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Election 2012 Results

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2012 US House elections in California

California elected 53 members of the House in 2012: Democrats won 38 seats and Republicans 15.

The closest was the 52nd district, decided by 2.4 points: Scott Peters (Democrat) beat Brian P. Bilbray (Republican), 51.2% to 48.8%, a margin of 2.4 points and 6,992 votes.

In the House vote by county, Republicans led in 32 of the 58 counties and Democrats in 26. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,910,758 votes and went to the Democrat by 57.6 points. The closest was Alpine, where 109 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	Jim Reed	125,386 (42.6%)	Doug La Malfa	168,827 (57.4%)		R+14.8
2	Jared Huffman	226,216 (71.2%)	Daniel W. Roberts	91,310 (28.8%)		D+42.5
3	John Garamendi	126,882 (54.2%)	Kim Vann	107,086 (45.8%)		D+8.5
4	Jack Uppal	125,885 (38.9%)	Tom McClintock	197,803 (61.1%)		R+22.2
5	Mike Thompson	202,872 (74.5%)	Randy Loftin	69,545 (25.5%)		D+48.9
6	Doris O. Matsui	160,667 (75.1%)	Joseph McCray, Sr.	53,406 (24.9%)		D+50.1
7	Ami Bera	141,241 (51.7%)	Daniel E. Lungren	132,050 (48.3%)		D+3.4
8	none		Paul Cook	103,093 (57.4%)	76,551	R+57.4
9	Jerry McNerney	118,373 (55.6%)	Ricky Gill	94,704 (44.4%)		D+11.1
10	Jose Hernandez	98,934 (47.3%)	Jeff Denham	110,265 (52.7%)		R+5.4
11	George Miller	200,743 (69.7%)	Virginia Fuller	87,136 (30.3%)		D+39.5
12	Nancy Pelosi	253,709 (85.1%)	John Dennis	44,478 (14.9%)		D+70.2
13	Barbara Lee	250,436 (86.8%)	none		38,146	D+86.8
14	Jackie Speier	203,828 (78.9%)	Deborah "Debbie" Bacigalupi	54,455 (21.1%)		D+57.8
15	Eric Swalwell	120,388 (52.1%)	none		110,646	D+52.1
16	Jim Costa	84,649 (57.4%)	Brian Daniel Whelan	62,801 (42.6%)		D+14.8
17	Michael M. Honda	159,392 (73.5%)	Evelyn Li	57,336 (26.5%)		D+47.1
18	Anna G. Eshoo	212,831 (70.5%)	Dave Chapman	89,103 (29.5%)		D+41.0
19	Zoe Lofgren	162,300 (73.2%)	Robert Murray	59,313 (26.8%)		D+46.5
20	Sam Farr	172,996 (74.1%)	Jeff Taylor	60,566 (25.9%)		D+48.1
21	John Hernandez	49,119 (42.2%)	David G. Valadao	67,164 (57.8%)		R+15.5
22	Otto Lee	81,555 (38.1%)	Devin Nunes	132,386 (61.9%)		R+23.8
23	none		Kevin McCarthy	158,161 (73.2%)	57,842	R+73.2
24	Lois Capps	156,749 (55.1%)	Abel Maldonado	127,746 (44.9%)		D+10.2
25	Lee C. Rogers	106,982 (45.2%)	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon	129,593 (54.8%)		R+9.6
26	Julia Brownley	139,072 (52.7%)	Tony Strickland	124,863 (47.3%)		D+5.4
27	Judy Chu	154,191 (64.0%)	Jack Orswell	86,817 (36.0%)		D+28.0
28	Adam B. Schiff	188,703 (76.5%)	Phil Jennerjahn	58,008 (23.5%)		D+53.0
29	Tony Cardenas	111,287 (74.1%)	none		38,994	D+74.1
30	Brad Sherman	149,456 (60.3%)	none		98,395	D+60.3
31	none		Gary G. Miller	88,964 (55.2%)	72,255	R+55.2
32	Grace F. Napolitano	124,903 (65.7%)	David L. Miller	65,208 (34.3%)		D+31.4
33	Henry A. Waxman	171,860 (54.0%)	none		146,660	D+54.0
34	Xavier Becerra	120,367 (85.6%)	Stephen C. Smith	20,223 (14.4%)		D+71.2
35	Gloria Negrete McLeod	79,698 (55.9%)	none		62,982	D+55.9
36	Raul Ruiz	110,189 (52.9%)	Mary Bono Mack	97,953 (47.1%)		D+5.9
37	Karen Bass	207,039 (86.4%)	Morgan Osborne	32,541 (13.6%)		D+72.8
38	Linda T. Sánchez	145,280 (67.5%)	Benjamin Campos	69,807 (32.5%)		D+35.1
39	Jay Chen	106,360 (42.2%)	Edward R. Royce	145,607 (57.8%)		R+15.6
40	Lucille Roybal-Allard	73,940 (58.9%)	none		51,613	D+58.9
41	Mark Takano	103,578 (59.0%)	John Tavaglione	72,074 (41.0%)		D+17.9
42	Michael Williamson	84,702 (39.4%)	Ken Calvert	130,245 (60.6%)		R+21.2
43	Maxine Waters	143,123 (71.2%)	none		57,771	D+71.2
44	Janice Hahn	99,909 (60.2%)	none		65,989	D+60.2
45	Sukhee Kang	121,814 (41.5%)	John Campbell	171,417 (58.5%)		R+16.9
46	Loretta Sanchez	95,694 (63.9%)	Jerry Hayden	54,121 (36.1%)		D+27.8
47	Alan Lowenthal	130,093 (56.6%)	Gary Delong	99,919 (43.4%)		D+13.1
48	Ron Varasteh	113,358 (39.0%)	Dana Rohrabacher	177,144 (61.0%)		R+22.0
49	Jerry Tetalman	114,893 (41.8%)	Darrell E. Issa	159,725 (58.2%)		R+16.3
50	David B. Secor	83,455 (32.3%)	Duncan Hunter	174,838 (67.7%)		R+35.4
51	Juan Vargas	113,934 (71.5%)	Michael Crimmins	45,464 (28.5%)		D+43.0
52	Scott Peters	151,451 (51.2%)	Brian P. Bilbray	144,459 (48.8%)		D+2.4
53	Susan A. Davis	164,825 (61.4%)	Nick Popaditch	103,482 (38.6%)		D+22.9

