California's 37th congressional district

California's 37th congressional district
California's 37th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Karen Bass (D–Los Angeles)
Ethnicity	24.3% White, 24.6% Black, 9.3% Asian, 38.6% Hispanic, 3.3^[1]% other
Cook PVI	D+34

California's 37th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California based in Los Angeles County. It is composed of traditionally African-American neighborhoods west and Southwest of Downtown Los Angeles

The District includes

The district is currently represented by Democrat Karen Bass.

Demographics

The district is highly diverse ethnically. Approximately half of the district's residents are Hispanic and a quarter are African American with the remainder being a mix of Caucasian, Asian, and other ethnic groups.

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2010	Governor	Brown 74.1 - 20.3%
2010	Senator	Boxer 73.7 - 20.5%
2008	President^[2]	Obama 79.6 - 18.7%
2006	Governor^[3]	Angelides 60.6 - 33.9%
2006	Senator^[4]	Feinstein 76.6 - 18.0%
2004	President^[5]	Kerry 73.5 - 25.2%
2004	Senator^[6]	Boxer 76.3 - 18.1%
2003	Recall^[7]^[8]	No 59.3 - 40.7%
2003	Recall^[7]^[8]	Bustamante 44.3 - 36.7%
2002	Governor^[9]	Davis 67.7 - 23.6%
2000	President^[10]	Gore 82.8 - 14.8%
2000	Senator^[11]	Feinstein 82.8 - 11.8%
1998	Governor
1998	Senator
1996	President
1994	Governor
1994	Senator
1992	President	Clinton 73.8 - 15.7%
	Senator	Boxer 70.9 - 21.4%
	Senator	Feinstein 75.7 - 17.7%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created		January 3, 1963
Lionel Van Deerlin	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967		San Diego (City of San Diego)
Lionel Van Deerlin	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	Redistricted to the 41st district	Eastern/southern San Diego
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted to the 28th district	Los Angeles
Jerry Pettis	Republican	January 3, 1975 – February 14, 1975	Redistricted from the 33rd district Died	Riverside, San Bernardino
Vacant		February 14, 1975 – April 29, 1975
Shirley Neil Pettis	Republican	April 29, 1975 – January 3, 1979	Retired
Jerry Lewis	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to the 35th district
Al McCandless	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted to the 44th district	Riverside
Walter R. Tucker III	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – December 15, 1995	Resigned	Los Angeles (Compton, Carson, Long Beach)
Vacant		December 15, 1995 – March 26, 1996
Juanita Millender-McDonald	Democratic	March 26, 1996 – April 22, 2007	Died
Vacant
Laura Richardson	Democratic	August 21, 2007 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted to the 44th district and lost
Karen Bass	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	Redistricted from the 33rd district	West Los Angeles (Crenshaw, and Culver City)

Election results

1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1975 (Special) • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 (Special) • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2007 (Special) • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014

1962

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (inc.)	63,821	51.4
	Republican	Dick Wilson	60,460	48.6
Total votes			124,281	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new seat)

1964

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (inc.)	85,624	58.2
	Republican	Dick Wilson	61,373	41.8
Total votes			146,997	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1966

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (inc.)	80,060	61.2
	Republican	Mike Schaefer	50,817	38.8
Total votes			130,877	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1968

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (inc.)	95,591	64.7
	Republican	Mike Schaefer	52,212	35.3
Total votes			147,803	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (inc.)	93,952	72.1
	Republican	James B. Kuhn	31,968	24.5
	American Independent	Faye B. Brice	2,962	2.3
	Peace and Freedom	Fritjof Thygeson	1,386	1.1
Total votes			130,268	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (I)	120,392	73.2
	Republican	Greg Tria	40,633	24.7
	Peace and Freedom	John Hagg	3,485	2.1
Total votes			164,510	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new seat)

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Pettis (incumbent)	88,548	63.2
	Democratic	Bobby Ray Vincent	46,449	32.9
	American Independent	John H. Ortman	5,522	3.9
Total votes			140,519	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1975 (Special)

