California's 34th congressional district
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.[4] He was later sworn in as the district's U.S. Representative on July 11, 2017.[5]
California's 34th congressional district | |||
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California's 34th congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Population (2019) | 730,042 | ||
Median household income | $52,043[1] | ||
Ethnicity | |||
Cook PVI | D+35[3] |
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.
Competitiveness
In statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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1990 | Governor[6] | Wilson 47.0% - 46.9% |
1992 | President[7] | Clinton 50.9% - 31.1% |
Senator[8] | Boxer 47.0% - 42.1% | |
Senator (Special)[9] | Feinstein 56.1% - 34.2% | |
1994 | Governor[10] | Brown 52.0% - 43.8% |
Senator[11] | Feinstein 48.8% - 40.0% | |
1996 | President[12] | Clinton 63.5% - 27.2% |
1998 | Governor[13] | Davis 69.6% - 27.7% |
Senator[14] | Boxer 63.5% – 32.7% | |
2000 | President[15] | Gore 67.3% - 29.5% |
Senator[16] | Feinstein 68.9% - 24.2% | |
2002 | Governor[17] | Davis 63.4% - 27.3% |
2003 | Recall[18][19] | 57.2% - 42.8% |
Bustamante 52.6% - 33.4% | ||
2004 | President[20] | Kerry 68.8% - 29.8% |
Senator[21] | Boxer 73.7% - 21.1% | |
2006 | Governor[22] | Angelides 62.6% - 32.4% |
Senator[23] | Feinstein 73.7% - 20.7% | |
2008 | President[24] | Obama 74.7% - 23.1% |
2010 | Governor[25] | Brown 71.5% - 23.0% |
Senator[26] | Boxer 71.2% - 22.7% | |
2012 | President[27] | Obama 83.0% - 14.1% |
Senator[28] | Feinstein 84.6% - 15.4% | |
2014 | Governor[29] | Brown 83.7% – 16.3% |
2016 | President[30] | Clinton 83.6% - 10.7% |
Senator[31] | Harris 55.4% - 44.6% | |
2018 | Governor[32] | Newsom 84.5% – 14.5% |
Senator[33] | Feinstein 52.0% – 48.0% | |
2020 | President[34] | Biden 80.8% - 16.9% |
List of members representing the district
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 |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Richard T. Hanna | 90,758 | 55.9 | ||
Republican | Robert A. Geier | 71,478 | 44.1 | ||
Total votes | 162,236 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) | 137,588 | 58.3 | |
Republican | Robert A. Geier | 98,606 | 41.7 | |
Total votes | 236,194 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) | 127,976 | 55.8 | |
Republican | Frank LaMagna | 101,410 | 44.2 | |
Total votes | 129,386 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) | 105,880 | 50.9 | |
Republican | Bill J. Teague | 102,333 | 49.1 | |
Total votes | 208,213 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) | 101,664 | 54.5 | |
Republican | Bill J. Teague | 82,167 | 44.0 | |
American Independent | Lee R. Rayburn | 2,843 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 186,674 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) | 113,841 | 67.2 | |
Republican | John D. Ratterree | 48,916 | 28.9 | |
American Independent | Lee R. Rayburn | 6,604 | 3.9 | |
Total votes | 169,361 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mark W. Hannaford (Incumbent) | 78,345 | 49.8 | |
Republican | Bill Bond | 72,967 | 46.3 | |
American Independent | James Manis | 3,169 | 2.0 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 3,043 | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 157,524 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mark W. Hannaford (Incumbent) | 100,988 | 50.7 | |
Republican | Dan Lungren | 98,147 | 49.3 | |
Total votes | 199,135 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Dan Lungren | 90,554 | 53.7 | |||
Democratic | Mark W. Hannaford (Incumbent) | 73,608 | 43.7 | |||
American Independent | Lawrence John Stafford | 4,410 | 2.6 | |||
Total votes | 168,572 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Lungren (Incumbent) | 138,024 | 71.8 | |
Democratic | Simone | 46,351 | 24.1 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 7,794 | 4.1 | |
Total votes | 192,169 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Esteban Torres | 68,316 | 57.2 | |
Republican | Paul R. Jackson | 51,026 | 42.8 | |
Total votes | 119,342 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Esteban Torres (Incumbent) | 87,060 | 59.8 | |
Republican | Paul R. Jackson | 58,467 | 40.2 | |
Total votes | 145,527 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Esteban Torres (Incumbent) | 66,404 | 60.3 | |
Republican | Charles M. House | 43,659 | 39.7 | |
Total votes | 110,063 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Esteban Torres (Incumbent) | 92,087 | 63.2 | |
Republican | Charles M. House | 50,954 | 35.0 | |
Libertarian | Carl M. "Marty" Swinney | 2,686 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 145,727 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Esteban Torres (Incumbent) | 55,646 | 60.7 | |
Republican | John C. Eastman | 36,024 | 39.3 | |
Total votes | 91,670 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Esteban Torres (Incumbent) | 91,738 | 61.3 | |
