California's 21st congressional district | |
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Representative | |
Population (2023) | 749,912 |
Median household income | $63,382 [1] |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+9 [2] |
California's 21st congressional district (or CA-21) is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It is located in the San Joaquin Valley and includes parts of Fresno County and Tulare County. Cities in the district include the majority of Fresno, the north side of Visalia, and all of Sanger, Selma, Kingsburg, Parlier, Reedley, Orange Cove, Dinuba, Orosi, Cutler, Farmersville, Woodlake and Exeter. [3] The district is currently represented by Democrat Jim Costa.
According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 377,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 63% are Latino, while 26% are White. Immigrants make up 16% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $51,500, while 15% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 23% of those 25 and older have not earned a high school degree, while 12% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.
Year | Office | Results [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] |
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2008 | President | Obama 58% - 41% |
2012 | President | Obama 58% - 40% |
2016 | President | Clinton 58% - 36% |
2018 | Governor | Newsom 56% - 44% |
Attorney General | Becerra 59% - 41% | |
2020 | President | Biden 59% - 39% |
2022 | Senate (Reg.) | Padilla 53% - 47% |
Governor | Newsom 51% - 49% | |
Lt. Governor | Kounalakis 52% - 48% | |
Secretary of State | Weber 53% - 47% | |
Attorney General | Bonta 52% - 48% | |
Treasurer | Ma 52% - 48% | |
Controller | Chen 51% - 49% | |
2024 | President | Harris 51% - 47% |
Senate (Reg.) | Schiff 52% - 48% |
# | County | Seat | Population |
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19 | Fresno | Fresno | 1,017,162 |
107 | Tulare | Visalia | 479,468 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 38,419 | 96.6 | |
Republican | Arthur E. Isham (write-in) | 1,350 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 39,769 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 48,539 | 58.5 | |
Republican | Earl S. Webb | 34,409 | 41.5 | |
Total votes | 82,948 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 37,229 | 52.7 | |
Republican | Lowell E. Lathrop | 33,395 | 47.3 | |
Total votes | 70,624 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 61,383 | 55.2 | |
Republican | Lowell E. Lathrop | 47,411 | 42.6 | |
Progressive | Howard J. Louks | 2,422 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 111,216 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 62,994 | 57.4 | |
Republican | R. E. Reynolds | 46,693 | 42.6 | |
Total votes | 109,687 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand | 112,100 | 53.6 | ||
Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 97,007 | 46.4 | ||
Total votes | 209,107 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (Incumbent) | 100,258 | 58.7 | |
Democratic | William E. "Bill" Roskam | 70,486 | 41.3 | |
Total votes | 170,744 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (Incumbent) | 153,679 | 62.6 | |
Democratic | W. C. "Bill" Stethem | 91,683 | 37.4 | |
Total votes | 245,362 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (Incumbent) | 127,238 | 51.9 | |
Democratic | Mrs. Rudd Brown | 118,141 | 48.1 | |
Total votes | 245,379 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (Incumbent) | 179,376 | 58.4 | |
Democratic | Mrs. Rudd Brown | 127,591 | 41.6 | |
Total votes | 306,967 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins | 73,465 | 84.6 | ||
Republican | Herman Smith | 13,371 | 15.2 | ||
Total votes | 86,836 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 106,231 | 90.3 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 11,374 | 9.7 | |
Total votes | 117,605 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 74,216 | 84.8 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 13,294 | 15.2 | |
Total votes | 87,510 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 87,205 | 91.6 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 7,995 | 8.4 | |
Total votes | 95,200 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 75,127 | 94.5 | |
Republican | Southy M. Johnson | 4,349 | 5.5 | |
Total votes | 79,476 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) | 92,799 | 82.9 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 19,187 | 17.1 | |
Total votes | 111,986 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James C. Corman (Incumbent) | 86,778 | 73.5 | |
Republican | Mel Nadell | 31,365 | 26.5 | |
Total votes | 118,143 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James C. Corman (Incumbent) | 101,837 | 66.5 | |
