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Election 2004 Results

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2004 US House elections in California

California elected 53 members of the House in 2004: Democrats won 33 seats and Republicans 20.

The closest was the 20th district, decided by 6.8 points: Jim Costa (Democrat) beat Roy Ashburn (Republican), 53.4% to 46.6%, a margin of 6.8 points and 7,774 votes.

In the House vote by county, Republicans led in 36 of the 58 counties and Democrats in 22. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,746,844 votes and went to the Democrat by 37.6 points. The closest was Alpine, where 35 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Every district

District	Democrat	Votes	Republican	Votes	Others	Margin
1	Mike Thompson	189,366 (66.9%)	Lawrence R. Wiesner	79,970 (28.3%)	13,635	D+38.7
2	Mike Johnson	90,310 (33.1%)	Wally Herger	182,119 (66.9%)		R+33.7
3	Gabe Castillo	100,025 (34.8%)	Dan Lungren	177,738 (61.9%)	9,310	R+27.1
4	David I. Winters	117,443 (34.6%)	John T. Doolittle	221,926 (65.4%)		R+30.8
5	Robert T. Matsui	138,004 (71.4%)	Mike Dugas	45,120 (23.3%)	10,263	D+48.0
6	Lynn C. Woolsey	226,423 (72.6%)	Paul L. Erickson	85,244 (27.4%)		D+45.3
7	George Miller	166,831 (76.1%)	Charles Hargrave	52,446 (23.9%)		D+52.2
8	Nancy Pelosi	224,017 (82.9%)	Jennifer Depalma	31,074 (11.5%)	14,973	D+71.4
9	Barbara Lee	215,630 (84.5%)	Claudia Bermudez	31,278 (12.3%)	8,131	D+72.3
10	Ellen O. Tauscher	182,750 (65.7%)	Jeff Ketelson	95,349 (34.3%)		D+31.4
11	Gerald (Jerry) M. McNerney	103,587 (38.8%)	Richard W. Pombo	163,582 (61.2%)		R+22.5
12	Tom Lantos	171,852 (68.0%)	Mike Garza	52,593 (20.8%)	28,154	D+47.2
13	Fortney Pete Stark	144,605 (71.6%)	George I. Bruno	48,439 (24.0%)	8,877	D+47.6
14	Anna G. Eshoo	182,712 (69.8%)	Chris Haugen	69,564 (26.6%)	9,612	D+43.2
15	Michael M. Honda	154,385 (72.0%)	Raymond L. Chukwu	59,953 (28.0%)		D+44.1
16	Zoe Lofgren	129,222 (70.9%)	Douglas Adams McNea	47,992 (26.3%)	5,067	D+44.6
17	Sam Farr	148,958 (66.7%)	Mark Risley	65,117 (29.2%)	9,150	D+37.6
18	Dennis A. Cardoza	103,732 (67.5%)	Charles F. Pringle, Sr.	49,973 (32.5%)		D+35.0
19	James Lex Bufford	64,047 (27.2%)	George Radanovich	155,354 (66.0%)	15,863	R+38.8
20	Jim Costa	61,005 (53.4%)	Roy Ashburn	53,231 (46.6%)		D+6.8
21	Fred B. Davis	51,594 (26.8%)	Devin Nunes	140,721 (73.2%)		R+46.3
