2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 2000. Democrats gained five seats, one of which was held by Matthew G. Martinez who switched to the Republican Party after being defeated in the Democratic primary, expanding their majority in California's delegation.

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California

November 7, 2000 (2000-11-07)
All 52 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 28 24 Seats before 27 25 Seats won 32 20 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 5,405,002 4,446,295 Percentage 51.79% 42.60%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	5,405,002	51.79%	27	32	+5
	Republican	4,446,295	42.60%	25	20	-5
	Libertarian	278,472	2.67%	0	0	0
	Natural Law	228,273	2.19%	0	0	0
	Green	37,952	0.36%	0	0	0
	Reform	33,311	0.32%	0	0	0
	American Independent	7,474	0.07%	0	0	0
	Write-ins	518	0.00%	0	0	0
Invalid or blank votes		649,440	5.86%	—	—	—
Totals		11,086,737	100.00%	52	52	—

Results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California: [1]

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	155,638	65.03
	Republican	Russel J. "Jim" Chase	66,987	27.99
	Natural Law	Cheryl Kreier	7,173	3.00
	Libertarian	Emil P. Rossi	6,376	2.66
	Reform	Pamela Elizondo	3,161	1.32
Invalid or blank votes			11,818	4.71
Total votes			251,153	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	168,172	65.73
	Democratic	Stan Morgan	72,075	28.17
	Natural Law	John McDermott	8,910	3.48
	Libertarian	Charles R. Martin	6,699	2.62
Invalid or blank votes			7,130	2.71
Total votes			262,986	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Ose (incumbent)	129,254	56.15
	Democratic	Bob Kent	93,067	40.43
	Libertarian	Douglas Arthur Tuma	5,227	2.27
	Natural Law	Channing E. Jones	2,634	1.14
Invalid or blank votes			4,309	1.84
Total votes			234,491	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Doolittle (incumbent)	197,503	63.42
	Democratic	Mark A. Norberg	97,974	31.46
	Libertarian	William Fritz Frey	9,494	3.05
	Natural Law	Robert E. Ray	6,452	2.07
Invalid or blank votes			4,506	1.43
Total votes			315,929	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	147,025	68.13
	Republican	Ken Payne	55,945	25.92
	Green	Ken Adams	6,195	2.87
	Libertarian	Cullene Lang	3,746	1.74
	Natural Law	Alan Barreca	2,894	1.34
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			215,805	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	182,116	64.33
	Republican	Ken McAuliffe	80,169	28.32
	Green	Justin "Justo" Moscoso	13,248	4.68
	Libertarian	Richard O. Barton	4,691	1.66
	Natural Law	Alan Barreca	2,894	1.02
Invalid or blank votes			11,775	3.99
Total votes			294,893	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Miller (incumbent)	159,692	76.48
	Republican	Christopher A. Hoffman	44,154	21.15
	Natural Law	Martin Sproul	4,943	2.37
Invalid or blank votes			9,361	4.29
Total votes			218,150	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Pelosi (incumbent)	181,847	84.41
	Republican	Adam Sparks	25,298	11.74
	Libertarian	Erik Bauman	5,645	2.62
	Natural Law	David Smithstein	2,638	1.22
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			215,428	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Lee (incumbent)	182,352	84.95
	Republican	Arneze Washington	21,033	9.80
	Libertarian	Fred E. Foldvary	7,051	3.28
	Natural Law	Ellen Jefferds	4,214	1.96
Invalid or blank votes			15,267	6.64
Total votes			229,917	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Tauscher (incumbent)	160,429	52.63
	Republican	Claude B. Hutchison, Jr.	134,863	44.24
	Natural Law	Valerie Janlois	9,527	3.13
Invalid or blank votes			13,011	4.09
Total votes			317,830	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Pombo (incumbent)	120,635	57.83
	Democratic	Tom Y. Santos	79,539	38.13
	Libertarian	Kathryn A. Russow	5,036	2.41
	Natural Law	Jon A. Kurey	3,397	1.63
Invalid or blank votes			4,834	2.26
Total votes			213,441	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Lantos (incumbent)	158,404	74.52
	Republican	Mike Garza	44,162	20.78
	Libertarian	Barbara J. Less	6,431	3.03
	Natural Law	Rifkin Young	3,559	1.67
