California's 34th congressional district

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California's 34th congressional district
California's 34th congressional district (since 2023).svg
California's 34th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Population (2023)714,948
Median household
income		$62,008 [1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+32 [2]

California's 34th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. Located in Los Angeles County, the district is represented by Democrat Jimmy Gomez. Its previous U.S. representative, Democrat Xavier Becerra of Los Angeles, resigned January 24, 2017, to become attorney general of California. Representative Gomez won a special election on June 6, 2017, beating fellow Democrat Robert Lee Ahn to replace Becerra. [3] He was later sworn in as the district's U.S. representative on July 11, 2017. [4]

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The district is almost entirely within the City of Los Angeles and includes the following neighborhoods in Central, East, and Northeast Los Angeles: Boyle Heights, Chinatown, City Terrace, Cypress Park, Downtown Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, El Sereno, Garvanza, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Koreatown, Little Bangladesh, Little Tokyo, Lincoln Heights, Montecito Heights, Monterey Hills, Mount Washington, and Westlake.

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults [5] [6] [7] [8]
2008 President Obama 80% - 19%
2012 President Obama 86% - 14%
2016 President Clinton 84% - 10%
2018 Governor Newsom 85% - 15%
Attorney General Becerra 88% - 12%
2020 President Biden 81% - 17%
2022 Senate (Reg.) Padilla 83% - 17%
Governor Newsom 82% - 18%
Lt. Governor Kounalakis 81% - 19%
Secretary of State Weber 82% - 18%
Attorney General Bonta 81% - 19%
Treasurer Ma 80% - 20%
Controller Cohen 77% - 23%
2024 President Harris 73% - 22%
Senate (Reg.) Schiff 76% - 24%

Composition

#CountySeatPopulation
37 Los Angeles Los Angeles 9,663,345

As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 34th congressional district is located in Southern California. The district is almost entirely within the city of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles County is split between this district, the 28th district, the 30th district, the 37th district, the 38th district, and the 42nd district. The 34th and 28th are partitioned by Colorado Blvd, Lantana Dr, Church St, Adelaide Pl, Highway 110, N Huntingdon Dr, S Winchester Ave, Valley Blvd, Laguna Channel, Highway 710, l-10 Express Ln, Rollins Dr, Floral Dr, E Colonia, Belvedere Park, Highway 60, S Atlantic Blvd, and Pomona Blvd.

The 34th, 37th and 30th are partitioned by S Alameda St, E 7th St, Harbor Freeway, Highway 10, S Normandie Ave, W Pico Blvd, Crenshaw Blvd, Wilshire Blvd, S Van Ness Ave, S Wilton Pl, N Wilton Pl, Beverly Blvd, N Western Ave, Melrose Ave, Hollywood Freeway, Douglas St, Lilac Ter, N Boylston St, Academy Rd, Pasadena Freeway, Highway 5, Duvall St, Blake Ave, Fernleaf St, Crystal St, Blake Ave, Meadowvale Ave, Los Angeles, Benedict St, N Coolidge Ave, Glendale Freeway, Roswell St, Delay Dr, Fletcher Dr, Southern Pacific Railroad, S Glendale Ave, Vista Superba Dr, Verdugo Rd, Plumas St, Carr Park, Harvey Dr, and Eagle Rock Hilside Park.

The 34th, 38th and 42nd are partitioned by S Gerhart Ave, Simmons Ave, Dewar Ave, W Beverly Blvd, Repetto Ave, Allston St, S Concourse Ave, Ferguson Dr, Simmons Ave/S Gerhart Ave, Highway 72, Goodrich Blvd, Telegraph Rd, S Marianna Ave, Noakes St, S Bonnie Beach Pl, Union Pacific Ave, S Indiana St, Union Pacific Railroad, Holabird Ave, S Grande Vista Ave, AT & SF Railway, Harriet St, and E 25th St. The 34th district takes in the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, Naud Junction, El Sereno, Highland Park, Glassell Park, Mount Washington, Eagle Rock, Garvanza, Pico-Union, Harvard Heights, Koreatown, Westlake, Chinatown, Elysian Park, Montecito Heights, and Cypress Park, as well as the census-designated place East Los Angeles.

