California's 44th congressional district

California's 44th congressional district
	California's 44th congressional district since January 3, 2013.
	Nanette Barragán; D–San Pedro
Area	105.2 sq mi (272 km2)
Distribution	100% urban; 0% rural;
Population (2015)	712,204
Median income	$50,346
Ethnicity	7.9% white; 15.12% black; 6.67% Asian; 69.4% Hispanic; 0.84% other;
Cook PVI	D+35

California's 44th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is centered in South Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Harbor Region. It is currently represented by Democrat Nanette Barragán.

The 44th district is composed of the following cities and communities:

The congressional district is located in the southern portion of the state and includes part of Los Angeles County.^[3] The district's current borders are delineated by the 110 freeway in its western border. Takes an inward right following the 105 Freeway. Following S. Central Avenue north and then zig-zags its way to Florence Ave at its apex. Its eastern border runs mostly along the 710 Freeway until reaching the Pacific Ocean.

Education The following school districts serve the area: Los Angeles Unified School District, Compton Unified School District, Lynwood Unified School District, Long Beach Unified School District, and Paramount Unified School District.

California State University Dominguez Hills and Compton Community College are the only institutions of higher education in the district.

Current borders

The high school graduation rate is 63.9%^[4] and bachelor's degree or higher 13.4%

Competitiveness[edit]

In statewide races[edit]

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
1990	Governor^[5]	Wilson 46.6% - 46.1%
1992	President^[6]	Clinton 40.6% - 35.7%
	Senator^[7]	Herschensohn 50.4% - 39.6%
	Senator (Special)^[8]	Feinstein 46.5% - 44.1%
1994	Governor^[9]	Wilson 64.2% - 31.5%
1994	Senator^[10]	Huffington 55.4% – 35.6%
1996	President^[11]	Dole 44.6% - 44.1%
1998	Governor^[12]	Davis 52.2% - 44.9%
1998	Senator^[13]	Fong 49.2% – 46.7%
2000	President^[14]	Bush 49.4% - 46.9%
2000	Senator^[15]	Feinstein 51.0% - 42.7%
2002	Governor^[16]	Simon 55.4% - 37.0%
2003	Recall^[17]^[18]	Yes 72.2% - 27.8%
2003	Recall^[17]^[18]	Schwarzenegger 62.6% - 19.3%
2004	President^[19]	Bush 59.0% - 39.9%
2004	Senator^[20]	Jones 50.5% - 44.9%
2006	Governor^[21]	Schwarzenegger 66.8% - 28.4%
2006	Senator^[22]	Mountjoy 48.3% - 46.4%
2008	President^[23]	Obama 49.5% - 48.6%
2010	Governor^[24]	Whitman 52.9% - 40.8%
2010	Senator^[25]	Fiorina 55.4% - 38.6%
2012	President^[26]	Obama 84.7% - 13.6%
2012	Senator^[27]	Feinstein 84.7% - 15.3%
2014	Governor^[28]	Brown 79.9% – 20.1%
2016	President^[29]	Clinton 83.0% - 12.3%
2016	Senator^[30]	Harris 54.6% - 45.4%
2018	Governor^[31]	Newsom 81.4% – 18.6%
2018	Senator^[32]	Feinstein 57.2% – 42.8%

List of members representing the district[edit]

District created January 3, 1983.

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
Jim Bates	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991	98th 99th 100th 101st	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election.	1983–1993 San Diego (San Diego)
Duke Cunningham	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993	102nd	Elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 51st district.	1983–1993 San Diego (San Diego)
Al McCandless	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Redistricted from the 37th district and re-elected in 1992. Retired.	1993–2003 Riverside
Sonny Bono	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 5, 1998	104th 105th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Died.
Vacant		January 5, 1998 – April 7, 1998
Mary Bono	Republican	April 7, 1998 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	Elected to finish her late husband's term. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 45th district.
Ken Calvert	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 43rd district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 42nd district.	2003–2013 Orange (San Clemente), Riverside (Corona, Riverside)
Janice Hahn	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – December 4, 2016	113th 114th	Redistricted from the 36th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for, and then resigned after being elected to, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.	2013–Present Los Angeles (Carson, Compton, and San Pedro)
Vacant		December 4, 2016 – January 3, 2017
Nanette Barragán	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – Present	115th 116th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018.

