California's 5th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in

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. The district is located in the northern

San Joaquin Valley The San Joaquin Valley ( ; es, Valle de San Joaquín) is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the San Joaquin River. It comprises seven ...

and central

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. The district includes all of Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties, western El Dorado County, and eastern

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, Madera and

Fresno Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, maki ...

counties. Cities in the district include most of

Modesto Modesto () is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States. With a population of 218,464 at the 2020 census, it is the 19th largest city in the state of California and forms part of the Sacramento-Stockton- ...

, northern

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, northern

, Oakdale, Hughson,

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, Mariposa,

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El Dorado Hills El Dorado Hills (''El Dorado'', Spanish for "The Golden") is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in El Dorado County, California. Located in the Greater Sacramento region of Northern California, it had a population was 50,547 at ...

, and Placerville. It also includes

Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ...

and part of

Kings Canyon National Park Kings Canyon National Park is an American national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, in Fresno and Tulare Counties, California. Originally established in 1890 as General Grant National Park, the park was greatly expanded and renamed to Kings ...

. It is represented by

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Tom McClintock Thomas Miller McClintock II (; born July 10, 1956) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2009. His district stretches from the Sacramento suburbs to the outer suburbs of Fresno; it includes Yosemite National P ...

. From 2013 to 2022, the district was located in the northern part of the

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, including

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Vallejo Vallejo may refer to: Places *Vallejo, California, United States, named after Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo *Vallejo Estate, Sonoma, California, a house and grounds on the National Register of Historic Places *Vallejo Flour Mill, Fremont, California, ...

, and most of

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. The district was represented by Mike Thompson, a Democrat.

Election results from recent statewide races

List of members representing the district

Complete election results

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Mae Nolan Mae Ella Nolan (September 20, 1886 – July 9, 1973) was an American politician who became the fourth woman to serve in the United States Congress, the first woman elected to Congress from California, the first woman to chair a Congressional ...

won the special election to replace her husband

John I. Nolan John Ignatius Nolan (January 14, 1874 – November 18, 1922) was an American iron molder and politician who represented a Californian district in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1922. Background He was born in ...

, who won re-election but died before the

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convened. Data for this special election is not available.

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Richard J. Welch won the special election to replace fellow Republican

Lawrence J. Flaherty Lawrence James Flaherty (July 4, 1878 – June 13, 1926) was an American politician who served part of one term as a U.S. Representative from California from 1925 until his death in 1926. Biography Born in San Mateo, California, Flaherty moved ...

, who died in office. Data for this special election is not available.

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John F. Shelley John Francis Shelley (September 3, 1905 – September 1, 1974) was a U.S. politician. He served as the 35th mayor of San Francisco, from 1964 to 1968, the first Democrat elected to the office in 50 years, and the first in an unbroken line ...

won the special election to replace

Richard J. Welch, who died in office. Data for this special election is not available.1949 special election results
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Robert Matsui Robert Takeo Matsui (September 17, 1941 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician from the state of California. Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party and served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the congressman for California' ...

died January 1, 2005. In a special election held on March 8, 2005 to fill the vacancy, Matsui's widow,

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, won the seat with almost 68% of the vote. She was sworn in on March 10, 2005.

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Timeline of representatives

The following

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depicts the progression of the representatives and their political affiliation at the time of assuming office.

References

External links

*GovTrack.us
California's 5th congressional district
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California Voter Foundation map - CD05
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Interview of Paul Smith, Republican candidate for the 5th CD
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