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			212,556	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	129,012	70.44
	Republican	James R. "Jim" Goetz	44,499	24.30
	Libertarian	Howard Mora	4,623	2.52
	Natural Law	Timothy R. Hoehner	2,647	1.45
	American Independent	Don J. Grundmann	2,365	1.29
Invalid or blank votes			12,876	6.57
Total votes			196,022	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo (incumbent)	161,720	70.23
	Republican	Bill Quraishi	59,338	25.77
	Libertarian	Joseph W. Dehn III	4,715	2.05
	Natural Law	John Black	4,489	1.95
Invalid or blank votes			9,457	3.95
Total votes			239,719	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Honda	128,545	54.26
	Republican	Jim Cunneen	99,866	42.15
	Libertarian	Ed Wimmers	4,820	2.03
	Natural Law	Douglas C. Gorney	3,591	1.52
	No party	Phillip Kronzer (write-in)	82	0.03
Invalid or blank votes			11,372	4.58
Total votes			248,276	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	115,118	72.06
	Republican	Horace "Gene" Thayn	37,213	23.30
	Libertarian	Dennis Michael Umphress	4,742	2.97
	Natural Law	Edward J. Klein	2,673	1.67
Invalid or blank votes			12,742	7.39
Total votes			172,488	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Farr (incumbent)	143,219	68.60
	Republican	Clint Engler	51,557	24.70
	Green	E. Craig Coffin	8,215	3.94
	Libertarian	Rick S. Garrett	2,510	1.20
	Reform	Larry Fenton	2,263	1.08
	Natural Law	Scott R. Hartley	996	0.48
Invalid or blank votes			7,599	3.51
Total votes			216,359	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Condit (incumbent)	118,842	66.70
	Republican	Steve R. Wilson	56,465	31.69
	Natural Law	Page Roth Riskin	2,860	1.61
Invalid or blank votes			6,378	3.46
Total votes			184,545	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Radanovich (incumbent)	144,517	64.92
	Democratic	Dan Rosenberg	70,578	31.70
	Libertarian	Elizabeth Taylor	4,264	1.92
	Natural Law	Bob Miller	1,990	0.89
	American Independent	Edmon V. Kaiser	1,266	0.57
Invalid or blank votes			8,538	3.69
Total votes			231,153	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cal Dooley (incumbent)	66,235	52.35
	Republican	Rich Rodriguez	57,563	45.49
	Natural Law	Walter Kenneth Ruehlig	1,416	1.12
	Libertarian	Arnold Kriegbaum	1,320	1.04
Invalid or blank votes			2,023	1.57
Total votes			128,557	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	142,539	71.59
	Democratic	Pedro "Pete" Martinez	49,318	24.77
	Libertarian	James R.S. Manion	7,243	3.64
Invalid or blank votes			1,806	0.90
Total votes			200,906	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	135,538	53.14
	Republican	Mike Stoker	113,094	44.34
	Reform	Richard D. "Dick" Porter	2,490	0.98
	Libertarian	Joe Furcinite	2,060	0.81
	Natural Law	J. Carlos Aguirre	1,888	0.74
Invalid or blank votes			5,532	2.12
Total votes			260,602	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	119,479	54.05
	Democratic	Michael Case	89,918	40.68
	Reform	Cary Savitch	6,473	2.93
	Libertarian	Roger Peebles	3,708	1.68
	Natural Law	Stephen P. Hospodar	1,456	0.66
Invalid or blank votes			10,847	4.68
Total votes			231,881	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	155,398	66.00
	Republican	Jerry Doyle	70,169	29.80
	Libertarian	Juan Carlos Ros	6,966	2.96
	Natural Law	Michael Cuddehe	2,911	1.24
Invalid or blank votes			144,791	38.08
Total votes			380,235	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard McKeon (incumbent)	138,628	62.23
	Democratic	Sid Gold	73,921	33.18
	Libertarian	Bruce R. Acker	7,219	3.24
	Natural Law	Mews Small	3,010	1.35
Invalid or blank votes			16,259	6.80
Total votes			239,037	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	96,500	84.07
	Libertarian	Bill Farley	13,052	11.37
	Natural Law	David L. Cossak	5,229	4.56
	Independent	Robert Edwards	5	0.00
Invalid or blank votes			15,568	11.94
Total votes			130,354	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Schiff	113,708	52.70
	Republican	Jim Rogan (incumbent)	94,518	43.80
	Natural Law	Miriam R. Hospodar	3,873	1.79
	Libertarian	Ted Brown	3,675	1.70
Invalid or blank votes			12,835	5.61
Total votes			228,609	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	116,557	56.80
	Democratic	Janice M. Nelson	81,804	39.87
