California's 47th congressional district

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California's 47th congressional district
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California's 47th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Population (2023)754,022
Median household
income		$123,229 [1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+3 [2]

California's 47th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California.

Contents

Following the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district shifted to Orange County to contain Irvine, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, and Seal Beach. It is currently represented by Democrat Dave Min.

Competitiveness

The district, a Democratic-leaning swing district with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+3, includes the heavily Democratic city of Irvine, and Republican-leaning coastal cities such as Huntington Beach and Newport Beach.

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults [3] [4] [5] [6]
2008 President Obama 51% - 49%
2012 President Romney 54% - 46%
2016 President Clinton 51% - 43%
2018 Governor Newsom 52% - 48%
Attorney General Becerra 53% - 47%
2020 President Biden 54% - 43%
2022 Senate (Reg.) Padilla 51% - 49%
Governor Dahle 50.3% - 49.7%
Lt. Governor Kounalakis 50.3% - 49.7%
Secretary of State Bernosky 50.05% - 49.95%
Attorney General Hochman 51% - 49%
Treasurer Guerrero 52% - 48%
Controller Chen 55% - 45%
2024 President Harris 50% - 46%
Senate (Reg.) Garvey 50.2% - 49.8%

Composition

#CountySeatPopulation
59 Orange Santa Ana 3,135,755

As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 38th congressional district is located in Southern California. It covers the South Coast Metro area of Orange County.

Orange County is split between this district, the 45th district, the 46th district, the 40th district, and the 49th district. The 47th, 45th and 46th are partitioned by Highway 405, Old Ranch Parkway, Seal Beach Blvd, St Cloud Dr, Montecito Rd, Rossmoor Center Way, 12240 Seal Beach Blvd-Los Alamitos Army Airfield, Bolsa Chica Channel, Rancho Rd, Harold Pl, Springdale St, 6021 Anacapa Dr-Willow Ln, Edward St, Bolsa Ave, Goldenwest St, McFadden Ave, Union Pacific Railroad, 15241 Cascade Ln-15241 Cedarwood Ave, Highway 39, Edinger Ave, Newland St, Heil Ave, Magnolia St, Warner Ave, Garfield Ave, the Santa Ana River, MacArthur Blvd, Harbor Blvd, Sunflower Ave, Costa Mesa Freeway, E Alton Parkway, and Red Hill Ave.

The 47th, 40th and 49th are partitioned by Barranca Parkway, Jamboree Rd, Warner Ave, Harvard Ave, Myford Rd, Highway 5, Loma Ridge Nature Preserve, Bee Canyon Access Rd, Portola Parkway, Highway 133, Highway 241, Bake Parkway, San Diego Freeway, Ridge Route Dr, Moulton Parkway, Santa Maria Ave, Via Vista, Alta Vis, Santa Vittoria Dr, Avenida del Sol, Punta Alta, Galle Azul, Bahia Blanca W, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Highway S18, Aliso & Wood Canyons, Vista del Sol, Highway 1, Stonington Rd, Virginia Way, 7th Ave, and Laguna Beach.

The 47th district takes in the cities of Costa Mesa, Irvine, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and parts of Laguna Hills and Laguna Woods.

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyDatesCong
ress(es)		Electoral historyCounties
District created January 3, 1993
2003 Chris Cox p22.jpg
Christopher Cox
(Newport Beach) [7] 		Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2003		 103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th 		Redistricted from the 40th district and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the 48th district .		1993–2003
South-Central Orange
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Loretta Sanchez
(Anaheim) [7] 		Democratic January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2013		 108th
109th
110th
111th
112th 		Redistricted from the 46th 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 46th district .		2003–2013
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Central Orange (Anaheim, Garden Grove, Santa Ana)
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Alan Lowenthal
(Long Beach) [8] 		Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2023		 113th
114th
115th
116th
117th 		Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 42nd district and retired.		2013–2023
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Orange and Los Angeles (Long Beach)
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Katie Porter
(Irvine) [9] 		Democratic January 3, 2023 –
January 3, 2025		 118th Redistricted from the 45th district and re-elected in 2022.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.		2023–present:
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Coastal Orange (Irvine, Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, and Seal Beach)
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Dave Min
(Irvine)		 Democratic January 3, 2025 –
present		 119th Elected in 2024.

