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2020 United States House Of Representatives Elections In California
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the 53 United States House of Representatives, U.S. representatives from the U.S. state, state of California, one from each of the state's 53 California's congressional districts, congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as 2020 United States House of Representatives elections, other elections to the United States House of Representatives, 2020 United States Senate elections, elections to the United States Senate, and various 2020 United States elections#State elections, state and 2020 United States elections#Local elections, local elections. This is the first general election since 1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1994 in which a Republican Party (United States), Republican defeated an incumbent House Democratic Party (United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil Cisneros
Gilbert Ray Cisneros Jr. (born February 12, 1971) is an American government official, philanthropist, and politician who is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 31st congressional district since 2025. Cisneros, a Democrat since 2008, previously served as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in the Biden administration and the U.S. representative for from 2019 to 2021. In 2010, he and his wife won a $266 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot and became philanthropists. He was elected to the House in 2018 to represent . He was defeated in his 2020 bid for reelection by former California State Assembly member Young Kim, whom he had defeated in 2018. In April 2021, he was nominated by President Biden to serve as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, and after confirmation by the Senate, he assumed office on August 24, 2021. On August 1, 2023, he announced he was stepping down from his posi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Democratic Party
The California Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in Sacramento, the state capital. With 46.59% of the state's registered voters as of February 2024, the Democratic Party has the highest number of registrants of any political party in California and the highest number of pre-registered voters at 37.21%. It is currently the dominant party in the state, and is one of the largest affiliates of the national Democratic Party. The party currently controls the majority of California's U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, the governorship, and has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature. History 1850s Since the beginning of the 1850s, issues regarding slavery had effectively split the California Democratic Party. By the 1853 general election campaign, large majorities of pro-slavery Democrats from Southern California, calling themselves the Chivalry (later branded as Lecompton D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Hill
Katherine Lauren Hill (born August 25, 1987) is an American former politician and social services administrator from Agua Dulce, California. She is the Chief executive officer, CEO of Union Station Homeless Services and a member of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for California's 25th congressional district from January to November 2019. Hill is the former executive director of People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), a statewide non-profit organization working to end homelessness throughout California. She won her seat by defeating incumbent Republican Party (United States), Republican Steve Knight (politician), Steve Knight in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 25, 2018 midterm elections. On October 18, 2019, RedState, a conservative blog, published a report on an alleged affair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 California's 25th Congressional District Special Election
A special election to the United States House of Representatives for was held March 3, 2020, the same day as the 2020 California Democratic presidential primary, California presidential primaries. As no candidate received a majority, a runoff took place on May 12, 2020, between the Nonpartisan blanket primary, top two finishers Christy Smith (politician), Christy Smith and Mike Garcia (California politician), Mike Garcia. Garcia's win was the first time Republicans flipped a Democratic-held United States House of Representatives, House seat in California since 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998. Katie Hill, who had been 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, elected in 2018, had resigned on November 3, 2019 after reports of an inappropriate relationship with a campaign staffer and allegations of sexual relations with her congressional staff, as well as nude photos of her which were published without her consen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California's 25th Congressional District
California's 25th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is currently represented by . The district includes all of Imperial County, California, Imperial County and parts of Riverside County, California, Riverside County and San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino County. Cities in the new 25th district include Cathedral City, California, Cathedral City, Indio, California, Indio, Coachella, California, Coachella, El Centro, California, El Centro, Calexico, California, Calexico, San Jacinto, California, San Jacinto, Hemet, California, Hemet, and Needles, California, Needles. Most of the majority-Latino parts of the Coachella Valley are in the 25th, while the rest of the valley is in the California's 41st congressional district, 41st district. Demographics According to thAPM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools(featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 491,00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Smith (politician)
