California's 53rd congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = California
district number = 53

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representative = Susan Davis
party = Democratic
english area = 251
metric area =
percent urban = 99.9
percent rural = 0.1
population = 639,087
population year = 2000
median income = 36,637
percent white = 51.0
percent black = 7.2
percent asian = 8.3
percent native american = 0.5
percent hispanic = 29.4
percent other race = 0.3
percent blue collar =
percent white collar =
percent gray collar =
cpvi = D+12

California's 53rd congressional district is one of 53 California Congressional Districts. It includes the heart of San Diego and stretches south to the United States–Mexico border.

Continuing east, is the City of Lemon Grove. Just to the south, nestled at the bottom of Dictionary Hill, lies the community of La Presa.

Across the Coronado Bridge, the 53rd District stretches west and south to the cities of Coronado and Imperial Beach. The current Representative for this district is Democrat Susan Davis.

Voting

List of Representatives

Election results

2002

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Susan Davis (incumbent)
votes = 72,252
percentage = 62.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bill VanDeWeghe
votes = 43,891
percentage = 37.8Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
candidate = Jim Dorenkott (write-in)
votes = 37
percentage = 0.0Election box total no change
votes = 116,180
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 = Susan Davis (incumbent)
votes = 146,449
percentage = 66.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Darin Hunzeker
votes = 63,897
percentage = 28.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party (United States)
candidate = Lawrence P. Rockwood
votes = 7,523
percentage = 3.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Adam Van Susteren
votes = 3,567
percentage = 1.6Election box total no change
votes = 221,436
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Susan Davis (incumbent)
votes = 97,541
percentage = 67.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John "Woody" Woodrum
votes = 43,312
percentage = 30.0Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Ernie Lippe
votes = 3,534
percentage = 2.4Election box total no change
votes = 144,387
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

Famous Residents

Famous residents of the District include Eric Zacharias (WWII Veteran and expert sniper) and Bernard Henry Kroger, owner of the Ralph's chain of grocery stores.

References

External links

*GovTrack.us: [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd?state=CA&district=53 California's 53rd 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/CD53.pdf California Voter Foundation map - CD53]