California's 3rd congressional district

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California's 3rd congressional district
Area	3,374 mi² (8,879 km²)
Distribution	86.4% urban, 13.6% rural
Population (2000)	639,087
Median income	$51,313
Ethnic composition	79.1% White, 4.4% Black, 5.9% Asian, 10.7% Hispanic, 1.0% Native American, 4.3% other
Cook PVI	R+7

California's 3rd congressional district covers most of Sacramento County and part of Solano County, as well as all of Alpine, Amador and Calaveras Counties. Since 2005, Republican Dan Lungren has represented the district.

[edit] Competitiveness

This seat once extended up the Sacramento Valley to take in rural territory up to Tehama County. The 2001 reapportionment plan reconfigured the seat, but as in its previous incarnation, the bulk of the population lies within the suburbs of Sacramento County.

Once a Democratic bastion, the district became more conservative over the years and finally elected a Republican in 1998. The 2001 reapportionment made the district more compact and Republican than its predecessor, though it is far less Republican than the neighboring 4th District. Although there has been some movement in registration in favor of the Democrats, it still has a strong GOP flavor as most of Sacramento's Democratic voters live in the neighboring 5th District.

[edit] Voting

George W. Bush received 58% of the vote in this district in 2004; John Kerry received 41%.^[1] The district voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger 69-27% in 2006,^[2] Dianne Feinstein 49-46% in 2006,^[3] Bill Jones 51-46% in 2004,^[4] for recalling Gray Davis 67-33%^[5] and for Schwarzenegger 58-20%^[6] in 2003, and for Bill Simon 55-34% in 2002.^[7]

[edit] List of Representatives

Counties	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes
Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, Yuba	John Bidwell	Republican	1865-03-04 – 1867-03-03	Newly created district; retired
	James A. Johnson	Democratic	1867-03-04 – 1869-03-03	Retired
	John M. Coghlan	Republican	1869-03-04 – 1871-03-03	Lost re-election to Luttrell
	John K. Luttrell	Democratic	1871-03-04 – 1877-03-03	Retired
	Campbell P. Berry	Democratic	1877-03-04 – 1891-03-03	Retired
	Barclay Henley	Democratic	1891-03-04 – 1893-03-03	Redistricted to 1st district
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sacramento, Solano, Yolo	Joseph McKenna	Republican	1885-03-04 – 1892-03-28	Newly created district Appointed to Court of Appeals
	Samuel G. Hilborn	Republican	1892-12-05 – 1894-04-04	English contested election
Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, Lake, Solano, Yolo	Warren B. English	Democratic	1894-04-04 – 1895-03-03	Lost re-election to Hilborn
	Samuel G. Hilborn	Republican	1895-03-04 – 1899-03-03	Lost re-nomination to Metcalf
	Victor H. Metcalf	Republican	1899-03-04 – 1903-03-03
Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano	Edward J. Livernash	Democratic-Union Labor	1903-03-04 – 1905-03-03
	Joseph Knowland	Republican	1905-03-04 – 1913-03-03
Contra Costa, Napa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo	Charles F. Curry	Republican	1913-03-04 – 1930-10-10	Newly created district; died
	Vacant		1930-10-11 – 1931-03-03
	Charles F. Curry, Jr.	Republican	1931-03-04 – 1933-03-03	Lost re-election to Buck
Napa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo	Frank H. Buck	Democratic	1933-03-04 – 1942-09-17	Died
	Vacant		1942-09-18 – 1943-01-02
	Justin L. Johnson	Republican	1943-01-03 – 1953-01-03	Redistricted to 11th district
Colusa, Glenn, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba	John E. Moss	Democratic	1953-01-03 – 1963-01-03	Newly created district
Sacramento			1963-01-03 – 1967-01-03
Sacramento (Sacramento city)			1967-01-03 – 1975-01-03
Eastern two-thirds of Sacramento			1975-01-03 – 1979-01-03	Retired
	Robert T. Matsui	Democratic	1979-01-03 – 1983-01-03
Sacramento (Sacramento city and eastern suburbs)			1983-01-03 – 1993-01-03	Redistricted to 5th district
Southwestern Butte, Colusa, Glenn, northwestern Sacramento, eastern Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo	Vic Fazio	Democratic	1993-01-03 – 1999-01-03	Redistricted from 4th district Retired
	Doug Ose	Republican	1999-01-03 – 2003-01-03
Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, most of suburban Sacramento, northern and eastern Solano			2003-01-03 – 2005-01-03	Retired
	Dan Lungren	Republican	2005-01-03 – present	Incumbent