22	none		William M. Thomas	209,384 (100.0%)		R+100.0
23	Lois Capps	153,980 (63.0%)	Don Regan	83,926 (34.4%)	6,391	D+28.7
24	Brett Wagner	96,397 (33.9%)	Elton Gallegly	178,660 (62.8%)	9,321	R+28.9
25	Fred "Tim" Willoughby	80,395 (35.6%)	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon	145,575 (64.4%)		R+28.8
26	Cynthia M. Matthews	107,522 (42.8%)	David Dreier	134,596 (53.6%)	9,089	R+10.8
27	Brad Sherman	125,296 (62.3%)	Robert M. Levy	66,946 (33.3%)	8,956	D+29.0
28	Howard L. Berman	115,303 (71.0%)	David Hernandez	37,868 (23.3%)	9,339	D+47.7
29	Adam B. Schiff	133,670 (64.6%)	Harry Frank Scolinos	62,871 (30.4%)	10,291	D+34.2
30	Henry A. Waxman	216,682 (71.2%)	Victor Elizalde	87,465 (28.8%)		D+42.5
31	Xavier Becerra	89,363 (80.2%)	Luis Vega	22,048 (19.8%)		D+60.4
32	Hilda L. Solis	119,144 (85.0%)	none		21,002	D+85.0
33	Diane E. Watson	166,801 (88.6%)	none		21,513	D+88.6
34	Lucille Roybal-Allard	82,282 (74.5%)	Wayne Miller	28,175 (25.5%)		D+49.0
35	Maxine Waters	125,949 (80.5%)	Ross Moen	23,591 (15.1%)	6,867	D+65.4
36	Jane Harman	151,208 (62.0%)	Paul Whitehead	81,666 (33.5%)	11,170	D+28.5
37	Juanita Millender-McDonald	118,823 (75.1%)	Vernon Van	31,960 (20.2%)	7,535	D+54.9
38	Grace F. Napolitano	116,851 (100.0%)	none			D+100.0
39	Linda T. Sanchez	100,132 (60.7%)	Tim Escobar	64,832 (39.3%)		D+21.4
40	J. Tilman Williams	69,684 (32.1%)	Edward R. Royce	147,617 (67.9%)		R+35.9
41	none		Jerry Lewis	181,605 (82.9%)	37,332	R+83.0
42	Lewis Myers	78,393 (31.9%)	Gary G. Miller	167,632 (68.1%)		R+36.3
43	Joe Baca	86,830 (66.4%)	Ed Laning	44,004 (33.6%)		D+32.7
44	Louis Vandenberg	78,796 (35.0%)	Ken Calvert	138,768 (61.6%)	7,559	R+26.6
45	Richard J. Meyer	76,967 (33.4%)	Mary Bono	153,523 (66.6%)		R+33.2
46	Jim Brandt	90,129 (32.6%)	Dana Rohrabacher	171,318 (61.9%)	15,243	R+29.3
47	Loretta Sanchez	65,684 (60.4%)	Alexandria A. "Alex" Coronado	43,099 (39.6%)		D+20.8
48	John Graham	93,525 (32.2%)	Christopher Cox	189,004 (65.0%)	8,343	R+32.8
49	Mike Byron	79,057 (34.9%)	Darrell E. Issa	141,658 (62.6%)	5,751	R+27.6
50	Francine P. Busby	105,590 (36.5%)	Randy "Duke" Cunningham	169,025 (58.4%)	14,713	R+21.9
51	Bob Filner	111,441 (61.6%)	Michael Giorgino	63,526 (35.1%)	5,912	D+26.5
52	Brian S. Keliher	74,857 (27.6%)	Duncan Hunter	187,799 (69.2%)	8,782	R+41.6
53	Susan A. Davis	146,449 (66.1%)	Darin Hunzeker	63,897 (28.9%)	11,090	D+37.3

