California's 12th congressional district
California's 12th congressional district | |||
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Population (2021) | 737,766 | ||
Median household income | $91,100 | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+40 |
California's 12th congressional district is a congressional district in northern California. Barbara Lee, a Democrat, has represented the district since January 2023.
Currently, the 12th district is located in Alameda County and includes the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Alameda, Albany, Piedmont, and most of San Leandro. The 12th district is the most Democratic district in the United States, giving nearly 90% of its vote to Democrats in both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.
Before redistricting in 2023, the 12th district was within San Francisco, encompassing most of the city. The remainder of the city was included in the 14th district.
History
When the district was created after the 1930 census, it was located in Los Angeles County. As California's population grew, however, the district generally was moved northward, eventually to the San Francisco peninsula.
Richard Nixon, who would subsequently serve as the 37th president of the United States, represented this district from 1947 to 1951. Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker of the House, represented the district from 2013 to 2023. She had previously served California's 5th congressional district from 1987 to 1993 and California's 8th congressional district from 1993 to 2013 and currently represents California's 11th congressional district.
Recent election results from statewide races
Year | Office | |||
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U.S. President | U.S. Senator (Class 1) |
U.S. Senator (Class 3) |
Governor of California | |
1992 | B. Clinton 58 – 27% | Feinstein 70 – 26% | Boxer 62 – 31% | — |
1994 | — | Feinstein 67 – 27% | — | Brown 53 – 44% |
1996 | B. Clinton 70 – 21% | — | — | — |
1998 | — | — | Boxer 65 – 33% | Davis 71 – 26% |
2000 | Gore 67 – 27% | Feinstein 68 – 25% | — | — |
2002 | — | — | — | Davis 60 – 27% |
2003 | — | — | — | Recall: No 66 – 34% |
Recall: Bustamante 47 – 32% | ||||
2004 | Kerry 72 – 27% | — | Boxer 73 – 24% | — |
2006 | — | Feinstein 77 – 18% | — | Angelides 51 – 44% |
2008 | Obama 74 – 24% | — | — | — |
2010 | — | — | Boxer 68 – 28% | Brown 68 – 29% |
2012 | Obama 84 – 13% | Feinstein 89 – 11% | — | — |
2014 | — | — | — | Brown 89 – 11% |
2016 | Clinton 86 – 9% | — | Harris 78 – 22% | — |
2018 | — | Feinstein 64 – 36% | — | Newsom 87 – 13% |
2020 | Biden 86 – 12% | — | — | — |
2021 | — | — | — | Recall: No 86.9 – 13.1% |
2022 | — | — | Padilla 90.7 – 9.3% | Newsom 90.1 – 9.9% |
Composition
# | County | Seat | Population |
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1 | Alameda | Oakland | 1,682,353 |
Due to the 2020 redistricting, California's 12th district has effectively been shifted to the former geography of the 13th district. It encompasses the coastal section of Alameda, and is anchored by Oakland. This district borders the 13th district, and Alameda County is partitioned between them by Grant Ave, Union Pacific, Lewelling Blvd, Wicks Blvd, Manor Blvd, Juniper St, Dayton Ave, Padre Ave, Fargo Ave, Edgemoor St, Trojan Ave, Beatty St, Fleming St, Highway 880, Floresta Blvd, Halcyon Dr, Hesperian Blvd, Thornally Dr, Highway 185, 150th Ave, Highway 580, Benedict Dr, San Leandro Creek, and Lake Chabot Regional Park. Alongside Oakland, the 12th district takes in the cities of Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, and San Leandro.
