
	Republican	Joseph Barbara	61,496	34.4
Total votes			178,994	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	126,020	63.2
	Republican	Robert "Bob" Winckler	62,742	31.5
	Libertarian	Jeffrey P. Lieb	10,623	5.3
Total votes			199,385	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	120,788	59.6
	Republican	David Armor	82,031	40.4
Total votes			202,819	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	140,461	61.6
	Republican	Claude W. Parrish	84,093	36.9
	Libertarian	Larry Leathers	3,580	1.6
Total votes			228,134	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	121,468	65.7
	Republican	George Woolverton	58,746	31.8
	Peace and Freedom	Tom Hopke	2,521	1.4
	Libertarian	Taylor Rhodes	2,019	1.1
Total votes			184,754	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	147,858	63.5
	Republican	Jim Salomon	77,184	33.1
	Libertarian	John R. Vernon	4,503	1.9
	Peace and Freedom	John Honigsfeld	3,316	1.4
	No party	Write-ins	18	0.0%
Total votes			232,879	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	103,141	61.7
	Republican	Jim Salomon	57,118	34.2
	Peace and Freedom	John Honigsfeld	6,834	4.1
Total votes			167,093	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	115,504	54.3
	Democratic	Anita Perez Ferguson	88,225	41.4
	Libertarian	Jay C. Wood	9,091	4.3
	No party	Dunbar (write-in)	61	0.0%
Total votes			212,881	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	114,043	66.17
	Democratic	Kevin Ready	47,345	27.47
	Libertarian	Bill Brown	6,481	3.76
	Green	Robert T. Marston	4,457	2.59
	No party	Nagode (write-in)	14	0.01%
Total votes			172,340	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	118,880	59.6
	Democratic	Robert Unruhe	70,035	35.2
	Libertarian	Gail Lightfoot	8,346	4.1
	Natural Law	Stephen Hospodar	2,246	1.1
Total votes			199,507	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	96,362	60.06
	Democratic	Daniel "Dan" Gonzalez	64,068	39.94
Total votes			160,430	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	119,479	54.1
	Democratic	Michael Case	89,918	40.7
	Reform	Cary Savitch	6,473	3.0
	Libertarian	Roger Peebles	3,708	1.6
	Natural Law	Stephen P. Hospodar	1,456	0.6
Total votes			221,034	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	95,752	59.1
	Republican	Beth Rogers	62,604	38.6
	Libertarian	James E. Hill	3,866	2.3
Total votes			162,222	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	153,980	63.1
	Republican	Don Regan	83,926	34.3
	Libertarian	Michael Favorite	6,391	2.6
Total votes			244,297	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	114,661	65.2
	Republican	Victor G. Tognazzini	61,272	34.8
	No party	H.A. Gardner, Jr. (write-in)	18	0.0%
Total votes			175,951	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2008

United States House of Representatives election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	171,403	68.07
	Republican	Matt Kokkonen	80,385	31.93
Total votes			251,788	100.00
Voter turnout			77.41%
	Democratic hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010^[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	111,768	57.8
	Republican	Tom Watson	72,744	37.6
	Libertarian	Darrell M. Stafford	3,326	1.7
	No party	John V. Hager	5,625	2.9%
Total votes			193,463	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012^[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy (incumbent)	158,161	73.2
	No party preference	Terry Phillips	57,842	26.8
Total votes			216,003	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy (incumbent)	58,334	99.1
	Democratic	Raul Garcia (write-in)	313	0.5
	Republican	Mike Biglay (write-in)	157	0.3
	No party preference	Ronald L. Porter (write-in)	36	0.1
	Libertarian	Gail K. Lightfoot (write-in)	31	0.1
	Green	Noah Calugaru (write-in)	3	0.01
Total votes			58,871	100.0
General election
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy (incumbent)	100,317	74.8
	Democratic	Raul Garcia	33,726	25.2
Total votes			134,043	100.0
	Republican hold

Living former Members

As of April 2015, there are three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 23rd congressional district that are currently living.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
Anthony C. Beilenson	1977 - 1993	(1932-10-26) October 26, 1932
Elton Gallegly	1993 - 2003	(1944-03-07) March 7, 1944
Lois Capps	2003 - 2013	(1938-01-10) January 10, 1938

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

↑ "California's citizen commission final district maps: Find out what's changed where you live". Los Angeles Times. August 2, 2011.
↑ Patrick McGreevy (December 19, 2010). "New redistricting panel takes aim at bizarre political boundaries". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
↑ Aaron Blake (July 27, 2011). "Name that district! (Gerrymandering edition)". Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
↑ (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)
↑ 1942 election results
↑ 1944 election results
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↑ 2002 general election results
↑ 2004 general election results
↑ 2006 general election results
↑ 2010 general election results
↑ 2012 general election 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: 34°30′N 120°27′W / 34.5°N 120.45°W / 34.5; -120.45

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