Republican | Erwin Ed Hogan | 44,094 | 28.8 | |
Peace and Freedom | Bill Hill | 7,178 | 4.7 | |
Total votes | 153,109 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James C. Corman (Incumbent) | 73,869 | 59.5 | |
Republican | Rod Walsh | 44,519 | 35.9 | |
Peace and Freedom | Bill Hill | 5,750 | 4.6 | |
Total votes | 124,138 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bobbi Fiedler | 74,674 | 48.7 | |||
Democratic | James C. Corman (Incumbent) | 73,898 | 48.2 | |||
Libertarian | George J. Lehmann | 2,790 | 1.8 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Jan B. Tucker | 2,038 | 1.3 | |||
Total votes | 153,400 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bobbi Fiedler (Incumbent) | 138,474 | 71.8 | |
Democratic | George Henry Margolis | 46,412 | 24.1 | |
Libertarian | Daniel Wiener | 7,881 | 4.1 | |
Total votes | 192,767 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bobbi Fiedler (Incumbent) | 173,504 | 72.3 | |
Democratic | Charles "Charlie" Davis | 62,085 | 25.9 | |
Libertarian | Robert Townsend Leet | 4,379 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 239,968 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly | 132,090 | 68.4 | |
Democratic | Gilbert R. Saldana | 54,497 | 28.2 | |
Libertarian | Daniel Wiener | 6,504 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 193,091 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly (Incumbent) | 181,413 | 69.1 | |
Democratic | Donald E. Stevens | 75,739 | 28.8 | |
Libertarian | Robert Jay | 5,519 | 2.1 | |
Total votes | 262,671 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elton Gallegly (Incumbent) | 118,326 | 58.4 | |
Democratic | Richard D. Freiman | 68,921 | 34.0 | |
Libertarian | Peggy L. Christensen | 15,364 | 7.6 | |
Total votes | 202,611 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 127,758 | 65.2 | |
Democratic | Deborah A. Vollmer | 68,058 | 34.7 | |
Libertarian | Mike Hodges (write-in) | 149 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 195,965 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 116,874 | 68.10 | |
Democratic | John L. Evans | 47,517 | 27.69 | |
Libertarian | Mike Hodges | 6,899 | 4.02 | |
No party | Vollmer (write-in) | 339 | 0.20 | |
Total votes | 171,629 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 125,916 | 65.9 | |
Democratic | Deborah Vollmer | 50,694 | 26.5 | |
Reform | John Evans | 8,113 | 4.3 | |
Natural Law | Jane Bialosky | 3,380 | 1.8 | |
Libertarian | Mike Hodges | 3,049 | 1.5 | |
Republican | Karen Gentry (write-in) | 172 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 191,324 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 115,989 | 78.91 | |
Democratic | John Evans | 30,994 | 21.09 | |
Total votes | 146,983 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Thomas (Incumbent) | 142,539 | 71.6 | |
Democratic | Pedro "Pete" Martinez | 49,318 | 24.8 | |
Libertarian | James R.S. Manion | 7,243 | 3.6 | |
Total votes | 199,100 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes | 87,544 | 70.5 | ||
Democratic | David G. LaPere | 32,584 | 26.3 | ||
Libertarian | Jonathan Richter | 4,070 | 3.2 | ||
Total votes | 124,198 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 140,721 | 73.2 | |
Democratic | Fred B. Davis | 51,594 | 26.8 | |
Total votes | 192,315 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 95,214 | 66.8 | |
Democratic | Steven Haze | 42,718 | 29.9 | |
Green | John Roger Miller | 4,729 | 3.3 | |
Total votes | 142,661 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 143,498 | 68.4 | |
Democratic | Larry Johnson | 66,317 | 31.6 | |
Total votes | 209,815 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Devin Nunes (Incumbent) | 135,979 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 135,979 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Valadao | 67,164 | 57.8 | ||
Democratic | John Hernandez | 49,119 | 42.2 | ||
Total votes | 116,283 | 100.0 | |||
Republican win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Valadao (Incumbent) | 45,907 | 57.8 | |
Democratic | Amanda Renteria | 33,470 | 42.2 | |
Total votes | 79,377 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Valadao (Incumbent) | 75,126 | 56.7 | |
Democratic | Emilio Huerta | 57,282 | 43.3 | |
Total votes | 132,408 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | TJ Cox | 57,239 | 50.4 | |||
Republican | David Valadao (Incumbent) | 56,377 | 49.6 | |||
Total votes | 113,616 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Valadao | 85,928 | 50.45 | |||
Democratic | TJ Cox (Incumbent) | 84,406 | 49.55 | |||
Total votes | 170,334 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jim Costa (Incumbent) | 68,074 | 54.2 | |
Republican | Michael Maher | 57,573 | 45.8 | |
Total votes | 125,647 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
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