California's 20th congressional district

California's 20th congressional district
California's 20th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)
Representative	Vince Fong; R–Bakersfield
Population (2023)	794,847
Median household; income	$85,575
Ethnicity	49.4% White; 33.8% Hispanic; 7.3% Asian; 4.6% Two or more races; 3.3% Black; 0.9% Native American; 0.8% other;
Cook PVI	R+15

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 is currently represented by Republican Vince Fong. Fong was elected in a special election on May 21, 2024, after Kevin McCarthy resigned from Congress following the motion to vacate that ousted him from the office of House Speaker.^[3]^[4]

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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+15.^[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.

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Year	Office	Results^[6]^[7]^[8]
2008	President	McCain 65% - 35%
2010	Governor	Whitman 64% - 30%
	Lt. Governor	Maldonado 65% - 23%
	Secretary of State	Dunn 63% - 29%
	Attorney General	Cooley 70% - 22%
	Treasurer	Walters 59% - 34%
	Controller	Strickland 58% - 34%
2012	President	Romney 67% - 33%
2014	Governor	Kashkari 68% - 32%
2016	President	Trump 63% - 32%
2018	Governor	Cox 66% - 34%
2018	Attorney General	Bailey 66% - 34%
2020	President	Trump 61% - 36%
2022	Senate (Reg.)	Meuser 68% - 32%
	Governor	Dahle 70% - 30%
	Lt. Governor	Underwood Jacobs 68% - 32%
	Secretary of State	Bernosky 68% - 32%
	Attorney General	Hochman 69% - 31%
	Treasurer	Guerrero 68% - 32%
	Controller	Chen 71% - 29%
2024	President	Trump 64% - 34%
2024	Senate (Reg.)	Garvey 66% - 34%

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties
District created March 4, 1933
George Burnham (San Diego)	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937	73rd 74th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Retired.	1933–1943 Imperial, San Diego
Edouard Izac (San Diego)	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Redistricted to the 23rd district.	1933–1943 Imperial, San Diego
John Carl Hinshaw (Pasadena)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – August 5, 1956	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th	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.	1943–1975 Los Angeles
Vacant		August 5, 1956 – January 3, 1957	84th
H. Allen Smith (Glendale)	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1973	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	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.
Carlos Moorhead (Los Angeles)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Elected in 1972. Redistricted to the 22nd district.
Barry Goldwater Jr. (Los Angeles)	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	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.	1975–1983 Southwestern Los Angeles, eastern Ventura
Bill Thomas (Bakersfield)	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	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.	1983–1993 Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles (Lancaster), San Luis Obispo
Cal Dooley (Fresno)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	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.	1993–2003 Western Fresno, northwestern Kern, Kings, western Tulare
Cal Dooley (Fresno)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th		2003–2013 Western Fresno, northwestern Kern, Kings
Jim Costa (Fresno)	Democratic	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013	109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 16th district.	2003–2013 Western Fresno, northwestern Kern, Kings
Sam Farr (Carmel)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired.	2013–2023 Monterey and San Benito, and portions of Santa Clara and Santa Cruz
Jimmy Panetta (Carmel Valley)	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023	115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 19th district.
Kevin McCarthy (Bakersfield)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – December 31, 2023	118th	Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 2022. Resigned.	2023–present Parts of the southern San Joaquin Valley, the Tehachapi Mountains and southern Sierra Nevada, and the northwestern Mojave Desert
Vacant		December 31, 2023 – June 3, 2024	118th
Vince Fong (Bakersfield)	Republican	June 3, 2024 – present	118th 119th	Elected to finish McCarthy's term. Re-elected in 2024.

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

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

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

FIPS County Code^[9]	County	Seat	Population
19	Fresno	Fresno	1,017,162
29	Kern	Bakersfield	913,820
31	Kings	Hanford	152,682
107	Tulare	Visalia	479,468

1942 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 20th district^[15]
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 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 20th district^[16]
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

1950 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 20th district^[19]
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

Recent election results from statewide races

Composition

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

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List of members representing the district

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