California's 23rd congressional district

California's 23rd congressional district
California's 23rd congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)
Representative
	Jay Obernolte; R–Big Bear Lake
Population (2022)	756,057
Median household; income	$68,322
Ethnicity	47.3% White; 37.7% Hispanic; 6.5% Black; 5.1% Asian; 2.5% Two or more races; 0.9% other;
Cook PVI	R+8

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]

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	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (Incumbent)	119,479	54.1%
	Democratic	Michael Case	89,918	40.7%
	Reform	Cary Savitch	6,473	3.0%
	Libertarian	Roger Peebles	3,708	1.6%
	Natural Law	Stephen P. Hospodar	1,456	0.6%
Total votes			221,034	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2002 election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (Redistricted incumbent)	95,752	59.1%
	Republican	Beth Rogers	62,604	38.6%
	Libertarian	James E. Hill	3,866	2.3%
Total votes			162,222	100.0%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2004 election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (Incumbent)	153,980	63.1%
	Republican	Don Regan	83,926	34.3%
	Libertarian	Michael Favorite	6,391	2.6%
Total votes			244,297	100.0%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2006 election^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (Incumbent)	114,661	65.2%
	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
	Democratic hold

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (Incumbent)	171,403	68.07%
	Republican	Matt Kokkonen	80,385	31.93%
Total votes			251,788	100.00%
Turnout				77.41%
	Democratic hold

2010 election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (Incumbent)	111,768	57.8%
	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
	Democratic hold

2012 election^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy (Redistricted incumbent)	158,161	73.2%
	N/A	Terry Phillips	57,842	26.8%
Total votes			216,003	100.0%
	Republican hold

2014 election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent)	58,334	99.1%
	Democratic	Raul Garcia (write-in)	313	0.5%
	Republican	Mike Biglay (write-in)	157	0.3%
	N/A	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%
General election
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent)	100,317	74.8%
	Democratic	Raul Garcia	33,726	25.2%
Total votes			134,043	100.0%
	Republican hold

2016 election^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent)	167,116	69.2%
	Democratic	Wendy Reed	74,468	30.8%
Total votes			241,584	100.0%
	Republican hold

2018 election ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent)	131,113	63.7%
	Democratic	Tatiana Matta	74,661	36.3%
Total votes			205,774	100.0%
	Republican hold

2020 election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy (Incumbent)	179,615	61.8
	Democratic	Kim Mangone	111,226	38.2
Total votes			290,841	>98

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
↑ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
↑ "California's citizen commission final district maps: Find out what's changed where you live". Los Angeles Times. August 2, 2011.
↑ "2000 election results" (PDF).
↑ "2002 general election results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2009.
↑ "2004 general election results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2008.
↑ "2006 general election results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2008.
↑ "2010 general election results". Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 "2012 general election results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013.
↑ 2018 general election results

[auto1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-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.

[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.

[auto-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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