California's 22nd congressional district

California's 22nd congressional district
California's 22nd congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)
Representative
	David Valadao; R–Hanford
Population (2022)	775,019
Median household; income	$54,697
Ethnicity	73.2% Hispanic; 15.8% White; 4.5% Black; 3.6% Asian; 1.8% Two or more races; 1.1% other;
Cook PVI	D+5

California's 22nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It is represented by David Valadao, who formerly represented California's 21st congressional district from 2013 to 2019 and 2021 to 2023. As of 2024, this district, alongside New York's 4th, is the most Democratic-leaning congressional district represented by a Republican, with a partisan lean of D+5.^[2] It was also one of 18 districts that would have voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Republican in 2022.

Following redistricting in 2021, the district is still in the San Joaquin Valley. It includes most of Kings County and parts of Tulare and Kern Counties. It includes the east side of Bakersfield; the west and south sides of Tulare, the south side of Hanford; and all of Porterville, Lindsay, Shafter, Wasco, Delano, McFarland, Arvin, Lamont, and Corcoran.^[3] The new 22nd is a majority-Latino district.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	U.S. President	U.S. Senator (Class 1)	U.S. Senator (Class 3)	Governor of California
1992	Clinton 41.1–35.4%	Feinstein 48.7–43.3%	Herschensohn 47.6–43.5%	—
1994	—	Huffington 46.9–43.5%	—	Wilson 58.2–37.7%
1996	Dole 44.2–44.0%	—	—	—
1998	—	—	??	??
2000	Bush 48.8–44.6%^[4]	Feinstein 47.8–42.7%^[5]	—	—
2002	—	—	—	Simon 64.3–28.8%^[6]
2003	—	—	—	Yes 76.8–23.2%^[7]
2003	—	—	—	Schwarzenegger 62.9–15.6%^[8]
2004	Bush 67.9–31.0%^[9]	—	Jones 59.7–35.5%^[10]	—
2006	—	Mountjoy 57.3–37.4%^[11]	—	Schwarzenegger 73.8–22.0%^[12]
2008	McCain 59.7–38.3%^[13]	—	—	—
2010	—	—	Fiorina 63.9–28.8%	Whitman 58.5–34.4%
2012	Romney 56.6–41.6%	Emken 56.8–43.2%	—	—
2014	—	—	—	Kashkari 60.3–39.7%
2016	Trump 52.1–42.6%	—	Harris 52.7–47.3%	—
2018	—	de Leon 55.7–43.3%	—	Cox 56.8–43.2%
2020	Trump 51.6–46.2%	—	—	—
2021	—	—	—	Yes 58.2–41.8%^[14]
2022	—	—	Padilla 51.2–48.8%	Dahle 52.1–47.9%^[15]

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
29	Kern	Bakersfield	916,108
31	Kings	Hanford	152,981
107	Tulare	Visalia	477,433

Cities with 10,000 or more people

Bakersfield - 403,455
Tulare - 68,875
Porterville - 62,623
Hanford - 57,703
Delano - 51,428
Oildale - 32,684
Wasco - 28,710
East Niles - 28,390
Corcoran - 22,339
Shafter - 20,401
Arvin - 19,495
Greenfield - 18,937
McFarland - 15,506
Lamont - 15,120
Avenal - 13,696
Lindsay - 12,659
Hillcrest - 10,528

2,500-10,000 people

Earlimart - 7,697
Fairfax - 7,605
East Porterville - 7,331
Cottonwood - 6,268
Benton Park - 5,333
Armona - 4,294
Old Stine - 3,841
Rexland Acres - 3,563
Pixley - 3,310
Strathmore - 3,033
Terra Bella - 2,910
Weedpatch - 2,658
Tipton - 2,543
Richgrove - 2,538

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	District location (counties)
District created January 3, 1943
John J. Phillips (Banning)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 29th district.	1943–1953 Imperial, Orange, Riverside
Joseph F. Holt (Los Angeles)	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1961	83rd 84th 85th 86th	Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Retired.	1953–1983 Los Angeles
James C. Corman (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1975	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Redistricted to the 21st district.
Carlos J. Moorhead (Glendale)	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 20th district and re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 27th district.
Carlos J. Moorhead (Glendale)	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd		1983–1993 Los Angeles (northern L.A. suburbs)
Michael Huffington (Santa Barbara)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	1993–2003 San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara
Andrea Seastrand (Pismo Beach)	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	104th	Elected in 1994. Lost re-election.
Walter Capps (Santa Barbara)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – October 28, 1997	105th	Elected in 1996. Died.
Vacant		October 28, 1997 – March 17, 1998	105th
Lois Capps (Santa Barbara)	Democratic	March 17, 1998 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	Elected to finish her husband's term. Re-elected later in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 23rd district.
Bill Thomas (Bakersfield)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	108th 109th	Redistricted from the 21st district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Retired.	2003–2013 Kern, Los Angeles (Lancaster), inland San Luis Obispo
Kevin McCarthy (Bakersfield)	Republican	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013	110th 111th 112th	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 23rd district.
Devin Nunes (Tulare)	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 1, 2022	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 21st district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Resigned to become CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group.	2013–2023 Fresno, Tulare (Fresno, Clovis, Tulare, Visalia)
Vacant		January 1, 2022 – June 14, 2022	117th
Connie Conway (Tulare)	Republican	June 14, 2022 – January 3, 2023	117th	Elected to finish Nunes' term. Redistricted to the 20th district and retired.
David Valadao (Hanford)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Redistricted from the 21st district and re-elected in 2022.	2023–present Kings, Tulare, and Kern

