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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California California legislative no 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California 1998 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California 2002 All 52 California seats to the United States House of Representatives 2000 11 07 Democratic Party (United States) 28 27 32 5 5,405,002 51.79% 0.38pp Republican Party (United States) 24 25 20 5 4,446,295 42.60% 1.3pp CA2000House.svg 250px Results:#92C5DE Democratic hold #0571B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 2000. Democrats gained five seats, one of which was held by Matthew G. Martinez who switched to the Republican Party after being defeated in the Democratic primary, expanding their majority in California's delegation.
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Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000PartyVotes%BeforeAfter+/– Democratic 5,405,002 51.79% 27 32 +5 Republican 4,446,295 42.60% 25 20 -5 Libertarian 278,472 2.67% 0 0 0 Natural Law 228,273 2.19% 0 0 0 Green 37,952 0.36% 0 0 0 Reform 33,311 0.32% 0 0 0 American Independent 7,474 0.07% 0 0 0 Write-ins 518 0.00% 0 0 0 Invalid or blank votes 649,440 5.86% — — — Totals 11,086,737 100.00% 52 52 —
Final results from the Secretary of State of California:
District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50 • District 51 • District 52 __NOTOC__
District 1
California's 1st congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Mike Thompson (incumbent)
155,638
65.03
Republican Party (United States)
Russel J. "Jim" Chase
66,987
27.99
Natural Law Party (United States)
Cheryl Kreier
7,173
3.00
Libertarian Party (United States)
Emil P. Rossi
6,376
2.66
Reform Party (United States)
Pamela Elizondo
3,161
1.32
11,818
4.71
251,153
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 2
California's 2nd congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Wally Herger (incumbent)
168,172
65.73
Democratic Party (United States)
Stan Morgan
72,075
28.17
Natural Law Party (United States)
John McDermott
8,910
3.48
Libertarian Party (United States)
Charles R. Martin
6,699
2.62
7,130
2.71
262,986
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 3
California's 3rd congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Doug Ose (incumbent)
129,254
56.15
Democratic Party (United States)
Bob Kent
93,067
40.43
Libertarian Party (United States)
Douglas Arthur Tuma
5,227
2.27
Natural Law Party (United States)
Channing E. Jones
2,634
1.14
4,309
1.84
234,491
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 4
California's 4th congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
John Doolittle (incumbent)
197,503
63.42
Democratic Party (United States)
Mark A. Norberg
97,974
31.46
Libertarian Party (United States)
William Fritz Frey
9,494
3.05
Natural Law Party (United States)
Robert E. Ray
6,452
2.07
4,506
1.43
315,929
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 5
California's 5th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Robert Matsui (incumbent)
147,025
68.13
Republican Party (United States)
Ken Payne
55,945
25.92
Green Party (United States)
Ken Adams
6,195
2.87
Libertarian Party (United States)
Cullene Lang
3,746
1.74
Natural Law Party (United States)
Alan Barreca
2,894
1.34
0
0.00
215,805
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 6
California's 6th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)
182,116
64.33
Republican Party (United States)
Ken McAuliffe
80,169
28.32
Green Party (United States)
Justin "Justo" Moscoso
13,248
4.68
Libertarian Party (United States)
Richard O. Barton
4,691
1.66
Natural Law Party (United States)
Alan Barreca
2,894
1.02
11,775
3.99
294,893
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 7
California's 7th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
George Miller (incumbent)
159,692
76.48
Republican Party (United States)
Christopher A. Hoffman
44,154
21.15
Natural Law Party (United States)
Martin Sproul
4,943
2.37
9,361
4.29
218,150
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 8
California's 8th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Nancy Pelosi (incumbent)
181,847
84.41
Republican Party (United States)
Adam Sparks
25,298
11.74
Libertarian Party (United States)
Erik Bauman
5,645
2.62
Natural Law Party (United States)
David Smithstein
2,638
1.22
0
0.00
215,428
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 9
California's 9th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Barbara Lee (incumbent)
182,352
84.95
Republican Party (United States)
Arneze Washington
21,033
9.80
Libertarian Party (United States)
Fred E. Foldvary
7,051
3.28
Natural Law Party (United States)
Ellen Jefferds
4,214
1.96
15,267
6.64
229,917
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 10
California's 10th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Ellen Tauscher (incumbent)
160,429
52.63
Republican Party (United States)
Claude B. Hutchison, Jr.
