California's 39th congressional district

California's 39th congressional district
California's 39th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Ed Royce (R–Fullerton)
Ethnicity	34.1% White, 2.3% Black, 28.5% Asian, 32.6% Hispanic, 2.5[1]% other
Cook PVI	R+5

California's 39th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is currently represented by Republican Ed Royce, and includes parts of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties, and includes Fullerton, Brea, Buena Park, Anaheim Hills, Placentia, Yorba Linda, Diamond Bar, Chino Hills, Hacienda Heights and Rowland Heights

History

The 39th Congressional District was originally one of five reapportioned to California after the 1970 U.S. Census.

The previous 39th Congressional District was a Republican stronghold, territory now mostly redesignated into the neighboring 40th Congressional District and 42nd Congressional District. Royce's predecessor, Linda Sánchez, now represents the 38th Congressional District.

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2012	President[2]	Romney 50.8 - 47.1%
2010	Governor	Brown 60.3 - 33.6%
	Senator	Boxer 59.8 - 34.2%
2008	President[3]	Obama 65.5 - 32.4%
2006	Governor[4]	Angelides 49.3 - 46.1%
	Senator[5]	Feinstein 64.1 - 31.0%
2004	President[6]	Kerry 58.5 - 40.3%
	Senator[7]	Boxer 63.7 - 31.3%
2003	Recall[8][9]	Yes 54.3 - 45.7%
		Schwarzenegger 45.0 - 36.5%
2002	Governor[10]	Davis 54.1 - 38.0%
2000	President[11]	Bush 52.9 - 43.3%
	Senator[12]	Campbell 46.8 - 46.2%
1998	Governor
	Senator
1996	President
1994	Governor
	Senator
1992	President	Bush 43.8 - 34.1%
	Senator	Herschensohn 46.3 - 45.1%
	Senator	Seymour 50.3 - 40.6%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created		January 3, 1973
Andrew Hinshaw	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted to the 40th district	Inland Orange
Charles E. Wiggins	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979	Redistricted from the 25th district Retired	Northeastern Orange
William E. Dannemeyer	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993	Retired to run for the US Senate
Ed Royce	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 40th district	Southern Los Angeles, northwestern Orange
Linda Sánchez	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted to the 38th district	South/southeastern Los Angeles
Ed Royce	Republican	January 3, 2013 - present	Redistricted from the 40th district	Los Angeles–Orange County (Chino Hills, Diamond Bar, and Fullerton)

Election results

1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew J. Hinshaw	146,911	65.7
	Democratic	John Woodland Black	76,695	43.3
Total votes			223,606	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles E. Wiggins	87,995	55.3
	Democratic	William E. "Bill" Farris	64,735	40.4
	American Independent	Pat P. Scalera	6,967	4.4
Total votes			159,337	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles E. Wiggins (inc.)	122,657	58.6
	Democratic	William E. "Bill" Farris	86,745	41.4
Total votes			209,402	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Dannemeyer	112,160	63.7
	Democratic	William E. Farris	63,891	36.3
Total votes			176,051	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Dannemeyer (inc.)	175,228	76.3
	Democratic	Leonard L. Lahtinen	54,504	23.7
Total votes			229,732	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Dannemeyer (inc.)	129,539	72.2
	Democratic	Frank G. Verges	46,681	26.0
	Libertarian	Frank Boeheim	3,152	1.8
Total votes			179,372	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Dannemeyer (inc.)	175,788	76.2
	Democratic	Robert E. Ward	54,889	23.8
Total votes			230,677	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Dannemeyer (inc.)	131,603	74.5
	Democratic	David D. Vest	42,377	24.0
	Peace and Freedom	Frank Boeheim	2,752	1.6
Total votes			176,732	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Dannemeyer (inc.)	169,360	74.0
	Democratic	Don E. Marquis	52,162	22.8
	Libertarian	Lee Connelly	7,470	3.3
	No party	Write-ins	367	0.0%
Total votes			229,359	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Dannemeyer (inc.)	113,849	65.3
	Democratic	Francis X. "Frank" Hoffman	53,670	30.8
	Peace and Freedom	Maxine Bell Quirk	6,709	3.9
Total votes			174,228	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Royce	122,472	57.3
	Democratic	Molly McClanahan	81,728	38.5
	Libertarian	Jack Dean	9,484	4.4
Total votes			213,684	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Royce (incumbent)	113,641	66.36
	Democratic	R. O. "Bob" Davis	49,696	29.02
	Libertarian	Jack Dean	7,907	4.62
Total votes			171,244	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Royce (incumbent)	120,761	62.9
	Democratic	R. Davis	61,392	31.9
	Libertarian	Jack Dean	10,137	5.2
Total votes			192,290	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Royce (incumbent)	97,366	62.63
	Democratic	A. "Cecy" R. Groom	52,815	33.97
	Libertarian	Jack Dean	3,347	2.15
	Natural Law	Ron Jevning	1,937	1.25
Total votes			155,465	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Royce (incumbent)	129,294	62.8
	Democratic	Gill G. Kanel	64,938	31.5
	Natural Law	Ron Jevning	6,597	3.2
	Libertarian	Keith D. Gann	5,275	2.5
Total votes			206,104	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Sánchez	52,256	54.9
	Republican	Tim Escobar	38,925	40.8
	Libertarian	Richard G. Newhouse	4,165	4.3
Total votes			95,346	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Sánchez (incumbent)	100,132	60.7
	Republican	Tim Escobar	64,832	39.3
Total votes			164,964	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Sánchez (incumbent)	72,149	65.9
	Republican	James L. Andion	37,384	34.1
Total votes			109,533	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Sánchez (incumbent)	125,289	69.67
	Republican	Diane A. Lenning	54,533	30.33
Total votes			179,822	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Sánchez (incumbent)	81,590	63.27
	Republican	Larry S. Andre	42,037	32.60
	American Independent	John A. Smith	5,334	4.13
Total votes			128,961	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Royce (incumbent)	145,607	57.8
	Democratic	Jay Chen	106,360	42.2
Total votes			251,967	100.0
	Republican hold

Living former Members

As of April 2015, there are four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 39th congressional district that are currently living.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
Andrew J. Hinshaw	1973 - 1975	August 4, 1923
William E. Dannemeyer	1979 - 1993	October 21, 1934
Ed Royce	1993 - 2003	October 12, 1951
Linda Sanchez	2003 - 2013	January 28, 1969

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. http://www.latimes.com/la-redistricting-map-july-2011,0,5339409.htmlstory#39.71057374407184,-118.14590136718749,5,usCongress,,,current
3. (2008 President)
4. Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
5. Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
6. Statement of Vote (2004 President)
7. Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
8. Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
9. Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
10. Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
11. Statement of Vote (2000 President)
12. Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
13. 1972 election results
14. 1974 election results
15. 1976 election results
16. 1978 election results
17. 1980 election results
18. 1982 election results
19. 1984 election results
20. 1986 election results
21. 1988 election results
22. 1990 election results
23. 1992 election results
24. 1994 election results
25. 1996 election results
26. 1998 election results
27. 2000 election results
28. 2002 general election results
29. 2004 general election results
30. 2006 general election results
31. 2008 general election results
32. 2010 general election results
33. 2012 general election results

External links

• GovTrack.us: California's 39th congressional district
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
• California Voter Foundation map - CD39

Coordinates: 33°56′25″N 117°50′06″W / 33.94028°N 117.83500°W