California's 35th congressional district
| California's 35th congressional district | ||
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| Current Representative | Norma Torres (D–Pomona) | |
| Ethnicity | 15.9% White, 6.7% Black, 6.3% Asian, 69.4% Hispanic, 1.7[1]% other | |
| Cook PVI | D+15 | |
California's 35th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California
The district is currently represented by Democrat Norma Torres and is based in the Inland Empire, including the communities of Fontana, Ontario, and Pomona.
From 2003 to 2013, the district was based in Los Angeles County. The district was composed of parts of the Westchester District of the City of Los Angeles and the neighborhoods of Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena and Florence-Graham, as well as some adjacent areas.
Recent election results from statewide races
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | U.S. President | Clinton 77.8 - 12.9% |
| U.S. Senator | Boxer 75.3 - 18.5% | |
| U.S. Senator | Feinstein 79.2 - 15.6% | |
| 1994 | Governor | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| U.S. Senator | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
| 1996 | U.S. President | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| 1998 | Governor | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| U.S. Senator | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
| 2000 | U.S. President[2] | Gore 85.9 - 12.0% |
| U.S. Senator[3] | Feinstein 85.9 - 9.7% | |
| 2002 | Governor[4] | Davis 73.6 - 18.6% |
| 2003 | Recall[5][6] | |
| Bustamante 52.3 - 29.8% | ||
| 2004 | U.S. President[7] | Kerry 79.0 - 20.0% |
| U.S. Senator[8] | Boxer 80.5 - 14.8% | |
| 2006 | Governor[9] | Angelides 67.3 - 27.9% |
| U.S. Senator[10] | Feinstein 80.8 - 14.6% | |
| 2008 | U.S. President[11] | Obama 84.4 - 14.1% |
| 2010 | Governor | Brown 79.1 - 16.4% |
| U.S. Senator | Boxer 79.1 - 16.2% |
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created | January 3, 1963 | |||
James B. Utt |
Republican | January 3, 1963 – March 1, 1970 |
Redistricted from the 28th district Died |
Orange San Diego |
| Vacant | March 1, 1970 – June 30, 1970 |
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John G. Schmitz |
Republican | June 30, 1970 – January 3, 1973 |
Redistricted to the 39th district and lost | |
Glenn M. Anderson |
Democratic | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Redistricted from the 17th district Redistricted to the 32nd district |
Los Angeles |
James F. Lloyd |
Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 |
Lost re-election | Los Angeles, southwestern San Bernardino |
David Dreier |
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Redistricted to the 33rd district | |
Jerry Lewis |
Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Redistricted from the 37th district Redistricted to the 40th district |
San Bernardino |
Maxine Waters |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
Redistricted from the 29th district Redistricted to the 43rd district |
South Los Angeles |
Gloria Negrete McLeod |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
Retired to run unsuccessfully for the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors | Inland Empire (Fontana, Ontario, and Pomona) |
Norma Torres |
Democratic | January 3, 2015 – |
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Election results
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1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 (Special) • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 |
1962
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1962[12] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | James B. Utt (incumbent) | 133,737 | 68.5 | |
| Democratic | Burton Shamsky | 61,395 | 31.5 | |
| Total votes | 195,132 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1964
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1964[13] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | James B. Utt (incumbent) | 167,791 | 65 | |
| Democratic | Paul B. Carpenter | 90,295 | 35 | |
| Total votes | 258,086 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1966
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1966[14] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | James B. Utt (incumbent) | 189,582 | 73.1 | |
| Democratic | Thomas B. Lenhart | 69,873 | 26.9 | |
| Total votes | 259,455 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1968
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1968[15] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | James B. Utt (incumbent) | 212,684 | 72.5 | |
| Democratic | Thomas B. Lenhart | 73,778 | 25.1 | |
| American Independent | Annie McDonald | 7,000 | 2.4 | |
| Total votes | 293,462 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1970 (Special)
| 1970 special election[16] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | John G. Schmitz | ' | 72.4 | |
| Democratic | David N. Hartman | 27.6 | ||
| Total votes | {{{votes}}} | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1970
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1970[17] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | John G. Schmitz (incumbent) | 192,765 | 67.0 | |
| Democratic | Thomas B. Lenhart | 87,019 | 30.3 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Francis R. Halpern | 7,742 | 2.7 | |
| Total votes | 287,526 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1972
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1972[18] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (inc.) | 103,912 | 74.8 | |
| Republican | Vernon E. Brown | 35,018 | 25.2 | |
| Total votes | 138,930 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1974
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1974[19] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | James F. Lloyd | 60,709 | 50.3 | |||
| Republican | Victor Veysey (incumbent) | 60,102 | 49.7 | |||
| Total votes | 120,811 | 100.0 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
1976
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1976[20] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | James F. Lloyd (incumbent) | 87,472 | 53.3 | |
| Republican | Louis Brutocao | 76,765 | 46.7 | |
| Total votes | 164,237 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1978
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1978[21] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | James F. Lloyd (incumbent) | 80,388 | 54 | |
| Republican | David Dreier | 68,442 | 46 | |
| Total votes | 148,830 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1980
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1980[22] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Republican | David Dreier | 100,743 | 51.8 | |||
| Democratic | James F. Lloyd (incumbent) | 88,279 | 45.4 | |||
| Peace and Freedom | James Michael "Mike" Noonan | 5,492 | 2.8 | |||
| Total votes | 194,514 | 100.0 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1982
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1982[23] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 112,786 | 68.3 | |
| Democratic | Robert E. Erwin | 52,349 | 31.7 | |