Election results

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris Cox (Incumbent) 165,004 64.9
Democratic John F. Anwiler76,92430.3
Peace and Freedom Maxine Bell Quirk12,2974.8
Independent Barry Charles (write-in)320.0
Total votes244,257 100.0
Republican hold

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris Cox (Incumbent) 154,071 71.7
Democratic Gary Kingsbury53,66925.0
Libertarian Victor A. Wagner, Jr.7,2573.3
Total votes214,997 100.0
Republican hold

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris Cox (Incumbent) 160,078 65.7
Democratic Tina Laine70,36228.9
Natural Law Iris Adam6,5732.8
Libertarian Victor Wagner6,5302.6
Total votes243,777 100.0
Republican hold

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris Cox (Incumbent) 132,711 67.6
Democratic Christina Avalos57,93829.5
Libertarian Victor A. Wagner, Jr.2,9911.5
Reform Raymond O. Mills1,3690.7
Natural Law Paul Fisher1,3070.7
Total votes196,316 100.0
Republican hold

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris Cox (Incumbent) 181,365 65.7
Democratic John Graham83,18630.1
Libertarian David F. Nolan8,0812.9
Natural Law Iris Adam3,7691.3
Total votes276,401 100.0
Republican hold

2002

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent) 42,501 60.6
Republican Jeff Chavez24,34634.7
Libertarian Paul Marsden2,9444.2
Independent Kenneth M. Valenzuela-Fisher (write-in)3820.5
Independent Michael J. Monge (write-in)50.0
Total votes70,178 100.0
Democratic hold

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent) 65,684 60.4
Republican Alexandria A. "Alex" Coronado43,09939.6
Total votes108,783 100.0
Democratic hold

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent) 47,134 62.4
Republican Tan D. Nguyen28,48537.6
Total votes75,619 100.0
Democratic hold

2008

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent) 85,878 69.5
Republican Rosemarie "Rosie" Avila31,43225.4
American Independent Robert Lauten6,2745.1
Total votes123,584 100.0
Democratic hold

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Loretta Sanchez (Incumbent) 50,832 53.0
Republican Van Tran 37,67939.3
Independent Cecilia Igleseis7,4437.7
Total votes95,954 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alan Lowenthal 130,093 56.6
Republican Gary DeLong 99,91943.4
Total votes230,012 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alan Lowenthal (Incumbent) 69,061 56.0
Republican Andy Whallon54,30944.0
Total votes123,370 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alan Lowenthal (Incumbent) 154,759 63.7
Republican Andy Whallon88,10936.3
Total votes242,868 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alan Lowenthal (Incumbent) 143,354 64.9
Republican John Briscoe77,68235.1
Total votes221,036 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alan Lowenthal (incumbent) 197,028 63.3
Republican John Briscoe114,37136.7
Total votes311,399 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Katie Porter (Incumbent) 137,374 51.7
Republican Scott Baugh 128,26148.3
Total votes265,635 100.0
Democratic hold

2024

2024 United States House of Representatives elections in California [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dave Min 181,721 51.4
Republican Scott Baugh 171,55448.6
Total votes353,275 100.0
Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

2003-13

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From 2003 through 2013, the district included many of Orange County's central suburbs, including Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana.

2013-23

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Due to redistricting after the 2010 United States census, the district moved west to parts of Los Angeles County and included Catalina and San Clemente islands. The district also retained parts of Orange County such as Garden Grove.

California's 47th congressional district was the scene of a congressional election (won by a deceased Democrat), and later a congressional special election (won by the Republican incumbent), featured in several episodes of the political drama The West Wing. Like the real district, the fictional one from the show is in Orange County. [27]

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References

  1. ↑ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  2. ↑ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  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. ↑ California 2022-11-08 results by district (@elium2) (Report).
  6. ↑ "Statement of Votes" (PDF). November 5, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 19, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774–2005" (PDF). govinfo.gov. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  8. ↑ Nominations clerk.house.gov
  9. ↑ Washington, U. S. Capitol Room H154; p:225-7000, DC 20515-6601. "Katie Porter (California (CA)), 118th Congress Profile". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved January 18, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ 1992 election results
  11. ↑ 1994 election results
  12. ↑ 1996 election results
  13. ↑ 1998 election results
  14. ↑ 2000 election results
  15. ↑ 2002 election results
  16. ↑ 2004 election results
  17. ↑ 2006 election results
  18. ↑ 2008 election results
  19. ↑ 2010 election results
  20. ↑ 2012 election results
  21. ↑ 2014 election results
  22. ↑ 2016 election results
  23. ↑ 2018 election results
  24. ↑ 2020 election results
  25. ↑ 2022 election results
  26. ↑ 2024 election results
  27. ↑ "Reel Life Blurs Reality in O.C." LA Times. January 19, 2003. Retrieved November 4, 2022.

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