| California's 27th congressional district | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the2022 elections) | |
| Representative | |
| Population (2024) | 748,971 |
| Median household income | $103,643[1] |
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | D+3[2] |
California's 27th congressional district is acongressional district in theU.S. state ofCalifornia. The district is currently represented byDemocrat George T. Whitesides.
The district includes most of northernLos Angeles County, including the cities ofSanta Clarita,Palmdale, andLancaster, and parts of the northwesternSan Fernando Valley in the city ofLos Angeles.[3] Prior to redistricting in 2022, the district was located in theSan Gabriel Valley.
| Year | Office | Results[4][5][6][7] |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | Obama 52% - 48% |
| 2010 | Governor | Whitman 52% - 41% |
| Lt. Governor | Maldonado 46% - 40% | |
| Secretary of State | Dunn 50% - 41% | |
| Attorney General | Cooley 59% - 33% | |
| Treasurer | Walters 47% - 46% | |
| Controller | Strickland 50% - 42% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 49% - 48% |
| 2014 | Governor | Kashkari 56% - 44% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 52% - 42% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 53% - 47% |
| Attorney General | Becerra 54% - 46% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 55% - 43% |
| 2022 | Senate (Reg.) | Padilla 51% - 49% |
| Governor | Dahle 51% - 49% | |
| Lt. Governor | Underwood Jacobs 51% - 49% | |
| Secretary of State | Bernosky 50.03% - 49.97% | |
| Attorney General | Hochman 51% - 49% | |
| Treasurer | Guerrero 51% - 49% | |
| Controller | Chen 54% - 46% | |
| 2024 | President | Harris 50% - 47% |
| Senate (Reg.) | Schiff 51% - 49% |
| FIPS County Code[8] | County | Seat | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 9,663,345 |
Under the 2020 redistricting, California's 27th congressional district is located inSouthern California, encompassing most of northernLos Angeles County. It includes the cities ofSanta Clarita,Lancaster, andPalmdale; the census-designated placesStevenson Ranch,Val Verde,Hasley Canyon,Castaic,Lake Hughes,Elizabeth Lake,Green Valley,Agua Dulce,Acton,Leona Valley,Quartz Hill,Desert View Highlands,Littlerock, andSun Village; the neighborhoods ofPorter Ranch andGranada Hills in the city ofLos Angeles; along with theSierra Pelona Mountains and the northern slopes of theSan Gabriel Mountains.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 68,773 | 55.0 | |
| Republican | Carl B. Hilliard | 56,202 | 45.0 | |
| Total votes | 124,975 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 65,389 | 64.8 | |
| Republican | Martin K. Barrett | 35,594 | 35.2 | |
| Total votes | 100,983 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 124,662 | 100.0 | |
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 105,062 | 72.3 | |
| Republican | Robert M. Castle | 40,317 | 27.7 | |
| Total votes | 145,379 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (Incumbent) | 123,645 | 66.8 | |
| Republican | Robert M. Castle | 61,484 | 33.2 | |
| Total votes | 185,129 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 66,979 | 52.1 | |||
| Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (Incumbent) | 61,538 | 47.9 | |||
| Total votes | 128,517 | 100.0 | ||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Edwin Reinecke | 83,141 | 51.7 | |||
| Democratic | Tom Bane | 77,587 | 48.3 | |||
| Total votes | 160,734 | 100.0 | ||||
| Republicangain fromDemocratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Edwin Reinecke (Incumbent) | 93,890 | 65.3 | |
| Democratic | John A. "Jack" Howard | 49,785 | 34.7 | |
| Total votes | 143,675 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Edwin Reinecke (Incumbent) | 158,309 | 72.2 | |
| Democratic | John T. Butchko | 60,808 | 27.8 | |
| Total votes | 219,117 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Barry Goldwater Jr. | 64,734 | 56.9 | |
| Democratic | John K. Van de Kamp | 48,983 | 43.1 | |
| Total votes | 113,717 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Barry Goldwater Jr. (Incumbent) | 139,326 | 66.6 | |
| Democratic | N. "Toni" Kimmel | 63,652 | 30.5 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Edward Richer | 3,306 | 1.6 | |
| American Independent | John H. Hind | 2,642 | 1.3 | |
| Total votes | 208,926 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Barry Goldwater Jr. (Incumbent) | 117,622 | 57.4 | |
| Democratic | Mark S. Novak | 87,295 | 42.6 | |
| Total votes | 204,917 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (Incumbent) | 99,645 | 63.9 | |
| Democratic | John Dalessio | 50,919 | 32.5 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Jerry Rubin | 5,547 | 3.6 | |
| Total votes | 156,111 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bob Dornan | 114,623 | 54.7 | |
| Democratic | Gary Familian | 94,988 | 45.3 | |
| Total votes | 209,611 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bob Dornan (Incumbent) | 89,392 | 51.0 | |
| Democratic | Carey Peck | 85,880 | 49.0 | |
| Total votes | 175,272 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bob Dornan (Incumbent) | 109,807 | 51.0 | |
