California's 15th congressional district

California's 15th congressional district
	California's 15th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Ethnicity	37.5% White, 6.9% Black, 30.1% Asian, 23.4% Hispanic, 2.1% other
Cook PVI	D+16

California's 15th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that covers most of eastern Alameda County including Hayward, Pleasanton, Livermore, Fremont and parts of Contra Costa County, including San Ramon.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Eric Swalwell.

As a result of a redistricting initiative passed during the 2010 election, the northern parts of the former 15th district became part of the new 17th District, the middle parts were merged with most of the former 14th District to create the new 18th district, and the southern parts were merged with most of the former 16th District to create the new 19th District; the new 15th district occupies the areas around Union City, Hayward, and Livermore. This area was previously represented by the 13th district. The changes took effect in the 2012 elections.

Election results from statewide races

Year	U.S. President	U.S. Senator (Class 1)	U.S. Senator (Class 3)	Governor
1992	Clinton 46.3 - 30.3%	Feinstein 59.3 - 33.4%	Boxer 51.1 - 38.3%
1994		[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
1996	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
1998			[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
2000	Gore 56.7 - 37.8%^[2]	Feinstein 54.6 - 39.8%^[3]
2002				Davis 55.0 - 33.4%^[4]
2003				Recall: No 56.0 - 44.0%^[5]^[6]
2003				Schwarzenegger 40.8 - 37.2%
2004	Kerry 62.9 - 35.9%^[7]		Boxer 64.9 - 30.8%^[8]
2006		Feinstein 68.5 - 26.2%^[9]		Schwarzenegger 53.6 - 41.3%^[10]
2008	Obama 68.4 - 29.7%^[11]
2010			Boxer 61.8 - 33.0%	Brown 59.8 - 36.2%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created		March 4, 1933
William I. Traeger	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	Lost re-election	Los Angeles
John M. Costello	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1945	Lost re-nomination
Gordon L. McDonough	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1963	Lost re-election
John J. McFall	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	Redistricted from the 11th district Redistricted to the 14th district	San Joaquin, Stanislaus
		January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973		Northeastern Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus
		January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975		Eastern Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus
Bernice F. Sisk	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979	Redistricted from the 16th district	Western Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus
Tony Coelho	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	Resigned	Western Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus
Tony Coelho	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – June 15, 1989	Resigned	Western Fresno, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus
Vacant		June 15, 1989 – September 12, 1989
Gary Condit	Democratic	September 12, 1989 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted to the 18th district
Norman Mineta	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – October 10, 1995	Redistricted from the 13th district Resigned to accept a position with Lockheed Martin	Western Santa Clara, northern Santa Cruz
Vacant		October 10, 1995 – December 12, 1995
100px Tom Campbell	Republican	December 12, 1995 – January 3, 2001	Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Mike Honda	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Mike Honda	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted to the 17th district	Western/northwestern Santa Clara
Eric Swalwell	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present		East Bay including Hayward and Dublin

Election results

1932 • 1934 • 1936 • 1938 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1989 (Special) • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1995 (Special) • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006• 2008• 2010• 2012• 2014

1932

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1932^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William I. Traeger	67,390	52.8
	Democratic	John M. Costello	57,518	45.1
	No party	Errol Shour (write-in)	2,721	2.1%
Total votes			127,663	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican win (new seat)

1934

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1934^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John M. Costello	67,247	50.5
	Republican	William I. Traeger (incumbent)	65,858	49.5
Total votes			133,161	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1936

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1936^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John M. Costello (incumbent)	99,107	69.0
	Republican	Ernest Sawyer	44,559	31.0
Total votes			143,718	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1938

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1938^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John M. Costello (incumbent)	83,086	60.1
	Republican	O. D. Thomas	51,483	37.3
	Communist	Emil Freed	2,951	2.1
Total votes			138,132	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1940

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1940^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John M. Costello (incumbent)	94,435	56.2
	Republican	Norris Nelson	71,667	42.6
	Communist	Emil Freed	2,004	1.2
Total votes			168,155	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1942

