California's 4th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. The district is located in the northwestern part of the state, and includes all of Lake County and Napa County, most of Yolo County, and parts of Solano County and Sonoma County. Major cities in the district include Davis, Woodland, Napa, Vacaville, and most of Santa Rosa. The new 4th district is solidly Democratic, and is represented by Mike Thompson.[1]
California's 4th congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections) | |
Representative | |
Population (2022) | 765,203[1] |
Median household income | $87,319[2] |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+17[3] |
From 2013 to 2023, the district encompassed the Sierras from Truckee to the Sequoia National Forest, as well as a largely suburban area on the edge of the Sacramento Valley in southwestern Placer County. It consisted of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, and Tuolumne counties plus most of Placer County and portions of Fresno, Madera, and Nevada counties. The district was represented by Republican Tom McClintock.[4]
Competitiveness
In 2006, Republicans had 48 percent of voter registrations, Democrats had 30 percent, and Libertarians had roughly 5 percent.[5] A Democratic congressional candidate nearly won the district in 2008, losing by only half a percentage point and less than 1,600 votes, indicating that the district was much more competitive than it appeared to be.
New district boundaries for the 2012 elections shifted the population center to the south and east. Registered Democrats and Independents/Decline to State voters in the new district area outnumber registered Republicans by 12%. However, Republicans, Independents/Decline to State, and small third parties outnumber Democrats well over a 2 to 1 ratio. There were 183,800 Republicans, 117,300 Democrats, and 97,200 others.[6] In presidential elections, Donald Trump won the district in 2016 with 54% of the vote and won in 2020 with 53.7% of the vote. In the 2018 and 2020 elections, the Republican candidate won over 53% of the vote.[7]
In the 2020 redistricting, the district was shifted again to the San Francisco Bay Area. It includes all of Lake County and Napa County, most of Yolo County, and parts of Solano County and Sonoma County. Major cities in the district include Davis, Woodland, Napa, Vacaville, and most of Santa Rosa. The new 4th district is solidly Democratic, and is represented by Mike Thompson.[1] The Solano County portion including Vacaville and Dixon have consistently been more conservative as evidenced by the 2022 midterms, voters in Congressional District 4 favored the Republican candidate 50.3% to 49.7%.[8]
Recent voting history
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
1992 | President | Bush (R) 40.7 - 33.9% |
Senator | Herschensohn (R) 50.0 - 39.7% | |
Senator | Feinstein (D) 46.0 - 45.2% | |
1994 | Governor | Wilson (R) 66.4 - 29.0% |
Senator | ||
1996 | President | Dole (R) 51.3 - 37.8% |
1998 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
2000 | President[9] | Bush (R) 58.1 - 36.9% |
Senator[10] | Campbell (R) 51.1 - 41.8% | |
2002 | Governor[11] | Simon (R) 58.5 - 30.6% |
2003 | Recall[12][13] | ![]() |
Schwarzenegger (R) 60.6 - 17.6% | ||
2004 | President[14] | Bush (R) 61.3 - 37.4% |
Senator[15] | Jones (R) 55.6 - 40.1% | |
2006 | Governor[16] | Schwarzenegger (R) 72.2 - 22.8% |
Senator[17] | Mountjoy (R) 50.2 - 44.3% | |
2008 | President[18] | McCain (R) 54.0 - 43.8% |
2010 | Governor[19] | Whitman (R) 55.3 - 39.3% |
Senator[20] | Fiorina (R) 59.5 - 33.7% | |
2012 | President | Romney (R) 57.9 - 39.5% |
Senator | Emken (R) 58.5 - 41.5% | |
2014 | Governor | Kashkari (R) 55.1 - 44.9% |
2016 | President | Trump (R) 54.0 - 39.3% |
Senator | Harris (D) 63.3 - 36.7% | |
2018 | Governor | Cox (R) 59.5 - 40.5% |
Senator | de Leon (D) 54.7 - 45.3% | |
2020 | President | Trump (R) 53.7 - 43.9% |
2021 | Recall[21] | ![]() |
2022 | Governor[22] | Newsom (D) 63.3 - 36.7% |
Senator | Padilla (D) 65.7 - 34.3% |
Composition
# | County | Seat | Population |
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33 | Lake | Lakeport | 68,766 |
55 | Napa | Napa | 136,207 |
113 | Yolo | Woodland | 216,986 |
As of 2023, California's 4th congressional district encompasses Lake, Napa, and Yolo Counties, and parts of Sonoma and Solano Counties.
