Before redistricting in 2011, the 20th district was located in the San Joaquin Valley. It covered Kings County and portions of Fresno and Kern counties, including most of the city of Fresno. That area is now largely divided between the 21st and 16th districts, while most of the current 20th was within the former 17th.
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CA 20 redirects here For the state route see California State Route 20 California s 20th congressional district is a congressional district in California including much of the southern and southeastern part of the state s Central Valley The district currently has no representative in the United States House of Representatives due to the resignation of Kevin McCarthy following the motion to vacate that ousted him from the office of House Speaker 3 4 California s 20th congressional districtInteractive map of district boundaries since 2023 Used in the 2022 elections Representative VacantPopulation 2022 793 325Median householdincome 82 983 1 Ethnicity49 4 White33 8 Hispanic7 3 Asian4 6 Two or more races3 3 Black0 9 Native American0 8 otherCook PVIR 16 2 Redistricting in 2022 returned the district to the San Joaquin Valley The new 20th district includes parts of Kern Tulare Kings and Fresno counties It includes the southern Sierra Nevada and western Mojave Desert with three fingers extending west into the valley Cities in the district include Clovis Tehachapi Ridgecrest Taft Lemoore the west and northeast sides of Bakersfield the south side of Visalia the northeast side of Tulare the north side of Hanford and a sliver of northeastern Fresno including California State University Fresno 5 The new 20th district is the most Republican district in California with a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R 16 2 Before 2022 it encompassed much of the Central Coast region The district included Monterey and San Benito counties most of Santa Cruz County and portions of Santa Clara County Before redistricting in 2011 the 20th district was located in the San Joaquin Valley It covered Kings County and portions of Fresno and Kern counties including most of the city of Fresno That area is now largely divided between the 21st and 16th districts while most of the current 20th was within the former 17th Contents 1 Recent election results in statewide races 2 Composition 2 1 Cities with 10 000 or more people 2 2 2 500 10 000 people 3 List of members representing the district 4 Election results 4 1 1932 4 2 1934 4 3 1936 4 4 1938 4 5 1940 4 6 1942 4 7 1944 4 8 1946 4 9 1948 4 10 1950 4 11 1952 4 12 1954 4 13 1956 4 14 1958 4 15 1960 4 16 1962 4 17 1964 4 18 1966 4 19 1968 4 20 1970 4 21 1972 4 22 1974 4 23 1976 4 24 1978 4 25 1980 4 26 1982 4 27 1984 4 28 1986 4 29 1988 4 30 1990 4 31 1992 4 32 1994 4 33 1996 4 34 1998 4 35 2000 4 36 2002 4 37 2004 4 38 2006 4 39 2008 4 40 2010 4 41 2012 4 42 2014 4 43 2016 4 44 2018 4 45 2020 4 46 2022 5 Historical district boundaries 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksRecent election results in statewide races editYear Office Results 1992 President Clinton 46 9 37 5 Senator Herschensohn 50 2 40 1 Senator Feinstein 47 4 44 9 1994 Governor Senator 1996 President 1998 Governor Senator 2000 President 6 Gore 49 6 47 6 Senator 7 Feinstein 58 4 35 0 2002 Governor 8 Davis 53 1 40 6 2003 Recall 9 10 nbsp Yes 50 0 41 0 Schwarzenegger 42 7 40 4 2004 President 11 Kerry 50 6 48 5 Senator 12 Boxer 57 2 38 3 2006 Governor 13 Schwarzenegger 53 7 41 5 Senator 14 Feinstein 60 5 33 9 2008 President 15 Obama 59 6 38 7 2010 Governor Brown 55 9 37 1 Senator Boxer 48 3 43 5 2012 President Obama 70 9 26 2 Senator Feinstein 73 1 26 9 2014 Governor Brown 73 0 27 0 2016 President Clinton 70 4 23 2 Senator Harris 66 2 33 8 2018 Governor Newsom 70 2 29 8 Senator Feinstein 54 2 45 8 2020 President Biden 72 7 25 0 2021 Recall 16 nbsp No 71 5 28 5 2022 Governor 17 Dahle 69 5 30 5 Senator Meuser 67 7 32 3 Composition edit County Seat Population 19 Fresno Fresno 1 015 190 29 Kern Bakersfield 916 108 31 Kings Hanford 152 981 107 Tulare Visalia 477 433 Cities with 10 000 or more people edit Fresno 542 107 Bakersfield 403 455 Visalia 141 384 Clovis 120 124 Tulare 68 875 Hanford 57 703 Oildale 32 684 Ridgecrest 27 951 Lemoore 26 725 Lakeside 20 648 Rosamond 18 150 Rosedale 14 058 Tehachapi 13 011 2 500 10 000 people edit Taft 9 327 Golden Hills 8 656 Lemoore Station 7 438 Alta Sierra 7 204 Bear Valley Springs 5 592 Greenacres 5 566 Ford City 4 348 Mojave 4 238 Tarpey Village 3 888 Lake Isabella 3 466 Auberry 3 238 Yokuts Valley 3 162 Weldon 2 645 Frazier Park 2 592List of members representing the district editMember Party Dates Congress Electoral history Counties District created March 4 1933 nbsp George Burnham San Diego Republican March 4 1933 January 3 1937 73rd74th Elected in 1932 Re elected in 1934 Retired 1933 1943Imperial San Diego nbsp Edouard Izac San Diego Democratic