California's 43rd congressional district

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California's 43rd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Maxine Waters D–Los Angeles
Population (2023)	716,670
Median household income	$72,053 [1]
Ethnicity	57.2% Hispanic 23.8% Black 8.3% Asian 6.9% White 2.6% Two or more races 1.2% other
Cook PVI	D+32 [2]

California's 43rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that is currently represented by Democrat Maxine Waters. The district is centered in the southern part of Los Angeles County, and includes portions of the cities of Los Angeles (including LAX) and Torrance. It includes the entirety of the cities of Hawthorne, Lawndale, Gardena, Inglewood, and Lomita. From 2003 until 2013, the 43rd district was based in San Bernardino County. The Hispanic-majority district encompassed the southwestern part of the county, and included San Bernardino and Rialto.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results [3] [4] [5]
2008	President	Obama 84% - 15%
2010	Governor	Brown 79% - 17%
	Lt. Governor	Newsom 72% - 18%
	Secretary of State	Bowen 77% - 15%
	Attorney General	Harris 72% - 21%
	Treasurer	Lockyer 79% - 15%
	Controller	Chiang 78% - 15%
2012	President	Obama 87% - 13%
2014	Governor	Brown 80% - 20%
2016	President	Clinton 84% - 11%
2018	Governor	Newsom 83% - 17%
	Attorney General	Becerra 85% - 15%
2020	President	Biden 81% - 17%
2022	Senate (Reg.)	Padilla 80% - 20%
	Governor	Newsom 78% - 22%
	Lt. Governor	Kounalakis 76% - 24%
	Secretary of State	Weber 79% - 21%
	Attorney General	Bonta 78% - 22%
	Treasurer	Ma 78% - 22%
	Controller	Cohen 76% - 24%
2024	President	Harris 73% - 24%
	Senate (Reg.)	Schiff 74% - 26%

Composition

FIPS County Code [6]	County	Seat	Population
37	Los Angeles	Los Angeles	9,663,345

Under the 2020 redistricting, California's 43rd congressional district is located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. This district includes Los Angeles International Airport; the cities of Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Gardena, Compton, northeast Torrance; the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts; and the census-designated places Lennox, Del Aire, Alondra Park, West Athens, Westmont, West Rancho Dominguez, Willowbrook, and East Rancho Dominguez.

This district, the 36th district, 37th district, 44th district, and the 42nd district are all entirely within Los Angeles County. The 43rd and 36th are partitioned by W Florence Ave, Arbor Vitae St, Westchester Parkway, La Tijera Blvd, W 91st St, Cum Laude Ave, W 92nd St, Waterview St, Napoleon St, Vista Del Mar, W Imperial Highway, Aviation Blvd, Del Aire Park, E Sl Segundo Blvd, S Aviation Blvd, Marine Ave, Inglewood Ave, Highway 91, Redondo Beach Blvd, Hawthorne Blvd, and Sepulveda Blvd.

The 43rd, 37th and 42nd are partitioned by E 91st St, McKinley Ave, E 88th Pl, Avalon Blvd, E Manchester Ave, S Normandie Ave, W 94th Pl, S Halldale Ave, W Century Blvd, La Salle Ave/S Denker Ave, W 104th St, S Western Ave, W 108th St, S Gramercy Pl, S Van Ness Ave, W 76th St, 8th Ave, W 79th St, S Victoria Ave, W 74th St, West Blvd, W 64th St, S La Brea Ave, 6231 S La Brea Ave-Flight Ave, W 64th St, 6404 S Springpark Ave-W Fairview Blvd, W Centinela Ave, Ave, S Central Ave, Firestone Blvd-E 90 St, S Central Ave, E 103rd St, Success Ave, E 92nd St, E 91st, Croesus Ave, and E 97th St.

The 43rd and the 44th are partitioned by Alameda St, E 103rd St, Mona Blvd, E 107th Pl, E 108th St, S Alameda St, Highway 105, Mona Blvd, Santa Fe Ave, E Stockton Ave, N Bullis Rd, Palm Ave/E Killen Pl, N Thorson Ave, McMillan St, Waldorf Dr/N Castlegate Ave, S Gibson Ave, Wright Rd, E Rosecrans Ave, Highway 710, Somerset Blvd, Myrrh St, Hunsake Ave, Alondra Blvd, E Greenleaf Blvd, Main Campus Dr, S Susana Rd, Highway 91, Highway 47, Calle Anita, 2605 Homestead Pl-266 W Apras St, 255 W Victoria St-18300 S Wilmington Ave, W Victoria St, Central Ave, Lincoln Memorial Park, 2600 W Billings St-2973 W Caldwell St, Malloy Ave/S Clymar Ave, W Alondra Blvd, S Figueroa St, W 182nd St, Electric St, and S Western Ave.