134,863
44.24
Natural Law Party (United States)
Valerie Janlois
9,527
3.13
13,011
4.09
317,830
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 11
California's 11th congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Richard Pombo (incumbent)
120,635
57.83
Democratic Party (United States)
Tom Y. Santos
79,539
38.13
Libertarian Party (United States)
Kathryn A. Russow
5,036
2.41
Natural Law Party (United States)
Jon A. Kurey
3,397
1.63
4,834
2.26
213,441
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 12
California's 12th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Tom Lantos (incumbent)
158,404
74.52
Republican Party (United States)
Mike Garza
44,162
20.78
Libertarian Party (United States)
Barbara J. Less
6,431
3.03
Natural Law Party (United States)
Rifkin Young
3,559
1.67
0
0.00
212,556
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 13
California's 13th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Pete Stark (incumbent)
129,012
70.44
Republican Party (United States)
James R. "Jim" Goetz
44,499
24.30
Libertarian Party (United States)
Howard Mora
4,623
2.52
Natural Law Party (United States)
Timothy R. Hoehner
2,647
1.45
American Independent Party
Don J. Grundmann
2,365
1.29
12,876
6.57
196,022
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 14
California's 14th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Anna Eshoo (incumbent)
161,720
70.23
Republican Party (United States)
Bill Quraishi
59,338
25.77
Libertarian Party (United States)
Joseph W. Dehn III
4,715
2.05
Natural Law Party (United States)
John Black
4,489
1.95
9,457
3.95
239,719
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 15
California's 15th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Mike Honda
128,545
54.26
Republican Party (United States)
Jim Cunneen
99,866
42.15
Libertarian Party (United States)
Ed Wimmers
4,820
2.03
Natural Law Party (United States)
Douglas C. Gorney
3,591
1.52
Phillip Kronzer (write-in)
82
0.03
11,372
4.58
248,276
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 16
California's 16th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)
115,118
72.06
Republican Party (United States)
Horace "Gene" Thayn
37,213
23.30
Libertarian Party (United States)
Dennis Michael Umphress
4,742
2.97
Natural Law Party (United States)
Edward J. Klein
2,673
1.67
12,742
7.39
172,488
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 17
California's 17th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Sam Farr (incumbent)
143,219
68.60
Republican Party (United States)
Clint Engler
51,557
24.70
Green Party (United States)
E. Craig Coffin
8,215
3.94
Libertarian Party (United States)
Rick S. Garrett
2,510
1.20
Reform Party (United States)
Larry Fenton
2,263
1.08
Natural Law Party (United States)
Scott R. Hartley
996
0.48
7,599
3.51
216,359
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 18
California's 18th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Gary Condit (incumbent)
118,842
66.70
Republican Party (United States)
Steve R. Wilson
56,465
31.69
Natural Law Party (United States)
Page Roth Riskin
2,860
1.61
6,378
3.46
184,545
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 19
California's 19th congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
George Radanovich (incumbent)
144,517
64.92
Democratic Party (United States)
Dan Rosenberg
70,578
31.70
Libertarian Party (United States)
Elizabeth Taylor
4,264
1.92
Natural Law Party (United States)
Bob Miller
1,990
0.89
American Independent Party
Edmon V. Kaiser
1,266
0.57
8,538
3.69
231,153
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 20
California's 20th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Cal Dooley (incumbent)
66,235
52.35
Republican Party (United States)
Rich Rodriguez
57,563
45.49
Natural Law Party (United States)
Walter Kenneth Ruehlig
1,416
1.12
Libertarian Party (United States)
Arnold Kriegbaum
1,320
1.04
2,023
1.57
128,557
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 21
California's 21st congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Bill Thomas (incumbent)
142,539
71.59
Democratic Party (United States)
Pedro "Pete" Martinez
49,318
24.77
Libertarian Party (United States)
James R.S. Manion
7,243
3.64
1,806
0.90
200,906
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 22
California's 22nd congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Lois Capps (incumbent)
135,538
53.14
Republican Party (United States)
Mike Stoker
113,094
44.34
Reform Party (United States)
Richard D. "Dick" Porter
2,490
0.98
Libertarian Party (United States)
Joe Furcinite
2,060
0.81
Natural Law Party (United States)
J. Carlos Aguirre
1,888
0.74
5,532
2.12
260,602
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 23
California's 23rd congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Elton Gallegly (incumbent)
119,479
54.05
Democratic Party (United States)
Michael Case
89,918
40.68
Reform Party (United States)
Cary Savitch
6,473
2.93
Libertarian Party (United States)
Roger Peebles
3,708
1.68
Natural Law Party (United States)
Stephen P. Hospodar
