California's 18th congressional district
California's 18th congressional district | ||
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California's 18th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | ||
Current Representative | Anna Eshoo (D–Atherton) | |
Ethnicity | 57.9% White, 1.9% Black, 19.1% Asian, 17.1% Hispanic, 4.0[1]% other | |
Cook PVI | D+18 |
California's 18th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of California.
The district is currently represented by Democrat Anna Eshoo and is centered on the San Francisco Bay Area including Palo Alto, Redwood City, Menlo Park, Stanford, Los Altos, Mountain View, Campbell, Saratoga, Los Gatos, and parts of San Jose, as well as much of the Santa Cruz Mountains down to the Pacific Ocean.
From 2003 to 2013, the district was located in the northern San Joaquin Valley and included the cities of Modesto, parts of Stockton, Ceres, Atwater, Merced and Los Banos. It ran from San Joaquin County south to Stanislaus, Merced, Madera and Fresno counties.
Voting
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2010 | Governor[2] | Brown 52.3 - 40.9% |
Senator[3] | Boxer 47.9 - 44.5% | |
2008 | President[4] | Obama 59.2 - 38.3% |
2006 | Governor[5] | Schwarzenegger 55.7 - 39.7% |
Senator[6] | Feinstein 58.6 - 36.2% | |
2004 | President[7] | Bush 49.6 - 49.3% |
Senator[8] | Boxer 56.5 - 39.2% | |
2003 | Recall[9][10] | Yes 57.9 - 42.1% |
Schwarzenegger 44.1 - 33.4% | ||
2002 | Governor[11] | Davis 50.5 - 40.2% |
2000 | President[12] | Bush 52.6 - 43.9% |
Senator[13] | Feinstein 49.0 - 43.6% | |
1998 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
1996 | President | |
1994 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
1992 | President | Clinton 40.9 - 37.3% |
Senator | Herschensohn 46.6 - 43.1% | |
Senator | Feinstein 49.0 - 42.6% |
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties |
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District created | March 4, 1933 | |||
John H. Burke | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Retired | Los Angeles County |
Byron N. Scott | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 |
Lost re-election | |
Thomas M. Eaton | Republican | January 3, 1939 – September 16, 1939 |
Died | |
Vacant | September 16, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
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William Ward Johnson | Republican | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945 |
Lost re-election | |
Clyde Doyle | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Lost re-election | |
Willis W. Bradley | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Lost re-election | |
Clyde Doyle | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 |
Redistricted to the 23rd district | |
Craig Hosmer | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
Redistricted to the 32nd district | |
Harlan Hagen | Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 |
Redistricted from the 14th district Lost re-election |
Kern County, Kings County, Tulare County |
Bob Mathias | Republican | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 |
Kern County, Tulare County | |
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Redistricted to the 17th district and lost | Amador County, Calaveras County, Inyo County, Kern County (sliver in north), Madera County, Mariposa County, Tulare County, Tulare County, Tuolumne County | ||
William M. Ketchum | Republican | January 3, 1975 – June 24, 1978 |
Redistricted from the 36th district Died |
Inyo County, Kern County, northern Los Angeles County, Tulare County |
Vacant | June 24, 1978 – January 3, 1979 |
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Bill Thomas | Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 |
Redistricted to the 20th district | |
Richard Lehman | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Redistricted to the 19th district | Calaveras County, Fresno County (Fresno County city), Madera County, Mono County, eastern San Joaquin County, Tuolumne County |
Gary Condit | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
Redistricted from the 15th district Lost re-nomination |
Northwestern Fresno County, western Madera County, Merced County, southwestern San Joaquin County, Stanislaus County |
Dennis Cardoza | Democratic | January 3, 2003 – August 14, 2012 |
Resigned to become a Lobbyist | Small part of western Fresno County, Merced County, San Joaquin County (Stockton), western Stanislaus County |
Vacant | August 14, 2012 – January 3, 2013 |
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Anna Eshoo | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – present |
Redistricted from the 14th district | San Francisco Bay Area including Palo Alto, Redwood City, Mountain View, Saratoga, Campbell, Los Gatos as well as much of the Santa Cruz Mountains down to the Pacific Ocean |
Election results
1932 • 1934 • 1936 • 1938 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 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 |
1932
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | John H. Burke | 48,179 | 53.3 | ||
Republican | Robert Henderson | 33,817 | 37.4 | ||
Independent | William E. Hinshaw | 8,399 | 9.3 | ||
Total votes | 90,395 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
