California's 27th congressional district

California's 27th congressional district
	California's 27th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Ethnicity	29.2% White, 4.5% Black, 37.0% Asian, 26.9% Hispanic, 2.5% other
Cook PVI	D+11

California's 27th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California

The district is currently represented by Democrat Judy Chu. The district covers the San Gabriel Foothills including the communities of Alhambra , Altadena, Arcadia, Bradbury, Claremont, East Pasadena, Glendora, Monrovia, Monterey Park, Pasadena, Rosemead, San Antonio Heights, San Gabriel, San Marino, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena, South San Gabriel, Temple City, and Upland.

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Obama 62.6 - 35.0%
2010	Governor	Brown 57.9 - 36.8%
2010	Senator	Boxer 57.6 - 36.7%
2008	President^[2]	Obama 66.1 - 31.7%
2006	Governor^[3]	Schwarzenegger 52.7 - 42.3%
2006	Senator^[4]	Feinstein 63.2 - 31.3%
2004	President^[5]	Kerry 59.3 - 39.3%
2004	Senator^[6]	Boxer 63.7 - 31.2%
2003	Recall^[7]^[8]	Yes 56.5 - 43.5%
2003	Recall^[7]^[8]	Schwarzenegger 52.0 - 29.9%
2002	Governor^[9]	Davis 50.1 - 40.0%
2000	President^[10]	Gore 53.4 - 41.4%
2000	Senator^[11]	Feinstein 56.6 - 36.4%
1998	Governor
1998	Senator
1996	President
1994	Governor
1994	Senator
1992	President	Clinton 44.3 - 36.6%
	Senator	Herschensohn 47.5 - 44.9%
	Senator	Feinstein 50.7 - 42.1%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Notes	Counties
District created		January 3, 1953
Harry R. Sheppard	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted from the 21st district Redistricted to the 33rd district	San Bernardino
75px Everett G. Burkhalter	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	Lost re-election	Los Angeles
Edwin Reinecke	Republican	January 3, 1965 – January 21, 1969	Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of California
Vacant		January 21, 1969 – April 29, 1969
Barry Goldwater, Jr.	Republican	April 29, 1969 – January 3, 1973
Barry Goldwater, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted to the 20th district	Los Angeles, southern Ventura
Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977	Redistricted from the 28th district Retired to run for the US Senate	Los Angeles
Bob Dornan	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	Retired to run for the US Senate	Los Angeles
Mel Levine	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Retired	Western Los Angeles (Manhattan/Redondo Beach, Santa Monica)
75px Carlos Moorhead	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997	Redistricted from the 22nd district Retired	Los Angeles (Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena)
Jim Rogan	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001	Lost re-election
Adam Schiff	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 29th district
Brad Sherman	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted from the 24th district Redistricted to the 30th district	Western Los Angeles (Northridge)
Judy Chu	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	Redistricted from the 32nd district	San Gabriel Foothills including Alhambra and Pasadena

Election results

1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1969 (Special) • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014

1952

United States House of Representatives elections, 1952^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	68,773	55.0
	Republican	Carl B. Hilliard	56,202	45.0
Total votes			124,975	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1954

United States House of Representatives elections, 1954^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	65,389	64.8
	Republican	Martin K. Barrett	35,594	35.2
Total votes			100,983	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1956

United States House of Representatives elections, 1956^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	124,662	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1958

United States House of Representatives elections, 1958^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	105,062	72.3
	Republican	Robert M. Castle	40,317	27.7
Total votes			145,379	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1960

United States House of Representatives elections, 1960^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	123,645	66.8
	Republican	Robert M. Castle	61,484	33.2
Total votes			185,129	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1962

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Everett G. Burkhalter	66,979	52.1
	Republican	Edgar W. Hiestand (inc.)	61,538	47.9
Total votes			128,517	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1964

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edwin Reinecke	83,141	51.7
	Democratic	Tom Bane	77,587	48.3
Total votes			160,734	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1966

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edwin Reinecke (incumbent)	93,890	65.3
	Democratic	John A. "Jack" Howard	49,785	34.7
Total votes			143,675	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1968

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edwin Reinecke (incumbent)	158,309	72.2
	Democratic	John T. Butchko	60,808	27.8
Total votes			219,117	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1969 (Special)