Sonoma County is split between this district and the 2nd district. They are partitioned by Petaluma River, Highway 116, Redwood Highway, Robber Rd, Petersen Rd, Llano Rd, S Wright Rd, W College Ave, Jennings Ave, Administration Dr, Bicentennial Way, Cleveland Ave, Old Redwood Highway, Cross Creek Rd, Sonoma Highway, and Sonoma Creek. The 4th district takes in the cities of Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, and Cotati, the town of Windsor, and the census-designated places of Boyes Hot Spring, Roseland, El Verano, Penngrove.
Solano County is split between this district and the 8th district. They are partitioned by Soda Springs Rd, Union Pacific, Alamo Dr, Leisure Town Rd, Hawkins Rd, Bay Area Exxextric, Shilo Rd, Collinsville Rd, and Montezuma Slough. The 4th district takes in the city of Vacaville, Dixon, Rio Vista, and the census-designated place of Hartley.
Cities & CDP with 10,000 or more people
- Vacaville - 102,386
- Napa - 77,480
- Davis - 66,850
- Woodland - 55,229
- West Sacramento - 53,519
- American Canyon - 21,837
- Dixon - 18,974
- Clearlake - 15,134
2,500-10,000 people
- University of California, Davis - 6,805
- Hidden Valley Lake - 6,243
- Winters - 6,616
- St. Helena - 5,939
- Calistoga - 5,266
- Lakeport - 4,799
- North Lakeport - 3,514
- Angwin - 3,179
- Yountville - 2,984
- Kelseyville - 2,923
- Clearlake Riviera - 2,850
- Esparto - 2,877
List of members representing the district
Election results for representatives
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1872
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sherman Otis Houghton (Incumbent) | 10,391 | 53.5 | |
Democratic | Edward J. Kewen | 9,012 | 46.5 | |
Total votes | 19,403 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1874
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Peter D. Wigginton | 15,649 | 48.8 | |||
Republican | Sherman Otis Houghton (Incumbent) | 11,090 | 34.6 | |||
Independent | J. S. Thompson | 5,343 | 16.7 | |||
Total votes | 32,082 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1876
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Romualdo Pacheco | 19,104 | 50.0 | |||
Democratic | Peter D. Wigginton (Incumbent) | 19,103 | 50.0 | |||
Total votes | 38,207 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1878
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Romualdo Pacheco | 15,391 | 40.5 | |
Democratic | Wallace A. Leach | 12,109 | 31.8 | |
Workingman's | James J. Ayres [23] | 10,527 | 27.7 | |
Total votes | 38,027 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1880
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Romualdo Pacheco (Incumbent) | 17,768 | 45.8 | |
Democratic | Wallace A. Leach | 17,577 | 45.3 | |
Greenback | J. F. Godfrey | 3,435 | 8.9 | |
Total votes | 38,780 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1882
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Pleasant B. Tully | 23,105 | 54.4 | |||
Republican | George Lemuel Woods | 18,387 | 43.3 | |||
Populist | M. V. Wright | 650 | 1.5 | |||
Prohibition | Isaac Kinley | 355 | 0.8 | |||
Total votes | 42,497 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1884
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William W. Morrow | 15,083 | 58.8 | |||
Democratic | R. P. Hastings | 10,422 | 40.6 | |||
Populist | H. S. Fitch | 123 | 0.5 | |||
Prohibition | George Babcock | 15 | 0.1 | |||
Total votes | 25,643 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1886
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William W. Morrow (Incumbent) | 11,413 | 48.6 | |
Democratic | Frank McCoppin | 9,854 | 42.0 | |
Independent | Charles Allen Sumner | 2,104 | 9.0 | |
Prohibition | Robert Thompson | 84 | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 23,455 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1888
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William W. Morrow (Incumbent) | 14,217 | 50.8 | |
Democratic | Robert Ferral | 13,624 | 48.6 | |
Socialist | Frank M. Pixley | 173 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 28,014 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1890
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Tyler Cutting | 13,196 | 49.2 | |
Democratic | Robert Ferral | 12,091 | 45.1 | |
Socialist | Thomas V. Cator | 1,492 | 5.6 | |
Prohibition | Joseph Rowell | 50 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 26,829 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1892
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James G. Maguire | 14,997 | 49.2 | |||