The House vote in every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Los Angeles	1,836,147 66.8%	804,320 29.3%	106,377	2,746,844	D+37.6
San Diego	465,966 43.7%	557,554 52.3%	42,873	1,066,393	R+8.6
Orange	345,533 34.0%	648,525 63.9%	21,146	1,015,204	R+29.8
Santa Clara	393,575 70.3%	155,738 27.8%	10,424	559,737	D+42.5
Riverside	174,677 32.6%	343,428 64.1%	17,831	535,936	R+31.5
Alameda	399,806 75.5%	112,716 21.3%	17,008	529,530	D+54.2
San Bernardino	159,700 33.0%	292,898 60.5%	31,358	483,956	R+27.5
Sacramento	228,111 50.8%	203,281 45.3%	17,783	449,175	D+5.5
Contra Costa	268,193 67.5%	129,398 32.5%		397,591	D+34.9
San Francisco	266,289 80.6%	39,988 12.1%	23,954	330,231	D+68.5
Ventura	121,542 40.4%	169,130 56.3%	9,878	300,550	R+15.8
San Mateo	186,185 68.9%	62,722 23.2%	21,468	270,375	D+45.7
Fresno	79,526 34.4%	145,580 62.9%	6,284	231,390	R+28.5
Sonoma	151,541 70.4%	62,382 29.0%	1,481	215,404	D+41.4
San Joaquin	77,136 42.2%	105,668 57.8%		182,804	R+15.6
Kern	18,105 10.1%	162,007 89.9%		180,112	R+79.9
Santa Barbara	91,094 55.7%	68,350 41.8%	4,134	163,578	D+13.9
Placer	48,969 33.4%	97,518 66.6%		146,487	R+33.1
Solano	92,013 65.7%	47,767 34.1%	206	139,986	D+31.6
Stanislaus	60,683 43.5%	73,820 52.9%	4,924	139,427	R+9.4
Marin	96,872 74.9%	32,446 25.1%		129,318	D+49.8
Monterey	76,670 62.4%	42,447 34.5%	3,762	122,879	D+27.9
Santa Cruz	84,748 71.7%	26,663 22.6%	6,781	118,192	D+49.1
San Luis Obispo	37,741 34.8%	69,014 63.6%	1,700	108,455	R+28.8
Tulare	24,720 25.8%	71,055 74.2%		95,775	R+48.4
Butte	38,902 41.7%	54,358 58.3%		93,260	R+16.6
El Dorado	28,468 34.1%	55,070 65.9%		83,538	R+31.8
Shasta	20,857 27.5%	54,858 72.5%		75,715	R+44.9
Yolo	42,987 62.3%	22,888 33.2%	3,118	68,993	D+29.1
Humboldt	43,081 67.3%	17,164 26.8%	3,754	63,999	D+40.5
Napa	38,329 69.7%	14,959 27.2%	1,667	54,955	D+42.5
Merced	35,650 66.1%	18,262 33.9%		53,912	D+32.3
Nevada	21,682 42.2%	29,695 57.8%		51,377	R+15.6
Madera	10,205 26.9%	25,718 67.9%	1,953	37,876	R+41.0
Mendocino	25,452 68.5%	9,180 24.7%	2,535	37,167	D+43.8
Imperial	19,295 57.2%	13,563 40.2%	902	33,760	D+17.0
Kings	12,538 39.4%	19,251 60.6%		31,789	R+21.1
Sutter	8,440 28.7%	20,975 71.3%		29,415	R+42.6
Tuolumne	7,318 29.2%	15,861 63.2%	1,910	25,089	R+34.1
Lake	15,572 64.1%	7,875 32.4%	839	24,286	D+31.7
Tehama	6,555 28.9%	16,123 71.1%		22,678	R+42.2
Calaveras	6,861 31.4%	14,000 64.1%	967	21,828	R+32.7
Siskiyou	6,387 31.5%	13,920 68.5%		20,307	R+37.1
San Benito	11,055 59.7%	6,911 37.3%	567	18,533	D+22.4
Yuba	5,410 30.8%	12,163 69.2%		17,573	R+38.4
Amador	5,516 31.9%	11,212 64.8%	583	17,311	R+32.9
Lassen	2,838 25.5%	8,312 74.5%		11,150	R+49.1
Plumas	3,429 32.1%	7,253 67.9%		10,682	R+35.8
Glenn	2,611 28.4%	6,586 71.6%		9,197	R+43.2
Del Norte	5,261 57.4%	3,657 39.9%	241	9,159	D+17.5
Mariposa	2,012 23.9%	5,622 66.7%	792	8,426	R+42.8
Inyo	3,117 37.3%	5,250 62.7%		8,367	R+25.5
Trinity	2,324 36.7%	4,006 63.3%		6,330	R+26.6
Colusa	1,670 28.4%	4,206 71.6%		5,876	R+43.2
Mono	2,388 47.6%	2,624 52.4%		5,012	R+4.7
Modoc	1,055 24.6%	3,237 75.4%		4,292	R+50.8
Sierra	591 31.1%	1,312 68.9%		1,903	R+37.9
Alpine	300 44.8%	335 50.1%	34	669	R+5.2

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

California in every House election we hold

Year	Seats	House vote
2024	D 43, R 9	D+19.9
2022	D 40, R 12	D+23.3
2020	D 42, R 11	D+28.6
2018	D 46, R 7	D+32.7
2016	D 39, R 14	D+26.2
2014	D 39, R 14	D+15.3
2012	D 38, R 15	D+21.0
2010	D 34, R 19	D+9.9
2008	D 34, R 19	D+23.2
2006	D 34, R 19	D+16.9
2004	D 33, R 20	D+10.3
2002	D 33, R 20	D+7.0
2000	D 32, R 20	D+9.2
1998	D 28, R 24	D+6.6
1996	D 29, R 23	D+4.4
1994	D 27, R 25	R+1.3
1992	D 30, R 22	D+10.2
1990	D 26, R 19	D+3.0

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