California's 49th congressional district
California's 49th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is represented by Mike Levin.
California's 49th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Population (2022) | 752,364[1] | ||
Median household income | $109,380[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+3[3] |
The district currently covers the northern coastal areas of San Diego County, including Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, and Encinitas, as well as a portion of southern Orange County, including San Clemente, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, Ladera Ranch, and Coto de Caza.[4] Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is in the district.
In the 2016 election, Darrell Issa won by a margin of less than 1%. In the 2018 election, this district was considered to be a major battleground. Rep. Issa announced that he would not seek reelection.[5] Following the November 6, 2018 election, Democrat Mike Levin became the district's congressman.[6]
Recent results from statewide elections
Composition
# | County | Seat | Population |
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73 | San Diego | San Diego | 3,286,069 |
As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 49th congressional district is located in Southern California. It covers the North County region of San Diego County, and south east Orange County.
San Diego County is split between this district, the 48th district and the 50th district. They are partitioned by Gavilan Mountain Rd, Sandia Creek Dr, De Luz Rd, Marine Corps Base Pendleton, Sleeping Indian Rd, Tumbleweed Ln, Del Valle Dr, Highland Oak St, Olive Hill Rd, Via Puerta del Sol, N River Rd, Highway 76, Old River Rd, Little Gopher Canyon Rd, Camino Cantera, Corre Camino, Tierra del Cielo, Elevado Rd, Vista Grande Dr, Warmlands Ave, Queens Way, Canciones del Cielo, Camino Loma Verde, Alessandro Trail, Friendly Dr, Edgehill Rd, Catalina Heights Way, Deeb Ct, Foothill Dr, Clarence Dr, Highway S14, Smilax Rd, Poinsetta Ave, W San Marcos Blvd, Diamond Trail Preserve, S Rancho Santa Rd, San Elijo Rd, Rancho Summitt Dr, Escondido Creek, El Camino del Norte, San Elijo Lagoon, Highland Dr, Avacado Pl, Jimmy Durante Blvd, San Dieguito Dr, 8th St, Nob Ave, Highway S21, and the San Diego Northern Railway. The 49th district takes in the cities of Carlsbad, Oceanside, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar, and Vista.
Orange County is split between this district, the 40th district, and the 47th district. They are partitioned by Alicia Parkway, Pacific Park Dr, San Joaquin Hills Trans Corridor, Cabot Rd, San Diego Freeway, Via Escolar, Arroyo Trabuco Creek, Oso Parkway, Thomas F Riley Wilderness Park, and Ronald W Casper's Wilderness Park, Aliso & Wood Canyons, Vista del Sol, Highway 1, Stonington Rd, Virginia Way, 7th Ave, and Laguna Beach. The 49th district takes in the cities of San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Dana Point, and Laguna Nigel, as well as the census-designated place Ladera Ranch.
Cities & CDP with 10,000 or more people
- Oceanside - 175,742
- Carlsbad - 114,746
- Vista - 101,638
- Laguna Nigel - 64,355
- San Clemente - 64,293
- Encinitas - 62,709
- San Juan Capistrano - 35,911
- Dana Point - 33,107
- Ladera Ranch - 26,170
- Solana Beach - 12,941
2,500-10,000 people
- Del Mar - 3,954
List of members representing the district
Election results
1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 • 2022 |
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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 | ||
Independent | Thompson (write-in) | 4 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 248,898 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Brian Bilbray | 90,283 | 48.5 | |||
Democratic | Lynn Schenk (Incumbent) | 85,597 | 46.0 | |||
Libertarian | Chris Hoogenboom | 5,288 | 2.8 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Renate Kline | 4,948 | 2.7 | |||
Independent | Thompson (write-in) | 2 | 0.0 | |||
Total votes | 186,118 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Brian Bilbray (Incumbent) | 90,516 | 48.8 | |
Democratic | Christine T. Kehoe | 86,400 | 46.6 | |
Libertarian | Ernest Lippe | 3,327 | 1.8 | |
Natural Law | Julia F. Simon | 2,829 | 1.5 | |
Peace and Freedom | Janice Jordan | 2,447 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 185,519 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Darrell Issa | 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 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Darrell Issa (Incumbent) | 98,891 | 63.3 | |
Democratic | Jeeni Criscenzo | 52,227 | 33.5 | |
Libertarian | Lars B. Grossmith | 4,952 | 3.2 | |
Total votes | 156,070 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Darrell Issa (Incumbent) | 140,300 | 58.3 | |
Democratic | Robert Hamilton | 90,138 | 37.5 | |
Libertarian | Lars B. Grossmith | 10,232 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 240,670 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Darrell Issa (Incumbent) | 119,083 | 62.8 | |
Democratic | Howard Katz | 59,710 | 31.5 | |
American Independent | Dion Clark | 6,585 | 3.5 | |
Libertarian | Mike Paster | 4,290 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 189,668 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Darrell Issa (Incumbent) | 159,725 | 58.2 | |