January 3 1937 January 3 1943 75th76th77th Elected in 1936 Re elected in 1938 Re elected in 1940 Redistricted to the 23rd district nbsp John Carl Hinshaw Pasadena Republican January 3 1943 August 5 1956 78th79th80th81st82nd83rd84th Redistricted from the 11th district and Re elected in 1942 Re elected in 1944 Re elected in 1946 Re elected in 1948 Re elected in 1950 Re elected in 1952 Re elected in 1954 Died 1943 1975Los Angeles Vacant August 5 1956 January 3 1957 84th nbsp H Allen Smith Glendale Republican January 3 1957 January 3 1973 85th86th87th88th89th90th91st92nd Elected in 1956 Re elected in 1958 Re elected in 1960 Re elected in 1962 Re elected in 1964 Re elected in 1966 Re elected in 1968 Re elected in 1970 Retired nbsp Carlos Moorhead Los Angeles Republican January 3 1973 January 3 1975 93rd Elected in 1972 Redistricted to the 22nd district nbsp Barry Goldwater Jr Los Angeles Republican January 3 1975 January 3 1983 94th95th96th97th Redistricted from the 27th district and Re elected in 1974 Re elected in 1976 Re elected in 1978 Re elected in 1980 Retired to run for U S senator 1975 1983Southwestern Los Angeles eastern Ventura nbsp Bill Thomas Bakersfield Republican January 3 1983 January 3 1993 98th99th100th101st102nd Redistricted from the 18th district and Re elected in 1982 Re elected in 1984 Re elected in 1986 Re elected in 1988 Re elected in 1990 Redistricted to the 21st district 1983 1993Inyo Kern Los Angeles Lancaster San Luis Obispo nbsp Cal Dooley Fresno Democratic January 3 1993 January 3 2005 103rd104th105th106th107th108th Redistricted from the 17th district and Re elected in 1992 Re elected in 1994 Re elected in 1996 Re elected in 1998 Re elected in 2000 Re elected in 2002 Retired 1993 2003Western Fresno northwestern Kern Kings western Tulare 2003 2013 nbsp Western Fresno northwestern Kern Kings nbsp Jim Costa Fresno Democratic January 3 2005 January 3 2013 109th110th111th112th Elected in 2004 Re elected in 2006 Re elected in 2008 Re elected in 2010 Redistricted to the 16th district nbsp Sam Farr Carmel Democratic January 3 2013 January 3 2017 113th114th Redistricted from the 17th district and re elected in 2012 Re elected in 2014 Retired 2013 2023 nbsp Monterey and San Benito and portions of Santa Clara and Santa Cruz nbsp Jimmy Panetta Carmel Valley Democratic January 3 2017 January 3 2023 115th116th117th Elected in 2016 Re elected in 2018 Re elected in 2020 Redistricted to the 19th district nbsp Kevin McCarthy Bakersfield Republican January 3 2023 December 31 2023 118th Redistricted from the 23rd district and re elected in 2022 Resigned 2023 present nbsp Parts of the southern San Joaquin Valley the Tehachapi Mountains and southern Sierra Nevada and the northwestern Mojave Desert Vacant December 31 2023 present New member to be elected in 2024 to finish the term Election results edit1932 edit 1932 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 18 Party Candidate Votes Republican George Burnham 43 757 50 3 Democratic Claude Chandler 43 304 49 7 Total votes 87 061 100 0 Republican hold 1934 edit 1934 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 19 Party Candidate Votes Republican George Burnham Incumbent 51 682 52 4 Democratic Edouard Izac 46 957 47 6 Total votes 98 639 100 0 Republican hold 1936 edit 1936 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 20 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Edouard Izac 59 208 56 4 Republican Ed P Simple 44 925 42 8 Communist Esco L Richardson 916 0 8 Total votes 105 049 100 0 Democratic gain from Republican 1938 edit 1938 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 21 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Edouard Izac Incumbent 65 243 60 4 Republican John L Bacon 42 710 39 6 Total votes 107 953 100 0 Democratic hold 1940 edit 1940 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 22 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Edouard Izac Incumbent 69 874 51 1 Republican John L Bacon 66 132 48 3 Communist Esco L Richardson 806 0 6 Total votes 136 812 100 0 Democratic hold 1942 edit 1942 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 23 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Carl Hinshaw 62 628 48 4 Democratic Joseph O Donovan 55 479 42 9 Prohibition Virgil G Hinshaw 6 864 5 3 Townsend Janie Bele McCarty 3 537 2 7 Communist Orla E Lair 792 0 6 Total votes 129 300 100 0 Republican gain from Democratic 1944 edit 1944 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 24 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Carl Hinshaw Incumbent 112 663 51 8 Democratic Archibald B Young 101 090 46 5 Prohibition Charles Hiram Randall 3 615 1 5 Total votes 217 368 100 0 Republican hold 1946 edit 1946 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 25 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Carl Hinshaw Incumbent 98 283 63 2 Democratic Everett G Burkhalter 67 317 36 8 Total votes 165 600 100 