California's 49th congressional district

California's 49th congressional district
California's 49th congressional district
Representative	{{{representative}}};
Area	1,778 sq mi (4,600 km2)
Distribution	90.3% urban; 9.7% rural;
Population (2000)	639,087
Median household; income	46,445
Ethnicity	57.9% White; 29.5% Hispanic; 5.0% Black; 3.5% Asian; 0.9% Native American; 0.2% other;
Cook PVI	R+10

California's 49th congressional district is a Congressional District that currently covers much of Northern San Diego County and southwestern Riverside County, California. Since 2001 it has been represented by Republican Darrell Issa.

Geography

Before the 2002 redistricting, most of the territory currently located in the district was previously located in the 43rd and 48th districts, and the 49th district was located farther south, in what is now parts of the 50th, 52nd, and 53rd.

Voting

George W. Bush received 63% of the vote in this district in 2004; John Kerry received 37%.^[1] The district voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger 71-24% in 2006,^[2] Dick Mountjoy 53-43% in 2006,^[3] Bill Jones 52-42% in 2004,^[4] recalling Gray Davis 75-25%^[5] and Schwarzenegger 66-17%^[6] in 2003, and Bill Simon 60-33% in 2002.^[7]

List of Representatives

Counties	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes
San Diego (San Diego)	Lynn Schenk	Democratic	1993-01-03 – 1995-01-03	Newly created district Lost re-election to Bilbray
	Brian Bilbray	Republican	1995-01-03 – 2001-01-03	Lost re-election to Davis
	Susan Davis	Democratic	2001-01-03 – 2003-01-03	Redistricted to 53rd district
Riverside (Temecula), San Diego (Oceanside)	Darrell Issa	Republican	2003-01-03 – present	Redistricted from 48th district Incumbent

Election results

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Schenk	127,280	51.1
	Republican	Judy Jarvis	106,170	42.7
	Libertarian	John Wallner	10,706	4.3
	Peace and Freedom	Milton Zaslow	4,738	1.9
	No party	Thompson (write-in)	4	0.0
Total votes			248,898	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Bilbray	90,283	48.51
	Democratic	Lynn Schenk (incumbent)	85,597	45.99
	Libertarian	Chris Hoogenboom	5,288	2.84
	Peace and Freedom	Kline	4,948	2.66
	No party	Thompson (write-in)	2	0.00
Total votes			186,118	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Bilbray (incumbent)	108,806	52.7
	Democratic	Peter Navarro	86,657	41.9
	Libertarian	Ernie Lippe	4,218	3.3
	Reform	Kevin Hambsch	3,773	1.8
	Natural Law	Peter Stirling	3,314	1.6
Total votes			206,768	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Bilbray (incumbent)	90,516	48.79
	Democratic	Christine T. Kehoe	86,400	46.57
	Libertarian	Ernest Lippe	3,327	1.79
	Natural Law	Julia F. Simon	2,829	1.52
	Peace and Freedom	Janice Jordan	2,447	1.32
Total votes			185,519	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Davis	113,400	49.7
	Republican	Brian Bilbray (incumbent)	105,515	46.2
	Libertarian	Doris Ball	6,526	2.8
	Natural Law	Tahir I. Bhatti	3,048	1.3
Total votes			228,489	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Darrell Issa (incumbent)	94,594	77.3
	Libertarian	Karl W. Dietrich	26,891	21.9
	Democratic	Michael P. Byron (write-in)	1,012	0.8
Total votes			122,497	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Darrell Issa (incumbent)	141,658	62.6
	Democratic	Michael P. Byron	79,057	34.9
	Libertarian	Lars R. Grossmith	5,751	2.5
Total votes			226,466	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Darrell Issa (incumbent)	98,891	63.3
	Democratic	Jeeni Criscenzo	52,227	33.5
	Libertarian	Lars B. Grossmith	4,952	3.2
	Democratic	Frank Ford (write-in)	127	0.0
Total votes			156,197	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

References

External links

[1] Statement of Vote (2004 President)

[2] Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)

[3] Statement of Vote (2006 Senate)

[4] Statement of Vote (2004 Senate)

[5] Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)

[6] Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)

[7] Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)

[8] 1992 election results

[9] 1994 election results

[10] 1996 election results

[11] 1998 election results

[12] 2000 election results

[13] 2002 general election results

[14] 2004 general election results

[15] 2006 general election results

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