Cities
- Oakland - 440,646
- Berkeley - 124,321
- San Leandro - 91,008
- Alameda - 77,624
- Albany - 20,271
- Emeryville - 12,905
- Piedmont - 11,270
List of members representing the district
Election results
1932
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | John H. Hoeppel | 43,122 | 45.8% | ||
Republican | Frederick F. Houser | 40,674 | 43.2% | ||
Prohibition | Richard M. Cannon | 10,308 | 11.0% | ||
Total votes | 94,104 | 100.0% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
1934
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John H. Hoeppel (Incumbent) | 52,595 | 50.7% | |
Republican | Frederick F. Houser | 51,216 | 49.3% | |
Total votes | 103,811 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1936
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry Voorhis | 62,034 | 53.7% | |
Republican | Frederick F. Houser | 53,445 | 46.3% | |
Total votes | 115,479 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1938
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (Incumbent) | 75,003 | 60.8% | |
Republican | Eugene W. Nixon | 40,457 | 32.8% | |
Townsend | Russell R. Hand | 7,903 | 6.4% | |
Total votes | 123,363 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1940
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (Incumbent) | 99,494 | 64.0% | |
Republican | Eugene W. Nixon | 54,731 | 35.2% | |
Communist | Albert Lewis | 1,152 | 0.8% | |
Total votes | 155,377 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1942
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (Incumbent) | 53,705 | 56.8% | |
Republican | Robert P. Shuler | 40,780 | 43.2% | |
Total votes | 94,485 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1944
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (Incumbent) | 77,385 | 55.3% | |
Republican | Roy P. McLaughlin | 62,524 | 44.7% | |
Total votes | 139,909 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1946
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Richard Nixon | 65,586 | 56.0% | |||
Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (Incumbent) | 49,994 | 42.7% | |||
Prohibition | John Henry Hoeppel | 1,476 | 1.3% | |||
Total votes | 117,056 | 100.0% | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1948
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard Nixon (Incumbent) | 141,509 | 87.8% | |
Progressive | Una W. Rice | 19,631 | 12.2% | |
Total votes | 161,140 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1950
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Patrick J. Hillings | 107,933 | 60.1% | |
Democratic | Steve Zetterberg | 71,682 | 39.9% | |
Total votes | 179,615 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Allan O. Hunter (Incumbent) | 103,587 | 100.0% | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | B. F. Sisk | 63,911 | 53.8% | |||
Republican | Allan O. Hunter (Incumbent) | 54,903 | 46.2% | |||
Total votes | 118,814 | 100.0% | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1956
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | B. F. Sisk (Incumbent) | 109,920 | 73% | |
Republican | Robert B. Moore | 40,663 | 27% | |
Total votes | 150,583 | 100% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | B. F. Sisk (Incumbent) | 112,702 | 81.1% | |
Republican | Daniel K. Halpin | 26,228 | 18.9% | |
Total votes | 138,930 | 100% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1960
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | B. F. Sisk (Incumbent) | 141,974 | 100.0% | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Burt Talcott (Incumbent) | 75,424 | 61.3% | ||
Democratic | William K. Steward | 47,576 | 38.7% | ||
Total votes | 123,000 | 100.0% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican win (new seat) |
1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Burt Talcott (Incumbent) | 93,112 | 61.9% | |
Democratic | William K. Steward | 57,242 | 38.1% | |
Total votes | 150,354 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Burt Talcott (Incumbent) | 108,070 | 77.3% | |
Democratic | Gerald V. Barron | 31,787 | 22.7% | |
Total votes | 139,857 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Burt Talcott (Incumbent) | 140,713 | 94.9% | |
American Independent | Ann J. Holliday | 7,593 | 5.1% | |
Total votes | 148,308 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Burt Talcott (Incumbent) | 95,549 | 63.6% | |
Democratic | O'Brien Riordan | 50,942 | 33.9% | |
Peace and Freedom | Herbert H. Foster Jr. | 3,682 | 2.5% | |
Total votes | 150,173 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Burt Talcott (Incumbent) | 105,555 | 54.0% | |
Democratic | Julian Camacho | 84,268 | 43.1% | |
American Independent | Stanley K. Monteith | 5,753 | 2.9% | |
Total votes | 195,576 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete McCloskey (Incumbent) | 103,228 | 69.1% | |
Democratic | Gary G. Gillmor | 46,197 | 30.9% | |
Total votes | 149,425 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete McCloskey (Incumbent) | 130,332 | 66.2% | |
Democratic | David T. Harris | 61,526 | 31.3% | |
American Independent | Joseph David "Joss" Cooney | 4,999 | 2.5% | |
Total votes | 196,857 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete McCloskey (Incumbent) | 116,982 | 73.1% | |
Democratic | Kirsten Olsen | 34,472 | 21.5% | |
American Independent | Harold R. Boylan | 5,609 | 3.5% | |
Peace and Freedom | Adele Fumino | 3,022 | 1.9% | |