The House vote in every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Los Angeles	2,197,002 75.5%	519,685 17.9%	194,071	2,910,758	D+57.6
San Diego	569,626 50.8%	550,688 49.2%		1,120,314	D+1.7
Orange	458,973 43.2%	602,576 56.8%		1,061,549	R+13.5
Riverside	307,256 49.1%	318,749 50.9%		626,005	R+1.8
Santa Clara	440,055 72.2%	169,157 27.8%		609,212	D+44.5
Alameda	494,707 90.3%	15,285 2.8%	38,146	548,138	D+87.5
Sacramento	300,527 61.2%	190,344 38.8%		490,871	D+22.4
San Bernardino	130,157 26.8%	356,025 73.2%		486,182	R+46.5
Contra Costa	293,081 70.7%	121,636 29.3%		414,717	D+41.3
San Francisco	282,184 84.8%	50,554 15.2%		332,738	D+69.6
Ventura	160,435 51.4%	151,607 48.6%		312,042	D+2.8
San Mateo	214,291 77.3%	63,010 22.7%		277,301	D+54.6
Fresno	114,246 45.9%	134,407 54.1%		248,653	R+8.1
Kern	21,861 10.3%	148,341 69.6%	42,988	213,190	R+59.3
Sonoma	149,390 73.8%	53,111 26.2%		202,501	D+47.5
San Joaquin	104,242 52.7%	93,625 47.3%		197,867	D+5.4
Placer	62,618 38.5%	99,842 61.5%		162,460	R+22.9
Santa Barbara	91,977 57.9%	66,831 42.1%		158,808	D+15.8
Stanislaus	70,492 46.7%	80,615 53.3%		151,107	R+6.7
Solano	94,554 64.3%	52,521 35.7%		147,075	D+28.6
Marin	98,470 77.0%	29,410 23.0%		127,880	D+54.0
Monterey	85,364 70.0%	36,600 30.0%		121,964	D+40.0
San Luis Obispo	62,211 51.1%	59,462 48.9%		121,673	D+2.3
Santa Cruz	91,918 79.4%	23,872 20.6%		115,790	D+58.8
Tulare	28,821 29.6%	62,271 63.8%	6,437	97,529	R+34.3
Butte	42,426 48.6%	44,845 51.4%		87,271	R+2.8
El Dorado	33,074 38.8%	52,256 61.2%		85,330	R+22.5
Shasta	29,213 39.4%	44,927 60.6%		74,140	R+21.2
Yolo	48,195 66.9%	23,812 33.1%		72,007	D+33.9
Merced	32,225 53.5%	28,063 46.5%		60,288	D+6.9
Napa	39,765 71.5%	15,881 28.5%		55,646	D+42.9
Humboldt	35,129 64.2%	19,614 35.8%		54,743	D+28.3
Nevada	24,392 49.7%	24,734 50.3%		49,126	R+0.7
Madera	14,528 37.8%	23,875 62.2%		38,403	R+24.3
Imperial	26,018 68.9%	11,720 31.1%		37,738	D+37.9
Mendocino	23,400 68.8%	10,589 31.2%		33,989	D+37.7
Kings	9,473 30.3%	21,783 69.7%		31,256	R+39.4
Sutter	11,827 39.6%	18,047 60.4%		29,874	R+20.8
Tuolumne	9,595 40.5%	14,077 59.5%		23,672	R+18.9
Tehama	8,646 38.4%	13,866 61.6%		22,512	R+23.2
Lake	14,007 62.6%	8,364 37.4%		22,371	D+25.2
Calaveras	8,339 40.0%	12,525 60.0%		20,864	R+20.1
Siskiyou	7,644 39.5%	11,715 60.5%		19,359	R+21.0
Yuba	7,719 40.3%	11,446 59.7%		19,165	R+19.4
San Benito	11,876 63.7%	6,773 36.3%		18,649	D+27.4
Amador	6,630 39.0%	10,351 61.0%		16,981	R+21.9
Lassen	3,138 30.1%	7,288 69.9%		10,426	R+39.8
Plumas	3,989 41.0%	5,748 59.0%		9,737	R+18.1
Glenn	3,189 35.7%	5,742 64.3%		8,931	R+28.6
Mariposa	3,304 38.2%	5,355 61.8%		8,659	R+23.7
Del Norte	3,848 45.7%	4,566 54.3%		8,414	R+8.5
Inyo	0 0.0%	6,878 100.0%		6,878	R+100.0
Colusa	1,924 33.2%	3,869 66.8%		5,793	R+33.6
Trinity	2,497 45.5%	2,989 54.5%		5,486	R+9.0
Mono	0 0.0%	4,024 100.0%		4,024	R+100.0
Modoc	1,235 31.4%	2,703 68.6%		3,938	R+37.3
Sierra	626 36.3%	1,098 63.7%		1,724	R+27.4
Alpine	374 58.5%	265 41.5%		639	D+17.1

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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