1,456
0.66
10,847
4.68
231,881
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 24
California's 24th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Brad Sherman (incumbent)
155,398
66.00
Republican Party (United States)
Jerry Doyle
70,169
29.80
Libertarian Party (United States)
Juan Carlos Ros
6,966
2.96
Natural Law Party (United States)
Michael Cuddehe
2,911
1.24
144,791
38.08
380,235
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 25
California's 25th congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Howard McKeon (incumbent)
138,628
62.23
Democratic Party (United States)
Sid Gold
73,921
33.18
Libertarian Party (United States)
Bruce R. Acker
7,219
3.24
Natural Law Party (United States)
Mews Small
3,010
1.35
16,259
6.80
239,037
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 26
California's 26th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Howard Berman (incumbent)
96,500
84.07
Libertarian Party (United States)
Bill Farley
13,052
11.37
Natural Law Party (United States)
David L. Cossak
5,229
4.56
Independent (politician)
Robert Edwards
5
0.00
15,568
11.94
130,354
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 27
California's 27th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Adam Schiff
113,708
52.70
Republican Party (United States)
Jim Rogan (incumbent)
94,518
43.80
Natural Law Party (United States)
Miriam R. Hospodar
3,873
1.79
Libertarian Party (United States)
Ted Brown
3,675
1.70
12,835
5.61
228,609
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 28
California's 28th congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
David Dreier (incumbent)
116,557
56.80
Democratic Party (United States)
Janice M. Nelson
81,804
39.87
Libertarian Party (United States)
Randall G. Weissbuch
2,823
1.38
Natural Law Party (United States)
Lawrence Allison
2,083
1.02
American Independent Party
Joe "Jay" Haytas
1,932
0.94
16,669
7.51
221,868
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 29
California's 29th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Henry Waxman (incumbent)
180,295
75.69
Republican Party (United States)
Jim Scileppi
45,784
19.22
Libertarian Party (United States)
Jack Anderson
7,944
3.33
Natural Law Party (United States)
Bruce Currivan
4,178
1.75
22,003
8.46
260,204
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 30
California's 30th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Xavier Becerra (incumbent)
83,223
83.29
Republican Party (United States)
Tony Goss
11,788
11.80
Libertarian Party (United States)
Jason E. Heath
2,858
2.86
Natural Law Party (United States)
Gary D. Hearne
2,051
2.05
10,684
9.66
110,604
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 31
California's 31st congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Hilda Solis
89,600
79.35
Green Party (United States)
Krista Lieberg-Wong
10,294
9.12
Libertarian Party (United States)
Michael McGuire
7,138
6.32
Natural Law Party (United States)
Richard D. Griffin
5,882
5.21
16,880
13.01
129,794
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 32
California's 32nd congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Julian C. Dixon (incumbent)
137,447
83.54
Republican Party (United States)
Kathy Williamson
19,924
12.11
Libertarian Party (United States)
Bob Weber
3,875
2.36
Natural Law Party (United States)
Rashied Jibri
3,281
1.99
17,036
9.38
181,563
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 33
California's 33rd congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (incumbent)
60,510
84.55
Republican Party (United States)
Wayne Miller
8,260
11.54
Libertarian Party (United States)
Nathan Thomas Craddock
1,601
2.24
Natural Law Party (United States)
William Harpur
1,200
1.68
8,762
10.91
80,333
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 34
California's 34th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Grace Napolitano (incumbent)
105,980
71.26
Republican Party (United States)
Robert Arthur Canales
33,445
22.49
Natural Law Party (United States)
Julia F. Simon
9,262
6.23
John W. Brantuk (write-in)
36
0.02
15,360
9.36
164,083
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 35
California's 35th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Maxine Waters (incumbent)
100,569
86.54
Republican Party (United States)
Carl McGill
12,582
10.83
American Independent Party
Gordon Michael Mego
1,911
1.64
Natural Law Party (United States)
Rick Dunstan
1,153
0.99
10,351
8.18
126,566
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 36
California's 36th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Jane Harman
115,651
48.36
Republican Party (United States)
Steven T. Kuykendall (incumbent)
111,199
46.50
Libertarian Party (United States)
Daniel R. Sherman
6,073
2.54
Reform Party (United States)
John R. Konopka
3,549
1.48
Natural Law Party (United States)
Matt Ornati
2,264
0.95
William D. Davies (write-in)
395
0.17
15,254
6.00
254,385
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 37
California's 37th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Juanita Millender-McDonald (inc.)
