California's 34th congressional district

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California's 34th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. Located in Los Angeles County, the district is represented by Democrat Jimmy Gomez. Its previous U.S. representative, Democrat Xavier Becerra of Los Angeles, resigned January 24, 2017, to become attorney general of California. Representative Gomez won a special election on June 6, 2017, beating fellow Democrat Robert Lee Ahn to replace Becerra.^[3] He was later sworn in as the district's U.S. representative on July 11, 2017.^[4]

California's 34th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Jimmy Gomez D–Los Angeles
Population (2024)	754,617
Median household income	$63,879[1]
Ethnicity	63.8% Hispanic 19.6% Asian 10.5% White 4.4% Black 1.2% Two or more races 0.5% other
Cook PVI	D+28[2]

The district is almost entirely within the City of Los Angeles and includes the following neighborhoods in Central, East, and Northeast Los Angeles: Boyle Heights, Chinatown, City Terrace, Cypress Park, Downtown Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, El Sereno, Garvanza, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Koreatown, Little Bangladesh, Little Tokyo, Lincoln Heights, Montecito Heights, Monterey Hills, Mount Washington, and Westlake.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[5][6][7]
2008	President	Obama 80% - 19%
2010	Governor	Brown 78% - 16%
	Lt. Governor	Newsom 69% - 20%
	Secretary of State	Bowen 75% - 14%
	Attorney General	Harris 68% - 23%
	Treasurer	Lockyer 77% - 15%
	Controller	Chiang 74% - 14%
2012	President	Obama 86% - 14%
2014	Governor	Brown 84% - 16%
2016	President	Clinton 84% - 10%
2018	Governor	Newsom 85% - 15%
	Attorney General	Becerra 88% - 12%
2020	President	Biden 81% - 17%
2022	Senate (Reg.)	Padilla 83% - 17%
	Governor	Newsom 82% - 18%
	Lt. Governor	Kounalakis 81% - 19%
	Secretary of State	Weber 82% - 18%
	Attorney General	Bonta 81% - 19%
	Treasurer	Ma 80% - 20%
	Controller	Cohen 77% - 23%
2024	President	Harris 73% - 22%
	Senate (Reg.)	Schiff 76% - 24%

Composition

FIPS County Code[8]	County	Seat	Population
37	Los Angeles	Los Angeles	9,663,345

Under the 2020 redistricting, California's 34th congressional district is located in Southern California, taking up an area almost entirely within the City of Los Angeles. It includes the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, Naud Junction, El Sereno, Highland Park, Glassell Park, Mount Washington, Eagle Rock, Garvanza, Pico-Union, Harvard Heights, Koreatown, Westlake, Chinatown, Elysian Park, Montecito Heights, and Cypress Park; as well as the census-designated place East Los Angeles.

Los Angeles County is split between this district, the 28th district, the 30th district, the 37th district, the 38th district, and the 42nd district. The 34th and 28th are partitioned by Colorado Blvd, Lantana Dr, Church St, Adelaide Pl, Highway 110, N Huntingdon Dr, S Winchester Ave, Valley Blvd, Laguna Channel, Highway 710, l-10 Express Ln, Rollins Dr, Floral Dr, E Colonia, Belvedere Park, Highway 60, S Atlantic Blvd, and Pomona Blvd.

The 34th, 37th and 30th are partitioned by S Alameda St, E 7th St, Harbor Freeway, Highway 10, S Normandie Ave, W Pico Blvd, Crenshaw Blvd, Wilshire Blvd, S Van Ness Ave, S Wilton Pl, N Wilton Pl, Beverly Blvd, N Western Ave, Melrose Ave, Hollywood Freeway, Douglas St, Lilac Ter, N Boylston St, Academy Rd, Pasadena Freeway, Highway 5, Duvall St, Blake Ave, Fernleaf St, Crystal St, Blake Ave, Meadowvale Ave, Los Angeles, Benedict St, N Coolidge Ave, Glendale Freeway, Roswell St, Delay Dr, Fletcher Dr, Southern Pacific Railroad, S Glendale Ave, Vista Superba Dr, Verdugo Rd, Plumas St, Carr Park, Harvey Dr, and Eagle Rock Hilside Park.

