California's 50th congressional district
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California's 50th congressional district | ||
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California's 50th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | ||
Current Representative | Duncan D. Hunter (R–Lakeside) | |
Population (2013) | 730,427[1] | |
Median income | $61,533[2] | |
Ethnicity | 58.6% White, 2.3% Black, 5.1% Asian, 29.9% Hispanic, 4.0[3]% other | |
Cook PVI | R+14[4] |
California's 50th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It is currently represented by Republican Duncan D. Hunter.
The district is currently based in San Diego County. It includes Fallbrook, San Marcos, Valley Center, Ramona, Escondido, Santee, Lakeside, and mountain and desert areas stretching east to the Imperial County line.
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History
44th District
In the 1980s, California's 44th Congressional District was one of four that divided San Diego. The district had been held for eight years by Democrat Jim Bates and was considered the most Democratic district in the San Diego area. However, Bates became bogged down in a scandal involving charges of sexual harassment. Randy "Duke" Cunningham won the Republican nomination and hammered Bates about the scandal. Cunningham won by just a point, meaning that the San Diego area was represented entirely by Republicans for only the second time since the city was split into three districts after the 1960 U.S. Census. Upon his victory, Cunningham changed his official residence from his Del Mar home to a condominium in the Mission Valley neighborhood in San Diego, as he was required to reside in the district that he represented in Congress.
41st District
In the 1980s, California's 41st congressional district was another of four that divided San Diego. The northern San Diego County district had been held for 12 years by Republican Bill Lowery and was considered the most Republican district in the San Diego area. Most of the district became the California's 51st congressional district after the 1990 U.S. Census. In 1992, Cunningham campaigned against Lowery in Lowery's district in the Republican primary. The new 51st District was much more conservative than Cunningham's more urban, old 41st District farther south. Lowery, who was tainted by the House check kiting scandal, lost the primary to Cunningham, who billed himself as honest, with his campaign theme of "A Congressman We Can Be Proud Of." Cunningham changed his official residence back to his Del Mar home in the old 41st/new 51st District after winning.
2000s
In the 2000 U.S. Census, most of the 51st District became California's 50th congressional district. The district was gerrymandered to exclude the relatively liberal, coastal areas of La Jolla, Bird Rock, downtown La Jolla, and the University of California, San Diego areas. Those areas were moved to the more liberal California's 53rd congressional district, and Clairemont was added to the current 50th district. The more conservative, inland portions of La Jolla were kept within the 50th district.
From 2003 to 2013, the 50th district consisted of the northern coastal region of San Diego County and included the suburbs of San Marcos, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach, and Escondido.
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties |
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District created | January 3, 1993 | |||
Bob Filner | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
Redistricted to the 51st district | San Diego (southern suburbs) |
Duke Cunningham | Republican | January 3, 2003 – December 1, 2005 |
Redistricted from the 51st district Resigned after pleading guilty to multiple felonies |
San Diego (northern suburbs) |
Vacant | December 1, 2005 – June 13, 2006 |
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Brian Bilbray | Republican | June 13, 2006 – January 3, 2013 |
Redistricted to the 52nd district and lost | |
Duncan D. Hunter | Republican | January 3, 2013 – present |
Redistricted from the 52nd district | Inland San Diego (Escondido and Santee) |
Living former representatives
As of April 2015[update], three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 50th congressional district were currently living.
Representative | Term in office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Bob Filner | 1993 - 2003 | January 5, 1945 |
Duke Cunningham | 2003 - 2005 | January 28, 1951 |
Brian Bilbray | 2006 - 2013 | January 28, 1951 |
Elections for representatives
1992
United States House of Representatives elections, 1992[5] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Democratic | Bob Filner | 77,293 | 56.6 | |||
Republican | Tony Valencia | 39,531 | 28.9 | |||
Libertarian | Barbara Hutchinson | 15,489 | 11.3 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Roger Bruce Batchelder | 4,250 | 3.1 | |||
No party | Pickard (write-in) | 63 | 0.1% | |||
Total votes | 136,626 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1994
United States House of Representatives elections, 1994[6] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bob Filner (incumbent) | 59,214 | 58.90 | |
Republican | Mary Alice Acevedo | 36,955 | 32.50 | |
Libertarian | Richardo Duenez | 3,326 | 3.18 | |
Peace and Freedom | Guillermo Ramirez | 3,002 | 2.87 | |
Green | Kip Krueger | 1,954 | 1.87 | |
Total votes | 118,340 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
1996
United States House of Representatives elections, 1996[7] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bob Filner (incumbent) | 73,200 | 58.9 | |
Republican | Jim Baize | 38,351 | 32.5 | |
Reform | Dan Clark | 3,253 | 2.7 | |
Natural Law | Earl Shepard | 6,573 | 1.8 | |
Libertarian | Philip Zoebisch | 1,398 | 1.1 | |
Total votes | 118,340 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
1998
United States House of Representatives elections, 1998[8] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bob Filner (incumbent) | 77,354 | 99.18 | |
No party | Jon Parungoa (write-in) | 596 | 0.77% | |
Republican | Petra E. Barajas (write-in) | 41 | 0.05 | |
Total votes | 77,991 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
2000
United States House of Representatives elections, 2000[9] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bob Filner (incumbent) | 95,191 | 68.3 | |
Republican | Bob Divine | 38,526 | 27.7 | |
Libertarian | David A. Willoughby | 3,472 | 2.4 | |
Natural Law | LeAnn S. Kendall | 2,283 | 1.6 | |
Total votes | 139,472 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
2002
United States House of Representatives elections, 2002[10] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Duke Cunningham (inc.) | 111,095 | 64.4 | |
Democratic | Del G. Stewart | 55,855 | 32.3 | |
Libertarian | Richard M. Fontanesi | 5,751 | 3.3 | |
Total votes | 172,701 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
2004
United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[11] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Duke Cunningham (inc.) | 169,025 | 58.5 | |
Democratic | Francine Busby | 105,590 | 36.5 | |
Green | Gary M. Waayers | 6,504 | 2.2 | |
American Independent | Diane Templin | 4,723 | 1.6 | |
Libertarian | Brandon C. Osborne | 3,486 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 289,328 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
2006 (Special)
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Representative Cunningham resigned on November 28, 2005, as a result of a bribery scandal. An open special election was held on April 11, 2006. The top vote getter was Democrat Francine Busby, who won 44% of the vote. The second place finisher was Republican Brian Bilbray, who won 15% of the vote. Paul King was the top Libertarian party vote getter, with 0.6% of the vote. Since no candidate received a simple majority, the top vote-getters in each party competed in a runoff or special general election on June 6, 2006 (the same day as the statewide California primary). Bilbray was sworn in on June 13, based on unofficial counts, two weeks before the election was certified. As a consequence of this action, a court challenge to the election results filed by voters was denied on jurisdictional grounds.[12] This decision is being appealed.