Republican | Charles O. Alexander | 13,226 | 43.4 | |||
Populist | Edgar P. Burman | 1,980 | 6.5 | |||
Prohibition | Henry Collins | 296 | 1.0 | |||
Total votes | 30,499 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1894
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James G. Maguire (Incumbent) | 14,748 | 48.3 | |
Republican | Thomas B. Shannon | 9,785 | 32.0 | |
Populist | B. K. Collier | 5,627 | 18.4 | |
Prohibition | Joseph Rowell | 388 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 30,548 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1896
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James G. Maguire (Incumbent) | 19,074 | 61.0 | |
Republican | Thomas B. O'Brien | 10,940 | 35.0 | |
Socialist Labor | E. T. Kingsley | 968 | 3.0 | |
Prohibition | Joseph Rowell | 299 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 31,281 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1898
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius Kahn | 13,695 | 50.0 | |||
Democratic | James H. Barry | 12,084 | 44.1 | |||
Socialist Labor | W. J. Martin | 1,006 | 3.7 | |||
Independent | Joseph P. Kelly | 594 | 2.2 | |||
Total votes | 27,379 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1900
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius Kahn (Incumbent) | 17,111 | 55.2 | |
Democratic | R. Porter Ashe | 11,742 | 37.8 | |
Independent | C. C. O'Donnell | 1,116 | 3.6 | |
Socialist | G. B. Benham | 969 | 3.1 | |
Prohibition | Joseph Rowell | 84 | 0.3 | |
Total votes | 31,022 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1902
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edward J. Livernash | 16,146 | 49.2 | |||
Republican | Julius Kahn (Incumbent) | 16,005 | 48.7 | |||
Socialist | William Costley | 616 | 1.9 | |||
Prohibition | Joseph Rowell | 69 | 0.2 | |||
Total votes | 16,836 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1904
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius Kahn | 20,012 | 57.0 | |||
Democratic | Edward J. Livernash (Incumbent) | 12,812 | 36.4 | |||
Socialist | William Costley | 2,267 | 6.4 | |||
Total votes | 35,091 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1906
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius Kahn (Incumbent) | 5,678 | 62.4 | |
Democratic | David S. Hirshberg | 3,016 | 33.2 | |
Socialist | Oliver Everett | 399 | 4.4 | |
Total votes | 9,093 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1908
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius Kahn (Incumbent) | 9,202 | 52.7 | |
Democratic | James G. Maguire | 7,497 | 42.9 | |
Socialist | K. J. Doyle | 699 | 4.0 | |
Prohibition | William N. Meserve | 60 | 0.3 | |
Total votes | 17,458 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1910
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius Kahn (Incumbent) | 10,188 | 56.5 | |
Democratic | Walter MacArthur | 6,636 | 36.8 | |
Socialist | Austin Lewis | 1,178 | 6.5 | |
Prohibition | E. F. Dinsmore | 35 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 18,037 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1912
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius Kahn (Incumbent) | 25,515 | 56.1 | |
Democratic | Bert Schlesinger | 14,884 | 32.7 | |
Socialist | Norman W. Pendleton | 5,090 | 11.2 | |
Total votes | 45,489 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1914
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius Kahn (Incumbent) | 41,044 | 69.1 | |
Democratic | Henry Colombat | 13,550 | 22.8 | |
Socialist | Allen K. Gifford | 3,928 | 6.6 | |
Prohibition | J. C. Westenberg | 895 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 59,417 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1916
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius Kahn (Incumbent) | 51,968 | 77.2 | |
Democratic | J. M. Fernald | 10,579 | 15.7 | |
Socialist | Allen K. Gifford | 3,775 | 5.6 | |
Prohibition | Henry W. Hutchinson | 981 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 67,303 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1918
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius Kahn (Incumbent) | 38,278 | 86.6 | |
Socialist | Hugo Ernst | 5,913 | 13.4 | |
Total votes | 43,191 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1920
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius Kahn (Incumbent) | 50,841 | 84.6 | |
Socialist | Hugo Ernst | 9,289 | 15.4 | |
Total votes | 60,130 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1922