[edit] Election results

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[edit] 1864

United States House of Representatives elections, 1864
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Bidwell	18,255	56.1
	Democratic	Jack Temple	14,273	43.9
Total votes			32,528	100.0
Majority			3,982	12.2
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1866

United States House of Representatives elections, 1866
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James A. Johnson	14,767	50.6
	Republican	Chancellor Hartson	14,394	49.4
Total votes			29,161	100.0
Majority			373	1.2
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

[edit] 1868

United States House of Representatives elections, 1868
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James A. Johnson (inc.)	15,792	50.4
	Republican	Chancellor Hartson	15,528	49.6
Total votes			31,320	100.0
Majority			164	0.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1870

United States House of Representatives elections, 1870
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John M. Coghlan	18,503	51.7
	Democratic	George Pearce	17,309	48.3
Total votes			35,812	100.0
Majority			1,194	3.4
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

[edit] 1872

United States House of Representatives elections, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John K. Luttrell	14,032	51.7
	Republican	John M. Coghlan (incumbent)	13,105	48.3
Total votes			27,137	100.0
Majority			927	3.4
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

[edit] 1874

United States House of Representatives elections, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John K. Luttrell (incumbent)	18,468	55.1
	Republican	C. B. Denio	8,284	24.7
	Independent	Charles F. Reed	6,761	20.2
Total votes			33,513	100.0
Majority			10,184	30.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1876

United States House of Representatives elections, 1876
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John K. Luttrell (incumbent)	19,846	51.1
	Republican	Joseph McKenna	18,990	48.9
Total votes			38,836	100.0
Majority			756	2.2
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1878

United States House of Representatives elections, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Campbell Polson Berry	20,019	50.2
	Republican	Joseph McKenna	19,800	49.6
	Workingmen	George T. Elliott	93	0.2
Total votes			39,912	100.0
Majority			219	0.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1880

United States House of Representatives elections, 1880
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Campbell Polson Berry (inc.)	21,743	51.1
	Republican	George A. Knight	20,494	48.2
	Independent	W. A. Howe	172	0.4
	Prohibition	A. Musselman	85	0.2
	Independent	A. G. Clark	26	0.1
Total votes			42,520	100.0
Majority			249	2.9
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1882

United States House of Representatives elections, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barclay Henley	21,807	51.3
	Republican	John J. DeHaven	19,473	45.8
	Prohibition	H. S. Graves	862	2.0
	Greenback	W. Howe	401	0.9
Total votes			42,543	100.0
Majority			2,334	5.5
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1884

United States House of Representatives elections, 1884
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph McKenna	17,435	55.8
	Republican	John R. Glascock (inc.)	13,197	42.3
	Prohibition	Joshua B. Wills	322	1.0
	Populist	A. B. Burns	273	0.9
Total votes			31,227	100.0
Majority			4,238	13.5
Turnout
	Republican win		(new constituency)

[edit] 1886

United States House of Representatives elections, 1886
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph McKenna (incumbent)	15,801	53.0
	Democratic	Henry C. McPike	13,277	44.5
	Prohibition	W. W. Smith	707	2.4
	Independent	W. J. Cuthbertson	32	0.1
Total votes			29,817	100.0
Majority			2,524	8.5
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1888

United States House of Representatives elections, 1888
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph McKenna (incumbent)	19,912	56.0
	Democratic	Ben Morgan	14,633	41.2
	Prohibition	W. W. Smith	657	1.9
	Independent	S. Solon Hall	338	1.0
Total votes			35,540	100.0
Majority			5,279	14.8
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1890

United States House of Representatives elections, 1890
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph McKenna (incumbent)	20,834	55.4
	Democratic	John P. Irish	15,997	42.5
	Prohibition	O. O. Felkner	774	2.1
Total votes			37,605	100.0
Majority			4,837	12.9
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1892

United States House of Representatives elections, 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel G. Hilborn	13,163	43.2
	Democratic	Warren B. English	13,138	43.1
	Populist	J. L. Lyon	3,495	11.5
	Prohibition	L. B. Scranton	671	2.2
Total votes			30,467	100.0
Majority			25	0.1
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1894

United States House of Representatives elections, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel G. Hilborn	15,795	45.5
	Democratic	Warren B. English (incumbent)	13,103	37.8
	Populist	W. A. Vann	5,162	14.9
	Prohibition	L. B. Scranton	637	1.8
Total votes			34,697	100.0
Majority			2,692	7.7
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

[edit] 1896

United States House of Representatives elections, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel G. Hilborn (incumbent)	19,778	54.0
	Democratic	Warren B. English	16,119	44.0
	Socialist	John H. Eustice	387	1.1
	Prohibition	W. Shafer	327	0.9
Total votes			36,611	100.0
Majority			3,659	10.0
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1898

United States House of Representatives elections, 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Victor H. Metcalf	20,592	57.3
	Democratic	John A. Jones	14,051	39.1
	Socialist Labor	Thomas F. Burns	1,309	3.6
Total votes			35,952	100.0
Majority			6,541	18.2
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1900

United States House of Representatives elections, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Victor H. Metcalf (incumbent)	22,109	58.9
	Democratic	Frank Freeman	14,408	38.4
	Socialist	R. A. Dague	596	1.6
	Prohibition	Alvin W. Holt	431	1.1
Total votes			37,544	100.0
Majority			7,701	20.5
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1902

United States House of Representatives elections, 1902
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Victor H. Metcalf (incumbent)	20,532	66.2
	Democratic	Calvin B. White	8,574	27.7
	Socialist	M. W. Wilkins	1,556	5.0
	Prohibition	T. H. Montgomery	338	1.1
Total votes			31,000	100.0
Majority			11,958	38.5
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1904

United States House of Representatives elections, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph R. Knowland (inc.)	24,637	68.6
	Democratic	Henry C. McPike	7,210	20.1
	Socialist	M. Lesser	3,617	10.1
	Prohibition	Bates Morris	471	1.3
Total votes			35,935	100.0
Majority			17,427	48.5
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1906

United States House of Representatives elections, 1906
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph R. Knowland (inc.)	21,510	60.0
	Democratic	Hugh W. Brunk	7,716	21.5
	Independence	Charles C. Boynton	3,614	10.1
	Socialist	William McDevitt	2,514	7.0
	Prohibition	T. H. Montgomery	482	1.4
Total votes			35,836	100.0
Majority			13,794	38.5
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1908

United States House of Representatives elections, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph R. Knowland (inc.)	27,857	64.1
	Democratic	George Peckham	9,889	22.8
	Socialist	O. W. Philbrick	4,052	9.3
	Independence	John A. Sands	923	2.1
	Prohibition	T. H. Montgomery	717	1.7
Total votes			43,438	100.0
Majority			17,968	41.3
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1910

United States House of Representatives elections, 1910
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph R. Knowland (inc.)	34,291	81.9
	Socialist	S. Miller	6,653	15.9
	Prohibition	James N. Christian	906	2.2
Total votes			41,850	100.0
Majority			27,638	66.0
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1912

United States House of Representatives elections, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles F. Curry	31,060	58.8
	Democratic	Gilbert M. Ross	15,197	28.8
	Socialist	William L. Wilson	6,522	12.4
Total votes			52,779	100.0
Majority			15,863	76.3
Turnout
	Republican win		(new constituency)

[edit] 1914

United States House of Representatives elections, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles F. Curry (incumbent)	66,034	85.0
	Socialist	David T. Ross	6,752	8.7
	Prohibition	Edwin F. Van Vlear	4,911	6.3
Total votes			77,697	100.0
Majority			59,282	76.3
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1916

United States House of Representatives elections, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles F. Curry (incumbent)	48,193	66.7
	Democratic	O. W. Kennedy	16,900	23.4
	Socialist	Ben Cooper	4,455	6.2
	Prohibition	Edwin F. Van Vlear	2,694	3.7
Total votes			72,242	100.0
Majority			21,293	43.3
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1918

United States House of Representatives elections, 1918
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles F. Curry (incumbent)	51,690	91.6
	Socialist	Allen K. Gifford	4,746	8.4
Total votes			56,436	100.0
Majority			46,944	83.2
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1920

United States House of Representatives elections[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles F. Curry (incumbent)	54,984	74.7
	Democratic	J. W. Struckenbruck	14,964	20.4
	Socialist	Miles William Beck	3,631	4.9
Total votes			73,579	100.0
Majority			10,020	54.3
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1922

United States House of Representatives elections[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles F. Curry (incumbent)	71,316	91.6
	Socialist	Marcus H. Steely	6,561	8.4
Total votes			77,877	100.0
Majority			64,755	83.2
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1924

United States House of Representatives elections[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles F. Curry (incumbent)	61,512	80.7
	Socialist	James H. Barkley	14,665	19.3
Total votes			76,177	100.0
Majority			46,847	61.4
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1926

United States House of Representatives elections[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles F. Curry (incumbent)	72,912	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1928

United States House of Representatives elections[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles F. Curry (incumbent)	77,750	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1930

United States House of Representatives elections[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles F. Curry, Jr.	43,336	53.4
	Republican	J. M. Inman	26,785	33.0
	Democratic	Frank H. Buck	9,172	11.3
	Independent	Katherine Braddock	1,753	2.2
	Independent	E. M. Turner	49	0.1
Total votes			80,095	100.0
Majority			16,551	10.4
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1932

United States House of Representatives elections[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank H. Buck	61,694	56.8
	Republican	Charles F. Curry (incumbent)	46,887	45.2
Total votes			108,581	100.0
Majority			14,807	13.6
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

[edit] 1934

United States House of Representatives elections[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank H. Buck (incumbent)	66,566	53.3
	Republican	J. M. Inman	56,222	45.7
	Communist	Albert Hougardy	1,167	1.0
Total votes			122,955	100.0
Majority			9,344	7.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1936

United States House of Representatives elections[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank H. Buck (incumbent)	93,110	90.6
	Independent	Walter Schaefer (write-in)	5,310	5.2
	Communist	Perry Hill	4,390	4.2
Total votes			98,810	100.0
Majority			87,800	85.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1938

United States House of Representatives elections[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank H. Buck (incumbent)	119,236	93.3
	Communist	Nora Conklin	8,271	6.5
	Independent	Walter Schaefer (write-in)	327	0.2
Total votes			127,834	100.0
Majority			110,965	86.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1940

United States House of Representatives elections[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank H. Buck (incumbent)	135,461	91.0
	Prohibition	C. H. Farman	10,539	7.1
	Communist	Charles Gricus	2,751	1.8
	Independent	George Kimber (write-in)	122	0.1
Total votes			148,873	100.0
Majority			124,922	83.9
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1942

United States House of Representatives elections[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Justin L. Johnson (incumbent)	63,982	54.5
	Democratic	Joseph B. O'Neil	53,521	45.5
Total votes			117,503	100.0
Majority			10,461	9.0
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1944

United States House of Representatives elections[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Justin L. Johnson (incumbent)	131,705	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1946

United States House of Representatives elections[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Justin L. Johnson (incumbent)	116,792	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1948

United States House of Representatives elections[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Justin L. Johnson (incumbent)	166,571	84.4
	Progressive	James B. "Bert" Willard	30,878	15.6
Total votes			197,449	100.0
Majority			135,693	68.8
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1950

United States House of Representatives elections[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Justin L. Johnson (incumbent)	177,269	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 1952

United States House of Representatives elections[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss	87,335	50.8
	Republican	Leslie E. Wood	82,133	47.8
	Progressive	Helen C. Thomsen	2,443	1.4
Total votes			171,911	100.0
Majority			5,202	3.0
Turnout
	Democratic win		(new constituency)

[edit] 1954

United States House of Representatives elections[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	96,238	65.3
	Republican	James H. Phillips	51,111	34.7
Total votes			147,349	100.0
Majority			45,127	30.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1956

United States House of Representatives elections[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	132,930	68.6
	Republican	Noel C. Stevenson	60,889	31.4
Total votes			193,819	100.0
Majority			72,041	37.2
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1958

United States House of Representatives elections[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	169,727	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1960

1960 United States House of Representatives elections[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	200,439	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1962

United States House of Representatives elections[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	138,257	74.8
	Republican	George W. G. Smith	46,510	25.2
Total votes			184,767	100.0
Majority			91,747	49.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1964

United States House of Representatives elections[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	166,688	74.3
	Republican	Einer B. Gjelsteen	57,630	25.7
Total votes			224,318	100.0
Majority			109,058	48.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1966

United States House of Representatives elections[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	143,177	67.5
	Republican	Terry G. Feil	69,057	32.5
Total votes			212,234	100.0
Majority			74,120	35.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1968

United States House of Representatives elections[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	106,694	56.0
	Republican	Elmore J. Duffy	79,717	41.8
	American Independent	James Tarleton Slaughter	4,188	2.2
Total votes			190,599	100.0
Majority			26,977	14.2
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1970

United States House of Representatives elections[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	117,496	61.6
	Republican	Elmore J. Duffy	69,811	36.6
	American Independent	Allen E. Priest	3,554	1.8
Total votes			190,861	100.0
Majority			47,685	25.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1972

United States House of Representatives elections[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	151,035	69.9
	Republican	John Rakus	64,949	30.1
Total votes			215,984	100.0
Majority			86,086	39.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1974

United States House of Representatives elections[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	121,842	72.3
	Republican	Ivaldo Lenci	46,585	27.7
Total votes			168,427	100.0
Majority			75,257	44.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1976

United States House of Representatives elections[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	139,779	72.9
	Republican	George R. Marsh, Jr.	52,075	27.1
Total votes			191,854	100.0
Majority			87,704	45.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1978

United States House of Representatives elections[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bob Matsui	105,537	53.4
	Republican	Sandy Smoley	91,966	46.6
Total votes			197,503	100.0
Majority			13,571	6.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1980

United States House of Representatives elections[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	170,670	70.6
	Republican	Joseph Murphy	64,215	26.5
	Libertarian	Bruce A. Daniel	6,980	2.9
Total votes			241,865	100.0
Majority			106,455	44.1
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1982

United States House of Representatives elections[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	194,680	89.6
	Libertarian	Bruce A. Daniel	16,222	7.5
	Peace and Freedom	John Newmeyer	6,294	2.9
Total votes			217,196	100.0
Majority			178,458	82.1
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1984

United States House of Representatives elections[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	131,369	100
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1986

United States House of Representatives elections[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	158,709	75.9
	Republican	Lowell Patrick Landowski	50,265	24.1
Total votes			208,974	100.0
Majority			108,444	51.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1988

United States House of Representatives elections[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	183,470	71.2
	Republican	Lowell Patrick Landowski	74,296	28.8
Total votes			257,766	100.0
Majority			109,174	42.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1990

United States House of Representatives elections[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	132,143	60.3
	Republican	Lowell Patrick Landowski	76,148	34.8
	Libertarian	David M. McCann	10,797	4.9
Total votes			219,088	100.0
Majority			55,995	25.5
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1992

United States House of Representatives elections[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Vic Fazio (incumbent)	112,149	51.2
	Republican	H. L. Richardson	96,092	40.3
	Libertarian	Ross Crain	20,444	8.6
Total votes			228,685	100.0
Majority			26,057	10.9
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1994

United States House of Representatives elections[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Vic Fazio (incumbent)	97,093	49.75
	Republican	Tim Lefever	89,964	46.10
	Libertarian	Ross Crain	8,100	4.15
Total votes			195,157	100.0
Majority			7,129	3.65
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1996

United States House of Representatives elections[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Vic Fazio (incumbent)	118,663	53.6
	Republican	Tim Lefever	91,134	41.1
	Reform	Timothy Erich	7,701	3.4
	Libertarian	Erin Donelle	4,239	1.9
Total votes			221,737	100.0
Majority			27,529	12.5
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1998

United States House of Representatives elections[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Doug Ose	100,621	52.41
	Democratic	Sandie Dunn	86,471	45.04
	Libertarian	Ross Crain	4,914	2.56
Total votes			192,006	100.0
Majority			14,150	7.37
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

[edit] 2000

United States House of Representatives elections[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Doug Ose (incumbent)	129,254	56.2
	Democratic	Bob Kent	93,067	40.4
	Libertarian	Douglas Arthur Tuma	5,227	2.2
	Natural Law	Channing E. Jones	2,634	1.1
Majority			36,187	15.8
Turnout			230,182
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 2002

United States House of Representatives elections[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Doug Ose (incumbent)	117,466	62.4	+6.2
	Democratic	Howard Beeman	64,990	34.5	-5.9
	Libertarian	Douglas Arthur Tuma	5,847	3.1	+0.9
Total votes			188,303	100.0
Majority			52,476	27.9	+12.1
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing	+12.1

[edit] 2004

United States House of Representatives elections[50]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dan Lungren	177,113	61.9	-0.5
	Democratic	Gabe Castillo	99,750	34.9	+0.4
	Libertarian	Douglas Tuma	9,274	3.2	+0.1
Total votes			286,137	100.0
Majority			77,363	27.0	-0.9
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing	-0.9

[edit] 2006

United States House of Representatives elections[51]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dan Lungren (incumbent)	135,709	59.5	-2.4
	Democratic	William E. Durston	86,318	37.8	+2.9
	Libertarian	Douglas A. Tuma	3,772	1.6	-1.6
	Peace and Freedom	Michael L. Roskey	2,370	1.0	+1.0
Total votes			228,169	100.0
Majority			49,391	21.7	-5.3
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing	-5.3

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• GovTrack.us: California's 3rd congressional district
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
• California Voter Foundation map - CD03

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