California's 36th congressional district
California's 36th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. Based in the eastern part of Riverside County, it covers most of the desert communities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indio, Coachella, Rancho Mirage, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells and Cathedral City in the Inland Empire.
California's 36th congressional district | |||
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California's 36th congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Population (2019) | 755,764[1] | ||
Median household income | $58,728[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+2[3] |
The district is represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz, who unseated 45th district Republican incumbent Mary Bono Mack in 2012. Ruiz has represented the district since January 3, 2013.
Competitiveness
In statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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1990 | Governor[4] | Wilson 48.3% - 46.1% |
1992 | President[5] | Clinton 41.3% - 35.5% |
Senator[6] | Herschensohn 47.9% - 44.4% | |
Senator (Special)[7] | Feinstein 50.3% - 42.3% | |
1994 | Governor[8] | Wilson 62.0% - 34.8% |
Senator[9] | Huffington 48.7% – 44.2% | |
1996 | President[10] | Clinton 46.7% - 41.4% |
1998 | Governor[11] | Davis 54.4% - 42.4% |
Senator[12] | Boxer 48.8 - 48% | |
2000 | President[13] | Gore 50.7% - 44.3% |
Senator[14] | Feinstein 53.4% - 39.4% | |
2002 | Governor[15] | Davis 49.5% - 39.8% |
2003 | Recall[16][17] | Yes 54.3% - 45.7% |
Schwarzenegger 48.4% - 32.2% | ||
2004 | President[18] | Kerry 59.0% - 39.6% |
Senator[19] | Boxer 61.9% - 32.8% | |
2006 | Governor[20] | Schwarzenegger 52.5% - 42.6% |
Senator[21] | Feinstein 63.4% - 31.1% | |
2008 | President[22] | Obama 64.4% - 33.5% |
2010 | Governor[23] | Brown 56.3% - 38.8% |
Senator[24] | Boxer 56.1% - 38.9% | |
2012 | President[25] | Obama 50.7% - 47.5% |
Senator[26] | Feinstein 53.7% – 46.3% | |
2014 | Governor[27] | Brown 52.6% – 47.4% |
2016 | President[28] | Clinton 52.2% - 43.3% |
Senator[29] | Harris 60.0% – 40.0% | |
2018 | Governor[30] | Newsom 53.2% – 46.8% |
Senator[31] | de León 51.7% – 48.3% | |
2020 | President[32] | Biden 55.9% - 42.3% |
List of members representing the district
Election results
1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2011 (Special) • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Wilson (Incumbent) | 91,626 | 61.8 | |
Democratic | William C. Godfrey | 56,637 | 38.2 | |
Total votes | 148,263 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Wilson (Incumbent) | 105,346 | 59.1 | |
Democratic | Quintin Whelan | 73,034 | 40.9 | |
Total votes | 178,380 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Wilson (Incumbent) | 119,274 | 72.9 | |
Democratic | Don Lindgren | 44,365 | 27.1 | |
Total votes | 163,639 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Wilson (Incumbent) | 147,772 | 71.6 | |
Democratic | Don Lindgren | 58,578 | 28.4 | |
Total votes | 206,350 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Wilson (Incumbent) | 132,446 | 71.5 | |
Democratic | Daniel K. Hostetter | 44,841 | 24.2 | |
Peace and Freedom | Walter H. Koppelman | 5,139 | 2.8 | |
American Independent | Orville J. Davis | 2,723 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 185,149 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William M. Ketchum | 87,984 | 52.7 | |
Democratic | Timothy Lemucchi | 72,516 | 43.5 | |
American Independent | William M. "Bill" Armour | 6,307 | 3.8 | |
Total votes | 166,807 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent) | 69,615 | 62.6 | |
Republican | Jim Osgood | 35,858 | 32.3 | |
American Independent | William E. Pasley | 5,701 | 5.1 | |
Total votes | 111,174 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent) | 90,830 | 61.5 | |
Republican | Grant Carner | 49,368 | 33.5 | |
American Independent | William E. Pasley | 7,358 | 5.0 | |
Total votes | 147,556 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent) | 80,448 | 62.9 | |
Republican | Dana Warren Carmody | 47,417 | 37.1 | |
Total votes | 127,865 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent) | 88,628 | 52.6 | |
Republican | John Paul Stark | 73,247 | 43.4 | |
Libertarian | Harry J. Histen | 6,815 | 4.0 | |
Total votes | 168,690 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent) | 76,546 | 54.3 | |
Republican | John Paul Stark | 64,361 | 45.7 | |
Total votes | 140,907 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent) | 104,438 | 56.6 | |
Republican | John Paul Stark | 80,212 | 43.4 | |
Total votes | 184,650 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent) | 78,118 | 57.1 | |
Republican | Robert L. "Bob" Henley | 58,660 | 42.9 | |
Total votes | 136,778 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent) | 103,493 | 54.0 | |
Republican | John Paul Stark | 81,413 | 42.4 | |
Libertarian | Kenneth E. Valentine | 3,382 | 1.8 | |
American Independent | Fred L. Anderson | 3,360 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 191,648 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent) | 72,409 | 52.7 | |
Republican | Bob Hammock | 64,961 | 47.3 | |
Total votes | 137,370 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jane Harman | 125,751 | 48.4 | |
Republican | Joan Milke Flores | 109,684 | 42.3 | |
Green | Richard Greene | 13,297 | 5.1 | |
Peace and Freedom | Owen Stanley | 5,519 | 2.1 | |
Libertarian | Marc F. Denny | 5,504 | 2.1 | |