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1942^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John M. Costello (incumbent)	88,798	86.1
	Prohibition	B. Tarkington Dowden	10,185	9.9
	Communist	Philip Gardner	3,989	3.9
Total votes			103,094	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1944

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough	100,305	56.6
	Democratic	Hal Styles	73,655	41.6
	Prohibition	Johannes Nielson-Lange	2,694	1.5
Total votes			177,081	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1946

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1946^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	106,020	99.4
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1948

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	131,933	83.0
	Progressive	Maynard Omerberg	27,007	17.0
Total votes			159,031	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1950

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1950^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	112,704	87.1
	Progressive	Jeanne Cole	16,559	12.8
Total votes			129,352	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1952

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1952^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	142,545	99.7
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1954

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1954^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	77,651	56.9
	Democratic	Frank O'Sullivan	58,785	43.1
Total votes			136,445	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1956

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1956^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	97,182	57.9
	Democratic	Emery Petty	70,681	42.1
Total votes			167,865	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1958

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1958^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	77,267	52.0
	Democratic	Emery Petty	71,192	48.0
Total votes			148,482	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1960

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1960^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	89,234	51.3
	Democratic	Norman Martell	84,650	48.5
Total votes			174,035	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1962

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	97,322	70
	Republican	Clifford B. Bull	41,726	30
Total votes			139,048	100
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1964

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1964^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	109,560	70.9
	Republican	Kenneth Gibson	44,977	29.1
Total votes			154,537	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1966

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1966^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	81,733	57
	Republican	Sam Van Dyken	61,550	43
Total votes			143,283	100
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1968

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1968^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	85,761	53.8
	Republican	Sam Van Dyken	73,685	46.2
Total votes			159,446	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1970

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	98,442	63.1
	Republican	Sam Van Dyken	55,546	35.6
	American Independent	Francis E. "Gill" Gillings	1,994	1.3
Total votes			155,982	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1972

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	145,273	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1974

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	80,205	72
	Republican	Carol Harner	31,361	28
Total votes			111,566	100
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	92,735	72.2
	Republican	Carol Harner	35,700	27.8
Total votes			128,435	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Coelho	75,212	60.1
	Republican	Chris Patterakis	49,914	39.9
Total votes			125,126	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	108,072	71.8
	Republican	Ron Schwartz	37,895	25.2
	Libertarian	Michael L. Pullen	4,524	3.0
Total votes			150,491	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	86,022	63.7
	Republican	Ed Bates	45,948	34.0
	Libertarian	Stephen L. Gerringer	3,073	2.3
Total votes			135,043	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1984

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1984^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	109,590	65.5
	Republican	Carol Harner	54,730	32.7
	Libertarian	Richard M. Harris	3,086	1.8
Total votes			167,406	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1986^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	93,600	71.0
	Republican	Carol Harner	35,793	27.2
	Libertarian	Richard M. Harris	2,382	1.8
Total votes			131,775	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1988^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	118,710	69.8
	Republican	Carol Harner	47,957	28.2
	Libertarian	Richard M. Harris	3,526	2.1
Total votes			170,193	100.0
Total votes			70,753	41.6
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1989 (Special)

1989 special election^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Condit	'	57.1
	Republican	Claire L. Berryhill		35.0
	Republican	Robert J. Weimer		3.3
	Republican	Cliff Burris		2.6
	Libertarian	Roy Shrimp		0.9
	Republican	Chris Patterakis		0.4
	Republican	David M. "Dave" Williams		0.4
	Republican	Jack E. McCoy		0.2
Total votes			'	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Condit (incumbent)	97,147	66.2
	Republican	Cliff Burris	49,634	33.8
Total votes			146,781	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1992^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (incumbent)	168,617	63.5
	Republican	Robert Wick	82,875	31.2
	Libertarian	Duggan Dieterly	13,293	5.0
	No party	Futrell (write-in)	585	0.2%
Total votes			265,370	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1994^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (incumbent)	119,921	59.90
	Republican	Robert Wick	80,266	40.09
	No party	Liu (write-in)	17	0.01%
Total votes			200,204	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1995 (Special)

