2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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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 Increase5 Decrease5
Popular vote 5,405,002 4,446,295
Percentage 51.79% 42.60%
Results:
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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.

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

References

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