The 34th, 38th and 42nd are partitioned by S Gerhart Ave, Simmons Ave, Dewar Ave, W Beverly Blvd, Repetto Ave, Allston St, S Concourse Ave, Ferguson Dr, Simmons Ave/S Gerhart Ave, Highway 72, Goodrich Blvd, Telegraph Rd, S Marianna Ave, Noakes St, S Bonnie Beach Pl, Union Pacific Ave, S Indiana St, Union Pacific Railroad, Holabird Ave, S Grande Vista Ave, AT & SF Railway, Harriet St, and E 25th St.

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

• Los Angeles – 3,820,914
• East Los Angeles – 118,786

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
District created January 3, 1963
Richard T. Hanna (Anaheim)	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Resigned.	1963–1969 Orange
					1969–1973 Los Angeles, Orange
					1973–1975 Los Angeles, Orange
Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93rd
Mark W. Hannaford (Lakewood)	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979	94th 95th	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Lost re-election.	1975–1983 Los Angeles, Northwestern Orange
Dan Lungren (Long Beach)	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	96th 97th	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 42nd district.
Esteban Torres (La Puente)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1999	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Retired.	1983–1993 Los Angeles (Norwalk)
					1993–2003 Los Angeles (Norwalk)
Grace Napolitano (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003	106th 107th	Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 38th district.
Lucille Roybal-Allard (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 33rd district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 40th district.	2003–2013 Los Angeles (Downtown L.A., Downey)
Xavier Becerra (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 24, 2017	113th 114th 115th	Redistricted from the 31st district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned to become California Attorney General.	2013–2023 Los Angeles (Downtown L.A., Northeast)
Vacant		January 24, 2017 – July 11, 2017	115th
Jimmy Gomez (Los Angeles)	Democratic	July 11, 2017 – present	115th 116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected to finish Becerra's term. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
					2023–present Los Angeles (Downtown L.A., Northeast, East Los Angeles)

Election results

1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2017 (special) • 2018 • 2020 • 2022 • 2024

1962

1962 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna	90,758	55.9
	Republican	Robert A. Geier	71,478	44.1
Total votes			162,236	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

1964

1964 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent)	137,588	58.3
	Republican	Robert A. Geier	98,606	41.7
Total votes			236,194	100.0
	Democratic hold

1966

1966 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent)	127,976	55.8
	Republican	Frank LaMagna	101,410	44.2
Total votes			129,386	100.0
	Democratic hold

1968

1968 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent)	105,880	50.9
	Republican	Bill J. Teague	102,333	49.1
Total votes			208,213	100.0
	Democratic hold

1970

1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent)	101,664	54.5
	Republican	Bill J. Teague	82,167	44.0
	American Independent	Lee R. Rayburn	2,843	1.5
Total votes			186,674	100.0
	Democratic hold

1972

1972 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent)	113,841	67.2
	Republican	John D. Ratterree	48,916	28.9
	American Independent	Lee R. Rayburn	6,604	3.9
Total votes			169,361	100.0
	Democratic hold

1974

1974 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark W. Hannaford (Incumbent)	78,345	49.8
	Republican	Bill Bond	72,967	46.3
	American Independent	James Manis	3,169	2.0
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	3,043	1.9
Total votes			157,524	100.0
	Democratic hold

1976

1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark W. Hannaford (Incumbent)	100,988	50.7
	Republican	Dan Lungren	98,147	49.3
Total votes			199,135	100.0
	Democratic hold

1978

1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Lungren	90,554	53.7
	Democratic	Mark W. Hannaford (Incumbent)	73,608	43.7
	American Independent	Lawrence John Stafford	4,410	2.6
Total votes			168,572	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1980

1980 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Lungren (Incumbent)	138,024	71.8
	Democratic	Simone	46,351	24.1
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	7,794	4.1
Total votes			192,169	100.0
	Republican hold

1982

1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres	68,316	57.2
	Republican	Paul R. Jackson	51,026	42.8
Total votes			119,342	100.0
	Democratic hold

1984

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (Incumbent)	87,060	59.8
	Republican	Paul R. Jackson	58,467	40.2
Total votes			145,527	100.0
	Democratic hold

1986

1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (Incumbent)	66,404	60.3
	Republican	Charles M. House	43,659	39.7
Total votes			110,063	100.0
	Democratic hold