California 50th congressional district special election, 2006 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Brian Bilbray | 64,554 | 49.5 | |
Democratic | Francine Busby | 59,021 | 45.3 | |
Independent | William Griffith | 4,846 | 3.7 | |
Libertarian | Paul King | 1,995 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 134,302 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
2006
United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[13] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Brian Bilbray (incumbent) | 118,018 | 53.2 | |
Democratic | Francine Busby | 96,612 | 43.5 | |
Libertarian | Paul King | 4,119 | 1.8 | |
Peace and Freedom | Miriam E. Clark | 3,353 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 222,102 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
2008
United States House of Representatives elections, 2008[14] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Brian Bilbray (incumbent) | 157,502 | 50.24 | |
Democratic | Nick Leibham | 141,635 | 45.18 | |
Libertarian | Wayne Dunlap | 14,365 | 4.58 | |
Total votes | 313,502 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
2010
United States House of Representatives elections, 2010[15] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Brian Bilbray (incumbent) | 142,236 | 56.65 | |
Democratic | Francine Busby | 97,813 | 38.96 | |
Libertarian | Lars B. Grossmith | 5,546 | 2.21 | |
Peace and Freedom | Miriam E. Clark | 5,470 | 2.18 | |
Total votes | 251,065 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
2012
United States House of Representatives elections, 2012[16] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Duncan D. Hunter (incumbent) | 174,838 | 67.7 | |
Democratic | David B. Secor | 83,455 | 32.3 | |
Total votes | 258,293 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
In statewide races
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2010 | Governor[17] | Whitman 55.2 - 39.8% |
Senator[18] | Fiorina 55.2 - 39.8% | |
2008 | President[19] | Obama 51.3 - 47.1% |
2006 | Governor[20] | Schwarzenegger 69.9 - 26.3% |
Senator[21] | Feinstein 50.8 - 45.2% | |
2004 | President[22] | Bush 55.2 - 43.9% |
Senator[23] | Jones 48.2 - 48.1% | |
2003 | Recall[24][25] | Yes 68.0 - 32.0% |
Schwarzenegger 63.1 - 20.3% | ||
2002 | Governor[26] | Simon 55.6 - 37.3% |
2000 | President[27] | Gore 59.0 - 37.2% |
Senator[28] | Feinstein 64.4 - 27.8% | |
1998 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
1996 | President | |
1994 | Governor | |
Senator | ||
1992 | President | Clinton 48.8 - 30.0% |
Senator | Boxer 49.8 - 39.0% | |
Senator | Feinstein 54.5 - 35.6% |
In popular culture
On November 29, 2005, Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report declared on his show that the 50th Congressional District was "dead" to him after its insufficient support for his "friend" Duke Cunningham. Colbert placed the district on the show's ever-changing "Dead to Me" board, saying that he now considered the number of congressional districts in the United States to be 434. The number became 433 when he retired the 22nd District of Texas and sent it up to the rafters. However, on June 8, 2006, the eve of Tom DeLay's leaving Congress, Colbert returned the district to the board with a satirical "tribute" to DeLay, followed by a fake interview segment made from spliced-together clips of three interviews DeLay had done in the past. Colbert put the district back into retirement at the end of the segment. On March 1, 2006, he "downgraded" the 50th District's status from "dead to me" to "never existed to me."[29]
See also
References
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- ↑ 1992 election results
- ↑ 1994 election results
- ↑ 1996 election results
- ↑ 1998 election results
- ↑ 2000 election results
- ↑ 2002 general election results
- ↑ 2004 general election results
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- ↑ 2006 general election results
- ↑ 2008 general election results
- ↑ 2010 general election results
- ↑ 2012 general election results
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)
- ↑ (2008 President)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2004 President)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2000 President)
- ↑ Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
- ↑ List of The Colbert Report episodes, episodes 122 and 226.
External links
- GovTrack.us: California's 50th congressional district
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