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

• Los Angeles – 3,820,914
• Torrance – 147,067
• Inglewood – 107,762
• Compton – 95,740
• Hawthorne – 88,083
• Gardena – 61,027
• Westmont – 33,913
• Lawndale – 31,807
• West Rancho Dominguez – 24,347
• Willowbrook – 24,295
• Lennox – 20,323
• East Rancho Dominguez – 15,114
• Del Aire – 10,338

2,500 – 10,000 people

• West Athens – 9,393
• Alondra Park – 8,569

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
District created January 3, 1973
Victor Veysey (Brawley)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Redistricted from the 38th district and re-elected in 1972. Retired.	1973–1975 Imperial, Riverside, Inland San Diego
Clair Burgener (Rancho Santa Fe)	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted from the 42nd district and re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired.	1975–1983 Imperial, Southwestern Riverside, San Diego
Ron Packard (Carlsbad)	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected as a write-in candidate in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 48th district .	1983–1993 Southern Orange, Northwestern San Diego
Ken Calvert (Corona)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 44th district .	1993–2003 Western Riverside.
Joe Baca (Rialto)	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 42nd district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 35th district and lost.	2003–2013 San Bernardino (Fontana, Ontario, San Bernardino)
Maxine Waters (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th 119th	Redistricted from the 35th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2013–2023 South Los Angeles (Hawthorne and Inglewood)
					2023–present South Los Angeles (Hawthorne and Inglewood)

Election results

1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014• 2016 • 2018 • 2020 • 2022

1972

1972 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Victor Veysey (Incumbent)	117,781	62.7
	Democratic	Ernest Z. Robles	70,129	37.3
Total votes			187,910	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

1974

1974 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clair Burgener (Incumbent)	114,102	60.4
	Democratic	Bill Bandes	74,905	39.6
Total votes			189,007	100.0
	Republican hold

1976

1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clair Burgener (Incumbent)	173,576	65.0
	Democratic	Pat Kelly	93,475	35.0
Total votes			267,051	100.0
	Republican hold

1978

1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clair Burgener (Incumbent)	167,150	68.7
	Democratic	Reuben B. Brooks	76,308	31.3
Total votes			243,458	100.0
	Republican hold

1980

1980 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clair Burgener (Incumbent)	298,815	86.6
	Democratic	Tom Metzger	46,361	13.4
Total votes			345,176	100.0
	Republican hold

1982

1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (write-in)	66,444	36.8
	Democratic	Roy Pat Archer	57,995	32.1
	Republican	Johnnie R. Crean	56,297	31.1
Total votes			180,736	100.0
	Republican hold

1984

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (Incumbent)	165,643	74.1
	Democratic	Lois E. Humphreys	50,996	22.8
	Libertarian	Phyllis Avery	6,878	3.1
Total votes			223,517	100.0
	Republican hold

1986

1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (Incumbent)	137,341	73.1
	Democratic	Joseph Chirra	45,078	24.0
	Libertarian	Phyllis Avery	5,370	2.9
Total votes			187,789	100.0
	Republican hold

1988

1988 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (Incumbent)	202,478	71.7
	Democratic	Howard Greenbaum	72,499	25.6
	Libertarian	Daniel L. Muhe	7,552	2.7
Total votes			282,529	100.0
	Republican hold

1990

1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (Incumbent)	151,206	68.1
	Peace and Freedom	Doug Hansen	40,212	18.1
	Libertarian	Richard L. "Rick" Arnold	30,720	13.8
Total votes			222,138	100.0
	Republican hold

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert	88,987	46.7
	Democratic	Mark A. Takano	88,468	46.4
	American Independent	Gary Odom	6,095	3.2
	Libertarian	Gene L. Berkman	4,989	2.6
	Independent	John Schwab (write-in)	2,100	1.1
Invalid or blank votes			13,210	6.5
Total votes			203,849	100.0
	Republican hold

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	84,500	54.7
	Democratic	Mark A. Takano	59,342	38.4
	Libertarian	Gene L. Berkman	9,636	6.3
	Independent	John Schwab (write-in)	767	0.5
	Independent	Velma Hickey (write-in)	141	0.1
Invalid or blank votes			6,421	4.0
Total votes			160,807	100.0
	Republican hold