1934
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Byron N. Scott | 52,377 | 56.3 | |
Republican | William Brayton | 40,179 | 43.2 | |
Communist | Clyde Champion | 507 | 0.5 | |
Total votes | 93,063 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1936
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Byron N. Scott (incumbent) | 61,415 | 59 | |
Republican | James F. Collins | 72,748 | 41 | |
Total votes | 134,163 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1938
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Thomas M. Eaton | 52,216 | 48.6 | |||
Democratic | Byron N. Scott (incumbent) | 51,874 | 48.3 | |||
Progressive | Solomon Carr | 3,384 | 3.1 | |||
Total votes | 107,474 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1940
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William Ward Johnson (inc.) | 73,932 | 54.4 | |
Democratic | Byron N. Scott | 60,764 | 44.7 | |
Communist | George R. Ashby | 1,355 | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 136,051 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1942
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William Ward Johnson (inc.) | 53,136 | 56.8 | |
Democratic | Francis H. Gentry | 40,339 | 43.2 | |
Total votes | 93,475 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1944
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Clyde Doyle | 95,090 | 55.7 | |||
Republican | William Ward Johnson (inc.) | 75,749 | 44.3 | |||
Total votes | 170,839 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
1946
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Willis W. Bradley | 67,363 | 52.8 | |||
Democratic | Clyde Doyle (incumbent) | 60,218 | 47.2 | |||
Total votes | 127,581 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1948
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Clyde Doyle | 105,687 | 51.1 | |||
Republican | Willis W. Bradley (incumbent) | 92,721 | 44.9 | |||
Progressive | Stanley Moffatt | 8,232 | 4.0 | |||
Total votes | 206,640 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
1950
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clyde Doyle (incumbent) | 97,177 | 50.5 | |
Republican | Craig Hosmer | 95,308 | 49.5 | |
Total votes | 192,485 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Craig Hosmer | 90,438 | 55.5 | ||
Democratic | Joseph M. Kennick | 72,457 | 44.5 | ||
Total votes | 162,895 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Republican win (new seat) | |||||
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Craig Hosmer (incumbent) | 71,731 | 55 | |
Democratic | Joseph M. Kennick | 58,647 | 45 | |
Total votes | 130,378 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1956
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Craig Hosmer (incumbent) | 103,108 | 59.3 | |
Democratic | Raymond C. "Ray" Simpson | 70,911 | 40.7 | |
Total votes | 174,019 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Craig Hosmer (incumbent) | 95,682 | 60 | |
Democratic | Harry S. May | 63,684 | 40 | |
Total votes | 159,366 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1960
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Craig Hosmer (incumbent) | 129,851 | 70 | |
Democratic | D. Patrick Ahern | 55,735 | 30 | |
Total votes | 185,586 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harlan Hagen (incumbent) | 91,684 | 58.9 | |
Republican | G. Ray Arnett | 64,037 | 41.1 | |
Total votes | 155,721 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harlan Hagen (incumbent) | 121,304 | 66.7 | |
Republican | James E. Williams, Jr. | 60,523 | 33.3 | |
Total votes | 181,827 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Bob Mathias | 96,699 | 55.9 | |||
Democratic | Harlan Hagen (incumbent) | 76,346 | 44.1 | |||
Total votes | 173,045 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Mathias (incumbent) | 100,008 | 65.2 | |
Democratic | Harlan Hagen | 51,274 | 33.4 | |
American Independent | Edward Calvin Williams | 2,186 | 1.4 | |
Total votes | 153,468 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Mathias (incumbent) | 86,071 | 63.2 | |
Democratic | Milton Spartacus Miller | 48,415 | 33.4 | |
American Independent | Nora E. Hensley | 1,709 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 136,195 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Mathias (incumbent) | 109,993 | 66.5 | |
Democratic | Vincent J. Lavery | 55,484 | 33.5 | |
Total votes | 165,477 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William M. Ketchum (inc.) | 66,603 | 52.7 | |
Democratic | George A. Seielstad | 59,931 | 47.3 | |
Total votes | 126,534 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William M. Ketchum (inc.) | 101,658 | 64.2 | |
Democratic | Dean Close | 56,683 | 35.8 | |
Total votes | 158,341 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas | 85,663 | 59.3 | |
Democratic | Bob Sogge | 58,900 | 40.7 | |
Total votes | 144,563 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (incumbent) | 126,046 | 71 | |
Democratic | Mary Pat Timmermans | 51,415 | 29 | |
Total votes | 177,461 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Richard H. Lehman | 92,762 | 59.5 | ||
Republican | Adrian C. Fondse | 59,664 | 38.3 | ||
Libertarian | Marshall William Fritz | 3,501 | 2.2 | ||
