California's 26th congressional district

California's 26th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)
Representative
Population (2023)739,517
Median household
income		$113,750[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+8[2]

California 26th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California currently represented by Democrat Julia Brownley.

The district is located on the South Coast, comprising most of Ventura County as well as a small portion of Los Angeles County. Cities in the district include Camarillo, Oxnard, Santa Paula, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Moorpark, and part of Simi Valley. In 2022, the district lost Ojai and most of Ventura and added Calabasas, Agoura Hills, and the sparsely populated northern half of Ventura County.[3]

From 2003 to 2013, the district spanned the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley from La Cañada Flintridge to Rancho Cucamonga. David Dreier, a Republican, represented the district during this period.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year Office Results[4][5][6][7]
2008 President Obama 55% - 44%
2012 President Obama 53% - 47%
2016 President Clinton 56% - 38%
2018 Governor Newsom 55% - 45%
Attorney General Becerra 56% - 44%
2020 President Biden 59% - 39%
2022 Senate (Reg.) Padilla 55% - 45%
Governor Newsom 54% - 46%
Lt. Governor Kounalakis 54% - 46%
Secretary of State Weber 54% - 46%
Attorney General Bonta 53% - 47%
Treasurer Ma 53% - 47%
2024 President Harris 55% - 42%
Senate (Reg.) Schiff 54% - 46%

Composition

# County Seat Population
37 Los Angeles Los Angeles 9,663,345
111 Ventura Ventura 829,590

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

2,500 – 10,000 people

List of members representing the district

Member Party Term Cong
ress(es) 		Electoral history Counties
District created January 3, 1953

Sam Yorty
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1955 		83rd Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1952.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator. 		Los Angeles

James Roosevelt
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic January 3, 1955 –
September 30, 1965 		84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th 		Elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Resigned to become U.S. delegate to UNESCO.
Vacant September 30, 1965 –
December 15, 1965 		89th

Thomas M. Rees
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic December 15, 1965 –
January 3, 1975 		89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd 		Elected to finish Roosevelt's term.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Redistricted to the 23rd district.

John H. Rousselot
(San Marino) 		Republican January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1983 		94th
95th
96th
97th 		Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 30th district and lost.

Howard Berman
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993 		98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd 		Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the 28th district. 		Los Angeles (central San Fernando Valley)
January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2003 		103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th 		Los Angeles (San Fernando)

David Dreier
(San Dimas) 		Republican January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2013 		108th
109th
110th
111th
112th 		Redistricted from the 28th district and re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Retired. 		2003–2013

Los Angeles (eastern suburbs), San Bernardino (western suburbs)

Julia Brownley
(Westlake Village) 		Democratic January 3, 2013 –
present 		113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
119th 		Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024. 		2013–2023

Central Coast including Oxnard and
Thousand Oaks
2023–present

Election results

1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1965 (Special) • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 • 2022

1952

United States House of Representatives elections, 1952[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sam Yorty (incumbent) 157,973 88
Progressive Horace V. Alexander 21,465 12
Total votes 179,438 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1954

United States House of Representatives elections, 1954[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Roosevelt 94,261 60.1
Republican Theodore R. "Ted" Owings 62,585 39.9
Total votes 156,856 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1956

United States House of Representatives elections, 1956[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Roosevelt (incumbent) 133,036 68.8
Republican Edward H. Gibbons 60,230 31.2
Total votes 193,266 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1958

United States House of Representatives elections, 1958[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Roosevelt (incumbent) 125,495 72.2
Republican Crispus Wright 48,248 27.8
Total votes 173,743 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1960

United States House of Representatives elections, 1960[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Roosevelt (incumbent) 150,318 73.4
Republican William E. McIntyre 54,540 26.6
Total votes 204,818 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1962

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Roosevelt (incumbent) 112,162 68.3
Republican Daniel Beltz 52,063 31.7
Total votes 164,225 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1964

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Roosevelt (incumbent) 136,025 70.3
Republican Gil Seton 57,209 29.7
Total votes 193,234 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1965 (Special)

1965 special election[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas M. Rees 59.4
Republican Edward M. Marshall 40.6
Total votes {votes} 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1966

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas M. Rees (incumbent) 103,289 62.3
Republican Irving Teichner 62,441 37.7
Total votes 165,730 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1968