Election results[edit]

1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 (Special) • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018

1982[edit]

1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Bates	78,474	64.9
	Republican	Shirley M. Gissendanner	38,447	31.8
	Libertarian	Jim Conole	3,904	3.3
Total votes			120,825	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

1984[edit]

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Bates (Incumbent)	99,378	69.7
	Republican	Neill Campbell	39,977	28.1
	Libertarian	Jim Conole	3,206	2.2
Total votes			142,561	100.0
	Democratic hold

1986[edit]

1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Bates (Incumbent)	70,557	64.2
	Republican	Bill Mitchell	36,359	33.2
	Peace and Freedom	Shirley Rachel Issacson	1,676	1.5
	Libertarian	Dennis Thompson	1,244	1.1
Total votes			109,836	100.0
	Democratic hold

1988[edit]

1988 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Bates (Incumbent)	90,796	59.7
	Republican	Rob Butterfield	55,511	36.5
	Libertarian	Dennis Thompson	5,782	3.8
Total votes			152,089	100.0
	Democratic hold

1990[edit]

1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duke Cunningham	50,377	46.3
	Democratic	Jim Bates (Incumbent)	48,712	44.8
	Peace and Freedom	Donna White	5,237	4.9
	Libertarian	John Wallner	4,385	4.0
Total votes			108,711	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1992[edit]

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al McCandless (Incumbent)	110,333	54.2
	Democratic	Georgia Smith	81,693	40.1
	Libertarian	Phil Turner	11,515	5.7
Total votes			203,541	100.0
	Republican hold

1994[edit]

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sonny Bono	95,521	55.6
	Democratic	Steve Clute	65,370	38.1
	American Independent	Donald Cochran	10,885	6.3
Total votes			171,776	100.0
	Republican hold

1996[edit]

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sonny Bono (Incumbent)	110,643	57.8
	Democratic	Anita Rufus	73,844	38.6
	American Independent	Donald Cochran	3,888	2.0
	Natural Law	Karen Wilkinson	3,143	1.6
	Republican	Colleen Cummings (write-in)	110	0.0
Total votes			191,628	100.0
	Republican hold

1998 (Special)[edit]

1998 California's 44th congressional district special election^[41]^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Bono	53,755	64.0
	Democratic	Ralph Waite	24,228	28.8
	Democratic	Anna Nevenich	2,415	2.9
	Democratic	John W. J. Overman	1,435	1.7
	Republican	Tom Hamey	1,235	1.5
	Republican	Bud Mathewson	946	1.1
Total votes			84,014	100.0
Turnout				31.1
	Republican hold

1998[edit]

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Bono (Incumbent)	97,013	60.1
	Democratic	Ralph Waite	57,697	35.7
	Natural Law	Jim J. Meuer	6,818	4.2
Total votes			161,528	100.0
	Republican hold

2000[edit]

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Bono (Incumbent)	123,738	59.2
	Democratic	Ron Oden	79,302	38.0
	Reform	Gene Smith	4,135	1.9
	Natural Law	Jim Meuer	2,012	0.9
Total votes			209,187	100.0
	Republican hold

2002[edit]

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	76,686	63.7
	Democratic	Louis Vandenberg	38,021	31.6
	Green	Phill Courtney	5,756	4.7
Total votes			120,463	100.0
	Republican hold

2004[edit]

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	138,768	61.7
	Democratic	Louis Vandenberg	78,796	35.0
	Peace and Freedom	Kevin Akin	7,559	3.3
Total votes			225,123	100.0
	Republican hold

2006[edit]

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	89,555	60.0
	Democratic	Louis Vandenberg	55,275	37.0
	Peace and Freedom	Kevin Akin	4,486	3.0
Total votes			149,316	100.0
	Republican hold

2008[edit]

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	129,937	51.2
	Democratic	Bill Hedrick	123,890	48.8
Total votes			253,827	100.0
	Republican hold

2010[edit]

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	107,482	55.7
	Democratic	Bill Hedrick	85,784	44.3
Total votes			193,266	100.0
	Republican hold