Total votes | 160,085 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete McCloskey (Incumbent) | 143,817 | 72.2% | |
Democratic | Kirsten Olsen | 37,009 | 18.6% | |
Libertarian | Bill Evers | 15,073 | 7.6% | |
Peace and Freedom | Adele Fumino | 3,184 | 1.6% | |
Total votes | 199,083 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Zschau | 115,365 | 63.0% | |
Democratic | Emmett Lynch | 61,372 | 33.5% | |
Libertarian | William C. "Bill" White | 6,471 | 3.5% | |
Total votes | 183,208 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Zschau (Incumbent) | 155,795 | 61.7% | |
Democratic | Martin Carnoy | 91,026 | 36.0% | |
Libertarian | William C. "Bill" White | 5,872 | 2.3% | |
Total votes | 252,963 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ernie Konnyu | 111,252 | 59.5% | |
Democratic | Lance T. Weil | 69,564 | 37.2% | |
Libertarian | William C. "Bill" White | 6,227 | 3.3% | |
Total votes | 187,043 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Campbell | 136,384 | 51.7% | |
Democratic | Anna Eshoo | 121,523 | 46.0% | |
Libertarian | Tom Grey | 6,023 | 2.3% | |
Total votes | 263,930 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Campbell (Incumbent) | 125,157 | 60.8% | |
Democratic | Bob Palmer | 69,270 | 33.7% | |
Libertarian | Chuck Olson | 11,271 | 5.5% | |
Total votes | 205,698 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Tom Lantos | 157,205 | 68.8% | |||
Republican | Jim R. Tomlin | 53,278 | 23.3% | |||
Peace and Freedom | Mary Weldon | 10,142 | 4.4% | |||
Libertarian | George L. O'Brien | 7,782 | 3.4% | |||
Total votes | 228,407 | 100.0% | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Lantos (Incumbent) | 118,408 | 67.42% | |
Republican | Deborah Wilder | 57,228 | 32.58% | |
Total votes | 175,636 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Lantos (Incumbent) | 149,052 | 71.7% | |
Republican | Storm Jenkins | 49,278 | 23.8% | |
Libertarian | Christopher Schmidt | 6,111 | 2.9% | |
Natural Law | Richard Bong | 3,472 | 1.6% | |
Total votes | 207,913 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Lantos (Incumbent) | 128,135 | 73.98% | |
Republican | Robert H. Evans Jr. | 36,562 | 21.11% | |
Libertarian | Michael J. Moloney | 8,515 | 4.92% | |
Total votes | 173,212 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Lantos (Incumbent) | 158,404 | 74.6% | |
Republican | Mike Garza | 44,162 | 20.8% | |
Libertarian | Barbara J. Less | 6,431 | 3.0% | |
Natural Law | Rifkin Young | 3,559 | 1.6% | |
Total votes | 212,556 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Lantos (Incumbent) | 105,597 | 68.1% | |
Republican | Michael J. Moloney | 38,381 | 24.8% | |
Libertarian | Maad Abu-Ghazalah | 11,006 | 7.1% | |
Total votes | 185,216 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Lantos (Incumbent) | 171,852 | 68.1% | |
Republican | Mike Garza | 52,593 | 20.8% | |
Green | Pat Green | 23,038 | 9.1% | |
Libertarian | Harland Harrison | 5,116 | 2.0% | |
Total votes | 252,599 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Lantos (Incumbent) | 138,650 | 76.1% | |
Republican | Mike Moloney | 43,674 | 23.9% | |
Total votes | 182,324 | 100.0% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2008 (Special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jackie Speier | 66,279 | 76.90% | |
Republican | Greg Conlon | 7,990 | 9.27% | |
Democratic | Michelle McMurry | 4,546 | 5.27% | |
Republican | Mike Moloney | 4,517 | 5.24% | |
Green | Barry Hermanson | 1,947 | 2.26% | |
Libertarian | Kevin Peterson (write-in) | 2 | 0.00% | |
Invalid or blank votes | 903 | 1.05% | ||
Total votes | 86,184 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | 25.69% | |||
Democratic hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jackie Speier (Incumbent) | 200,442 | 75.2% | |
Republican | Greg Conlon | 49,258 | 18.5% | |
Peace and Freedom | Nathalie Hrizi | 5,793 | 2.2% | |
Green | Barry Hermanson | 5,776 | 2.1% | |
Libertarian | Kevin Dempsey Peterson | 5,584 | 2.0% | |
Total votes | 266,853 | 100% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jackie Speier (Incumbent) | 152,044 | 75.6% | |
Republican | Mike Moloney | 44,475 | 22.2% | |
Libertarian | Mark Paul Williams | 4,611 | 2.2% | |
Independent | Joseph Michael Harding (write-in) | 32 | 0.0% | |
Total votes | 201,162 | 100% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nancy Pelosi | 253,709 | 85.1% | |
Republican | John Dennis | 44,478 | 14.9% | |
Total votes | 298,187 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nancy Pelosi (Incumbent) | 160,067 | 83.3% | |
Republican | John Dennis | 32,197 | 16.7% | |
Total votes | 192,264 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nancy Pelosi (Incumbent) | 274,035 | 80.9% | |
Independent | Preston Picus | 64,810 | 19.1% | |
Total votes | 338,845 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nancy Pelosi (Incumbent) | 275,292 | 86.8% | |
Republican | Lisa Remmer | 41,780 | 13.2% | |
Total votes | 317,072 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nancy Pelosi (incumbent) | 281,776 | 77.6% | |
Democratic | Shahid Buttar | 81,174 | 22.4% | |
Total votes | 362,950 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Barbara Lee (incumbent) | 217,110 | 90.5% | |
Republican | Stephen Slauson | 22,859 | 9.5% | |
Total votes | 239,969 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |