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California's 38th congressional district, 2003-2013. After the 2000 census, the California State Legislature was obliged to complete redistricting [a] for House of Representatives districts (in accordance with Article 1, Section 4 of the United States Constitution) as well as California State Assembly and California State Senate districts.
California is divided into 52 Congressional districts. Each district elects a representative to serve in the United States House of Representatives as part of the California's congressional delegation. California's current districts were drawn in 2021 by a California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Districts may sometimes retain the same boundaries, while changing their district numbers. The following is a complete list of the 435 current congressional districts for the House of Representatives, and over 200 obsolete districts, and the six current and one obsolete non-voting delegations.
As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 16th congressional district is located in the San Francisco Bay Area. It encompasses the west coast and interior of San Mateo County, and the western border of Santa Clara County. San Mateo County is split between this district and the 15th district. They are partitioned by the San Francisquito Creek ...
Members of Congress in both houses are elected by direct popular vote. Senators are elected via a statewide vote and representatives by votes in each congressional district. Congressional districts are apportioned to the states, once every ten years, based on population figures from the most recent nationwide census. Each of the 435 members of ...
The battleground race in California's 41st Congressional District is a rematch between Republican Rep. Ken Calvert and Democrat Will Rollins, a former federal prosecutor.. For decades, Calvert ...
After each ten year census, states are allocated representatives based on population, and states can choose how to draw the congressional district boundaries. A law in 1967 abolished all at-large elections (when representatives are chosen by voters in the entire state rather than an electoral district) except in less populous states entitled to ...
California's current congressional delegation in the 119th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Democrats, and its 52 representatives: 43 Democrats and 9 Republicans. The current dean of the California delegation is former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of the 11th district, having served in the House since 1987.