2012[edit]

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[50]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janice Hahn (Incumbent)	99,909	60.2
	Democratic	Laura Richardson (Incumbent)	65,989	39.8
Total votes			165,898	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014[edit]

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[51]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janice Hahn (Incumbent)	59,670	86.7
	Peace and Freedom	Adam Shbeita	9,192	13.3
Total votes			68,862	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016[edit]

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[52]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nanette Barragán	93,124	52.2
	Democratic	Isadore Hall	85,289	47.8
Total votes			178,413	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018[edit]

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[53]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nanette Barragán (Incumbent)	97,944	68.3
	Democratic	Isadore Hall	45,378	31.7
Total votes			143,322	100.0
	Democratic hold

Living former representatives[edit]

As of October 2019^[update], there are five former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 44th congressional district that are currently living. The most recent representative to die was Al McCandless (served 1993–1995) on August 9, 2017. the most recently serving representative to die was Sonny Bono (served 1995–1998), who died in office on January 5, 1998.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
Jim Bates	1983 - 1991	(1941-07-21) July 21, 1941 (age 78)
Duke Cunningham	1991 - 1993	(1941-12-08) December 8, 1941 (age 77)
Mary Bono	1998 - 2003	(1961-10-24) October 24, 1961 (age 58)
Ken Calvert	2003 - 2013	(1953-06-08) June 8, 1953 (age 66)
Janice Hahn	2013 - 2016	(1952-03-30) March 30, 1952 (age 67)

Historical district boundaries[edit]

What was once the 44th Congressional District is now California's 50th Congressional District.

In the 1980s, the 44th District was one of four that divided San Diego. It covered some of the northern and eastern parts of San Diego County. The district had been held for eight years by Democrat Jim Bates and was considered the most Democratic district in the San Diego area. However, Bates was bogged down in a scandal involving charges of sexual harassment. Randy "Duke" Cunningham won the Republican nomination and hammered Bates about the scandal. He won by just a point, meaning that the San Diego area was represented entirely by Republicans for only the second time since the city was split into three districts after the 1960 U.S. Census.

In the 1990 U.S. Census, the district was renumbered the 51st Congressional District, and much of its share of San Diego was moved to the new 50th Congressional District.

Between 2003 and 2013, the 44th district covered an area of Southern California from San Clemente in Orange County on the coast, north-by-northeast inland to Riverside County, including the cities of Corona, Norco, Rubidoux, and Riverside.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 33°51′N 118°15′W / 33.85°N 118.25°W / 33.85; -118.25

[1] US Census

[2] LA Times

[3] "California's 44th Congressional District - Ballotpedia". Retrieved September 9, 2017.

[4] Graduation Rate

[5] Statement of Vote (1990 Governor)

[6] Statement of Vote (1992 President)

[7] Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)

[8] Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)

[9] Statement of Vote (1994 Governor)

[10] Statement of Vote (1994 Senate)

[11] Statement of Vote (1996 President)

[12] Statement of Vote (1998 Governor) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[13] Statement of Vote (1998 Senate) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[14] Statement of Vote (2000 President)

[15] Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)

[16] Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)

[17] Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)

[18] Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)

[19] Statement of Vote (2004 President)

[20] Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)

[21] Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)

[22] Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)

[23] Statement of Vote (2008 President)

[24] Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)

[25] Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)

[26] Statement of Vote (2012 President)

[27] Statement of Vote (2012 Senator)

[28] Statement of Vote (2014 Governor)

[29] Statement of Vote (2016 President)

[30] Statement of Vote (2016 Senate)

[31] Statement of Vote (2018 Governor)

[32] Statement of Vote (2018 Senator)

[33] 1982 election results

[34] 1984 election results

[35] 1986 election results

[36] 1988 election results

[37] 1990 election results

[38] 1992 election results

[39] 1994 election results

[40] 1996 election results

[41] 1998 special election results

[42] 1998 special election results

[43] 1998 election results

[44] 2000 election results

[45] 2002 election results

[46] 2004 election results

[47] 2006 election results

[48] 2008 election results

[49] 2010 election results

[50] 2012 election results

[51] 2014 election results

[52] 2016 election results

[53] 2018 election results

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