California's 10th congressional district

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Prior to redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission going into effect in 2012, the 10th district stretched from Livermore to Dixon and the outskirts of Vacaville. It consisted of portions of Alameda, Contra Costa, Sacramento, and Solano Counties.

Following redistricting in 1992, the 10th district was based in the East Bay, and included parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties. It received national attention in 1996 when Democrat Ellen Tauscher defeated incumbent Republican Bill Baker in what was considered an upset.^[5]

In the 2002 redistricting of California, all seats were made safe^[6] for the parties of incumbent officeholders. The district boundaries were extended to include parts of Solano County, southwestern Sacramento County, eastern Contra Costa County and El Cerrito in western Contra Costa County. Although much of the suburban Tri-Valley region was shifted to the 11th congressional district, the city of Livermore remained in the 10th at Tauscher's request (as a member of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, she had some oversight responsibilities over the U.S. Department of Energy, and hence indirectly of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory).

On June 26, 2009, Tauscher resigned her seat to be sworn in as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.^[7][8][9] In the ensuing special election held on November 3, 2009, former Democratic Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi won the seat over Republican David Harmer 53.0% to 42.7%. Immediately following redistricting, Garamendi successfully ran for re-election in California's 3rd congressional district, which shares many municipalities with the 2002 version of the 10th district (e.g. Vacaville and Fairfield), but lies significantly northwest of the current 10th district.

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The 10th congressional district starting with the election of 2012 and lasting through the election of 2020 included all of Stanislaus County (including Ceres, Oakdale, Modesto, Riverbank, and Turlock) and the southern portion of San Joaquin County (including Tracy and Manteca).^[3]

This went into effect in 2012, as the result of redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. This version of the 10th included much of the core of the old 18th district (Modesto, Ceres, and the southwestern half of Stanislaus County), though the 18th also included a substantial portion of Stockton. It also shares much of the northwestern portion of the old 19th district (Turlock, Riverbank, Oakdale, and the rest of northeastern Stanislaus County).

Republican Jeff Denham transferred from the prior 19th district to the newer 10th. He held it for three terms until being defeated in 2018 by Democrat Josh Harder, who won reelection in 2020.

After 2022 edit

The 10th district was redrawn in time for the 2022 election, being divided up between California's 5th congressional district (which now includes eastern portions of Modesto and eastern portions of Turlock), California's 9th congressional district (which is centered on Stockton, California and includes Tracy), and California's 13th congressional district (which includes western Modesto and western Turlock) .^[10] Current 10th district incumbent Josh Harder is running for reelection in the new version of California's 9th congressional district.

Voter Registration Statistics edit

The California Secretary of State publishes reports on California voter registration on a regular basis. Before the 2018 primary election, they published a report dating May 21, 2018.

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Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 42.4 - 35.6%
	Senator	Boxer 48.0 - 42.5%
	Senator	Feinstein 56.9 - 37.7%
1994	Governor[12]	Wilson 59.7 - 37.1%
	Senator[13]	Feinstein 52.3 - 42.0%
1996	President[14]	Clinton 48.2 - 42.6%
1998	Governor[15]	Davis 56.0 - 41.3%
	Senator[16]	Boxer 50.2 - 46.8%
2000	President[17]	Gore 51.3 - 44.8%
	Senator[18]	Feinstein 55.8 - 40.0%
2002	Governor[19]	Davis 49.9 - 39.1%
2003	Recall[20][21]	52.6 - 47.4%
		Schwarzenegger 42.2 - 34.7%
2004	President[22]	Kerry 58.5 - 40.4%
	Senator[23]	Boxer 60.1 - 36.6%
2006	Governor[24]	Schwarzenegger 56.2 - 38.7%
	Senator[25]	Feinstein 65.5 - 30.0%
2008	President[26]	Obama 64.7 - 33.1%
2010	Governor	Brown 57.4 - 38.7%
	Senator	Boxer 56.0 - 39.4%
2012	President	Obama 50.6 - 47.0%
	Senator[27]	Feinstein 52.1 - 47.9%
2014	Governor[28]	Brown 51.7 - 48.3%
2016	President	Clinton 48.5 - 45.5%
	Senator[29]	Harris 57.1 - 42.9%
2018	Governor[30]	Cox 50.5 - 49.5%
	Senator[31]	de Leon 56.9 - 43.1%
2020	President	Biden 50.3 - 47.4%
2021	Recall[32][33]	53.3 - 46.7%
		Elder 57.6 - 6.5%
2022	Governor[34]	Newsom 64.8 - 35.2%
	Senator	Padilla 66.3 - 33.7%

As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 10th congressional district encompasses most of Contra Costa County, and part of Alameda County.

Contra Costa County is split between this district, the 8th district, and the 9th district. The northern border is partitioned by Grizzly Peak Blvd, Seaview Trail, Camino Pablo, Bear Creek Rd, San Pablo Creek, Bear Creek, Brianes Reservoir, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Highway 4, Alhambra Ave, Pacheco Blvd, Grandview Ave, Central Ave, Imhoff Dr, Bares Ave, Mount Diablo Creek, Union Pacific, Contra Costa Canal, 4WD Rd, Bailey Rd, James Donlon Blvd, Cambridge Dr, Reseda Way, S Royal links Cir, Carpinteria Dr, Barmouth Dr, Hillcrest Ave, Highway 4, and Highway 160. The western border is partitioned by Old River, Italian Slough, Western Farms Ranch Rd, Rankin Rd, Highway J14, Byron Hot Springs Rd, Camino Diablo, Kellogg Creek, Sellers Ave, Brentwood Blvd, Alloro Dr, Ghiggeri Dr, Emilio Dr, Guthrie Ln, Balfour Rd, Chestnut St, Byron Highway, Orwood Rd, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Werner Dredger Cut, and Rock Slough. The 10th district takes in the south sides of the cities of Antioch and Martinez, the cities of Concord, Brentwood, Oakley, Pleasant Hill, Clayton, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, and San Ramon, as well as the towns of Danville and Moraga.

Alameda County is split between this district and the 14th district. They are partitioned by Sinclair Freeway, Amador Valley Blvd, Emerald Ave, Tamarack Dr, Brighton Dr, Ione Way, Newcastle Ln, Dougherty Rd, Highway 580, Lembert Hills Dr. The 10th district takes in San Ramon Village and Komandorski Village.

Cities & CDP with 10,000 or more people edit

• Concord - 129,295
• Antioch - 115,291
• San Ramon - 84,605
• Walnut Creek - 70,127
• Brentwood - 64,292
• Danville - 43,582
• Oakley - 43,357
• Martinez - 38,290
• Pleasant Hill - 34,613
• Lafayette - 25,391
• Orinda - 19,514
• Moraga - 16,870
• Clayton - 11,070

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Republican John D. Fredericks won the special election to replace fellow Republican Henry Z. Osborne, who died in office.^[38]

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Democrat Alfred J. Elliott won the special election to replace fellow Democrat Henry E. Stubbs, who died in office.^[47]

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• List of United States congressional districts

• GovTrack.us: California's 10th congressional district
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions (out of date)
• California Voter Foundation map - CD10 (out of date)

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