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The U.S. House of Representatives
California will elect 53 Representatives to the House this year (each represents 640,000 people and serves for two years)

Recent Analysis:
Los Angeles Times:
Seesaw Races Grip the Senate
Sacramento Bee:
Will Democrats retain their toehold in GOP-leaning Central Valley?
San Francisco Chronicle:

Democrats could see power surge

District 1:
Mike Thompson (I) - Democrat
Lawrence R. Wiesner - Republican
Kevin Bastian - Libertarian

Sacramento Bee:
Local House member seeks answers in Iraq
Press Democrat:
Thompson: War might be needed to oust Saddam

District 2:
Mike Johnson - Democrat
Wally Herger (I) - Republican
Charles R. Martin - Libertarian
Patrice Thiessen - Natural Law

District 3:
Howard Beeman - Democrat
Doug Ose (I) - Republican
Douglas Aurthur Tuma - Libertarian

District 4:
Mark A Norberg - Democrat
John T. Doolittle (I) - Republican
Allen M. Roberts - Libertarian

District 5:
Robert T. Matsui (I) - Democrat
Richard Fankhuizen - Republican
Timothy E. Roloff - Libertarian

District 6:
Lynn Woolsey (I) - Democrat
Paul L. Erickson - Republican
Richard O. Barton - Libertarian
Jeff Rainforth - Reform

District 7:
George Miller (I) - Democrat
Charles R. Hargrave - Republican
Scott A. Wilson - Libertarian

District 8:
Nancy Pelosi (I) - Democrat
G Michael German - Republican
Ira Spivack - Libertarian
Jay Pond - Green

District 9:
Barbara Lee (I) - Democrat
Jerald Udinsky - Republican
James M. Eyer - Libertarian

District 10:
Ellen O. Tauscher (I) - Democrat
Sonia E. Alonso Harden - Libertarian

District 11:
Elaine Dugger Shaw (I) - Democrat
Richard W. Pombo (I) - Republican

District 12:
Tom Lantos (I) - Democrat
Michael J. Maloney - Republican
Maad Abu-Ghazalah - Libertarian

District 13:
Fortney "Pete" Stark (I) - Democrat
Syed R. Mahmood - Republican
Mark W. Stroberg - Libertarian
Don J. Grundmann - American Independent
John J. Bambey - Reform

District 14:
Anna G. Eshoo (I) - Democrat
Joseph H. Nixon - Republican
Andrew B. Carver - Libertarian

District 15:
Mike Honda (I) - Democrat
Linda Rae Hermann - Republican
Jeff Landauer - Libertarian

District 16:
Zoe Lofgren (I) - Democrat
Douglas Adams McNea - Republican
Dennis Michael Umphress - Libertarian

District 17:
Sam Farr (I) - Democrat
Clint C. Engler - Republican
Jascha Lee - Libertarian
Ray Clock-Grueneich - Green

District 18:
Dennis Cardoza - Democrat
Dick Monteith - Republican
Linda De Groat - Libertarian
Kevin H. Cripe - American Independent

Stockton Record:
Cardoza, Monteith mount million-dollar campaigns
Los Angeles Times:
Senate Seat Is a Must-Win for Both Parties
Fresno Bee:

Latino title for Cardoza whips up ire
Modesto Bee:
Cardoza fires back with own TV ads

District 19:
John Veen - Democrat
George Radanovich (I) - Republican
Patrick Lee McHargue - Libertarian

District 20:
Cal Dooley (I) - Democrat
Andre Minuth - Republican
Varrin Swearingen - Libertarian

District 21 (New District):
David G. LaPere - Democrat
Devin Nunes - Republican
Jonathan Richter - Libertarian

District 22:
Jaime A. Corvera - Democrat
Bill Thomas (I) - Republican
Frank Coates - Libertarian

Bakersfield Californian:
Thomas headed to election cakewalk

District 23:
Lois Capps (I) - Democrat
Beth Rogers - Republican
James E. Hill - Libertarian

District 24:
Fern Rudin - Democrat
Eltom Gallegly (I) - Republican
Gary Harber - Libertarian

District 25:
Bob Conaway - Democrat
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (I) - Republican
Frank M. Consolo - Libertarian

District 26:
Marjorie Musser Mikels - Democrat
David Dreier - Republican
Randall Wessbuch - Libertarian

District 27:
Brad Sherman (I) - Democrat
Robert M. Levy - Republican

District 28:
Howard L. Berman (I) - Democrat
David R. Hernandez, Jr. - Republican
Kelley L. Ross - Libertarian


 
 
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District 29:
Adam B. Schiff (I) - Democrat
Jim Scileppi - Republican
Ted Brown - Libertarian

District 30:
Henry A. Waxman (I) - Democrat
Tony D. Goss - Republican

District 31:
Xavier Becerra (I) - Democrat
Luis Vega - Republican

District 32:
Hilda L. Solis (I) - Democrat
Emma E. Fischbeck - Republican
Michael "Mick" McGuire - Libertarian

District 33:
Diane E. Watson (I) - Democrat
Andrew Kim - Republican
Charles Tate - Libertarian

District 34:
Lucille Roybal-Allard (I) - Democrat
Wayne Miller - Republican

District 35:
Maxine Waters (I) - Democrat
Ross Moen - Republican
Gordon Michael Mego - Libertarian

District 36:
Jane Harman (I) - Democrat
Stuart Johnson - Republican
Mark McSpadden - Libertarian

District 37:
Juanita Millender-McDonald (I) - Democrat
Oscar A. Velasco - Republican
Herb Peters - Libertarian

District 38:
Grace F. Napolitano (I) - Democrat
Alex A. Burrola - Republican
Al Cuperus - Libertarian

District 39:
Linda T. Sanchez - Democrat
Tim Escobar - Republican
Richard G. Newhouse - Libertarian

District 40:
Christina Avalos - Democrat
Ed Royce (I) - Republican
Charles "Chuck" McGlawn - Libertarian

District 41:
Keith A. Johnson - Democrat
Jerry Lewis (I) - Republican
Kevin Craig - Libertarian

District 42:
Richard Waldron - Democrat
Gary G. Miller (I) - Republican
Donald Yee - Libertarian

District 43:
Joe Baca (I) - Democrat
Wendy C. Neighbor - Republican
Ethel M. Mohler - Libertarian

District 44:
Louis Vandenberg - Democrat
Ken Calvert (I) - Republican
Phil Courtney - Libertarian

District 45:
Elle K. Kurpiewski - Democrat
Mary Bono (I) - Republican
Rod Boyer - Libertarian

District 46:
Gerrie Schipske - Democrat
Dana Rohrabacher - Republican
Kieth Gann - Libertarian

District 47:
Loretta Sanchez (I) - Democrat
Jeff Chavez - Republican
Paul Marsden - Libertarian

District 48:
John Graham - Democrat
Christopher Cox (I) - Republican
Joe Michael Cobb - Libertarian

District 49:
Darrell Issa (I) - Republican
Karl W. Dietrich - Libertarian

District 50:
Del G. Stewart - Democrat
Randy "Duke" Cunningham (I) - Republican
Richard M. Fontanesi - Libertarian

District 51:
Bob Filner (I) - Democrat
Maria Guadalupe Garcia - Republican
Jeffrey S. Keup - Libertarian

District 52:
Peter Moore-Kochlacs - Democrat
Duncan Hunter (I) - Republican
Michael Benoit - Libertarian

District 53:
Susan A. Davis (I) - Democrat
Bill VanDeWeghe - Republican

San Diego Union Tribune:
Davis foe steers campaign toward Iraq war policy