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress(es)		Electoral historyCounties
District created January 3, 1963
Richard T Hanna.png
Richard T. Hanna
(Anaheim)		 Democratic January 3, 1963 –
December 31, 1974		 88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd 		Elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Resigned.		1963–1969
Orange
1969–1973
Los Angeles, Orange
1973–1975
Los Angeles, Orange
VacantDecember 31, 1974 –
January 3, 1975		 93rd
Mark W. Hannaford.jpg
Mark W. Hannaford
(Lakewood)		 Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1979		 94th
95th 		Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Lost re-election.		1975–1983
Los Angeles, Northwestern Orange
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Dan Lungren
(Long Beach)		 Republican January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1983		 96th
97th
Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 42nd district .
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Esteban Torres
(La Puente)		 Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1999		 98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th 		Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Retired.		1983–1993
Los Angeles (Norwalk)
1993–2003
Los Angeles (Norwalk)
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Grace Napolitano
(Los Angeles)		 Democratic January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2003		 106th
107th 		Elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the 38th district .
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Lucille Roybal-Allard
(Los Angeles)		 Democratic January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2013		 108th
109th
110th
111th
112th 		Redistricted from the 33rd 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 40th district .		2003–2013
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Los Angeles (Downtown L.A., Downey)
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Xavier Becerra
(Los Angeles)		 Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 24, 2017		 113th
114th
115th 		Redistricted from the 31st district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Resigned to become California Attorney General.		2013–2023
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Los Angeles (Downtown L.A., Northeast)
VacantJanuary 24, 2017 –
July 11, 2017		 115th
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Jimmy Gomez
(Los Angeles)		 Democratic July 11, 2017 –
present		 115th
116th
117th
118th
119th 		Elected to finish Becerra's term.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
2023–present
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Los Angeles (Downtown L.A., Northeast, East Los Angeles)

Election results

1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2017 (special) • 2018 • 2020 • 2022

1962

1962 United States House of Representatives elections in California [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard T. Hanna 90,758 55.9
Republican Robert A. Geier71,47844.1
Total votes162,236 100.0
Democratic win (new seat)

1964

1964 United States House of Representatives elections in California [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) 137,588 58.3
Republican Robert A. Geier98,60641.7
Total votes236,194 100.0
Democratic hold

1966

1966 United States House of Representatives elections in California [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) 127,976 55.8
Republican Frank LaMagna101,41044.2
Total votes129,386 100.0
Democratic hold

1968

1968 United States House of Representatives elections in California [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) 105,880 50.9
Republican Bill J. Teague102,33349.1
Total votes208,213 100.0
Democratic hold

1970

1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) 101,664 54.5
Republican Bill J. Teague82,16744.0
American Independent Lee R. Rayburn2,8431.5
Total votes186,674 100.0
Democratic hold

1972

1972 United States House of Representatives elections in California [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) 113,841 67.2
Republican John D. Ratterree48,91628.9
American Independent Lee R. Rayburn6,6043.9
Total votes169,361 100.0
Democratic hold

1974

1974 United States House of Representatives elections in California [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mark W. Hannaford (Incumbent) 78,345 49.8
Republican Bill Bond72,96746.3
American Independent James Manis3,1692.0
Peace and Freedom John S. Donohue3,0431.9
Total votes157,524 100.0
Democratic hold

1976

1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mark W. Hannaford (Incumbent) 100,988 50.7
Republican Dan Lungren 98,14749.3
Total votes199,135 100.0
Democratic hold

1978

1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Lungren 90,554 53.7
Democratic Mark W. Hannaford (Incumbent)73,60843.7
American Independent Lawrence John Stafford4,4102.6
Total votes168,572 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

1980

1980 United States House of Representatives elections in California [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Lungren (Incumbent) 138,024 71.8
Democratic Simone46,35124.1
Peace and Freedom John S. Donohue7,7944.1
Total votes192,169 100.0
Republican hold

1982

1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Esteban Torres 68,316 57.2
Republican Paul R. Jackson51,02642.8
Total votes119,342 100.0
Democratic hold

1984

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Esteban Torres (Incumbent) 87,060 59.8
Republican Paul R. Jackson58,46740.2
Total votes145,527 100.0
Democratic hold

1986

1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Esteban Torres (Incumbent) 66,404 60.3
Republican Charles M. House43,65939.7
Total votes110,063 100.0
Democratic hold

1988

1988 United States House of Representatives elections in California [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Esteban Torres (Incumbent) 92,087 63.2
Republican Charles M. House50,95435.0
Libertarian Carl M. "Marty" Swinney2,6861.8
Total votes145,727 100.0
Democratic hold

1990

1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Esteban Torres (Incumbent) 55,646 60.7
Republican John C. Eastman 36,02439.3
Total votes91,670 100.0
Democratic hold

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Esteban Torres (Incumbent) 91,738 61.3
Republican J. Jay Hernandez50,90734.0
Libertarian Carl M. "Marty" Swinney7,0724.7
Independent M V Paul Worland (write-in)10.0
Total votes149,718 100.0
Democratic hold

