United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2016
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The 2016 U.S. House of Representatives elections in California took place on November 8, 2016. Voters elected 53 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts.
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: California uses a top-two primary system, in which all candidates appear on the same ballot. The top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, move on to the general election. In states that do not use a top-two system, all parties are usually able to put forward a candidate for the general election if they choose to.[1][2]
Unlike the top-two format used in some states (Louisiana and Georgia special elections for example), a general election between the top-two candidates in California occurs regardless of whether the top candidate received 50% of the vote in the first round of elections.
As of August 2024, California was one of five states to use a top-two primary system, or a variation of the top-two system. See here for more information.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 8 election, the Democratic Party held 39 of the 53 congressional seats from California.
| Members of the U.S. House from California -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
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| Party | As of November 2016 | After the 2016 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 39 | 39 | |
| Republican Party | 14 | 14 | |
| Total | 53 | 53 | |
Incumbents
The 53 incumbents heading into the 2016 are listed below. Click "show" to reveal the table.
Margin of victory for winners
The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the two candidates who received the most votes. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100 percent.
| District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Vote | Top Opponent |
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| District 1 | 18.1% | 314,036 | Jim Reed | |
| District 2 | 53.7% | 330,766 | Dale Mensing | |
| District 3 | 18.7% | 256,966 | Eugene Cleek | |
| District 4 | 25.4% | 350,978 | Bob Derlet | |
| District 5 | 53.7% | 292,091 | Carlos Santamaria | |
| District 6 | 50.9% | 235,413 | Robert Evans | |
| District 7 | 2.3% | 297,301 | Scott Jones | |
| District 8 | 24.5% | 220,007 | Rita Ramirez | |
| District 9 | 14.7% | 232,155 | Antonio Amador | |
| District 10 | 3.4% | 241,141 | Michael Eggman | |
| District 11 | 44.1% | 298,209 | Roger Allen Petersen | |
| District 12 | 61.7% | 338,845 | Preston Picus | |
| District 13 | 81.6% | 322,871 | Sue Caro | |
| District 14 | 61.7% | 286,447 | Angel Cardenas | |
| District 15 | 47.5% | 269,197 | Danny Turner | |
| District 16 | 16.1% | 167,956 | Johnny Tacherra | |
| District 17 | 22% | 233,192 | Mike Honda | |
| District 18 | 42.3% | 323,930 | Richard Fox | |
| District 19 | 47.9% | 245,863 | G. Burt Lancaster | |
| District 20 | 41.5% | 255,791 | Casey Lucius | |
| District 21 | 13.5% | 132,408 | Emilio Huerta | |
| District 22 | 35.1% | 234,966 | Louie Campos | |
| District 23 | 38.4% | 241,584 | Wendy Reed | |
| District 24 | 6.8% | 310,814 | Justin Fareed | |
| District 25 | 6.3% | 261,161 | Bryan Caforio | |
| District 26 | 20.8% | 280,307 | Rafael Dagnesses | |
| District 27 | 34.8% | 250,632 | Jack Orswell | |
| District 28 | 56% | 270,409 | Lenore Solis | |
| District 29 | 49.5% | 171,824 | Richard Alarcon | |
| District 30 | 45.3% | 282,604 | Mark Reed | |
| District 31 | 12.1% | 215,936 | Paul Chabot | |
| District 32 | 23.1% | 186,646 | Roger Hernandez | |
| District 33 | 32.9% | 330,219 | Kenneth Wright | |
| District 34 | 54.4% | 159,156 | Adrienne Nicole Edwards | |
| District 35 | 44.8% | 171,353 | Tyler Fischella | |
| District 36 | 24.1% | 232,617 | Jeff Stone | |
| District 37 | 62.3% | 237,272 | Chris Blake Wiggins | |
| District 38 | 41% | 232,114 | Ryan Downing | |
| District 39 | 14.5% | 263,456 | Brett Murdock | |
| District 40 | 62.3% | 131,297 | Roman Gabriel Gonzalez | |
| District 41 | 29.9% | 197,323 | Doug Shepherd | |
| District 42 | 17.6% | 254,236 | Tim Sheridan | |
| District 43 | 52.2% | 219,516 | Omar Navarro | |
| District 44 | 4.4% | 178,413 | Isadore Hall | |
| District 45 | 17.1% | 311,849 | Ron Varasteh | |
| District 46 | 40% | 164,593 | Bao Nguyen | |
| District 47 | 27.4% | 242,868 | Andy Whallon | |
| District 48 | 16.6% | 306,416 | Suzanne Savary | |
| District 49 | 0.5% | 310,155 | Douglas Applegate | |
| District 50 | 26.9% | 283,583 | Patrick Malloy | |
| District 51 | 45.5% | 199,524 | Juan Hidalgo Jr. | |
| District 52 | 13.1% | 320,656 | Denise Gitsham | |
| District 53 | 34% | 296,956 | James Veltmeyer |
Candidates
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Withdrew: Tyler Gross (R) - Businessman and paralegal[42] |
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Withdrew: Maria Gutzeit (D)[45][46] Evan Thomas (D)[3][47] |
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Withdrew: Lupe Ramos Watson (R) - Indio Mayor[61][62] Dwight Kealy (R)[63][64] |
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Important dates and deadlines
- See also: California elections, 2016
The calendar below lists important dates for political candidates in California in 2016.
| Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016 | |||
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| Deadline | Event type | Event description | |
| February 1, 2016 | Campaign finance | Semi-annual report due | |
| February 25, 2016 | Ballot access | Close of signature in lieu of filing fee period for voter-nominated offices | |
| March 11, 2016 | Ballot access | Close of declaration of candidacy and nomination paper period for voter-nominated offices | |
| April 28, 2016 | Campaign finance | Pre-election report due | |
| May 26, 2016 | Campaign finance | Pre-election report due | |
| August 1, 2016 | Campaign finance | Semi-annual report due | |
| June 7, 2016 | Election date | Primary election | |
| November 8, 2016 | Election date | General election | |
| Sources: California Secretary of State, "Key Dates and Deadlines," accessed January 11, 2016 California Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for State Candidate Controlled Committees Listed on the June 7, 2016 Ballot," accessed January 11, 2016 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
- United States Senate election in California, 2016
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2016
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2016
- U.S. House primaries, 2016
External links
- California Secretary of State, Official primary candidate list
- California Secretary of State, Official primary election results
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 13, 2024
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Primary Elections in California," accessed August 13, 2024
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- ↑ California Democratic Party, "2016 CDP Endorsements," accessed February 14, 2016
- ↑ Montes for Congress, "Meet Joe," accessed March 9, 2016
- ↑ Jeffrey Gerlach for Congress, "Home," accessed March 23, 2016
- ↑ Record Searchlight, "It’s official: Wright will challenge LaMalfa in 2016 House race," January 20, 2016
- ↑ Record Searchlight, "Doug Wright drops out of congressional race", March 4, 2016
- ↑ Cleek for Congress, "Home," accessed November 23, 2015
- ↑ Bob Derlet for Congress, "Home," accessed February 2, 2016
- ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia, January 8, 2016
- ↑ Nils for Congress, "Home," accessed March 21, 2016
- ↑ Twitter, "Alex Poling," accessed March 21, 2016
- ↑ Yuriy Seretskiy for Congress 2016, "Welcome," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ The Sacramento Bee, " Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones plans 2016 challenge of Democratic Rep. Ami Bera," November 13, 2015
- ↑ Roger LaPlante for Congress, "Home," accessed March 29, 2016
- ↑ Pinkerton for Congress, "Home," accessed March 26, 2016
- ↑ The Sun, "Tim Donnelly announces run against Rep. Cook," March 11, 2016
- ↑ Kathryn Nance for Congress, "Home," accessed November 24, 2015
- ↑ Around the Capitol, "The Nooner," June 9, 2015
- ↑ Preston Picus' campaign website, "Picus for Congress," November 16, 2015
- ↑ SF Gate, "Honda-Khanna rematch looms for South Bay Congress seat," May 29, 2015
- ↑ Internal Affairs, "San Jose Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio running for Congress," February 29, 2016
- ↑ San Jose Mercury News, "Fremont Republican enters race to unseat Rep. Mike Honda," November 19, 2015
- ↑ Bob Harlow for Congress, "Home," accessed January 31, 2016
- ↑ Santa Cruz Sentinel, "Election 2016: Jimmy Panetta launches campaign for Congress," November 17, 2015
- ↑ Casey Lucius for Congress, "Home," accessed September 9, 2015
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 County of Santa Cruz, "June 7, 2016 Presidential Primary Election - Candidate Watch," accessed January 25, 2016
- ↑ Facebook, "Sam Farr," November 12, 2015
- ↑ Roll Call, "Democrat Announces Bid Against Valadao in California," April 6, 2015
- ↑ The Bakersfield Californian, "Huerta brings name recognition to 21st District race," January 4, 2016
- ↑ The Bakersfield Californian, "Bakersfield accountant announces bid for Congress," October 9, 2015
- ↑ The Fresno Bee, "Connie Perez drops out of 21st Congressional District race," November 3, 2015
- ↑ Wendy Reed for Congress, "Home," accessed March 21, 2016
- ↑ Ken Mettler for Congress, "Home," accessed March 21, 2016
- ↑ The Sacramento Bee, "Rep. Lois Capps to retire, touching off a scramble," April 8, 2015
- ↑ Lompoc Record, "Congressional race gets more crowded," January 12, 2016
- ↑ The Tribune, "Newcomers announce bids for seats held by Capps, Achadjian," February 20, 2015
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 National Journal, "California Democratic Rep. Lois Capps to Retire in 2016," April 8, 2015
- ↑ Roll Call, "Republican Launches Bid to Succeed Lois Capps in California," April 16, 2015
- ↑ John Uebersax for Congress, "Home," accessed February 29, 2016
- ↑ Tyler Gross for Congress, "Home," accessed January 13, 2016
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Democratic lawyer announcing challenge to GOP Rep. Steve Knight," December 10, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Democrat Lou Vince says he will challenge Rep. Stephen Knight," April 30, 2015
- ↑ Daily KOS, "Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Steve Knight might be the one who gets 'dropped on his ass'," April 23, 2015
- ↑ The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, "Gutzeit drops out of congressional race," January 21, 2016
- ↑ Evan Thomas' campaign website, "2016 campaign announcement," June 25, 2015
- ↑ Rafael Dagnesses for Congress, "Home," accessed November 18, 2015
- ↑ Casey Gray for Congress, "Home," accessed February 24, 2016
- ↑ LA Weekly, "Convicted (but Exonerated) Career Politician Richard Alarcon Is Running for Congress, of Course," March 15, 2016
- ↑ Benny Bernal for Congress, "Home," accessed December 28, 2015
- ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia, March 19, 2016
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Statement of Organization," accessed January 15, 2016
- ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia, January 5, 2016
- ↑ San Bernardino County Elections, "2016 Presidential Primary Election Candidate list," accessed March 10, 2016
- ↑ Sean Flynn for Congress, "About," accessed February 19, 2016
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Assemblyman challenging fellow Democrat Rep. Grace Napolitano in San Gabriel Valley," December 13, 2015
- ↑ The Sacramento Bee, "Becerra steps aside, aspires for more," July 29, 2015
- ↑ Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on May 18, 2016
- ↑ The Desert Sun, "It's official: Jeff Stone is running for Congress," January 11, 2016
- ↑ KESQ.com, "Indio mayor announces run for Congress," April 21, 2015
- ↑ The Desert Sun, "Indio Mayor Lupe Ramos Watson not running for Congress," June 3, 2015
- ↑ Kealy for Congress, "Home," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ The Press Enterprise, "CONGRESS: Dwight Kealy ends campaign for Raul Ruiz's seat," February 24, 2016
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- ↑ Tim Sheridan for Congress, "Home," accessed January 11, 2016
- ↑ Omar Navarro for Congress, "Home," accessed September 17, 2015
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- ↑ Roll Call, "Janice Hahn Endorses Successor in Congress," February 18, 2015
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- ↑ Voice of OC, "Sanchez Jumps Into Race for Boxer’s U.S. Senate Seat," May 14, 2015
- ↑ Voice of OC, "Joe Dunn Enters Race to Succeed Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez," September 8, 2015
- ↑ New Santa Ana, "Bao Nguyen announces his candidacy for Congress in the 46th C.D." October 13, 2015
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- ↑ The Liberal OC, "Jordan Brandman formally announces bid for Congress," July 16, 2015
- ↑ The Orange County Register, "Under mounting pressure, Anaheim City Councilman Jordan Brandman drops congressional bid," December 17, 2015
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- ↑ Daily KOS, "Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Chris McDaniel prepares to go to war with another GOP incumbent," February 27, 2015
- ↑ Times of San Diego, "Former Bush Aide to Challenge Rep. Peters for Congress," November 5, 2015
- ↑ John Horst for Congress, "Home," accessed March 8, 2016
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Senators
Alex Padilla (D)
Adam Schiff (D)
Representatives
District 1
Doug LaMalfa (R)
District 2
Jared Huffman (D)
District 3
Kevin Kiley (R)
District 4
Mike Thompson (D)
District 5
Tom McClintock (R)
District 6
Ami Bera (D)
District 7
Doris Matsui (D)
District 8
John Garamendi (D)
District 9
Josh Harder (D)
District 10
Mark DeSaulnier (D)
District 11
Nancy Pelosi (D)
District 12
Lateefah Simon (D)
District 13
Adam Gray (D)
District 14
Eric Swalwell (D)
District 15
Kevin Mullin (D)
District 16
Sam Liccardo (D)
District 17
Ro Khanna (D)
District 18
Zoe Lofgren (D)
District 19
Jimmy Panetta (D)
District 20
Vince Fong (R)
District 21
Jim Costa (D)
District 22
David Valadao (R)
District 23
Jay Obernolte (R)
District 24
Salud Carbajal (D)
District 25
Raul Ruiz (D)
District 26
Julia Brownley (D)
District 27
District 28
Judy Chu (D)
District 29
Luz Rivas (D)
District 30
Laura Friedman (D)
District 31
Gil Cisneros (D)
District 32
Brad Sherman (D)
District 33
Pete Aguilar (D)
District 34
Jimmy Gomez (D)
District 35
Norma Torres (D)
District 36
Ted Lieu (D)
District 37
District 38
Linda Sánchez (D)
District 39
Mark Takano (D)
District 40
Young Kim (R)
District 41
Ken Calvert (R)
District 42
Robert Garcia (D)
District 43
Maxine Waters (D)
District 44
Nanette Barragán (D)
District 45
Derek Tran (D)
District 46
Lou Correa (D)
District 47
Dave Min (D)
District 48
Darrell Issa (R)
District 49
Mike Levin (D)
District 50
Scott Peters (D)
District 51
Sara Jacobs (D)
District 52
Juan Vargas (D)
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Republican Party (9)