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius Kahn (Incumbent) | 46,527 | 83 | |
Socialist | Hugo Ernst | 9,547 | 17 | |
Total votes | 56,074 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1924
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius Kahn (Incumbent) | 44,048 | 81 | |
Socialist | William McDevitt | 10,360 | 19 | |
Total votes | 54,408 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1926
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Florence Prag Kahn (Incumbent) | 37,353 | 63.4 | |
Democratic | Chauncey F. Tramutulo | 18,210 | 32.5 | |
Socialist | Harry W. Hutton | 2,960 | 5.1 | |
Total votes | 58,523 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1928
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Florence Prag Kahn (Incumbent) | 50,206 | 76 | |
Independent | Harry W. Hutton | 16,838 | 24 | |
Total votes | 67,044 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1930
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Florence Prag Kahn (Incumbent) | 47,397 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1932
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Florence Prag Kahn (Incumbent) | 67,425 | 85.3 | |
Socialist | Milen C. Dempster | 11,603 | 14.7 | |
Total votes | 79,028 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1934
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Florence Prag Kahn (Incumbent) | 50,491 | 48.0 | |
Democratic | Chauncey Tramutolo | 46,871 | 44.5 | |
Progressive | Raymond A. Burr | 3,636 | 3.5 | |
Socialist | Samuel S. White | 2,414 | 2.3 | |
Communist | Minnie Carson | 1,810 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 105,222 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1936
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Franck R. Havenner | 64,063 | 58.5 | |||
Republican | Florence Prag Kahn (Incumbent) | 43,805 | 40.0 | |||
Communist | Anita Whitney | 1,711 | 1.5 | |||
Total votes | 109,579 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Progressive gain from Republican |
1938
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (Incumbent) | 64,452 | 61.2 | |
Republican | Kennett B. Dawson | 40,842 | 38.8 | |
Total votes | 105,294 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1940
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Thomas Rolph | 75,369 | 54.6 | |||
Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (Incumbent) | 61,341 | 44.4 | |||
Communist | Archie Brown | 1,322 | 1.0 | |||
Total votes | 138,032 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1942
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Thomas Rolph (Incumbent) | 62,735 | 98.3 | |
Communist | Archie Brown (write-in) | 1,116 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 63,851 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1944
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Franck R. Havenner | 73,582 | 50.1 | |||
Republican | Thomas Rolph (Incumbent) | 73,367 | 49.9 | |||
Total votes | 146,949 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1946
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (Incumbent) | 60,655 | 52.9 | |
Republican | Truman R. Young | 54,113 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 114,768 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1948
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (Incumbent) | 73,704 | 51.0 | |
Republican | William S. Mailliard | 68,875 | 47.7 | |
Progressive | Francis J. McTernan Jr. | 1,949 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 144,528 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1950
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (Incumbent) | 83,078 | 67.2 | |
Republican | Raymond D. Smith | 40,569 | 32.8 | |
Total votes | 123,647 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William S. Mailliard | 102,359 | 55 | |||
Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (Incumbent) | 83,748 | 45 | |||
Total votes | 186,107 | 100 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William S. Mailliard (Incumbent) | 88,439 | 61.2 | |
Democratic | Philip A. O'Rourke | 52,980 | 36.7 | |
Progressive | George R. Andersen | 2,987 | 2.1 | |
Total votes | 144,406 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1956
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William S. Mailliard (Incumbent) | 109,188 | 61.9 | |
Democratic | James L. Quigley | 67,132 | 38.1 | |
Total votes | 176,320 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William S. Mailliard (Incumbent) | 98,574 | 63.9 | |
Democratic | George D. Collins Jr. | 65,798 | 36.1 | |
