California's 51st congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = California
district number = 51


representative = Bob Filner
party = Democratic
english area = 4,896
metric area =
percent urban = 95.6
percent rural = 4.4
population = 639,087
population year = 2000
median income = 39,243
percent white = 21.3
percent black = 9.4
percent asian = 12.4
percent native american = 0.5
percent hispanic = 53.3
percent other race = 0.2
percent blue collar =
percent white collar =
percent gray collar =
cpvi = D+7

California's 51st congressional district is currently represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrat Bob Filner.

History

In the 1980s, California's 44th congressional district was one of four that divided San Diego, California. The district had been held for eight years by Democrat Jim Bates, and was considered the most Democratic district in the San Diego area. Randy "Duke" Cunningham won the Republican nomination and won the general election by just a point, meaning that the San Diego area was represented entirely by Republicans for only the second time since the city was split into three districts after the 1960 census.

After the 1990 census, the district was renumbered the 51st district, and much of its share of San Diego was moved to the new 50th district. The district also includes all of Imperial County.

Voting

List of Representatives

Election results

1992

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Duke Cunningham (inc.)
votes = 141,890
percentage = 56.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Bea Herbert
votes = 85,148
percentage = 33.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Bill Holmes
votes = 10,309
percentage = 4.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
candidate = Miriam Clark
votes = 10,307
percentage = 4.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party (United States)
candidate = Richard Roe
votes = 5,328
percentage = 2.1Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
candidate = Johnson (write-in)
votes = 13
percentage = 0.0Election box total no change
votes = 262,995
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 = Duke Cunningham (inc.)
votes = 138,547
percentage = 66.93Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Rita K. Tamerius
votes = 57,374
percentage = 27.72Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Bill Holmes
votes = 6,968
percentage = 3.37Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
candidate = Miriam Clark
votes = 4,099
percentage = 1.98Election box total no change
votes = 206,968
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 = Duke Cunningham (inc.)
votes = 149,032
percentage = 65.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Rita Tamerius
votes = 66,250
percentage = 29.0Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
candidate = Miriam Clark
votes = 5,407
percentage = 2.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = J.C. Anderson
votes = 5,298
percentage = 2.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Eric Bourdette
votes = 3,037
percentage = 1.3Election box total no change
votes = 215,282
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 = Duke Cunningham (inc.)
votes = 126,229
percentage = 61.02Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Dan Kripke
votes = 71,706
percentage = 34.66Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Jack Anderson
votes = 5,411
percentage = 2.62Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Eric Bourdette
votes = 3,532
percentage = 1.71Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
candidate = Don J. Pando (write-in)
votes = 0
percentage = 0.00Election box total no change
votes = 206,878
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 = Duke Cunningham (inc.)
votes = 172,291
percentage = 64.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George "Jorge" Barraza
votes = 81,408
percentage = 30.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Daniel L. Muhe
votes = 7,159
percentage = 2.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Eric Hunter Bourdette
votes = 6,941
percentage = 2.5Election box total no change
votes = 267,799
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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Filner (incumbent)
votes = 59,541
percentage = 58.0Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Maria Guadalupe Garcia
votes = 40,430
percentage = 39.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Jeffrey S. Keup
votes = 2,816
percentage = 2.7Election box total no change
votes = 102,787
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

2004

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Filner (incumbent)
votes = 111,441
percentage = 61.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Michael Giorgino
votes = 63,526
percentage = 35.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Michael S. Metti
votes = 5,912
percentage = 3.2Election box total no change
votes = 180,879
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

2006

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Filner (incumbent)
votes = 78,114
percentage = 67.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Blake L. Miles
votes = 34,931
percentage = 30.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Dan Litwin
votes = 2,790
percentage = 2.4Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
candidate = David Arguello (write-in)
votes = 4
percentage = 0.0Election box total no change
votes = 115,839
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

References

External links

*GovTrack.us: [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd?state=CA&district=51 California's 51st 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/CD51.pdf California Voter Foundation map - CD51]