Independent | Larry Martz (write-in) | 2 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 259,757 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jane Harman (Incumbent) | 93,939 | 48.0 | |
Republican | Susan Brooks | 93,127 | 47.6 | |
Libertarian | Jack Tyler | 4,932 | 2.5 | |
American Independent | Joseph J. "Joe" Fields | 3,810 | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 195,808 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jane Harman (Incumbent) | 117,752 | 52.5 | |
Republican | Susan Brooks | 98,538 | 44.0 | |
Libertarian | Bruce Dovner | 4,933 | 2.1 | |
Natural Law | Bradley McManus | 3,236 | 1.4 | |
Total votes | 224,459 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Steven T. Kuykendall | 88,843 | 48.9 | |||
Democratic | Janice Hahn | 84,624 | 46.6 | |||
Green | Robin Barrett | 3,612 | 2.0 | |||
Libertarian | Kerry Welsh | 3,066 | 1.7 | |||
Reform | John R. Konopka | 1,561 | 0.8 | |||
Total votes | 181,706 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Jane Harman | 115,651 | 48.4 | |||
Republican | Steven T. Kuykendall (Incumbent) | 111,199 | 46.6 | |||
Libertarian | Daniel R. Sherman | 6,073 | 2.6 | |||
Reform | John R. Konopka | 3,549 | 1.4 | |||
Natural Law | Matt Ornati | 2,264 | 0.9 | |||
Republican | William D. Davies (write-in) | 395 | 0.1 | |||
Total votes | 239,131 | 100% | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jane Harman (Incumbent) | 88,198 | 61.4 | |
Republican | Stuart Johnson | 50,328 | 35.0 | |
Libertarian | Mark McSpadden | 5,225 | 3.6 | |
Total votes | 143,751 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jane Harman (Incumbent) | 151,208 | 62.0 | |
Republican | Paul Whitehead | 81,666 | 33.5 | |
Peace and Freedom | Alice Stek | 6,105 | 2.5 | |
Libertarian | Mike Binkley | 5,065 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | 244,144 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jane Harman (Incumbent) | 105,323 | 63.4 | |
Republican | Brian Gibson | 53,068 | 32.0 | |
Peace and Freedom | James R. Smith | 4,592 | 2.7 | |
Libertarian | Mike Binkley | 3,170 | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 166,153 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jane Harman (Incumbent) | 171,948 | 68.7 | |
Republican | Brian Gibson | 78,543 | 31.3 | |
Total votes | 250,491 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jane Harman (Incumbent) | 114,489 | 59.7 | |
Republican | Mattie Fein | 66,706 | 34.7 | |
Libertarian | Herb Peters | 10,840 | 5.6 | |
Total votes | 192,035 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2011 (Special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Janice Hahn | 47,000 | 54.9 | |
Republican | Craig Huey | 38,624 | 45.1 | |
Total votes | 85,624 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | 25.0 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raul Ruiz | 110,189 | 52.9 | |
Republican | Mary Bono Mack (Incumbent) | 97,953 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 208,142 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raul Ruiz (Incumbent) | 72,682 | 54.2 | |
Republican | Brian Nestande | 61,457 | 45.8 | |
Total votes | 134,139 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raul Ruiz (Incumbent) | 144,348 | 62.1 | |
Republican | Jeff Stone | 88,269 | 37.9 | |
Total votes | 232,617 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raul Ruiz (Incumbent) | 122,169 | 59.0 | |
Republican | Kimberlin Brown Pelzer | 84,839 | 41.0 | |
Total votes | 207,008 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raul Ruiz (Incumbent) | 185,151 | 60.3 | |
Republican | Erin Cruz | 121,698 | 40.7 | |
Total votes | 306,849 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Historical district boundaries
From 1993 to 2013, the 36th was located in southwestern Los Angeles County and included Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Torrance, Redondo Beach, and portions of Los Angeles itself. This district was largely dismantled after the 2010 census, and moved east to Riverside County and includes Palm Springs and La Quinta. The current 36th is largely the successor of the old 45th District.
References
- US Census
- US Census
- "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- Statement of Vote (1990 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (1992 President)
- Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)
- Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)
- Statement of Vote (1994 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (1994 Senate)
- Statement of Vote (1996 President)
- Statement of Vote (1998 Governor) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Statement of Vote (1998 Senate) Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Statement of Vote (2000 President)
- Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
- Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2004 President)
- Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2008 President)
- Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2012 President)
- Statement of Vote (2012 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2014 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2016 President)
- Statement of Vote (2016 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2018 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2018 Senator)
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2012/11/19/1163009/-Daily-Kos-Elections-presidential-results-by-congressional-district-for-the-2012-2008-elections
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