Total votes | 164,372 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1960
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William S. Mailliard (Incumbent) | 118,249 | 65.3 | |
Democratic | Phillips S. Davies | 62,814 | 34.7 | |
Total votes | 181,063 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert L. Leggett | 55,563 | 56.5 | ||
Republican | L. V. Honsinger | 42,762 | 43.5 | ||
Total votes | 98,325 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (Incumbent) | 84,949 | 71.9 | |
Republican | Ivan Norris | 33,160 | 28.1 | |
Total votes | 118,109 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (Incumbent) | 67,942 | 60 | |
Republican | Tom McHatton | 46,337 | 40 | |
Total votes | 114,279 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (Incumbent) | 88,067 | 55.5 | |
Republican | James Shumway | 65,942 | 41.6 | |
American Independent | Gene Clark | 4,545 | 2.9 | |
Total votes | 158,554 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (Incumbent) | 103,485 | 68 | |
Republican | Andrew Gyorke | 48,783 | 32 | |
Total votes | 152,268 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (Incumbent) | 114,673 | 67.4 | |
Republican | Benjamin Chang | 55,367 | 32.6 | |
Total votes | 170,040 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (Incumbent) | 100,934 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (Incumbent) | 75,844 | 50.2 | |
Republican | Rex Hime | 75,193 | 49.8 | |
Total votes | 151,037 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Vic Fazio | 87,764 | 55.4 | |
Republican | Rex Hime | 70,733 | 44.6 | |
Total votes | 158,497 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Vic Fazio (Incumbent) | 133,853 | 65.3 | |
Republican | Albert Dehr | 60,935 | 29.7 | |
Libertarian | Robert J. Burnside | 10,267 | 5.0 | |
Total votes | 205,055 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Vic Fazio (Incumbent) | 118,476 | 63.9 | |
Republican | Roger B. Canfield | 67,047 | 36.1 | |
Total votes | 185,523 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Vic Fazio (Incumbent) | 130,109 | 61.4 | |
Republican | Roger B. Canfield | 77,773 | 36.7 | |
Libertarian | Roger Conant Pope | 4,039 | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 211,921 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Vic Fazio (Incumbent) | 128,364 | 70.2 | |
Republican | Jack D. Hite | 54,596 | 29.8 | |
Total votes | 182,960 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Vic Fazio (Incumbent) | 181,184 | 100.0 | |
No party | Write-ins | 1,306 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Vic Fazio (Incumbent) | 115,090 | 54.7 | |
Republican | Mark R. Baughman | 82,738 | 39.3 | |
Libertarian | Bryce Bigwood | 12,626 | 6.0 | |
Total votes | 210,454 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Doolittle (Incumbent) | 141,155 | 49.8 | |
Democratic | Patricia Malberg | 129,489 | 45.7 | |
Libertarian | Patrick Lee McHargue | 12,705 | 4.5 | |
No party | Brooksher (write-in) | 16 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 283,265 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Doolittle (Incumbent) | 144,936 | 61.33 | |
Democratic | Katie Hirning | 82,505 | 34.91 | |
Libertarian | Damon C. Falconi | 8,882 | 3.76 | |
Total votes | 236,323 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Doolittle (Incumbent) | 164,048 | 60.5 | |
Democratic | Katie Hirning | 97,948 | 36.1 | |
Libertarian | Patrick McHargue | 9,319 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 271,315 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Doolittle (Incumbent) | 155,306 | 62.57 | |
Democratic | David Shapiro | 85,394 | 34.40 | |
Libertarian | Dan Winterrowd | 7,524 | 3.03 | |
Total votes | 248,224 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Doolittle (Incumbent) | 197,503 | 63.5 | |
Democratic | Mark A. Norberg | 97,974 | 31.5 | |
Libertarian | William Fritz Frey | 9,494 | 3.0 | |
Natural Law | Robert E. Ray | 6,452 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | 311,423 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Doolittle (Incumbent) | 139,280 | 64.9 | |
Democratic | Mark A. Norberg | 68,755 | 32.0 | |
Libertarian | Allen M. Roberts | 6,834 | 3.1 | |
Total votes | 214,869 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Doolittle (Incumbent) | 221,926 | 65.4 | |
Democratic | David I. Winters | 117,443 | 34.6 | |
Total votes | 339,369 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Doolittle (Incumbent) | 135,818 | 49.1 | |
Democratic | Charlie Brown | 126,999 | 45.9 | |
