California's 43rd congressional district

"CA-43" redirects here. For the state route, see California State Route 43.

California's 43rd congressional district
California's 43rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Maxine Waters (D–Los Angeles)
Ethnicity	15.1% White, 23.6% Black, 12.6% Asian, 46.0% Hispanic, 2.7^[1]% other
Cook PVI	D+26

California's 43rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that is represented by Democrat Maxine Waters. The district is centered in South Los Angeles County and includes portions of the Cities of Los Angeles, Carson, and Torrance. It includes the entirety of the cities of Hawthorne, Inglewood and Lomita.

From 2003 until 2013, the 43rd district was based in San Bernardino County. The Hispanic-majority district encompassed the southwestern part of the county and included San Bernardino and Rialto.

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2010	Governor	Brown 61.7 - 30.3%
2010	Senator	Boxer 60.1 - 32.2%
2008	President^[2]	Obama 68.0 - 30.1%
2006	Governor^[3]	Angelides 48.7 - 45.4%
2006	Senator^[4]	Feinstein 64.6 - 29.8%
2004	President^[5]	Kerry 58.1 - 40.7%
2004	Senator^[6]	Boxer 64.5 - 30.3%
2003	Recall^[7]^[8]	Yes 58.4 - 41.6%
2003	Recall^[7]^[8]	Schwarzenegger 47.3 - 35.2%
2002	Governor^[9]	Davis 57.4 - 34.6%
2000	President^[10]	Bush 52.1 - 44.2%
2000	Senator^[11]	Feinstein 46.8 - 45.6%
1998	Governor
1998	Senator
1996	President
1994	Governor
1994	Senator
1992	President	Bush 38.2 - 37.8%
	Senator	Herschensohn 52.6 - 37.1%
	Senator	Seymour 46.2 - 43.2%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created		January 3, 1973
Victor Veysey	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted from the 38th district	Imperial, Riverside, inland San Diego
Clair Burgener	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted from the 42nd district Retired	Imperial, southwestern Riverside, San Diego
Ron Packard	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	First elected as a write-in candidate Redistricted to the 48th district	Southern Orange, northwestern San Diego
Ken Calvert	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 44th district	Western Riverside
Joe Baca	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted from the 42nd district Redistricted to the 35th district and lost	San Bernardino (Fontana, Ontario, San Bernardino)
Maxine Waters	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	Redistricted from the 35th district	South Los Angeles (Hawthorne and Inglewood)

Election results

1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Victor Veysey	117,781	62.68
	Democratic	Ernest Z. Robles	70,129	37.32
Total votes			187,910	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican win (new seat)

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clair Burgener	114,102	60.37
	Democratic	Bill Bandes	74,905	39.63
Total votes			189,007	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican win (new seat)

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clair Burgener (incumbent)	173,576	65.00
	Democratic	Pat Kelly	93,475	35.00
Total votes			267,051	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clair Burgener (incumbent)	167,150	68.66
	Democratic	Reuben B. Brooks	76,308	31.34
Total votes			243,458	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clair Burgener (incumbent)	298,815	86.57
	Democratic	Tom Metzger	46,361	13.43
Total votes			345,176	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (write-in)	66,444	36.76
	Democratic	Roy Pat Archer	57,995	32.09
	Republican	Johnnie R. Crean	56,297	31.15
Total votes			180,736	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican win (new seat)

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (incumbent)	165,643	74.11
	Democratic	Lois E. Humphreys	50,996	22.82
	Libertarian	Phyllis Avery	6,878	3.08
Total votes			223,517	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (incumbent)	137,341	73.14
	Democratic	Joseph Chirra	45,078	24.00
	Libertarian	Phyllis Avery	5,370	2.86
Total votes			187,789	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (incumbent)	202,478	71.67
	Democratic	Howard Greenbaum	72,499	25.66
	Libertarian	Daniel L. Muhe	7,552	2.67
Total votes			282,529	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (incumbent)	151,206	68.07
	Peace and Freedom	Doug Hansen	40,212	18.10
	Libertarian	Richard L. "Rick" Arnold	30,720	13.83
Total votes			222,138	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert	88,987	46.68
	Democratic	Mark A. Takano	88,468	46.41
	American Independent	Gary Odom	6,095	3.20
	Libertarian	Gene L. Berkman	4,989	2.62
	No party	John Schwab (write-in)	2,100	1.10%
Invalid or blank votes			13,210	6.48
Total votes			203,849	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican win (new seat)