Election results

1942

1942 United States House of Representatives elections^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Phillips	42,765	57.6%
	Democratic	N. E. West	31,440	42.4%
Total votes			74,205	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

1944

1944 United States House of Representatives elections^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Phillips (incumbent)	88,537	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1946

1946 United States House of Representatives elections^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Phillips (incumbent)	59,935	62.1%
	Democratic	Ray Adkinson	36,649	37.9%
Total votes			96,584	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1948

1948 United States House of Representatives elections^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Phillips (incumbent)	115,697	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1950

1950 United States House of Representatives elections^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Phillips (incumbent)	114,497	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1952

1952 United States House of Representatives elections^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph F. Holt	85,039	60.5%
	Democratic	Dean E. McHenry	55,534	39.5%
Total votes			140,573	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

1954

1954 United States House of Representatives elections^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph F. Holt (incumbent)	65,165	58.2%
	Democratic	William M. "Bill" Costley	46,875	41.8%
Total votes			112,040	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1956

1956 United States House of Representatives elections^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph F. Holt (incumbent)	97,317	59.8%
	Democratic	Irving Glasband	65,314	40.2%
Total votes			162,631	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1958

1958 United States House of Representatives elections^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph F. Holt (incumbent)	87,785	55.4%
	Democratic	Irving Glasband	70,777	44.6%
Total votes			158,562	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1960

1960 United States House of Representatives elections^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman	104,919	51.1%
	Republican	Lemoine Blanchard	100,321	48.9%
Total votes			205,240	100.0%
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

1962

1962 United States House of Representatives elections^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	75,294	53.6%
	Republican	Charles S. Foote	65,087	46.4%
Total votes			140,381	100.0%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1964

1964 United States House of Representatives elections^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	94,141	50.5%
	Republican	Robert C. Cline	92,133	49.5%
Total votes			186,274	100.0%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1966

1966 United States House of Representatives elections^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	94,420	53.5%
	Republican	Robert C. Cline	82,207	46.5%
Total votes			176,627	100.0%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1968

1968 United States House of Representatives elections^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	102,332	56.9%
	Republican	Joe Holt	74,433	41.4%
	Peace and Freedom	Hugh Manes	3,024	1.7%
Total votes			179,789	100.0%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1970

1970 United States House of Representatives elections^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	95,256	59.4%
	Republican	Tom Hayden	63,297	39.5%
	American Independent	Callis R. Johnson	1,880	1.1%
Total votes			160,433	100.0%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1972

1972 United States House of Representatives elections^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	121,352	67.6%
	Republican	Bruce P. Wolfe	52,664	29.3%
	Peace and Freedom	Ralph L. Shroyer	5,583	3.1%
Total votes			179,599	100.0%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1974

1974 United States House of Representatives elections^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos Moorhead (incumbent)	78,983	55.8%
	Democratic	Richard Hallin	62,770	44.2%
Total votes			141,753	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

1976

1976 United States House of Representatives elections^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos Moorhead (incumbent)	114,769	62.6%
	Democratic	Robert S. Henry	68,543	37.4%
Total votes			183,312	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1978

1978 United States House of Representatives elections^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos Moorhead (incumbent)	99,502	64.6%
	Democratic	Robert S. Henry	54,442	35.4%
Total votes			153,944	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1980

1980 United States House of Representatives elections^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos Moorhead (incumbent)	115,241	63.9%
	Democratic	Pierce O'Donnell	57,477	31.9%
	Libertarian	William V. Susel	7,705	4.3%
Total votes			180,423	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1982

1982 United States House of Representatives elections^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos Moorhead (incumbent)	145,831	73.6%
	Democratic	Harvey L. Goldhammer	46,521	23.5%
	Libertarian	Robert T. Gerringer	5,870	3.0%
Total votes			198,222	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1984

