California's 48th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = California
district number = 48

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representative = John Campbell
party = Republican
english area = 301
metric area =
percent urban = 99.9
percent rural = 0.1
population = 639,087
population year = 2000
median income = 69,663
percent white = 68.0
percent black = 1.4
percent asian = 12.7
percent native american = 0.2
percent hispanic = 14.7
percent other race = 0.2
percent blue collar =
percent white collar =
percent gray collar =
cpvi = R+8

California's 48th congressional district is located in Orange County in southern California, and includes the cities of Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest (formerly known as El Toro), Tustin, and parts of Newport Beach, San Juan Capistrano. Republican John Campbell has represented the district in the United States House of Representatives since the special election of December 7, 2005. He replaced Chris Cox, who had resigned on August 2, 2005 to become chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Voting

List of Representatives

Election results

1992

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Ron Packard (incumbent)
votes = 140,935
percentage = 61.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Michael P. "Mike" Farber
votes = 67,415
percentage = 29.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
candidate = Donna White
votes = 13,396
percentage = 5.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Ted Lowe
votes = 8,749
percentage = 3.8Election box total no change
votes = 230,495
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

1994

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Ron Packard (incumbent)
votes = 143,570
percentage = 73.39Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Andrei Leschick
votes = 43,523
percentage = 22.25Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Reform Party (United States)
candidate = Donna White
votes = 8,543
percentage = 4.37Election box total no change
votes = 195,636
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

1996

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Ron Packard (incumbent)
votes = 145,814
percentage = 65.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Dan Farrell
votes = 59,558
percentage = 26.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Reform Party (United States)
candidate = William Dreu
votes = 8,013
percentage = 3.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Sharon Miles
votes = 8,006
percentage = 3.6Election box total no change
votes = 221,391
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

1998

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Ron Packard (incumbent)
votes = 138,948
percentage = 76.89Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Sharon K. Miles
votes = 23,262
percentage = 12.87Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Daniel L. Muhe
votes = 18,509
percentage = 10.24Election box total no change
votes = 180,719
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

2000

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Darrell Issa
votes = 160,627
percentage = 61.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Peter Kouvelis
votes = 74,073
percentage = 28.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Reform Party (United States)
candidate = Eddie Rose
votes = 11,240
percentage = 4.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Sharon K. Miles
votes = 8,269
percentage = 3.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Joe Michael Cobb
votes = 7,269
percentage = 2.7Election box total no change
votes = 261,478
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

2002

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Chris Cox (incumbent)
votes = 122,884
percentage = 68.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John Graham
votes = 51,058
percentage = 28.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Joe Michael Cobb
votes = 5,607
percentage = 3.1Election box total no change
votes = 179,549
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

2004

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Chris Cox (incumbent)
votes = 189,004
percentage = 65.0Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John Graham
votes = 93,525
percentage = 32.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Bruce Cohen
votes = 8,343
percentage = 2.8Election box total no change
votes = 290,872
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

2005

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John Campbell
votes = 41,450
percentage = 44.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Steve Young
votes = 25,926
percentage = 28.0Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Jim Gilchrist
votes = 23,237
percentage = 25.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party (United States)
candidate = Bea Tiritilli
votes = 1,242
percentage = 1.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Bruce Cohen
votes = 880
percentage = 0.9Election box total no change
votes = 93,138
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

2006

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John Campbell (incumbent)
votes = 120,130
percentage = 60.0Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Steve Young
votes = 74,647
percentage = 37.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Bruce Cohen
votes = 5,750
percentage = 2.8Election box total no change
votes = 200,527
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

ee also

* California 48th congressional district special election, 2005

References

External links

*GovTrack.us: [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd?state=CA&district=48 California's 48th congressional district]
* [http://ca.rand.org/stats/politics/sov/elect.defs.html RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions]
* [http://www.calvoter.org/voter/maps/congress/CD48.pdf California Voter Foundation map - CD48]