Republican | J. Jay Hernandez | 50,907 | 34.0 | |
Libertarian | Carl M. "Marty" Swinney | 7,072 | 4.7 | |
Independent | M V Paul Worland (write-in) | 1 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 149,718 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Esteban Torres (Incumbent) | 72,439 | 61.7 | |
Republican | Albert J. Nunez | 40,068 | 34.1 | |
Libertarian | Carl M. "Marty" Swinney | 4,921 | 4.2 | |
American Independent | J. Scott (write-in) | 27 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 117,455 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Esteban Torres (Incumbent) | 94,730 | 68.5 | |
Republican | David Nunez | 36,852 | 26.7 | |
American Independent | J. Scott | 4,122 | 2.9 | |
Libertarian | David Argall | 2,736 | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 138,440 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Grace Napolitano | 76,471 | 67.6 | |
Republican | Ed Perez | 32,321 | 28.6 | |
Libertarian | Jason Heath | 2,195 | 2.0 | |
American Independent | Walter Scott | 2,088 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 113,075 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Grace Napolitano (Incumbent) | 105,980 | 71.3 | |
Republican | Robert Arthur Canales | 33,445 | 22.5 | |
Natural Law | Julia F. Simon | 9,262 | 6.2 | |
Republican | John W. Brantuk (write-in) | 36 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 148,723 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent) | 46,734 | 74.1 | |
Republican | Wayne Miller | 17,090 | 25.9 | |
Total votes | 63,824 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent) | 82,282 | 74.5 | |
Republican | Wayne Miller | 28,175 | 25.5 | |
Total votes | 110,457 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent) | 57,459 | 76.8 | |
Republican | Wayne Miller | 17,359 | 23.2 | |
Independent | Naomi Crane (write-in) | 1 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 74,819 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent) | 98,503 | 77.1 | |
Republican | Christopher Balding | 29,266 | 22.9 | |
Total votes | 127,769 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | 63.68 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent) | 69,382 | 77.2 | |
Republican | Wayne Miller | 20,457 | 22.8 | |
Total votes | 89,839 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Xavier Becerra (Incumbent) | 120,367 | 85.6 | |
Republican | Stephen C. Smith | 20,223 | 14.4 | |
Total votes | 140,590 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Xavier Becerra (Incumbent) | 44,697 | 72.5 | |
Democratic | Adrienne Nicole Edwards | 16,924 | 27.5 | |
Total votes | 61,621 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Xavier Becerra (Incumbent) | 122,842 | 77.2 | |
Democratic | Adrienne Nicole Edwards | 36,314 | 22.8 | |
Total votes | 159,156 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2017 (Special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jimmy Gomez | 25,569 | 59.2 | ||
Democratic | Robert Lee Ahn | 17,610 | 40.8 | ||
Total votes | 43,179 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | 14.3 | ||||
Democratic hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jimmy Gomez (Incumbent) | 110,195 | 72.5 | ||
Green | Kenneth Mejia | 41,711 | 27.5 | ||
Total votes | 151,906 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Democratic hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jimmy Gomez (incumbent) | 108,792 | 53.0 | |
Democratic | David Kim | 96,554 | 47.0 | |
Total votes | 205,346 | 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.
References
- US Census
- LA Times
- "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- My News LA
- LA Times
- Statement of Vote (1990 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (1992 President)
- Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)
- Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)
- Statement of Vote (1994 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (1994 Senate)
- Statement of Vote (1996 President)
- Statement of Vote (1998 Governor) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Statement of Vote (1998 Senate) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Statement of Vote (2000 President)
- Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
- Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2004 President)
- Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2008 President)
- Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2012 President)
- Statement of Vote (2012 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2014 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2016 President)
- Statement of Vote (2016 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2018 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2018 Senator)
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2012/11/19/1163009/-Daily-Kos-Elections-presidential-results-by-congressional-district-for-the-2012-2008-elections
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