U.S. House district for California
California's 8th congressional district California's 8th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative Population (2019) 723,311 Median household income $56,140[1] Ethnicity Cook PVI R+8[2]
California's 8th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California . As of 2021, Republican Jay Obernolte represents the district.
Currently, the 8th district encompasses most of the eastern desert regions of the state. It stretches from Mono Lake to Twentynine Palms . It consists of Inyo and Mono counties plus most of the land in San Bernardino County .[3] It is the largest and thus the least dense congressional district in California.[citation needed ] The largest city in the district is Victorville .
Prior to redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission of 2011, the 8th district was in San Francisco . The new district lines went into effect for the June 2012 elections .[4]
Competitiveness [ edit ]
Before the 2011 redistricting, the 8th district was a Democratic stronghold. It gave John Kerry his best performance in California in 2004 , backing the Democrat with 84.2% of the vote. Barack Obama continued on this trend in 2008 when he received 85.22% of the vote in the district while John McCain received 12.38%.
The new 8th district lies in a politically conservative region of the state with a "Strongly Republican" Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+10. The Cook Political Report ranks it the 87th most Republican-leaning congressional district in the United States.[5]
In the 2012 election , the first after the state's adoption of top-two primaries , the 8th district was one of only two in California where two Republicans faced each other in a runoff election.[6] In 2018, it was the only such California district.[7]
Election results from statewide races [ edit ]
List of members representing the district [ edit ]
Member
Party
Dates
Cong ress(es)
Electoral history
Counties
District created on March 4, 1903
Milton J. Daniels
Republican
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
58th
Elected in 1902 . Retired.
1903–1913 Imperial , Inyo , Kern , Orange , Riverside , San Bernardino , San Diego , San Luis Obispo , Santa Barbara , Tulare , Ventura
Sylvester C. Smith
Republican
March 4, 1905 – January 26, 1913
59th 60th 61st 62nd
Elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 . Died.
Vacant
January 27, 1913 – March 3, 1913
Everis A. Hayes
Republican
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919
63rd 64th 65th
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 . Lost re-election.
1913–1933 Monterey , San Benito , San Luis Obispo , San Mateo , Santa Barbara , Santa Clara , Santa Cruz , Ventura
Hugh S. Hersman
Democratic
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921
66th
Elected in 1918 . Lost re-election.
Arthur M. Free
Republican
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd
Elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 . Lost re-election.
John J. McGrath
Democratic
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
73rd 74th 75th
Elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 . Lost re-election.
1933–1943 Monterey , San Benito , San Mateo , Santa Clara , Santa Cruz
Jack Z. Anderson
Republican
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1953
76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd
Elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 .Re-elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 . Retired.
1943–1953 San Benito , San Mateo , Santa Clara , Santa Cruz
George P. Miller
Democratic
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1973
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 . Lost renomination.
1953–1975 Alameda outside Oakland
Pete Stark
Democratic
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
93rd
Elected in 1972 . Redistricted to the 9th district .
Ron Dellums
Democratic
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993
94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 . Redistricted to the 9th district .
1975–1983 Alameda (Oakland )
1983–1993 Alameda (Oakland ), southwestern Contra Costa
Nancy Pelosi
Democratic
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 . Redistricted to the 12th district .
1993–2003 Most of San Francisco
2003–2013 : Most of San Francisco
Paul Cook
Republican
January 3, 2013 – December 7, 2020
113th 114th 115th 116th
Elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 . Resigned when elected to the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors.
2013–present Inyo , Mono , most of San Bernardino
Vacant
December 7, 2020 – January 3, 2021
116th
Jay Obernolte
Republican
January 3, 2021 – Present
117th
Elected in 2020 . Redistricted to the 23rd district .
Election results [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District" . www.census.gov .
^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index" . The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021 .
^ "Maps: Final Congressional Districts" . Citizens Redistricting Commission. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013 .
^ "Current Status of Commission's Final Certified District Maps" . California Citizens Redistricting Commission. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2013 .
^ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF) . The Cook Political Report. Retrieved February 13, 2013 .
^ "California Election Results, Nov. 6th, 2012" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 14, 2013 .
^ Panzar, Javier. "Democrats look likely to get locked out of this Republican-held congressional district in California" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 31, 2018 .
^ "Results" (PDF) . elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov . 1994. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
^ "Results" (PDF) . elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov . 1994. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
^ "Results" (PDF) . elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov . 1996. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
^ (PDF) . September 29, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110929224728/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/1998-general/ssov/gov-cd.pdf# . Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2011.
^ (PDF) . September 29, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110929224732/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/1998-general/ssov/sen-cd.pdf# . Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2011.
^ "Statement of Vote (2000 President)" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2007.
^ "Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2007.
^ "Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2010.
^ "Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on May 20, 2011.
^ "Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on May 20, 2011.
^ "Statement of Vote (2004 President)" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on August 1, 2010.
^ "Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2011.
^ "Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2011.
^ "Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2011.
^ "(2008 President)" . Archived from the original on February 11, 2009.
^ "Results" (PDF) . elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov . 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
^ "Results" (PDF) . elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov . 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
^ Coleman, J. Miles (January 1, 2019). "Happy New Year everyone! To celebrate, #ElectionTwitter style, we're gonna be breaking down California's statewide races - all nine of them - from last year by Congressional District. (thread)" .
^ "Results" (PDF) . elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov . 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
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^ 2002 general election results Archived February 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ 2004 general election results [permanent dead link ]
^ 2006 general election results Archived November 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ 2008 general election results Archived November 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "House Results Map" . The New York Times .
^ https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/06-sov-summary.xls
^ https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/xls/06-summary.xls
^ https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/csv-candidates.xls
^ "2018 California general election results" (PDF) . Retrieved June 16, 2020 .
^ "2020 California general election results" . Retrieved December 8, 2020 .
External links [ edit ]
The at-large seats only existed from 1850 to 1865 and from 1883 to 1885. In 2023, the 53rd district will become obsolete.
See also
California's past and present representatives , senators , and delegations
Coordinates : 36°06′N 117°18′W / 36.1°N 117.3°W / 36.1; -117.3