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (incumbent)	84,500	54.73
	Democratic	Mark A. Takano	59,342	38.44
	Libertarian	Gene L. Berkman	9,636	6.24
	No party	John Schwab (write-in)	767	0.50%
	No party	Velma Hickey (write-in)	141	0.09%
Invalid or blank votes			6,421	3.99
Total votes			160,807	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (incumbent)	97,247	54.72
	Democratic	Guy Kimborough	67,422	37.94
	Natural Law	Annie Wallack	6,576	3.70
	Peace and Freedom	Kevin Akin	3,309	1.86
	Libertarian	Gene Berkman	3,086	1.74
	No party	Colleen Cummings (write-in)	84	0.05%
Invalid or blank votes			6,571	3.57
Total votes			184,295	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (incumbent)	83,012	55.69
	Democratic	Mike Rayburn	56,373	37.82
	Green	Phill Courtney	5,508	3.69
	Natural Law	Annie Wallack	4,178	2.80
Invalid or blank votes			9,064	5.73
Total votes			158,135	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (incumbent)	140,201	73.66
	Libertarian	Bill Reed	29,755	15.63
	Natural Law	Nat Adam	20,376	10.71
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			190,332	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca	45,374	66.39
	Republican	Wendy C. Neighbor	20,821	30.47
	Libertarian	Ethel M. Mohler	2,145	3.14
Invalid or blank votes			5,273	7.16
Total votes			73,613	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new seat)

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca (incumbent)	86,830	66.37
	Republican	Ed Laning	44,004	33.63
	No party	Barry J. Patts (write-in)	0	0.00%
Total votes			130,834	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca (incumbent)	52,791	64.49
	Republican	Scott Folkens	29,069	35.51
Total votes			81,860	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca (incumbent)	108,259	69.14
	Republican	John Roberts	48,312	30.86
Total votes			156,571	100.00
Voter turnout			63.37%
	Democratic hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca (incumbent)	70,026	66%
	Republican	Scott Folkens	36,890	34%
Total votes			106,916	100%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (incumbent)	143,123	71%
	Democratic	Bob Flores	57,771	29%
Total votes			200,894	100%
	Democratic hold

2014

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (incumbent)	69,681	71%
	Republican	John Wood, Jr.	28,521	29%
Total votes			98,202	100%
	Democratic hold

Living former Members

As of April 2015, there are three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 43rd congressional district that are currently living.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
Ron Packard	1983 - 1993	(1931-01-19) January 19, 1931
Ken Calvert	1993 - 2003	(1953-06-08) June 8, 1953
Joe Baca	2003 - 2013	(1947-01-23) January 23, 1947

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

External links

The new District 43—GovTrack.us: California's 43rd congressional district
Pre-2013 District descriptions -- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
The old District 43 -- California Voter Foundation map - CD43

California's congressional districts

All districts: At-large; 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th • 9th • 10th • 11th • 12th • 13th • 14th • 15th • 16th • 17th • 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st • 22nd • 23rd • 24th • 25th • 26th • 27th • 28th • 29th • 30th • 31st • 32nd • 33rd • 34th • 35th • 36th • 37th • 38th • 39th • 40th • 41st • 42nd • 43rd • 44th • 45th • 46th • 47th • 48th • 49th • 50th • 51st • 52nd • 53rd

The at-large seats only existed from 1850 to 1865 and from 1883 to 1885.

See also: California's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations; Recent U.S. House elections in California: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014

Coordinates: 33°54′11″N 118°20′11″W / 33.90306°N 118.33639°W / 33.90306; -118.33639

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