Christy Smith (née Fisher, born 1969) is an American politician who was the California state assemblywoman for the 38th district from 2018 until 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, Smith ran three unsuccessful campaigns for Congress, losing all three to Republican Mike Garcia. Early life, education, and career Smith was born in a U.S. Army hospital in 1969 in Würzburg, West Germany (now Germany). Her parents returned to the United States when she was six months old, settling in Fortville, Indiana, where her father, Jerry Fisher, found work at RCA Records as a mechanical engineer. They later moved to Terre Haute before finally settling down in the Santa Clarita Valley in 1979. The eldest of three children, she graduated from William S. Hart High School in Santa Clarita and attended College of the Canyons. She received her Bachelor of Arts in political science from University of California, Los Angeles in 1993. Smith then worked for the United States Department of Educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Garcia (politician)
Michael Joseph Garcia (born April 24, 1976) is an American politician and former United States Navy pilot who served as the U.S. representative for California's 27th congressional district from 2020 to 2025. A Republican, he was first elected in a May 2020 special election and went on to win a full term in the general election. Garcia was educated at the United States Naval Academy, and Georgetown University. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1998 to 2012, participating in multiple combat missions during the Iraq War. Following his active duty in the Navy he worked at Raytheon Intelligence & Space. Garcia has faced and defeated Democratic nominee Christy Smith in all three of his successful elections: the 2020 special election held to fill the vacancy caused by Representative Katie Hill's resignation; the 2020 general election, when he won his first full term; and the 2022 general election, when he won his second term. Garcia had initially represented California's 25th congre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California's 21st Congressional District
California's 21st congressional district (or CA-21) is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It is located in the San Joaquin Valley and includes parts of Fresno County, California, Fresno County and Tulare County, California, Tulare County. Cities in the district include the majority of Fresno, California, Fresno, the north side of Visalia, California, Visalia, and all of Sanger, California, Sanger, Selma, California, Selma, Kingsburg, California, Kingsburg, Parlier, California, Parlier, Reedley, California, Reedley, Orange Cove, California, Orange Cove, Dinuba, California, Dinuba, Orosi, California, Orosi, Cutler, California, Cutler, Farmersville, California, Farmersville, Woodlake, California, Woodlake and Exeter, California, Exeter. The district is currently represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Jim Costa. Demographics According to thAPM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools(featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TJ Cox
Terrance John Cox (born July 18, 1963) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 21st congressional district from 2019 to 2021. The son of Chinese American and Filipino American parents, Cox was elected to the House of Representatives in 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he was defeated in his 2020 rematch with Republican David Valadao. In August 2022, Cox was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on 15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, one count of financial institution fraud, and one count of campaign contribution fraud. Early life and career Cox was born in Walnut Creek, California to Kenneth Edward Cox and Perla DeCastro (now Davis). His father is a chemical engineering professor from China. His mother was born in Manila, Philippines and attended the University of Santo Tomas before immigrating to the U.S. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Nevada, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Valadao
David Goncalves Valadao ( ; born April 14, 1977) is an American politician and dairy farmer serving as the U.S. representative for California's 22nd congressional district since 2023. His district comprises part of the San Joaquin Valley. A member of the Republican Party, Valadao first won election in 2012 in California's 21st congressional district. He lost in 2018 to TJ Cox, but was reelected in 2020. Before his election to Congress, Valadao served one term in the California State Assembly, representing the 30th district from 2010 to 2012. Valadao was one of ten Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump during Trump's second impeachment and one of two of those Republicans to be renominated and reelected, along with Dan Newhouse (WA-4). Valadao defeated Democratic nominee California assemblyman Rudy Salas for the 22nd congressional district in a rematch in 2024. Early life and education Valadao was born and raised in Hanford, California. His parents are Portu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California's 48th Congressional District
California's 48th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that covers East County, San Diego as well as the Temecula Valley. Major cities in the district include Temecula, Murrieta, and portions of Escondido, California, Escondido. It is currently represented by Republican Darrell Issa. From 2013 to 2023, the district included Costa Mesa, California, Costa Mesa, Emerald Bay, Orange County, California, Emerald Bay, Fountain Valley, California, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, California, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, California, Laguna Beach, Laguna Niguel, California, Laguna Niguel, Newport Beach, California, Newport Beach, Seal Beach, California, Seal Beach, Sunset Beach, California, Sunset Beach and parts of Garden Grove, California, Garden Grove, Midway City, California, Midway City, Aliso Viejo, California, Aliso Viejo, Santa Ana, California, Santa Ana and Westminster, California, Westminster. It was very competitive and had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