List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives in California^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Campbell	54,372	58.85
	Democratic	Jerry Estruth	33,051	35.77
	Independent	Linh Kieu Dao	4,922	5.33
	Reform	Connor Vlakancic (write-in)	42	0.05
Total votes			92,387	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1996

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Campbell (incumbent)	132,737	58.6
	Democratic	Dick Lane	79,048	34.9
	Reform	Valli Sharpe-Geisler	6,230	2.7
	Libertarian	Ed Wimmers	5,481	2.4
	Natural Law	Bruce Currivan	3,372	1.4
	Republican	Linh Dao (write-in)	9	0.0
	Republican	Connor Vlakancic (write-in)	9	0.0
Total votes			226,886	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998^[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Campbell (incumbent)	111,876	60.54
	Democratic	Dick Lane	70,059	37.91
	Natural Law	Frank Strutner	2,843	1.54
	Republican	Constant Vlakancic (write-in)	8	0.00
Total votes			184,786	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000^[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Honda	128,545	54.3
	Republican	Jim Cunneen	99,866	42.2
	Libertarian	Ed Wimmers	4,820	2.0
	Natural Law	Douglas C. Gorney	3,591	1.5
	No party	Phillip Kronzer (write-in)	82	0.0%
Total votes			236,904	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2002

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2002^[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Honda (incumbent)	87,482	65.8
	Republican	Linda Rae Hermann	41,251	31.0
	Libertarian	Jeff Landauer	4,289	3.2
Total votes			133,022	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2004^[50]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Honda (incumbent)	154,385	72.1
	Republican	Raymond Chukwu	59,953	27.9
Total votes			214,338	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2006^[51]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Honda (incumbent)	115,532	72.4
	Republican	Raymond Chukwu	44,186	27.6
Total votes			186,718	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2008^[52]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Honda (incumbent)	170,977	71.66
	Republican	Joyce Stoer Cordi	55,489	23.26
	Green	Peter Myers	12,123	5.08
Total votes			238,589	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2010^[53]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Honda (incumbent)	126,147	67.60
	Republican	Scott Kirkland	60,468	32.40
Total votes			186,615	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2012^[54]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric Swalwell	120,388	52.1
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	110,646	47.9
Total votes			231,034	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2014^[55]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric Swalwell (incumbent)	99,756	69.8
	Republican	Hugh Bussell	43,150	30.2
Total votes			142,906	100.00
	Democratic hold

Living former Members

As of April 2015^[update], there are five living former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from this district.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
Tony Coelho	1979 - 1989	(1942-06-15) June 15, 1942 (age 81)
Gary Condit	1989 - 1993	(1948-04-21) April 21, 1948 (age 76)
Norman Mineta	1993 - 1995	(1931-11-12) November 12, 1931 (age 92)
Tom Campbell	1995 - 2001	(1952-08-14) August 14, 1952 (age 71)
Mike Honda	2001 - 2013	(1941-06-27) June 27, 1941 (age 82)

References

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[10] Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)

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[29] 1966 election results

[30] 1968 election results

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[32] 1972 election results

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[35] 1978 election results

[36] 1980 election results

[37] 1982 election results

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[40] 1988 election results

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[43] 1992 election results

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[45] 1995 special election results

[46] 1996 election results

[47] 1998 election results

[48] 2000 election results

[49] 2002 election results

[50] 2004 election results

[51] 2006 election results

[52] 2008 election results

[53] 2010 election results

[54] 2012 general election results

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California's 15th congressional district
California's 15th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Eric Swalwell (D–Dublin)
Ethnicity	37.5% White, 6.9% Black, 30.1% Asian, 23.4% Hispanic, 2.1^[1]% other
Cook PVI	D+16