93,269
82.34
Republican Party (United States)
Vernon Van
12,762
11.27
Natural Law Party (United States)
Margaret Glazer
4,094
3.61
Libertarian Party (United States)
Herb Peters
3,150
2.78
11,879
9.49
125,154
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 38
California's 38th congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Steve Horn (incumbent)
87,266
48.45
Democratic Party (United States)
Gerrie Shcipske
85,498
47.47
Natural Law Party (United States)
Karen Blasdell-Wilkinson
3,744
2.08
Libertarian Party (United States)
Jack Neglia
3,614
2.01
13,774
7.10
193,896
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 39
California's 39th congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Ed Royce (incumbent)
129,294
62.73
Democratic Party (United States)
Gill G. Kanel
64,938
31.51
Natural Law Party (United States)
Ron Jevning
6,597
3.20
Libertarian Party (United States)
Keith D. Gann
5,275
2.56
13,772
6.26
219,876
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 40
California's 40th congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Jerry Lewis (incumbent)
151,069
79.92
Natural Law Party (United States)
Frank N. Schmidt
19,029
10.07
Libertarian Party (United States)
Jay Lindberg
18,924
10.01
629
0.33
189,651
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 41
California's 41st congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Gary Miller (incumbent)
104,695
58.93
Democratic Party (United States)
Rodolfo G. Favila
66,361
37.35
Natural Law Party (United States)
David Kramer
6,607
3.72
7,357
4.75
154,973
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 42
California's 42nd congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Joe Baca (incumbent)
90,585
59.76
Republican Party (United States)
Eli Pirozzi
53,239
35.12
Libertarian Party (United States)
John "Scott" Ballard
4,059
2.68
Natural Law Party (United States)
Gwyn Hartley
3,694
2.44
0
0.00
151,577
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 43
California's 43rd congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Ken Calvert (incumbent)
140,201
73.66
Libertarian Party (United States)
Bill Reed
29,755
15.63
Natural Law Party (United States)
Nat Adam
20,376
10.71
0
0.00
190,332
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 44
California's 44th congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Mary Bono (incumbent)
123,738
59.15
Democratic Party (United States)
Ron Oden
79,302
37.91
Reform Party (United States)
Gene Smith
4,135
1.98
Natural Law Party (United States)
Jim Meuer
2,012
0.96
Harry Merker (write-in)
0
0.00
0
0.00
209,187
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 45
California's 45th congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Dana Rohrabacher (incumbent)
136,275
62.12
Democratic Party (United States)
Ted Crisell
71,066
32.39
Libertarian Party (United States)
Don Hull
8,409
3.83
Natural Law Party (United States)
Constance Betton
3,635
1.66
12,927
5.56
232,312
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 46
California's 46th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Loretta Sanchez (incumbent)
70,381
60.20
Republican Party (United States)
Gloria Matta Tuchman
40,928
35.01
Libertarian Party (United States)
Richard B. Boddie
3,159
2.70
Natural Law Party (United States)
Larry Engwall
2,440
2.09
3,967
3.28
120,875
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 47
California's 47th congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Christopher Cox (incumbent)
181,365
65.62
Democratic Party (United States)
John Graham
83,186
30.10
Libertarian Party (United States)
David F. Nolan
8,081
2.92
Natural Law Party (United States)
Iris Adam
3,769
1.36
14,151
4.87
290,552
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 48
California's 48th congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Darrell Issa
160,627
61.43
Democratic Party (United States)
Peter Kouvelis
74,073
28.33
Reform Party (United States)
Eddie Rose
11,240
4.30
Natural Law Party (United States)
Sharon K. Miles
8,269
3.16
Libertarian Party (United States)
Joe Michael Cobb
7,269
2.78
21,024
7.44
282,502
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 49
California's 49th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Susan Davis
113,400
49.63
Republican Party (United States)
Brian Bilbray (incumbent)
105,515
46.18
Libertarian Party (United States)
Doris Ball
6,526
2.86
Natural Law Party (United States)
Tahir I. Bhatti
3,048
1.33
11,805
4.91
240,294
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 50
California's 50th congressional district election, 2000
Democratic Party (United States)
Bob Filner (incumbent)
95,191
68.25
Republican Party (United States)
Bob Divine
38,526
27.62
Libertarian Party (United States)
David A. Willoughby
3,472
2.49
Natural Law Party (United States)
LeAnn S. Kendall
2,283
1.64
9,533
6.40
149,005
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 51
California's 51st congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Duke Cunningham (incumbent)
172,291
64.34
Democratic Party (United States)
George "Jorge" Barraza
81,408
30.40
Libertarian Party (United States)
Daniel L. Muhe
7,159
2.67
Natural Law Party (United States)
Eric Hunter Bourdette
6,941
2.59
21,627
7.47
289,426
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 52
California's 52nd congressional district election, 2000
Republican Party (United States)
Duncan Hunter (incumbent)
131,345
64.70
Democratic Party (United States)
Craig Barkacs
63,537
31.30
Libertarian Party (United States)
Michael Benoit
5,995
2.95
Natural Law Party (United States)
Robert A. Sherman
2,117
1.04
13,362
6.18
216,356
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
See also
107th United States Congress
Political party strength in California
Political party strength in U.S. states
2000 United States House of Representatives elections
References
2000 General Election Returns for United States Congress
California Elections Page
External links
California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
2000
California
Category:2000 California elections