| Total votes | 165,135 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1984
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1984[24] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 176,477 | 85.5 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Kevin Akin | 29,990 | 14.5 | |
| Total votes | 206,467 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1986
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1986[25] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 127,235 | 76.9 | |
| Democratic | Robert J. "Sarge" Hall | 38,322 | 23.1 | |
| Total votes | 165,557 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1988
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1988[26] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 181,203 | 70.4 | |
| Democratic | Paul Sweeney | 71,186 | 27.7 | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Shuman | 4,879 | 1.9 | |
| Total votes | 257,268 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1990
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1990[27] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 121,602 | 60.6 | |
| Democratic | Barry Borton | 66,100 | 32.9 | |
| Libertarian | Jerry Johnson | 13,020 | 6.5 | |
| Total votes | 200,722 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
1992
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1992[28] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 102,941 | 82.5 | |
| Republican | Nate Truman | 17,417 | 14.0 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Alice Mae Miles | 2,797 | 2.2 | |
| Libertarian | Carin Rogers | 1,618 | 1.3 | |
| American Independent | Gordon Mego (write-in) | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Total votes | 124,776 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1994
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1994[29] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 65,688 | 78.12 | |
| Republican | Nate Truman | 18,930 | 21.87 | |
| American Independent | Gordon Mego (write-in) | 3 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 84,521 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1996
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1996[30] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 92,762 | 85.6 | |
| Republican | Eric Carlson | 13,116 | 12.0 | |
| American Independent | Gordon Mego | 2,610 | 2.4 | |
| Total votes | 108,488 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1998
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1998[31] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 92,762 | 89.32 | |
| American Independent | Gordon Michael Mego | 9,413 | 10.68 | |
| Total votes | 108,488 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2000
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2000[32] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 100,569 | 86.6 | |
| Republican | Carl McGill | 12,582 | 10.9 | |
| American Independent | Gordon Michael Mego | 1,911 | 1.6 | |
| Natural Law | Rick Dunstan | 1,153 | 0.9 | |
| Total votes | 116,215 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2002
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2002[33] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 72,401 | 77.6 | |
| Republican | Ross Moen | 18,094 | 19.3 | |
| American Independent | Gordon Michael Mego | 2,912 | 3.1 | |
| Total votes | 93,407 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2004
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[34] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 125,949 | 80.6 | |
| Republican | Ross Moen | 23,591 | 15.1 | |
| American Independent | Gordon Michael Mego | 3,440 | 2.2 | |
| Libertarian | Charles Tate | 3,427 | 2.1 | |
| Total votes | 115,807 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2006
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[35] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 82,498 | 83.8 | |
| American Independent | Gordon Michael Mego | 8,343 | 8.5 | |
| Libertarian | Paul T. Ireland | 7,665 | 7.7 | |
| Total votes | 97,506 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2008
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2008[36] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 150,778 | 82.58 | |
| Republican | Ted Hayes | 24,169 | 13.24 | |
| Libertarian | Herb Peters | 7,632 | 4.18 | |
| Total votes | 182,579 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2010
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2010[37] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Maxine Waters (incumbent) | 98,131 | 79.33 | |
| Republican | K. Bruce Brown | 25,561 | 20.67 | |
| Total votes | 123,692 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2012
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2012[38] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Gloria Negrete McLeod | 79,698 | 55.9 | |
| Democratic | Joe Baca (incumbent) | 62,982 | 44.1 | |
| Total votes | 142,680 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Living former Members
As of April 2015, there are four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 35th congressional district that are currently living.
| U.S. Representative | Term in office | Date of birth (and age) |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Lungren | 1979 - 1983 | September 22, 1946 |
| Esteban Edward Torres | 1983 - 1999 | January 27, 1930 |
| Grace Napolitano | 1999 - 2003 | December 4, 1936 |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 2003 - 2013 | July 5, 1952 |
Historical district boundaries

See also
References
- ↑ http://www.latimes.com/la-redistricting-map-july-2011,0,5339409.htmlstory#39.71057374407184,-118.14590136718749,5,usCongress,,,current
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2000 U.S. President)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2000 U.S. Senator)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2004 U.S. President)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2004 U.S. Senator)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2006 U.S. Senator)
- ↑ (2008 U.S. President)
- ↑ 1962 election results
- ↑ 1964 election results
- ↑ 1966 election results
- ↑ 1968 election results
- ↑ 1970 special election results
- ↑ 1970 election results
- ↑ 1972 election results
- ↑ 1974 election results
- ↑ 1976 election results
- ↑ 1978 election results
- ↑ 1980 election results
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- ↑ 1986 election results
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- ↑ 1990 election results
- ↑ 1992 election results
- ↑ 1994 election results
- ↑ 1996 election results
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- ↑ 2000 election results
- ↑ 2002 general election results
- ↑ 2004 general election results
- ↑ 2006 general election results
- ↑ 2008 general election results
- ↑ 2010 general election results
- ↑ 2012 general election results
External links
- GovTrack.us: California's 35th congressional district
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
- California Voter Foundation map - CD35
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Coordinates: 34°02′43″N 117°35′18″W / 34.04528°N 117.58833°W
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