	Libertarian	Randall G. Weissbuch	2,823	1.38
	Natural Law	Lawrence Allison	2,083	1.02
	American Independent	Joe "Jay" Haytas	1,932	0.94
Invalid or blank votes			16,669	7.51
Total votes			221,868	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	180,295	75.69
	Republican	Jim Scileppi	45,784	19.22
	Libertarian	Jack Anderson	7,944	3.33
	Natural Law	Bruce Currivan	4,178	1.75
Invalid or blank votes			22,003	8.46
Total votes			260,204	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra (incumbent)	83,223	83.29
	Republican	Tony Goss	11,788	11.80
	Libertarian	Jason E. Heath	2,858	2.86
	Natural Law	Gary D. Hearne	2,051	2.05
Invalid or blank votes			10,684	9.66
Total votes			110,604	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hilda Solis	89,600	79.35
	Green	Krista Lieberg-Wong	10,294	9.12
	Libertarian	Michael McGuire	7,138	6.32
	Natural Law	Richard D. Griffin	5,882	5.21
Invalid or blank votes			16,880	13.01
Total votes			129,794	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julian C. Dixon (incumbent)	137,447	83.54
	Republican	Kathy Williamson	19,924	12.11
	Libertarian	Bob Weber	3,875	2.36
	Natural Law	Rashied Jibri	3,281	1.99
Invalid or blank votes			17,036	9.38
Total votes			181,563	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard (incumbent)	60,510	84.55
	Republican	Wayne Miller	8,260	11.54
	Libertarian	Nathan Thomas Craddock	1,601	2.24
	Natural Law	William Harpur	1,200	1.68
Invalid or blank votes			8,762	10.91
Total votes			80,333	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano (incumbent)	105,980	71.26
	Republican	Robert Arthur Canales	33,445	22.49
	Natural Law	Julia F. Simon	9,262	6.23
	No party	John W. Brantuk (write-in)	36	0.02
Invalid or blank votes			15,360	9.36
Total votes			164,083	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (incumbent)	100,569	86.54
	Republican	Carl McGill	12,582	10.83
	American Independent	Gordon Michael Mego	1,911	1.64
	Natural Law	Rick Dunstan	1,153	0.99
Invalid or blank votes			10,351	8.18
Total votes			126,566	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jane Harman	115,651	48.36
	Republican	Steven T. Kuykendall (incumbent)	111,199	46.50
	Libertarian	Daniel R. Sherman	6,073	2.54
	Reform	John R. Konopka	3,549	1.48
	Natural Law	Matt Ornati	2,264	0.95
	No party	William D. Davies (write-in)	395	0.17
Invalid or blank votes			15,254	6.00
Total votes			254,385	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald (inc.)	93,269	82.34
	Republican	Vernon Van	12,762	11.27
	Natural Law	Margaret Glazer	4,094	3.61
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	3,150	2.78
Invalid or blank votes			11,879	9.49
Total votes			125,154	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Horn (incumbent)	87,266	48.45
	Democratic	Gerrie Shcipske	85,498	47.47
	Natural Law	Karen Blasdell-Wilkinson	3,744	2.08
	Libertarian	Jack Neglia	3,614	2.01
Invalid or blank votes			13,774	7.10
Total votes			193,896	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Royce (incumbent)	129,294	62.73
	Democratic	Gill G. Kanel	64,938	31.51
	Natural Law	Ron Jevning	6,597	3.20
	Libertarian	Keith D. Gann	5,275	2.56
Invalid or blank votes			13,772	6.26
Total votes			219,876	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (incumbent)	151,069	79.92
	Natural Law	Frank N. Schmidt	19,029	10.07
	Libertarian	Jay Lindberg	18,924	10.01
Invalid or blank votes			629	0.33
Total votes			189,651	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (incumbent)	104,695	58.93
	Democratic	Rodolfo G. Favila	66,361	37.35
	Natural Law	David Kramer	6,607	3.72
Invalid or blank votes			7,357	4.75
Total votes			154,973	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca (incumbent)	90,585	59.76
	Republican	Eli Pirozzi	53,239	35.12
	Libertarian	John "Scott" Ballard	4,059	2.68
	Natural Law	Gwyn Hartley	3,694	2.44
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			151,577	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (incumbent)	140,201	73.66
	Libertarian	Bill Reed	29,755	15.63
	Natural Law	Nat Adam	20,376	10.71
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			190,332	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 44