1988

1988 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (Incumbent)	92,087	63.2
	Republican	Charles M. House	50,954	35.0
	Libertarian	Carl M. "Marty" Swinney	2,686	1.8
Total votes			145,727	100.0
	Democratic hold

1990

1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (Incumbent)	55,646	60.7
	Republican	John C. Eastman	36,024	39.3
Total votes			91,670	100.0
	Democratic hold

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (Incumbent)	91,738	61.3
	Republican	J. Jay Hernandez	50,907	34.0
	Libertarian	Carl M. "Marty" Swinney	7,072	4.7
	Independent	M V Paul Worland (write-in)	1	0.0
Total votes			149,718	100.0
	Democratic hold

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (Incumbent)	72,439	61.7
	Republican	Albert J. Nunez	40,068	34.1
	Libertarian	Carl M. "Marty" Swinney	4,921	4.2
	American Independent	J. Scott (write-in)	27	0.0
Total votes			117,455	100.0
	Democratic hold

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (Incumbent)	94,730	68.5
	Republican	David Nunez	36,852	26.7
	American Independent	J. Scott	4,122	2.9
	Libertarian	David Argall	2,736	1.9
Total votes			138,440	100.0
	Democratic hold

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano	76,471	67.6
	Republican	Ed Perez	32,321	28.6
	Libertarian	Jason Heath	2,195	2.0
	American Independent	Walter Scott	2,088	1.8
Total votes			113,075	100.0
	Democratic hold

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano (Incumbent)	105,980	71.3
	Republican	Robert Arthur Canales	33,445	22.5
	Natural Law	Julia F. Simon	9,262	6.2
	Republican	John W. Brantuk (write-in)	36	0.0
Total votes			148,723	100.0
	Democratic hold

2002

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent)	46,734	74.1
	Republican	Wayne Miller	17,090	25.9
Total votes			63,824	100.0
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent)	82,282	74.5
	Republican	Wayne Miller	28,175	25.5
Total votes			110,457	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent)	57,459	76.8
	Republican	Wayne Miller	17,359	23.2
	Independent	Naomi Crane (write-in)	1	0.0
Total votes			74,819	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent)	98,503	77.1
	Republican	Christopher Balding	29,266	22.9
Total votes			127,769	100.0
Turnout				63.68
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard (Incumbent)	69,382	77.2
	Republican	Wayne Miller	20,457	22.8
Total votes			89,839	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra (Incumbent)	120,367	85.6
	Republican	Stephen C. Smith	20,223	14.4
Total votes			140,590	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra (Incumbent)	44,697	72.5
	Democratic	Adrienne Nicole Edwards	16,924	27.5
Total votes			61,621	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra (Incumbent)	122,842	77.2
	Democratic	Adrienne Nicole Edwards	36,314	22.8
Total votes			159,156	100.0
	Democratic hold

2017 (Special)

2017 California's 34th congressional district special election^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jimmy Gomez	25,569	59.2
	Democratic	Robert Lee Ahn	17,610	40.8
Total votes			43,179	100.0
Turnout				14.3
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jimmy Gomez (Incumbent)	110,195	72.5
	Green	Kenneth Mejia	41,711	27.5
Total votes			151,906	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jimmy Gomez (incumbent)	108,792	53.0
	Democratic	David Kim	96,554	47.0
Total votes			205,346	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jimmy Gomez (incumbent)	62,244	51.2
	Democratic	David Kim	59,223	48.8
Total votes			121,467	100.0
	Democratic hold

2024

California's 34th congressional district, 2024^[39][40]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jimmy Gomez (incumbent)	41,611	51.2
	Democratic	David Kim	22,703	27.9
	Republican	Calvin Lee	11,495	14.1
	Peace and Freedom	Aaron Reveles	3,223	4.0
	Democratic	David Ferrell	2,312	2.8
Total votes			81,344	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jimmy Gomez (incumbent)	105,394	55.6
	Democratic	David Kim	84,020	44.4
Total votes			189,414	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

From 2003 through 2013, the district consisted of parts of downtown Los Angeles, including Downey, Bellflower and Maywood. Due to redistricting after the 2010 United States census, the district pivoted north east within Los Angeles County and still includes downtown Los Angeles and areas north east.

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• California's congressional districts

• United States portal
• California portal