1975 special election^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shirley Neil Pettis	'	60.5
	Democratic	Ron Pettis		14.7
	Democratic	James L. Mayfield		12.7
	Republican	Frank M. Bogert		5.4
	American Independent	Bernard Wahl		1.6
	Democratic	Joe E. Hubbs, Sr.		1.3
	Republican	Louis Martinez		1.0
	Republican	Jack H. Harrison		0.8
	Democratic	Clodeon Speed Adkins		0.6
	Republican	Bud Mathewson		0.6
	Democratic	C. L. "Jimmie" James		0.4
	Democratic	Richard "Doc" Welby		0.3
	Republican	Robert J. Allenthorp		0.2
Total votes			{{{votes}}}	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shirley Neil Pettis (incumbent)	133,634	71.1
	Democratic	Douglas C. Nilson Jr.	49,021	26.1
	American Independent	Bernard Wahl	5,352	2.8
Total votes			188,007	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis	106,581	61.4
	Democratic	Dan Corcoran	60,463	34.8
	American Independent	Bernard Wahl	6,544	3.8
Total votes			173,588	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (incumbent)	165,371	71.6
	Democratic	Donald M. "Don" Rusk	58,091	25.1
	Libertarian	Larry Morris	7,615	3.3
Total votes			231,077	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al McCandless	105,065	59.1
	Democratic	Curtis R. "Sam" Cross	68,510	38.5
	Libertarian	Marc R. Wruble	4,297	2.4
Total votes			177,872	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al McCandless (incumbent)	149,955	63.6
	Democratic	David E. "Dave" Skinner	85,908	36.4
Total votes			245,863	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al McCandless (incumbent)	122,416	63.7
	Democratic	David E. "Dave" Skinner	69,808	36.3
Total votes			192,224	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al McCandless (incumbent)	174,284	64.3
	Democratic	Johnny Pearson	89,666	33.1
	Libertarian	Bonnie Flickinger	7,169	2.6
	No party	Write-ins	123	0.0%
Total votes			271,242	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al McCandless (incumbent)	115,469	49.8
	Democratic	Ralph Waite	103,961	44.8
	American Independent	Gary R. Odom	6,474	2.8
	Libertarian	Bonnie Flickinger	6,178	2.7
Total votes			232,082	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter R. Tucker III (inc.)	97,159	85.7
	Peace and Freedom	B. Kwaku Duren	16,178	14.3
Total votes			113,337	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter R. Tucker III (inc.)	64,166	77.37
	Libertarian	Guy Wilson	18,502	22.31
	No party	Prulitsky (write-in)	263	0.32%
Total votes			82,931	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1996 (Special)

List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives in California^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald	13,868	31.74
	Democratic	Willard H. Murray, Jr.	10,396	23.79
	Democratic	Omar Bradley	6,975	15.96
	Democratic	Paul H. Richards	6,035	13.81
	Democratic	Charles Davis	2,555	5.85
	Democratic	Murry J. Carter	1,574	3.60
	Democratic	Joyce Harris	1,322	3.03
	Democratic	Robin Tucker	513	1.17
	Democratic	Robert M. Saucedo	453	1.04
Total votes			43,691	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald-I	87,247	85.0
	Republican	Michael Voetee	15,339	15.0
Total votes			102,586	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald-I	70,026	85.06
	Republican	Saul E. Lankster	12,301	14.94
Total votes			82,327	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald-I	93,269	82.4
	Republican	Vernon Van	12,762	11.3
	Natural Law	Margaret Glazer	4,094	3.6
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	3,150	2.7
Total votes			113,275	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald-I	63,445	73.0
	Republican	Oscar A. Velasco	20,154	23.1
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	3,413	3.9
Total votes			87,012	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald-I	118,823	75.1
	Republican	Vernon Van	31,960	20.2
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	7,535	4.7
Total votes			158,318	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald-I	80,716	82.4
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	17,246	17.6
Total votes			97,962	'
	Democratic hold

2007 (Special)

Main article: California's 37th congressional district special election, 2007

2007 special election runoff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Laura Richardson	11,956	67.05
	Republican	John Kanaley	5,309	25.24
	Green	Daniel Brezenoff	1,138	5.41
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	483	2.30
Total votes			18,886	100.0
Voter turnout			8.6%
	Democratic hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Laura Richardson	128,175	75.0
	Independent	Nick Dibs	25,498	15.0
	Democratic	Peter Mathews (Write-In)	17,000	10.0
Total votes			169,973	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Laura Richardson	85,799	68.36
	Republican	Star Parker	29,159	23.23
	Independent	Nicholas Dibs	10,560	8.41
Total votes			125,518	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Bass (incumbent)	207,039	86%
	Republican	Morgan Osborne	32,541	14%
Total votes			239,580	100%
	Democratic hold

2014

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Bass (incumbent)	96,787	84%
	Republican	R. Adam King	18,051	16%
Total votes			114,838	100%
	Democratic hold

Living former Members

As of April 2015, there are six former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 37th congressional district that are currently living.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	1973 - 1975	(1932-10-05) October 5, 1932
Shirley N. Pettis	1975 - 1979	(1924-07-12) July 12, 1924
Jerry Lewis	1979 - 1983	(1934-10-21) October 21, 1934
Al McCandless	1983 - 1993	(1927-07-23) July 23, 1927
Walter R. Tucker III	1993 - 1995	(1957-05-28) May 28, 1957
Laura Richardson	2007 - 2013	(1962-04-14) April 14, 1962

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

External links

Current (post 2012) district map—GovTrack.us: California's 37th congressional district
Historic district descriptions -- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
Historic (2012 and earlier) district map -- California Voter Foundation map - CD37

California's congressional districts

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The at-large seats only existed from 1850 to 1865 and from 1883 to 1885.

See also: California's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations; Recent U.S. House elections in California: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014

Coordinates: 34°00′58″N 118°22′07″W / 34.01611°N 118.36861°W / 34.01611; -118.36861

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