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	97,247	54.7
	Democratic	Guy Kimbrough	67,422	37.9
	Natural Law	Annie Wallack	6,576	3.7
	Peace and Freedom	Kevin Akin	3,309	1.9
	Libertarian	Gene Berkman	3,086	1.7
	Independent	Colleen Cummings (write-in)	84	0.1
Invalid or blank votes			6,571	3.6
Total votes			184,295	100.0
	Republican hold

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	83,012	55.7
	Democratic	Mike Rayburn	56,373	37.8
	Green	Phill Courtney	5,508	3.7
	Natural Law	Annie Wallack	4,178	2.8
Invalid or blank votes			9,064	5.7
Total votes			158,135	100.0
	Republican hold

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	140,201	73.7
	Libertarian	Bill Reed	29,755	15.6
	Natural Law	Nat Adam	20,376	10.7
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.0
Total votes			190,332	100.0
	Republican hold

2002

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca (Incumbent)	45,374	66.4
	Republican	Wendy C. Neighbor	20,821	30.5
	Libertarian	Ethel M. Mohler	2,145	3.1
Invalid or blank votes			5,273	7.2
Total votes			73,613	100.0
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca (Incumbent)	86,830	66.4
	Republican	Ed Laning	44,004	33.6
	Independent	Barry J. Patts (write-in)	0	0.0
Total votes			130,834	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca (Incumbent)	52,791	64.5
	Republican	Scott Folkens	29,069	35.5
Total votes			81,860	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca (Incumbent)	108,259	69.1
	Republican	John Roberts	48,312	30.9
Total votes			156,571	100.0
Turnout				63.4
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca (Incumbent)	70,026	65.5
	Republican	Scott Folkens	36,890	34.5
Total votes			106,916	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	143,123	71.2
	Democratic	Bob Flores	57,771	28.8
Total votes			200,894	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	69,681	71.0
	Republican	John Wood, Jr.	28,521	29.0
Total votes			98,202	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	167,017	76.1
	Republican	Omar Navarro	52,499	23.9
Total votes			219,516	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (Incumbent)	152,272	77.7
	Republican	Omar Navarro	43,780	22.3
Total votes			196,052	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (incumbent)	199,210	71.7
	Republican	Joe E. Collins III	78,688	28.3
Total votes			277,898	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (incumbent)	95,462	77.3
	Republican	Omar Navarro	27,985	22.7
Total votes			123,447	100.0
	Democratic hold

2024

2024 United States House of Representatives elections in California

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (incumbent)	160,080	75.1
	Republican	Steve Williams	53,152	24.9
Total votes			213,232	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

From 2003 through 2013, the district consisted of many of San Bernardino's central suburbs, including San Bernardino, Ontario and Fontana. Due to redistricting after the 2010 United States census, the district has moved south west into South Los Angeles and now includes Hawthorne and Inglewood.

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• California's congressional districts

• United States portal
• California portal

References

1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
2. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
3. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::fc9d2d06-7c7f-451c-92cb-122127a79c29
4. "Complete Supplement to the Statement of Vote" (PDF). November 8, 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
5. Giroux, Greg (January 24, 2025). "Two California Democrats Chart Middle Course in Trump Districts". Bloomberg Government . Retrieved February 5, 2025.
6. "California FIPS Codes". National Weather Service. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
7. "1972 election results" (PDF).
8. "1974 election results" (PDF).
9. "1976 election results" (PDF).
10. "1978 election results" (PDF).
11. "1980 election results" (PDF).
12. "1982 election results" (PDF).
13. "1984 election results" (PDF).
14. "1986 election results" (PDF).
15. "1988 election results" (PDF).
16. "1990 election results" (PDF).
17. "1992 election results" (PDF).
18. "1994 election results" (PDF).
19. "1996 election results" (PDF).
20. "1998 election results" (PDF).
21. "2000 election results" (PDF).
22. 2002 election results
23. 2004 election results
24. 2006 election results
25. 2008 election results
26. 2010 election results
27. 2012 election results
28. 2014 election results
29. 2016 election results
30. 2018 election results

External links

• The new District 43— California's GovTrack.us: Map of current 43rd congressional district (Westside, Los Angeles County)
• California Voter Foundation map of former 43rd congressional district (San Bernardino County) — (pre-2013).
• RAND.org: California Election Returns for pre-2013 43rd congressional district (San Bernardino County)

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