California's 44th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Bono (incumbent)	123,738	59.15
	Democratic	Ron Oden	79,302	37.91
	Reform	Gene Smith	4,135	1.98
	Natural Law	Jim Meuer	2,012	0.96
	No party	Harry Merker (write-in)	0	0.00
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			209,187	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 45

California's 45th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dana Rohrabacher (incumbent)	136,275	62.12
	Democratic	Ted Crisell	71,066	32.39
	Libertarian	Don Hull	8,409	3.83
	Natural Law	Constance Betton	3,635	1.66
Invalid or blank votes			12,927	5.56
Total votes			232,312	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 46

California's 46th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loretta Sanchez (incumbent)	70,381	60.20
	Republican	Gloria Matta Tuchman	40,928	35.01
	Libertarian	Richard B. Boddie	3,159	2.70
	Natural Law	Larry Engwall	2,440	2.09
Invalid or blank votes			3,967	3.28
Total votes			120,875	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 47

California's 47th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Cox (incumbent)	181,365	65.62
	Democratic	John Graham	83,186	30.10
	Libertarian	David F. Nolan	8,081	2.92
	Natural Law	Iris Adam	3,769	1.36
Invalid or blank votes			14,151	4.87
Total votes			290,552	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 48

California's 48th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Darrell Issa	160,627	61.43
	Democratic	Peter Kouvelis	74,073	28.33
	Reform	Eddie Rose	11,240	4.30
	Natural Law	Sharon K. Miles	8,269	3.16
	Libertarian	Joe Michael Cobb	7,269	2.78
Invalid or blank votes			21,024	7.44
Total votes			282,502	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 49

California's 49th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Davis	113,400	49.63
	Republican	Brian Bilbray (incumbent)	105,515	46.18
	Libertarian	Doris Ball	6,526	2.86
	Natural Law	Tahir I. Bhatti	3,048	1.33
Invalid or blank votes			11,805	4.91
Total votes			240,294	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 50

California's 50th congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Filner (incumbent)	95,191	68.25
	Republican	Bob Divine	38,526	27.62
	Libertarian	David A. Willoughby	3,472	2.49
	Natural Law	LeAnn S. Kendall	2,283	1.64
Invalid or blank votes			9,533	6.40
Total votes			149,005	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 51

California's 51st congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duke Cunningham (incumbent)	172,291	64.34
	Democratic	George "Jorge" Barraza	81,408	30.40
	Libertarian	Daniel L. Muhe	7,159	2.67
	Natural Law	Eric Hunter Bourdette	6,941	2.59
Invalid or blank votes			21,627	7.47
Total votes			289,426	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 52

California's 52nd congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	131,345	64.70
	Democratic	Craig Barkacs	63,537	31.30
	Libertarian	Michael Benoit	5,995	2.95
	Natural Law	Robert A. Sherman	2,117	1.04
Invalid or blank votes			13,362	6.18
Total votes			216,356	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

See also

• 107th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• 2000 United States House of Representatives elections

References

• 2000 General Election Returns for United States Congress
• California Elections Page

External links

• California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions