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ACCESSED: December 24, 2020
Congressional Districts
Due to the results of the 2020 census, California is expected to LOSE one seat in the House of Representatives in 2022. This will result in redistricting and the redrawing of all the districts in the state. It is likely that California will have 52 (not 53) Congressional districts in the 2022 election.
Ballot Access Requirements
Ballot access requirements to run for Congress AS AN INDEPENDENT in California:
A filing fee of $1,740 OR 2,000 signatures. The filing fee for a candidate seeking the office of United States Representative, is 1 percent of the first year's salary for that office. The fee is paid to the California Secretary of State through the candidate's home county election office. Instead of paying a filing fee, a candidate may submit a petition. Signatures may be collected to cover all or any prorated portion of the filing fee.
California holds a "jungle primary" to determine the top two candidates (regardless of party affiliation) to be on the ballot for the general election.
Incumbents
Senate
This Senate seat in California will be vacant if Kamala Harris resigns to become Vice President. Governor Gavin Newsom will appoint a replacement to finish out Harris's term in office. Regardless of which Democrat Newsom appoints, we need to elect a new Independent Senator in 2022.
House of Representatives
2020 Election Results
Only 3 of 50 incumbents lost their Congressional seats. Many incumbents won with 70%, 80% and even 90% of the vote in their districts.
California 1st district
Doug LaMalfa (R) Incumbent 57%
Audrey Denney (D) 43%
California 2nd district
Jared Huffman (D) Incumbent 75.7%
Dale Mensing (R) 24.3%
California 3rd district
John Garamendi (D) Incumbent 54.7%
Tamika Hamilton (R) 45.3%
California 4th district
Tom McClintock (R) Incumbent 55.9%
Brynne Kennedy (D) 44.1%
California 5th district
Mike Thompson (D) Incumbent 76.1%
Scott Giblin (R) 23.9%
California 6th district
Doris Matsui (D) Incumbent 73.3%
Chris Bish (R) 26.7%
California 7th district
Ami Bera (D) Incumbent 56.6%
Buzz Patterson (R) 43.4%
California 8th district
Jay Obernolte (R) 56.1%
Christine Bubser (D) 43.9%
California 9th district
Jerry McNerney (D) Incumbent 57.6%
Tony Amador (R) 42.4%
California 10th district
Josh Harder (D) Incumbent 55.2%
Ted Howze (R) 44.8%
California 11th district
Mark DeSaulnier (D) Incumbent 73%
Nisha Sharma (R) 27%
California 12th district
Nancy Pelosi (D) Incumbent 77.6%
Shahid Buttar (D) 22.4%
California 13th district
Barbara Lee (D) Incumbent 90.4%
Nikka Piterman (R) 9.6%
California 14th district
Jackie Speier (D) Incumbent 79.3%
Ran Petel (R) 20.7%
California 15th district
Eric Swalwell (D) Incumbent 70.9%
Alison Hayden (R) 29.1%
California 16th district
Jim Costa (D) Incumbent 59.4%
Kevin Cookingham (R) 40.6%
California 17th district
Ro Khanna (D) Incumbent 71.3%
Ritesh Tandon (R) 28.7%
California 18th district
Anna Eshoo (D) Incumbent 63.2%
Rishi Kumar (D) 36.8%
California 19th district
Zoe Lofgren (D) Incumbent 71.7%
Justin Aguilera (R) 28.3%
California 20th district
Jimmy Panetta (D) Incumbent 76.8%
Jeff Gorman (R) 23.2%
California 21st district
David Valadao (R) 50.4%
TJ Cox (D) Incumbent 49.6%
California 22nd district
Devin Nunes (R) Incumbent 54.2%
Phil Arballo (D) 45.8%
California 23rd district
Kevin McCarthy (R) Incumbent 62.1%