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas M. Rees (incumbent) 132,447 65.5
Republican Irving Teichner 63,393 31.3
Peace and Freedom Jack Weinberg 6,394 3.2
Total votes 202,234 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas M. Rees (incumbent) 130,499 71.3
Republican Nathaniel Jay Friedman 47,260 25.8
Peace and Freedom Lewis B. McCammon 3,677 2.0
American Independent Howard E. Hallinan 1,639 0.9
Total votes 183,075 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas M. Rees (incumbent) 160,932 68.6
Republican Philip Robert Rutta 65,473 27.9
Peace and Freedom Mike Timko 8,094 3.5
Total votes 234,499 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John H. Rousselot (inc.) 80,782 58.9
Democratic Paul A. Conforti 56,487 41.1
Total votes 137,269 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John H. Rousselot (inc.) 112,619 65.6
Democratic Latta Bruce 59,093 34.4
Total votes 171,712 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John H. Rousselot (inc.) 113,059 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John H. Rousselot (inc.) 116,715 70.9
Democratic Joseph Louis Lisoni 40,099 24.4
Libertarian William "B. J." Wagener 7,700 4.7
Total votes 164,514 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Berman 97,383 59.6
Republican Hal Phillips 66,072 40.4
Total votes 163,455 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Berman (incumbent) 117,080 62.8
Republican Miriam Ojeda 69,372 37.2
Total votes 186,452 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Berman (incumbent) 98,091 65.1
Republican Robert M. Kerns 52,662 34.9
Total votes 150,753 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Berman (incumbent) 126,930 70.3
Republican Gerald C. "Brodie" Broderson 53,518 29.7
Total votes 180,448 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Berman (incumbent) 78,031 61.1
Republican Roy Dahlson 44,492 34.8
Libertarian Bernard Zimring 5,268 4.1
Total votes 127,791 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Berman (incumbent) 73,807 61.0
Republican Gary E. Forsch 36,453 30.2
Peace and Freedom Margery Hinds 7,180 5.9
Libertarian Bernard Zimring 3,468 2.9
Total votes 120,908 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994[30]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Berman (incumbent) 55,145 62.57
Republican Gary E. Forsch 28,423 32.25
Libertarian Erich D. Miller 4,570 5.19
Total votes 88,138 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Berman (incumbent) 67,525 65.9
Republican Bill Glass 29,332 28.7
Libertarian Scott Fritschler 3,539 3.4
Natural Law Gary Hearne 2,119 2.0
Total votes 195,545 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Berman (incumbent) 69,000 82.47
Libertarian Juan Carlos Ros 6,556 7.84
Green Maria Armoudian 4,858 5.81
Natural Law David L. Cossak 3,248 3.88
Total votes 83,662 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Berman (incumbent) 96,500 84.1
Libertarian Bill Farley 13,052 11.4
Natural Law David L. Cossak 5,229 4.5
No party Robert Edwards (write-in) 5 0.0
Total votes 114,786 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002[34]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Dreier (incumbent) 95,360 63.8
Democratic Marjorie Musser Mikels 50,081 33.5
Libertarian Randall Weissbuch 4,089 2.7
Total votes 149,530 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[35]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Dreier (incumbent) 134,596 51.6
Democratic Cynthia Matthews 107,522 46.8
Libertarian Randall Weissbuch 9,089 1.6
Total votes 251,207 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Dreier (incumbent) 102,028 48.29%
Democratic Cynthia Matthews 99,878 47.27%
Libertarian Ted Brown 5,887 2.79%
American Independent Elliott Graham 3,503 1.65%
Total votes 211,296 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Dreier (incumbent) 140,615 52.7
Democratic Russ Warner 108,039 40.4
Libertarian Ted Brown 18,476 6.9
Total votes 267,130 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010[38]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Dreier (incumbent) 112,774 54.13
Democratic Russ Warner 76,093 36.52
American Independent David L. Miller 12,784 6.14
Libertarian Randall Weissbuch 6,696 3.21
Total votes 208,347 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2012
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tony Strickland 49,043 44.1
Democratic Julia Brownley 29,892 26.9
No party preference Linda Parks 20,301 18.3
Democratic Jess Herrera 7,244 6.5
Democratic David Cruz Thayne 2,809 2.5
Democratic Alex Maxwell Goldberg 1,880 1.7
Total votes 111,169 100.0
General election
Democratic Julia Brownley 139,072 53%
Republican Tony Strickland 124,863 47%
Total votes 263,935 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

2014

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014[39]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julia Brownley (incumbent) 87,176 51%
Republican Jeff Gorell 82,653 49%
Total votes 169,829 100%
Democratic hold

2016

United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julia Brownley (incumbent) 169,248 60%
Republican Rafael A. Dagnesses 111,059 40%
Total votes 280,307 100%
Democratic hold

2018

United States House of Representatives elections, 2018[40]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julia Brownley (incumbent) 110,804 60%
Republican Antonio Sabato Jr. 73,416 39%
Total votes 184,220 100%
Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julia Brownley (incumbent) 208,856 60.6
Republican Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy 135,877 39.4
Total votes 344,733 100.0

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julia Brownley (incumbent) 134,575 54.5
Republican Matt Jacobs 112,214 45.5
Total votes 246,789 100.0

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013
2013 - 2023

See also

References

  1. ^ "My Congressional District".
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "CA 2022 Congressional". Dave's Redistricting. January 4, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  4. ^ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::fc9d2d06-7c7f-451c-92cb-122127a79c29
  5. ^ https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2022-general/ssov/ssov-complete.pdf
  6. ^ https://content.lavote.gov/docs/rrcc/svc/4324_final_svc_district_v3.pdf
  7. ^ https://recorder.countyofventura.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/District_Canvass_filtered_SOV_11-05-2024.pdf
  8. ^ 1952 election results
  9. ^ 1954 election results
  10. ^ 1956 election results
  11. ^ 1958 election results
  12. ^ 1960 election results
  13. ^ 1962 election results
  14. ^ 1964 election results
  15. ^ 1965 special election results
  16. ^ 1966 election results
  17. ^ 1968 election results
  18. ^ 1970 election results
  19. ^ 1972 election results
  20. ^ 1974 election results
  21. ^ 1976 election results
  22. ^ 1978 election results
  23. ^ 1980 election results
  24. ^ 1982 election results
  25. ^ 1984 election results
  26. ^ 1986 election results
  27. ^ 1988 election results
  28. ^ 1990 election results
  29. ^ 1992 election results
  30. ^ 1994 election results
  31. ^ 1996 election results
  32. ^ 1998 election results
  33. ^ 2000 election results
  34. ^ 2002 general election results Archived February 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  35. ^ 2004 general election results[permanent dead link‍]
  36. ^ 2006 general election results Archived November 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  37. ^ 2008 general election results Archived December 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  38. ^ 2010 general election results[permanent dead link‍]
  39. ^ 2010 general election results[permanent dead link‍]
  40. ^ U.S. Representative District 26 - Districtwide Results

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