1969 special election^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Goldwater, Jr.	'	56.9
	Democratic	John K. Van de Kamp		43.1
Total votes			{{{votes}}}	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Goldwater, Jr.	139,326	66.6
	Democratic	N. "Toni" Kimmel	63,652	30.5
	Peace and Freedom	Edward Richer	3,306	1.6
	American Independent	John H. Hind	2,642	1.3
Total votes			208,926	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Goldwater, Jr. (inc.)	117,622	57.4
	Democratic	Mark S. Novak	87,295	42.6
Total votes			204,917	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (inc.)	99,645	63.9
	Democratic	John Dalessio	50,919	32.5
	Peace and Freedom	Jerry Rubin	5,547	3.6
Total votes			156,111	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Dornan	114,623	54.7
	Democratic	Gary Familian	94,988	45.3
Total votes			209,611	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Dornan (incumbent)	89,392	51
	Democratic	Carey Peck	85,880	49
Total votes			175,272	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Dornan (incumbent)	109,807	51.0
	Democratic	Carey Peck	100,061	46.5
	Libertarian	Jerome L. "Jerry" Sievers	5,448	2.5
Total votes			215,316	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mel Levine	108,347	59.5
	Republican	Bart W. Christensen	67,479	37.0
	Libertarian	ZacK Richardson	6,391	3.5
Total votes			182,217	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mel Levine (incumbent)	116,933	55.0
	Republican	Robert B. Scribner	88,896	41.8
	Peace and Freedom	Thomas L. O'Connor, Jr.	3,815	1.8
	Libertarian	Jeff Avrech	3,137	1.5
Total votes			212,781	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mel Levine (incumbent)	110,403	63.7
	Republican	Rob Scribner	59,410	34.3
	Peace and Freedom	Thomas L. O'Connor, Jr.	2,078	1.2
	Libertarian	Larry Leathers	1,429	0.8
Total votes			173,320	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mel Levine (incumbent)	148,814	67.5
	Republican	Dennis Galbraith	65,307	29.6
	Libertarian	William J. Fulco	6,214	2.8
Total votes			220,335	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mel Levine (incumbent)	90,857	58.2
	Republican	David Barrett Cohen	58,140	37.2
	Peace and Freedom	Edward E. Ferrer	7,101	4.5
Total votes			156,098	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos Moorhead (inc.)	105,521	49.7
	Democratic	Doug Kahn	83,805	39.4
	Green	Jesse A. Moorman	11,003	5.2
	Peace and Freedom	Margaret L. Edwards	7,329	3.5
	Libertarian	Dennis Decherd	4,790	2.3
	No party	Ballantyne (write-in)	2	0.0%
Total votes			212,450	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos Moorhead (inc.)	88,341	52.97
	Democratic	Doug Kahn	70,267	42.13
	American Independent	Bill Gibbs	4,328	2.60
	Libertarian	Dennis Decherd	3,838	2.30
Total votes			166,774	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Rogan	95,310	50.2
	Democratic	Doug Kahn	82,014	43.2
	Libertarian	Elizabeth Michael	6,645	3.5
	Green	Walt Sheasby	4,195	3.3
	Natural Law	Martin Zucker	1,766	0.9
Total votes			189,930	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Rogan (incumbent)	80,702	50.73
	Democratic	Barry A. Gordon	73,875	46.44
	Libertarian	Bob New	4,489	2.82
Total votes			159,066	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Schiff	113,708	52.7
	Republican	Jim Rogan (incumbent)	94,518	43.9
	Natural Law	Miriam R. Hospodar	3,873	1.7
	Libertarian	Ted Brown	3,675	1.7
Total votes			215,774	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	79,815	62.0
	Republican	Robert M. Levy	48,996	38.0
Total votes			128,811	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	125,296	62.3
	Republican	Robert M. Levy	66,946	33.3
	Green	Eric J. Carter	8,956	4.4
Total votes			201,198	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	92,650	68.8
	Republican	Peter Hankwitz	42,074	31.2
Total votes			134,724	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	135,665	68
	Republican	Navraj Singh	49,510	25
Total votes			185,175	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	102,927	65.15
	Republican	Mark Reed	55,056	34.85
Total votes			157,983	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Judy Chu (incumbent)	154,191	64.0
	Republican	Jack Orswell	86,817	36.0
Total votes			241,008	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Judy Chu (incumbent)	75,728	59%
	Republican	Jack Orswell	51,852	41%
Total votes			127,580	100%
	Democratic hold

Living former Members

As of April 2015^[update], there are three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 27th congressional district that are currently living.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
James E. Rogan	1997 - 2001	(1957-08-21) August 21, 1957 (age 66)
Adam Schiff	2001 - 2003	(1960-06-22) June 22, 1960 (age 63)
Brad Sherman	2003 - 2013	(1954-10-24) October 24, 1954 (age 69)

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

External links

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[2] (2008 President)

[3] Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)

[4] Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)

[5] Statement of Vote (2004 President)

[6] Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)

[7] Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)

[8] Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)

[9] Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)

[10] Statement of Vote (2000 President)

[11] Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)

[12] 1952 election results

[13] 1954 election results

[14] 1956 election results

[15] 1958 election results

[16] 1960 election results

[17] 1962 election results

[18] 1964 election results

[19] 1966 election results

[20] 1968 election results

[21] 1969 special election results

[22] 1970 election results

[23] 1972 election results

[24] 1974 election results

[25] 1976 election results

[26] 1978 election results

[27] 1980 election results

[28] 1982 election results

[29] 1984 election results

[30] 1986 election results

[31] 1988 election results

[32] 1990 election results

[33] 1992 election results

[34] 1994 election results

[35] 1996 election results

[36] 1998 election results

[37] 2000 election results

[38] 2002 general election results

[39] 2004 general election results

[40] 2006 general election results

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California's 27th congressional district
California's 27th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Judy Chu (D–Monterey Park)
Ethnicity	29.2% White, 4.5% Black, 37.0% Asian, 26.9% Hispanic, 2.5^[1]% other
Cook PVI	D+11