1984 United States House of Representatives elections^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos Moorhead (incumbent)	184,981	85.2%
	Libertarian	Michael B. Yauch	32,036	14.8%
Total votes			217,017	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1986

1986 United States House of Representatives elections^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos Moorhead (incumbent)	141,096	73.8%
	Democratic	John G. Simmons	44,036	23.0%
	Libertarian	Jona Joy Bergland	3,114	1.6%
	Peace and Freedom	Joel Lorimer	2,930	1.5%
Total votes			191,176	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1988

1988 United States House of Representatives elections^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos Moorhead (incumbent)	164,699	69.5%
	Democratic	John G. Simmons	61,555	26.0%
	Peace and Freedom	Shirley Rachel Isaacson	6,298	2.7%
	Libertarian	Ted Brown	4,259	1.8%
Total votes			235,811	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1990

1990 United States House of Representatives elections^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos Moorhead (incumbent)	108,634	60.0%
	Democratic	David Bayer	61,630	34.1%
	Libertarian	William H. Wilson	6,702	3.7%
	Peace and Freedom	Jan B. Tucker	3,963	2.2%
Total votes			180,929	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives elections^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Huffington	131,242	52.5%
	Democratic	Gloria Ochoa	87,328	34.9%
	Green	Mindy Lorenz	23,699	9.5%
	Libertarian	William Howard Dilbeck	7,553	3.0%
	No party	Bialosky (write-in)	104	0.1%
Total votes			249,926	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives elections^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrea Seastrand	102,987	49.27%
	Democratic	Walter Capps	101,424	48.53%
	Libertarian	David L. Bersohn	4,597	2.20%
Total votes			209,008	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives elections^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter Capps	118,299	48.5%
	Republican	Andrea Seastrand (incumbent)	107,987	44.3%
	Independent	Steven Wheeler	9,845	4.0%
	Reform	Richard Porter	3,975	1.6%
	Libertarian	David Bersohn	2,233	0.9%
	Natural Law	Dawn Tomastik	1,847	0.7%
Total votes			244,186	100.0%
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

1998 (special)

List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives in California^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps	93,392	53.46%
	Republican	Tom Bordonaro	78,224	44.78%
	Libertarian	Robert Bakhaus	3,079	1.76%
Total votes			174,695	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives elections^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	111,388	55.09%
	Republican	Tom J. Bordonaro Jr.	86,921	42.99%
	Libertarian	Robert Bakhaus	2,618	1.29%
	Reform	Richard D. "Dick" Porter	1,263	0.62%
Total votes			202,190	100.0%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives elections^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	135,538	53.2%
	Republican	Mike Stoker	113,094	44.4%
	Reform	Richard D. "Dick" Porter	2,490	0.9%
	Libertarian	Joe Furcinite	2,060	0.8%
	Natural Law	J. Carlos Aguirre	1,888	0.7%
Total votes			255,070	100.0%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2002

2002 United States House of Representatives elections^[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Thomas	120,473	73.4%
	Democratic	Jaime A. Corvera	38,988	23.7%
	Libertarian	Frank Coates	4,824	2.9%
Total votes			164,285	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives elections^[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	209,384	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections^[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy	133,278	70.8%
	Democratic	Sharon M. Beery	55,226	29.2%
Total votes			188,504	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

2008 United States House of Representatives elections^[50]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy (incumbent)	224,549	100.0%
Total votes			224,549	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives elections^[51]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy (incumbent)	173,490	98.8%
	Independent	John Uebersax (write-in)	2,173	1.2%
Total votes			175,663	100.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections^[52]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Devin Nunes (incumbent)	132,386	61.9%
	Democratic	Otto Lee	81,555	38.1%
Total votes			213,941	100.0%
	Republican hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections^[53]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Devin Nunes (incumbent)	96,053	72.0%
	Democratic	Suzanna "Sam" Aguilera-Marrero	37,289	28.0%
Total votes			133,342	100.0%
	Republican hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Devin Nunes (incumbent)	158,755	67.6%
	Democratic	Louie J. Campos	76,211	32.4%
Total votes			234,966	100.0%
	Republican hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Devin Nunes (incumbent)	117,243	52.7%
	Democratic	Andrew Janz	105,136	47.3%
Total votes			222,379	100.0%
	Republican hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Devin Nunes (incumbent)	151,864	54.2%
	Democratic	Phil Arballo	128,564	45.8%
Total votes			280,428	100.0%
	Republican hold

2022 (special)

2022 California's 22nd congressional district special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Connie Conway	69,954	62.1%
	Democratic	Lourin Hubbard	42,688	37.9%
Total votes			112,642	100.0%
	Republican hold

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Valadao (incumbent)	52,994	51.5%
	Democratic	Rudy Salas	49,862	48.5%
Total votes			102,856	100.0%
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

References

External links

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