Libertarian | Dan Warren | 14,076 | 5.0 | |
Total votes | 213,984 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom McClintock | 184,543 | 50.3 | |
Democratic | Charlie Brown | 182,967 | 49.7 | |
Total votes | 367,510 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom McClintock | 186,392 | 61% | |
Democratic | Clint Curtis | 95,653 | 31% | |
Green | Benjamin Emery | 22,179 | 8% | |
Total votes | 304,224 | 100% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom McClintock (Incumbent) | 197,803 | 61.1% | |
Democratic | Jack Uppal | 125,885 | 38.9% | |
Total votes | 323,688 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom McClintock (Incumbent) | 126,784 | 60.0% | |
Republican | Arthur "Art" Moore | 84,350 | 40.0% | |
Total votes | 211,134 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom McClintock (Incumbent) | 220,133 | 62.7% | |
Democratic | Robert W. Derlet | 130,845 | 37.3% | |
Total votes | 350,978 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom McClintock | 184,401 | 54.1% | |
Democratic | Jessica Morse | 156,253 | 45.9% | |
Total votes | 340,654 | 100% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
In 2018, six Democratic candidates filed statements of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).[72] They were, in alphabetical order by last name: Regina Bateson; Roza Calderon; Richard Martin; Robert Lawton; Jessica Morse; and Rochelle Wilcox. Martin and Wilcox[73] dropped out of the race, with Wilcox[74] endorsing Morse in February.
Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Charlie Brown, who was the Democratic nominee for this seat in 2006 and 2008, was "seriously considering" running in 2018,[75] but decided in June 2017 against a third campaign. In January 2018, Brown endorsed Morse for the nomination.[76] Bob Derlet,[77] the Democratic nominee in 2016, also endorsed Morse in January.
On the Republican side, McClintock had one challenger, Mitchell Kendrick White, who filed with the FEC in January.[78]
In February, the California Democratic Party (CDP) endorsed[79] Jessica Morse in a contested nomination. Roza Calderon was able to successfully collect 322 CDP-credentialed delegate signatures needed to block the endorsement, in which Morse only received 44 delegate votes. However, CDP staff refused to accept the forms after it was alleged they closed doors early to prevent the submission. A petition was later filed with the Compliance Review Commission (CRC)[80] by Calderon. The CRC voted to accept and count the signatures, ultimately disqualifying enough signatures to proceed with Morse's endorsement.
California allows candidates to include their professional description under their names on the ballot. Regina Bateson challenged Morse's ballot designation title of "National Security Fellow" at the Sacramento Superior Court after months of controversy that Morse, who had not worked in three years, was "fluffing" her credentials.[81] California's Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, struck down Morse's three ballot designations before Judge Gevercer ruled[82] that she presented "no credible evidence" to use the ballot designation of "National Security Fellow". Instead, he held that this title would mislead the average person about her recent activities. In the official Certified Candidate List for the primary election,[83] Morse's ballot designation was left blank.
Under the California nonpartisan blanket ("jungle") primary system, only the two candidates with the most votes on June 5, regardless of party, went on to the general election on November 6. Two Republicans and four Democrats appeared on the primary ballot.[79] Morse finished second, qualifying for the general election ballot, along with McClintock.
For the November ballot, Morse was also denied "National Security" as her designation.[84] In the November general election, McClintock held the district with an advantage of more than eight percentage points.[85]
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom McClintock (incumbent) | 247,291 | 55.9 | |
Democratic | Brynne S. Kennedy | 194,731 | 44.1 | |
Total votes | 442,022 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mike Thompson (incumbent) | 176,900 | 67.8 | |
Republican | Matt Brock | 84,007 | 32.2 | |
Total votes | 260,907 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also
References
External links
- GovTrack.us: California's 4th congressional district
- California Citizens Redistricting Commission: wedrawthelines.ca.gov 2012 final district maps