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California's 1st congressional district

California's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013

Representative

Population (2019)

711,905

Median income

$61,433

Ethnicity

R+11

California's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa since 2013. Before LaMalfa has taken office, the district had not had a Republican congressman since 1998. The district is made up of the counties: Butte County, Lassen County, Modoc County, Plumas County, Shasta County, Sierra County, Siskiyou County, Tehama County, most of Nevada County, part of Glenn County and part of Placer County.

Election history

2004 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (Incumbent)	189,336	67.0
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	79,970	28.2
	Green	Pamela Elizondo	13,635	4.8
Total votes			282,941	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2006 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (Incumbent)	144,409	66.3
	Republican	John W. Jones	63,194	29.0
	Green	Pamela Elizondo	6,899	3.1
	Peace and Freedom	Timothy J. Stock	3,503	1.6
Total votes			218,044	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2008 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (Incumbent)	154,006	68.2
	Republican	Zane Starkewolf	53,561	23.7
	Green	Carol Wolman	18,492	8.1
Total votes			226,059	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2010 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (Incumbent)	136,605	62.8
	Republican	Loren Hanks	67,217	31.1
	Green	Carol Wolman	7,576	3.6
	Libertarian	Mike Rodrigues	5,484	2.5
Total votes			216,882	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2012 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa	168,827	57.4
	Democratic	Jim Reed	131,548	42.6
Total votes			294,213	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2014 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa (Incumbent)	132,052	61.0
	Democratic	Heidi Hall	84,320	39.0
Total votes			216,372	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2016 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa (Incumbent)	185,338	59.1
	Democratic	Jim Reed	128,588	40.9
Total votes			314,036	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2018 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa (Incumbent)	160,046	54.9
	Democratic	Audrey Denney	131,548	45.1
Total votes			291,594	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

California's 1st district primary election, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa (Incumbent)	128,613	54.6
	Democratic	Audrey Denney	92,655	39.4
	Democratic	Rob Lydon	8,745	3.7
	Independent	Joseph LeTourneau IV	2,769	1.2
	Independent	Gregory Edward Cheadle	2,596	1.1
	Republican	Kenneth E Swanson (write-in)	13	0.0
Total votes			235,391	100.0

California's 1st district general election, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa (incumbent)	204,190	57.0
	Democratic	Audrey Denney	154,073	43.0
Total votes			358,263	100.0
	Republican hold