California's 42nd congressional district

California's 42nd congressional district
California's 42nd congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
	Robert Garcia; D–Long Beach
Population (2022)	723,841
Median household; income	$73,006
Ethnicity	43.8% White; 37.5% Hispanic; 9.1% Asian; 5.4% Black; 3.4% Two or more races; 0.8% other;
Cook PVI	D+22

California's 42nd congressional district is a congressional district from the state of California. The district is represented by Republican Ken Calvert. The district is in Riverside County in the Inland Empire, as has the cities of Eastvale, Norco, Corona, Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Wildomar, Murrieta, as well as parts of Temecula.

Election history[change | change source]

1999 California's 42nd congressional district special election^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca	23,690	50.5
	Republican	Elia Pirozzi	21,018	44.9
	Reform	Rick Simon	1,198	2.6
	Libertarian	John S. Ballard	956	2.0
Total votes			46,862	100.0
Turnout				19.4
	Democratic hold

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca (Incumbent)	90,585	59.8
	Republican	Eli Pirozzi	53,239	35.2
	Libertarian	John "Scott" Ballard	4,059	2.6
	Natural Law	Gwyn Hartley	3,694	2.4
Total votes			151,577	100.0
	Democratic hold

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (Incumbent)	98,476	67.8
	Democratic	Richard Waldron	42,090	29.0
	Libertarian	Donald Yee	4,680	3.2
Total votes			145,186	100.0
	Republican hold

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (Incumbent)	167,632	68.2
	Democratic	Lewis Myers	78,393	31.8
Total votes			246,025	100.0
	Republican hold

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (Incumbent)	129,720	100.0
	Republican hold

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (Incumbent)	158,404	60.2
	Democratic	Ed Chau	104,909	39.8
Total votes			263,313	100.0
	Republican hold

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (Incumbent)	127,161	62.3
	Democratic	Michael Williamson	65,122	31.8
	Libertarian	Mark Lambert	12,115	5.9
Total votes			204,398	100.0
	Republican hold

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	130,245	60.6
	Democratic	Michael Williamson	84,702	39.4
Total votes			214,947	100.0
	Republican hold

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	74,540	65.7
	Democratic	Tim Sheridan	38,850	34.3
Total votes			113,390	100.0
	Republican hold

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	149,547	58.8
	Democratic	Tim Sheridan	104,689	41.2
Total votes			254,236	100.0
	Republican hold

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (Incumbent)	131,040	56.5
	Democratic	Julia C. Peacock	100,892	43.5
Total votes			231,932	100.0
	Republican hold

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (incumbent)	210,074	57.1
	Democratic	William "Liam" O'Mara	157,667	42.9
Total votes			367,741	100.0
	Republican hold