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California's 23rd congressional district

California's 23rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It made up of Kern County and parts of Los Angeles and Tulare counties. The cities in the district are Porterville, Ridgecrest, most of Bakersfield, and part of Lancaster.[3]

California's 23rd congressional district
Representative
  Kevin McCarthy
–Bakersfield
Population (2022)756,057[1]
Median income$68,322[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+8[2]

House Minority Leader, Kevin McCarthy is the current representative for the district. Kevin McCarthy has been the representative since 2013. The 13th district was first created in 1943. The district is the most Republican district in California.

Election history

2000 election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Elton Gallegly (Incumbent) 119,479 54.1%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Michael Case 89,918 40.7%
[[Reform Party (US)|Template:Reform Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Cary Savitch 6,473 3.0%
Libertarian Roger Peebles 3,708 1.6%
[[Natural Law Party (US)|Template:Natural Law Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Stephen P. Hospodar 1,456 0.6%
Total votes 221,034 100.0%
Turnout  
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | Republican hold
2002 election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Lois Capps (Redistricted incumbent) 95,752 59.1%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Beth Rogers 62,604 38.6%
Libertarian James E. Hill 3,866 2.3%
Total votes 162,222 100.0%
Turnout  
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold
2004 election[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Lois Capps (Incumbent) 153,980 63.1%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Don Regan 83,926 34.3%
Libertarian Michael Favorite 6,391 2.6%
Total votes 244,297 100.0%
Turnout  
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold
2006 election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Lois Capps (Incumbent) 114,661 65.2%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Victor G. Tognazzini 61,272 34.8%
No party H.A. Gardner Jr. (write-in) 18 0.0%
Total votes 175,951 100.0%
Turnout  
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold
2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Lois Capps (Incumbent) 171,403 68.07%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Matt Kokkonen 80,385 31.93%
Total votes 251,788 100.00%
Turnout   77.41%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold
2010 election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Lois Capps (Incumbent) 111,768 57.8%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Tom Watson 72,744 37.6%
Libertarian Darrell M. Stafford 3,326 1.7%
No party John V. Hager 5,625 2.9%
Total votes 193,463 100.0%
Turnout  
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold
2012 election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Kevin McCarthy (Redistricted incumbent) 158,161 73.2%
style="background-color: Template:N/A/meta/color; width: 2px;" | [[N/A|Template:N/A/meta/shortname]] Terry Phillips 57,842 26.8%
Total votes 216,003 100.0%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | Republican hold
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2014 election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent) 58,334 99.1%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Raul Garcia (write-in) 313 0.5%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Mike Biglay (write-in) 157 0.3%
style="background-color: Template:N/A/meta/color; width: 2px;" | [[N/A|Template:N/A/meta/shortname]] Ronald L. Porter (write-in) 36 0.1%
Libertarian Gail K. Lightfoot (write-in) 31 0.1%
Green Noah Calugaru (write-in) 3 0.01%
Total votes 58,871 100.0%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent) 100,317 74.8%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Raul Garcia 33,726 25.2%
Total votes 134,043 100.0%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | Republican hold
2016 election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent) 167,116 69.2%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Wendy Reed 74,468 30.8%
Total votes 241,584 100.0%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | Republican hold
2018 election [10]
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent) 131,113 63.7%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Tatiana Matta 74,661 36.3%
Total votes 205,774 100.0%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | Republican hold
2020 election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent) 179,615 61.8
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Kim Mangone 111,226 38.2
Total votes 290,841 >98

California's 23rd Congressional District Media

  • Title: California Congressman. Washigton, D.C., March 2. A new informal picture of Rep. Ed V. Izac, Democrat from California, 3-2- 40*Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller

  • Charles K. Fletcher (California Congressman) 2

  • Clinton D. McKinnon (California Congressman)

  • Clyde Gilman Doyle was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States representative from California in the mid-20th century.

  • Del M. Clawson

  • Thomas M. Rees

  • Anthony C. Beilenson, US Representative from California

  • Portrait of US Rep Elton Gallegly

  • Lois Capps 2011 official photo

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  2. ↑ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  3. ↑ "California's citizen commission final district maps: Find out what's changed where you live". Los Angeles Times. August 2, 2011. http://www.latimes.com/la-redistricting-map-july-2011,0,5339409.htmlstory#39.71057374407184,-118.14590136718749,5,usCongress,,,current. 
  4. ↑ "2000 election results" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "2002 general election results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2009.
  6. ↑ "2004 general election results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2008.
  7. ↑ "2006 general election results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2008.
  8. ↑ "2010 general election results". Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "2012 general election results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013.
  10. ↑ 2018 general election results

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