0 Republican hold 1948 edit 1948 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 26 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Carl Hinshaw Incumbent 204 710 81 6 Democratic William B Esterman 46 232 18 4 Total votes 250 942 100 0 Republican hold 1950 edit 1950 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 27 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Carl Hinshaw Incumbent 211 012 85 1 Progressive Myra Tanner Weiss 26 508 10 7 Prohibition Frank Nelson 10 339 4 2 Total votes 247 859 100 0 Republican hold 1952 edit 1952 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 28 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Carl Hinshaw Incumbent 109 509 100 0 Republican hold 1954 edit 1954 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 29 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Carl Hinshaw Incumbent 71 213 71 2 Democratic Eugene Radding 28 838 28 8 Total votes 100 051 100 0 Republican hold 1956 edit 1956 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 30 Party Candidate Votes Republican H Allen Smith 85 459 70 8 Democratic Eugene Radding 35 249 29 2 Total votes 120 708 100 0 Republican hold 1958 edit 1958 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 31 Party Candidate Votes Republican H Allen Smith Incumbent 72 311 66 Democratic Eugene Radding 37 331 34 Total votes 109 642 100 0 Republican hold 1960 edit 1960 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 32 Party Candidate Votes Republican H Allen Smith Incumbent 90 214 70 1 Democratic Eugene Radding 38 497 29 9 Total votes 128 711 100 0 Republican hold 1962 edit 1962 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 33 Party Candidate Votes Republican H Allen Smith Incumbent 119 938 70 6 Democratic Leon Mayer 49 850 29 4 Total votes 169 788 100 0 Republican hold 1964 edit 1964 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 34 Party Candidate Votes Republican H Allen Smith Incumbent 132 402 67 9 Democratic C Bernard Kaufman 62 645 32 1 Total votes 195 047 100 0 Republican hold 1966 edit 1966 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 35 Party Candidate Votes Republican H Allen Smith Incumbent 128 896 73 4 Democratic Raymond Freschi 46 730 26 6 Total votes 175 626 100 0 Republican hold 1968 edit 1968 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 36 Party Candidate Votes Republican H Allen Smith Incumbent 133 148 69 3 Democratic Don White 56 008 29 2 Peace and Freedom Robert J Clarke 2 965 1 5 Total votes 192 121 100 0 Republican hold 1970 edit 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 37 Party Candidate Votes Republican H Allen Smith Incumbent 116 437 69 1 Democratic Michael M Stolzberg 50 033 29 7 American Independent Earl C Harper 2 100 1 2 Total votes 168 570 100 0 Republican hold 1972 edit 1972 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 38 Party Candidate Votes Republican Carlos Moorhead 120 299 57 4 Democratic John Binkley 89 219 42 6 Total votes 209 518 100 0 Republican hold 1974 edit 1974 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 39 Party Candidate Votes Republican Barry Goldwater Jr 96 324 61 2 Democratic Arline M Mathews 61 119 38 8 Total votes 157 443 100 0 Republican hold 1976 edit 1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 40 Party Candidate Votes Republican Barry Goldwater Jr Incumbent 146 158 67 2 Democratic Patty Lear Corman 71 193 32 8 Total votes 217 351 100 0 Republican hold 1978 edit 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 41 Party Candidate Votes Republican Barry Goldwater Jr Incumbent 129 714 66 4 Democratic Pat Lear 65 695 33 6 Total votes 195 409 100 0 Republican hold 1980 edit 1980 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 42 Party Candidate Votes Republican Barry Goldwater Jr Incumbent 199 674 78 8 Democratic Matt Miller 43 024 17 0 Libertarian Christopher R Darwin 10 605 4 2 Total votes 253 303 100 0 Republican hold 1982 edit 1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 43 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bill Thomas 123 312 68 1 Democratic Robert J Bethea 57 769 31 9 Total votes 181 081 100 0 Republican hold 1984 edit 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 44 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bill Thomas Incumbent 151 732 70 9 Democratic Michael T LeSage 62 307 29 1 Total votes 214 039 100 0 Republican hold 1986 edit 1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 45 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bill Thomas Incumbent 129 989 72 6 Democratic Jules H Moquin 49 027 27 4 Total votes 179 016 100 0 Republican hold 1988 edit 1988 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 46 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bill Thomas Incumbent 162 779 71 1 Democratic Lita Reid 62 037 27 1 Libertarian David L Bersohn 4 190 1 8 Total votes 229 006 100 0 Republican hold 1990 edit 