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Esteban Torres (Incumbent) 72,439 61.7
Republican Albert J. Nunez40,06834.1
Libertarian Carl M. "Marty" Swinney4,9214.2
American Independent J. Scott (write-in)270.0
Total votes117,455 100.0
Democratic hold

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Esteban Torres (Incumbent) 94,730 68.5
Republican David Nunez36,85226.7
American Independent J. Scott4,1222.9
Libertarian David Argall2,7361.9
Total votes138,440 100.0
Democratic hold

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Grace Napolitano 76,471 67.6
Republican Ed Perez32,32128.6
Libertarian Jason Heath2,1952.0
American Independent Walter Scott2,0881.8
Total votes113,075 100.0
Democratic hold

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Grace Napolitano (Incumbent) 105,980 71.3
Republican Robert Arthur Canales33,44522.5
Natural Law Julia F. Simon9,2626.2
Republican John W. Brantuk (write-in)360.0
Total votes148,723 100.0
Democratic hold

2002

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent) 46,734 74.1
Republican Wayne Miller17,09025.9
Total votes63,824 100.0
Democratic hold

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent) 82,282 74.5
Republican Wayne Miller28,17525.5
Total votes110,457 100.0
Democratic hold

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent) 57,459 76.8
Republican Wayne Miller17,35923.2
Independent Naomi Crane (write-in)10.0
Total votes74,819 100.0
Democratic hold

2008

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent) 98,503 77.1
Republican Christopher Balding29,26622.9
Total votes127,769 100.0
Turnout 63.68
Democratic hold

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent) 69,382 77.2
Republican Wayne Miller20,45722.8
Total votes89,839 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Xavier Becerra (Incumbent) 120,367 85.6
Republican Stephen C. Smith20,22314.4
Total votes140,590 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Xavier Becerra (Incumbent) 44,697 72.5
Democratic Adrienne Nicole Edwards16,92427.5
Total votes61,621 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Xavier Becerra (Incumbent) 122,842 77.2
Democratic Adrienne Nicole Edwards36,31422.8
Total votes159,156 100.0
Democratic hold

2017 (Special)

2017 California's 34th congressional district special election [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jimmy Gomez 25,569 59.2
Democratic Robert Lee Ahn17,61040.8
Total votes43,179 100.0
Turnout  14.3
Democratic hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jimmy Gomez (Incumbent) 110,195 72.5
Green Kenneth Mejia 41,71127.5
Total votes151,906 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jimmy Gomez (incumbent) 108,792 53.0
Democratic David Kim96,55447.0
Total votes205,346 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jimmy Gomez (incumbent) 62,244 51.2
Democratic David Kim59,22348.8
Total votes121,467 100.0
Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

From 2003 through 2013, the district consisted of parts of downtown Los Angeles, including Downey, Bellflower and Maywood. Due to redistricting after the 2010 United States census, the district pivoted north east within Los Angeles County and still includes downtown Los Angeles and areas north east.

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References

  1. ↑ US Census
  2. ↑ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ My News LA
  4. ↑ "California politics updates: Rams football legend Rosey Grier ends his bid for governor". Los Angeles Times . August 5, 2017. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::fc9d2d06-7c7f-451c-92cb-122127a79c29
  6. ↑ "Complete Supplement to the Statement of Vote" (PDF). November 8, 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ California 2022-11-08 results by district (@elium2) (Report).
  8. ↑ "Statement of Votes Cast by District" (PDF). November 5, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  9. ↑ 1962 election results
  10. ↑ 1964 election results
  11. ↑ 1966 election results
  12. ↑ 1968 election results
  13. ↑ 1970 election results
  14. ↑ 1972 election results
  15. ↑ 1974 election results
  16. ↑ 1976 election results
  17. ↑ 1978 election results
  18. ↑ 1980 election results
  19. ↑ 1982 election results
  20. ↑ 1984 election results
  21. ↑ 1986 election results
  22. ↑ 1988 election results
  23. ↑ 1990 election results
  24. ↑ 1992 election results
  25. ↑ 1994 election results
  26. ↑ 1996 election results
  27. ↑ 1998 election results
  28. ↑ 2000 election results
  29. ↑ 2002 election results
  30. ↑ 2004 election results
  31. ↑ 2006 election results
  32. ↑ 2008 election results
  33. ↑ 2010 election results
  34. ↑ 2012 election results
  35. ↑ 2014 election results
  36. ↑ 2016 election results
  37. ↑ 2017 special election results
  38. ↑ 2018 election results

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