Kim Mangone (D) 37.9%
California 24th district
Salud Carbajal (D) Incumbent 58.7%
Andy Caldwell (R) 41.3%
California 25th district
Mike Garcia (R) Incumbent 50%
Christy Smith (D) 50%
California 26th district
Julia Brownley (D) Incumbent 60.6%
Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy (R) 39.4%
California 27th district
Judy Chu (D) Incumbent 69.8%
Johnny Nalbandian (R) 30.2%
California 28th district
Adam Schiff (D) Incumbent 72.7%
Eric Early (R) 27.3%
California 29th district
Tony Cardenas (D) Incumbent 56.6%
Angelica Duenas (D) 43.4%
California 30th district
Brad Sherman (D) Incumbent 69.5%
Mark Reed (R) 30.5%
California 31st district
Pete Aguilar (D) Incumbent 61.3%
Agnes Gibboney (R) 38.7%
California 32nd district
Grace Napolitano (D) Incumbent 66.6%
Joshua Scott (R)33.4%
California 33rd district
Ted Lieu (D) Incumbent 67.6%
James Bradley (R) 32.4%
California 34th district
Jimmy Gomez (D) Incumbent 53%
David Kim (D) 47%
California 35th district
Norma Torres (D) Incumbent 69.3%
Mike Cargile (R) 30.7%
California 36th district
Raul Ruiz (D) Incumbent 60.3%
Erin Cruz (R) 39.7%
California 37th district
Karen Bass (D) Incumbent 85.9%
Errol Webber (R) 14.1%
California 38th district
Linda Sanchez (D) Incumbent 74.3%
Michael Tolar (D) 25.7%
California 39th district
Young Kim (R) 50.6%
Gil Cisneros (D) Incumbent 49.4%
California 40th district
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) Incumbent 72.7%
C Antonio Delgado (R) 27.3%
California 41st district
Mark Takano (D) Incumbent 64%
Aja Smith (R) 36%
California 42nd district
Ken Calvert (R) Incumbent 57.1%
William O'Mara (D) 42.9%
California 43rd district
Maxine Waters (D) Incumbent 71.7%
Joe Collins (R) 28.3%
California 44th district
Nanette Barragan (D) Incumbent 67.8%
Analilia Joya (D) 32.2%
California 45th district
Katie Porter (D) Incumbent 53.5%
Greg Raths (R) 46.5%
California 46th district
Lou Correa (D) Incumbent 68.8%
James Waters (R) 31.2%
California 47th district
Alan Lowenthal (D) Incumbent 63.3%
John Briscoe (R) 36.7%
California 48th district
Michelle Steel (R) 51.1%
Harley Rouda (D) Incumbent 48.9%
California 49th district
Mike Levin (D) Incumbent 53.1%
Brian Maryott (R) 46.9%
California 50th district
Darrell Issa (R) 54%
Ammar Campa-Najjar (D) 46%
California 51st district
Juan Vargas (D) Incumbent 68.3%
Juan Hidalgo (R) 31.7%
California 52nd district
Scott Peters (D) Incumbent 61.6%
Jim DeBello (R) 38.4%
California 53rd district
Sara Jacobs (D) 59.5%
Georgette Gomez (D) 40.5%
Doug LaMalfa (R) Incumbent 57%
Audrey Denney (D) 43%
California 2nd district
Jared Huffman (D) Incumbent 75.7%
Dale Mensing (R) 24.3%
California 3rd district
John Garamendi (D) Incumbent 54.7%
Tamika Hamilton (R) 45.3%
California 4th district
Tom McClintock (R) Incumbent 55.9%
Brynne Kennedy (D) 44.1%
California 5th district
Mike Thompson (D) Incumbent 76.1%
Scott Giblin (R) 23.9%
California 6th district
Doris Matsui (D) Incumbent 73.3%
Chris Bish (R) 26.7%
California 7th district
Ami Bera (D) Incumbent 56.6%
Buzz Patterson (R) 43.4%
California 8th district
Jay Obernolte (R) 56.1%
Christine Bubser (D) 43.9%
California 9th district
Jerry McNerney (D) Incumbent 57.6%
Tony Amador (R) 42.4%
California 10th district
Josh Harder (D) Incumbent 55.2%
Ted Howze (R) 44.8%
California 11th district
Mark DeSaulnier (D) Incumbent 73%
Nisha Sharma (R) 27%
California 12th district