1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 47 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bill Thomas Incumbent 112 962 59 8 Democratic Michael A Thomas 65 101 34 5 Libertarian William Howard Dilbeck 10 555 5 6 No party Reid write in 307 0 2 Total votes 188 925 100 0 Republican hold 1992 edit 1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 48 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Cal Dooley 72 679 64 9 Republican Ed Hunt 39 388 35 1 Total votes 112 067 100 0 Democratic gain from Republican 1994 edit 1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 49 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Cal Dooley Incumbent 57 394 56 70 Republican Paul Young 43 836 43 30 Total votes 101 230 100 0 Democratic hold 1996 edit 1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 50 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Cal Dooley Incumbent 65 381 56 6 Republican Trice Harvey 45 276 39 1 Libertarian Jonathan Richter 5 048 4 3 Total votes 115 705 100 0 Democratic hold 1998 edit 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 51 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Cal Dooley Incumbent 60 599 60 73 Republican Cliff Unruh 39 183 39 27 Total votes 99 782 100 0 Democratic hold 2000 edit 2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 52 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Cal Dooley Incumbent 66 235 52 4 Republican Rich Rodriguez 57 563 45 5 Natural Law Walter Kenneth Ruehlig 1 416 1 1 Libertarian Arnold Kriegbaum 1 320 1 0 Total votes 126 534 100 0 Democratic hold 2002 edit 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 53 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Cal Dooley Incumbent 47 627 63 7 Republican Andre Minuth 25 628 34 3 Libertarian Varrin Swearingen 1 515 2 0 Turnout 74 770 Democratic hold 2004 edit 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 54 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jim Costa 61 005 53 5 Republican Roy Ashburn 53 231 46 5 Total votes 114 236 100 0 Democratic hold 2006 edit 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 55 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jim Costa Incumbent 61 120 100 0 Democratic hold 2008 edit 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 56 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jim Costa Incumbent 93 023 74 33 Republican Jim Lopez 32 118 25 67 Total votes 125 141 100 0 Turnout votes 60 55 Democratic hold 2010 edit 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 57 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jim Costa Incumbent 46 247 51 71 Republican Andy Vidak 43 197 48 29 Total votes 89 444 100 00 Democratic hold 2012 edit 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 58 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Sam Farr Incumbent 172 996 74 1 Republican Jeff Taylor 60 566 25 9 Total votes 233 562 100 0 Democratic hold 2014 edit 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 59 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Sam Farr Incumbent 106 034 75 2 Republican Ronald Paul Kabat 35 010 24 8 Total votes 141 044 100 0 Democratic hold 2016 edit 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 59 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jimmy Panetta 180 980 70 8 Republican Casey Lucius 74 811 29 2 Total votes 255 791 100 0 Democratic hold 2018 edit 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 60 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jimmy Panetta Incumbent 183 677 81 4 No party preference Ronald Paul Kabat 42 044 18 6 Total votes 225 721 100 0 Democratic hold 2020 edit 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jimmy Panetta incumbent 236 896 76 8 Republican Jeff Gorman 71 658 23 2 Total votes 308 554 100 0 Democratic hold 2022 edit 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California 20th district 61 Party Candidate Votes Republican Kevin McCarthy incumbent 153 847 67 2 Democratic Marisa Wood 74 934 32 8 Total votes 228 781 100 0 Republican holdHistorical district boundaries edit nbsp 2003 2013 nbsp 2013 2023See also editList of United States congressional districts nbsp United States portal nbsp California portalReferences edit Center for New Media amp Promotion CNMP US Census Bureau My Congressional District www census gov a b 2022 Cook PVI District Map and List The Cook Political Report July 12 2022 Retrieved January 3 2023 Kevin McCarthy formally submits his resignation from Congress axios com Brooks Emily December 19 2023 Kevin McCarthy submits official House resignation The Hill Retrieved April 25 2024 CA 2022 Congressional Dave s Redistricting January 4 2022 Retrieved November 11 2022 Statement of Vote 2000 President PDF Archived from the original PDF on May 20 2011 Retrieved September 17 2008 Statement of Vote 2000 Senator PDF Archived from the original PDF on 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