Total votes | 155,927 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard H. Lehman (inc.) | 128,186 | 67.3 | |
Republican | Dale L. Ewen | 62,339 | 32.7 | |
Total votes | 190,525 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard H. Lehman (inc.) | 101,480 | 71.3 | |
Republican | David C. Crevelt | 40,907 | 28.7 | |
Total votes | 142,387 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard H. Lehman (inc.) | 125,715 | 69.9 | |
Republican | David A. Linn | 54,034 | 30.1 | |
Total votes | 179,749 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard H. Lehman (inc.) | 98,804 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gary Condit (incumbent) | 139,704 | 84.7 | |
Libertarian | Kim R. Almstrom | 25,307 | 15.3 | |
Total votes | 165,011 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gary Condit (incumbent) | 91,106 | 65.52 | |
Republican | Tom Carter | 44,046 | 31.68 | |
Libertarian | James B. Morzella | 3,902 | 2.81 | |
Total votes | 139,054 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gary Condit (incumbent) | 108,827 | 65.8% | |
Republican | Bill Conrad | 52,695 | 31.8% | |
Libertarian | James Morzella | 2,233 | 1.3% | |
Natural Law | Page Riskin | 1,831 | 1.1% | |
Total votes | 165,586 | 100.0% | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gary Condit (incumbent) | 118,842 | 86.79% | |
Libertarian | Linda M. Degroat | 18,089 | 13.21% | |
Total votes | 136,931 | 100.0% | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gary Condit (incumbent) | 118,842 | 67.2% | |
Republican | Steve R. Wilson | 56,465 | 31.3% | |
Natural Law | Page Roth Riskin | 2,860 | 1.5% | |
Total votes | 178,167 | 100.0% | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dennis Cardoza | 56,181 | 51.3 | |
Republican | Dick Monteith | 47,528 | 43.4 | |
American Independent | Kevin H. Cripe | 3,641 | 3.3 | |
Libertarian | Linda De Groat | 2,194 | 2.0 | |
No party | Donna Crowder (write-in) | 49 | 0.0% | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dennis Cardoza (incumbent) | 103,732 | 67.5 | |
Republican | Charles F. Pringle, Sr. | 49,973 | 32.5 | |
Total votes | 153,705 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dennis Cardoza (incumbent) | 71,182 | 65.5 | |
Republican | John A. Kanno | 37,531 | 34.5 | |
Total votes | 108,713 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dennis Cardoza (incumbent) | 130,192 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 130,192 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dennis Cardoza (incumbent) | 72,853 | 58.48 | |
Republican | Michael Clare Berryhill, Sr. | 51,716 | 41.52 | |
Total votes | 124,569 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anna Eshoo | 212,831 | 70.5 | |
Republican | Dave Chapman | 89,103 | 29.5 | |
Total votes | 301,934 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anna Eshoo (incumbent) | 133,060 | 68% | |
Republican | Richard B. Fox | 63,326 | 32% | |
Total votes | 196,386 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Living former Members
As of April 2015, there are four living former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from this district.
Representative | Term in office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Bill Thomas | 1979 - 1983 | December 6, 1941 |
Richard H. Lehman | 1983 - 1995 | July 20, 1948 |
Gary Condit | 1993 - 2003 | April 21, 1948 |
Dennis Cardoza | 2003 - 2012 | March 31, 1959 |
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.latimes.com/la-redistricting-map-july-2011,0,5339409.htmlstory#39.71057374407184,-118.14590136718749,5,usCongress,,,current
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)
- ↑ (2008 President)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2004 President)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2000 President)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
- ↑ 1932 election results
- ↑ 1934 election results
- ↑ 1936 election results
- ↑ 1938 election results
- ↑ 1940 election results
- ↑ 1942 election results
- ↑ 1944 election results
- ↑ 1946 election results
- ↑ 1948 election results
- ↑ 1950 election results
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- ↑ 1954 election results
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- ↑ 1966 election results
- ↑ 1968 election results
- ↑ 1970 election results
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- ↑ 1986 election results
- ↑ 1988 election results
- ↑ 1990 election results
- ↑ 1992 election results
- ↑ 1994 election results
- ↑ 1996 election results
- ↑ 1998 election results
- ↑ 2000 election results
- ↑ 2002 general election results Archived February 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 2004 general election results
- ↑ 2006 general election results Archived November 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 2008 general election results Archived December 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 2010 general election results
- ↑ 2012 general election results Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ U.S. House of Representatives District 18 - Districtwide Results
External links
- GovTrack.us: California's 18th congressional district
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
- California Voter Foundation map - CD18
Coordinates: 37°12′N 121°00′W / 37.2°N 121°W