Nancy Pelosi (D) Incumbent 77.6%
Shahid Buttar (D) 22.4%
California 13th district
Barbara Lee (D) Incumbent 90.4%
Nikka Piterman (R) 9.6%
California 14th district
Jackie Speier (D) Incumbent 79.3%
Ran Petel (R) 20.7%
California 15th district
Eric Swalwell (D) Incumbent 70.9%
Alison Hayden (R) 29.1%
California 16th district
Jim Costa (D) Incumbent 59.4%
Kevin Cookingham (R) 40.6%
California 17th district
Ro Khanna (D) Incumbent 71.3%
Ritesh Tandon (R) 28.7%
California 18th district
Anna Eshoo (D) Incumbent 63.2%
Rishi Kumar (D) 36.8%
California 19th district
Zoe Lofgren (D) Incumbent 71.7%
Justin Aguilera (R) 28.3%
California 20th district
Jimmy Panetta (D) Incumbent 76.8%
Jeff Gorman (R) 23.2%
California 21st district
David Valadao (R) 50.4%
TJ Cox (D) Incumbent 49.6%
California 22nd district
Devin Nunes (R) Incumbent 54.2%
Phil Arballo (D) 45.8%
California 23rd district
Kevin McCarthy (R) Incumbent 62.1%
Kim Mangone (D) 37.9%
California 24th district
Salud Carbajal (D) Incumbent 58.7%
Andy Caldwell (R) 41.3%
California 25th district
Mike Garcia (R) Incumbent 50%
Christy Smith (D) 50%
California 26th district
Julia Brownley (D) Incumbent 60.6%
Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy (R) 39.4%
California 27th district
Judy Chu (D) Incumbent 69.8%
Johnny Nalbandian (R) 30.2%
California 28th district
Adam Schiff (D) Incumbent 72.7%
Eric Early (R) 27.3%
California 29th district
Tony Cardenas (D) Incumbent 56.6%
Angelica Duenas (D) 43.4%
California 30th district
Brad Sherman (D) Incumbent 69.5%
Mark Reed (R) 30.5%
California 31st district
Pete Aguilar (D) Incumbent 61.3%
Agnes Gibboney (R) 38.7%
California 32nd district
Grace Napolitano (D) Incumbent 66.6%
Joshua Scott (R)33.4%
California 33rd district
Ted Lieu (D) Incumbent 67.6%
James Bradley (R) 32.4%
California 34th district
Jimmy Gomez (D) Incumbent 53%
David Kim (D) 47%
California 35th district
Norma Torres (D) Incumbent 69.3%
Mike Cargile (R) 30.7%
California 36th district
Raul Ruiz (D) Incumbent 60.3%
Erin Cruz (R) 39.7%
California 37th district
Karen Bass (D) Incumbent 85.9%
Errol Webber (R) 14.1%
California 38th district
Linda Sanchez (D) Incumbent 74.3%
Michael Tolar (D) 25.7%
California 39th district
Young Kim (R) 50.6%
Gil Cisneros (D) Incumbent 49.4%
California 40th district
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) Incumbent 72.7%
C Antonio Delgado (R) 27.3%
California 41st district
Mark Takano (D) Incumbent 64%
Aja Smith (R) 36%
California 42nd district
Ken Calvert (R) Incumbent 57.1%
William O'Mara (D) 42.9%
California 43rd district
Maxine Waters (D) Incumbent 71.7%
Joe Collins (R) 28.3%
California 44th district
Nanette Barragan (D) Incumbent 67.8%
Analilia Joya (D) 32.2%
California 45th district
Katie Porter (D) Incumbent 53.5%
Greg Raths (R) 46.5%
California 46th district
Lou Correa (D) Incumbent 68.8%
James Waters (R) 31.2%
California 47th district
Alan Lowenthal (D) Incumbent 63.3%
John Briscoe (R) 36.7%
California 48th district
Michelle Steel (R) 51.1%
Harley Rouda (D) Incumbent 48.9%
California 49th district
Mike Levin (D) Incumbent 53.1%
Brian Maryott (R) 46.9%
California 50th district
Darrell Issa (R) 54%
Ammar Campa-Najjar (D) 46%
California 51st district
Juan Vargas (D) Incumbent 68.3%
Juan Hidalgo (R) 31.7%
California 52nd district
Scott Peters (D) Incumbent 61.6%
Jim DeBello (R) 38.4%
California 53rd district
Sara Jacobs (D) 59.5%
Georgette Gomez (D) 40.5%