| Democratic | Carey Peck | 100,061 | 46.5 | |
| Libertarian | Jerome L. "Jerry" Sievers | 5,448 | 2.5 | |
| Total votes | 215,316 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mel Levine | 108,347 | 59.5 | |||
| Republican | Bart W. Christensen | 67,479 | 37.0 | |||
| Libertarian | ZacK Richardson | 6,391 | 3.5 | |||
| Total votes | 182,217 | 100.0 | ||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mel Levine (Incumbent) | 116,933 | 55.0 | |
| Republican | Robert B. Scribner | 88,896 | 41.8 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Thomas L. O'Connor Jr. | 3,815 | 1.8 | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Avrech | 3,137 | 1.5 | |
| Total votes | 212,781 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mel Levine (Incumbent) | 110,403 | 63.7 | |
| Republican | Rob Scribner | 59,410 | 34.3 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Thomas L. O'Connor Jr. | 2,078 | 1.2 | |
| Libertarian | Larry Leathers | 1,429 | 0.8 | |
| Total votes | 173,320 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mel Levine (Incumbent) | 148,814 | 67.5 | |
| Republican | Dennis Galbraith | 65,307 | 29.6 | |
| Libertarian | William J. Fulco | 6,214 | 2.8 | |
| Total votes | 220,335 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mel Levine (Incumbent) | 90,857 | 58.2 | |
| Republican | David Barrett Cohen | 58,140 | 37.2 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Edward E. Ferrer | 7,101 | 4.5 | |
| Total votes | 156,098 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Carlos Moorhead (Incumbent) | 105,521 | 49.7 | |
| Democratic | Doug Kahn | 83,805 | 39.4 | |
| Green | Jesse A. Moorman | 11,003 | 5.2 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Margaret L. Edwards | 7,329 | 3.5 | |
| Libertarian | Dennis Decherd | 4,790 | 2.3 | |
| Independent | Ballantyne (write-in) | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Total votes | 212,450 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Carlos Moorhead (Incumbent) | 88,341 | 53.0 | |
| Democratic | Doug Kahn | 70,267 | 42.1 | |
| American Independent | Bill Gibbs | 4,328 | 2.6 | |
| Libertarian | Dennis Decherd | 3,838 | 2.3 | |
| Total votes | 166,774 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim Rogan | 95,310 | 50.2 | |
| Democratic | Doug Kahn | 82,014 | 43.2 | |
| Libertarian | Elizabeth Michael | 6,645 | 3.5 | |
| Green | Walt Sheasby | 4,195 | 3.3 | |
| Natural Law | Martin Zucker | 1,766 | 0.8 | |
| Total votes | 189,930 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim Rogan (Incumbent) | 80,702 | 50.7 | |
| Democratic | Barry A. Gordon | 73,875 | 46.5 | |
| Libertarian | Bob New | 4,489 | 2.8 | |
| Total votes | 159,066 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Adam Schiff | 113,708 | 52.7 | |||
| Republican | Jim Rogan (Incumbent) | 94,518 | 43.9 | |||
| Natural Law | Miriam R. Hospodar | 3,873 | 1.7 | |||
| Libertarian | Ted Brown | 3,675 | 1.7 | |||
| Total votes | 215,774 | 100.0 | ||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Brad Sherman (Incumbent) | 79,815 | 62.0 | |
| Republican | Robert M. Levy | 48,996 | 38.0 | |
| Total votes | 128,811 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Brad Sherman (Incumbent) | 125,296 | 62.3 | |
| Republican | Robert M. Levy | 66,946 | 33.3 | |
| Green | Eric J. Carter | 8,956 | 4.4 | |
| Total votes | 201,198 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Brad Sherman (Incumbent) | 92,650 | 68.8 | |
| Republican | Peter Hankwitz | 42,074 | 31.2 | |
| Total votes | 134,724 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Brad Sherman (Incumbent) | 135,665 | 68.6 | |
| Republican | Navraj Singh | 49,510 | 24.8 | |
| Libertarian | Tim Denton | 14,171 | 6.6 | |
| Total votes | 185,175 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Brad Sherman (Incumbent) | 102,927 | 65.1 | |
| Republican | Mark Reed | 55,056 | 34.9 | |
| Total votes | 157,983 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Judy Chu (Incumbent) | 154,191 | 64.0 | |
| Republican | Jack Orswell | 86,817 | 36.0 | |
| Total votes | 241,008 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Judy Chu (Incumbent) | 75,728 | 59.4 | |
| Republican | Jack Orswell | 51,852 | 40.6 | |
| Total votes | 127,580 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Judy Chu (Incumbent) | 168,977 | 67.4 | |
| Republican | Jack Orswell | 81,655 | 32.6 | |
| Total votes | 250,632 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Judy Chu (Incumbent) | 160,504 | 79.2 | |
| Democratic | Bryan Witt | 42,132 | 20.8 | |
| Total votes | 202,636 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Judy Chu (Incumbent) | 221,411 | 69.8 | |
| Republican | Johnny J. Nalbandian | 95,907 | 30.2 | |
| Total votes | 317,318 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Garcia (Incumbent) | 104,624 | 53.2 | |
| Democratic | Christy Smith | 91,892 | 46.8 | |
| Total votes | 196,516 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Whitesides | 154,040 | 51.3 | |||
| Republican | Mike Garcia (Incumbent) | 146,050 | 48.7 | |||
| Total votes | 300,090 | 100.0 | ||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
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