Democratic | Jerry Tetalman | 114,893 | 41.8 | |
Total votes | 274,618 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Darrell Issa (Incumbent) | 98,161 | 60.2 | |
Democratic | Dave Peiser | 64,981 | 39.8 | |
Total votes | 163,142 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2016
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Darrell Issa (Incumbent) | 84,582 | 50.8 | |
Democratic | Doug Applegate | 75,744 | 45.5 | |
No party preference | Ryan Glenn Wingo | 6,079 | 3.7 | |
Total votes | 166,405 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Darrell Issa (Incumbent) | 155,888 | 50.3 | |
Democratic | Doug Applegate | 154,267 | 49.7 | |
Total votes | 310,155 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2018
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Diane Harkey | 46,468 | 25.5 | |
Democratic | Mike Levin | 31,850 | 17.5 | |
Democratic | Sara Jacobs | 28,778 | 15.8 | |
Democratic | Doug Applegate | 23,850 | 13.1 | |
Republican | Kristin Gaspar | 15,467 | 8.5 | |
Republican | Rocky Chávez | 13,739 | 7.5 | |
Democratic | Paul G. Kerr | 8,099 | 4.4 | |
Republican | Brian Maryott | 5,496 | 3.0 | |
Republican | Mike Schmitt | 2,379 | 1.3 | |
Republican | Josh Schoonover | 1,362 | 0.7 | |
Republican | Craig A. Nordal | 1,156 | 0.6 | |
Republican | David Medway | 1,066 | 0.6 | |
No party preference | Robert Pendleton | 905 | 0.5 | |
Green | Danielle St. John | 690 | 0.4 | |
Libertarian | Joshua L. Hancock | 552 | 0.3 | |
Peace and Freedom | Jordan J. Mills | 233 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 182,090 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Mike Levin | 166,453 | 56.4 | |
Republican | Diane Harkey | 128,577 | 43.6 | |
Total votes | 295,030 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Levin (Incumbent) | 205,179 | 53.1 | |
Republican | Brian Maryott | 181,027 | 46.9 | |
Total votes | 386,206 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Levin (Incumbent) | 153,541 | 52.6 | |
Republican | Brian Maryott | 138,194 | 47.4 | |
Total votes | 291,735 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Historical district boundaries
Before the 2002 redistricting, most of the territory currently located in the district was previously located in the 48th district. The 49th district was located farther south, encompassing most of what is now the 53rd district.
2003-13
Before the 2012 redistricting the district extended further inland to include a portion of southern Riverside County and most of northern San Diego County.
2013-23
References
- "American Fact Finder - Results". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- "Congressional District 49" (PDF).
- Schneider, Elena; Bresnahan, John. "California Republican Darrell Issa to retire". POLITICO.
- 2018 general election results
- Statement of Vote (1992 President)
- Statement of Vote (1992 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (1994 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (1994 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (1996 President)
- "Statement of Vote (1998 Governor)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2011.
- "Statement of Vote (1998 Senator)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2011.
- Statement of Vote (2000 President)
- Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
- Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2004 President)
- Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2008 President)
- Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2012 President)
- Statement of Vote (2012 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2014 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2016 President)
- Statement of Vote (2016 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2018 Governor)
- San Diego Elections - Lieutenant Governor (p. 101)
- Orange County Elections - Lieutenant Governor (p. 103)
- San Diego Elections - Secretary of State (p. 215)
- Orange County Elections - Secretary of State (p. 158)
- San Diego Elections - Controller (p. 215)
- Orange County Elections - Controller (p. 215)
- San Diego Elections - Treasurer (p. 215)
- Orange County Elections - Treasurer (p. 268)
- San Diego Elections - Attorney General (p. 215)
- Orange County Elections - Attorney General (p. 323)
- San Diego Elections - Insurance Commissioner (p. 215)
- Orange County Elections - Insurance Commissioner (p. 378)
- San Diego Elections - Board of Equalization, 4th District (p. 215)
- Orange County Elections - Board of Equalization, 4th District (p. 433)
- Statement of Vote (2018 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2020 President)
- "Counties by Congressional District for Recall Question" (PDF). sos.ca.gov. September 14, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- Statement of Vote (2022 Governor)
- Statement of Vote (2022 Senator)
- Statement of Vote (2022 Senator)
- 1992 election results
- 1994 election results
- 1996 election results
- 1998 election results
- 2000 election results
- 2002 election results
- 2004 election results
- 2006 election results
- 2008 election results
- 2010 election results
- 2012 election results
- 2014 election results
- "2016 open primary election results" (PDF).
- "2016 general election results" (PDF).
- "2018 open primary election results" (PDF).
- "2018 general election results" (PDF).
- 2020 election results
- 2022 election results