California's 47th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = California
district number = 47

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representative = Loretta Sanchez
party = Democratic
english area = 55
metric area =
percent urban = 100.0
percent rural = 0.0
population = 639,087
population year = 2000
median income = 41,618
percent white = 17.8
percent black = 1.5
percent asian = 13.9
percent native american = 0.3
percent hispanic = 65.3
percent other race = 0.1
percent blue collar =
percent white collar =
percent gray collar =
cpvi = D+5

California's 47th congressional district covers the cities of Garden Grove and Santa Ana and parts of Fullerton and Anaheim, in Orange County. Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, a Democrat, is the current representative of the 47th District and has served since 1996. Rep. Sanchez is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition of conservative Democrats.

Voting

List of Representatives

Election results

1992

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Chris Cox (incumbent)
votes = 165,004
percentage = 64.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John F. Anwiler
votes = 76,924
percentage = 30.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
candidate = Maxine Bell Quirk
votes = 12,297
percentage = 4.8Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
candidate = Charles (write-in)
votes = 32
percentage = 0.0Election box total no change
votes = 244,257
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 = Chris Cox (incumbent)
votes = 154,071
percentage = 71.66Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Gary Kingsbury
votes = 53,669
percentage = 24.96Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Victor A. Wagner, Jr.
votes = 7,257
percentage = 3.38Election box total no change
votes = 214,997
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 = Chris Cox (incumbent)
votes = 160,078
percentage = 65.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Tina Laine
votes = 70,362
percentage = 28.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Iris Adam
votes = 6,573
percentage = 2.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Victor Wagner
votes = 6,530
percentage = 2.6Election box total no change
votes = 243,777
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 = Chris Cox (incumbent)
votes = 132,711
percentage = 67.60Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Christina Avalos
votes = 57,938
percentage = 29.51Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Victor A. Wagner, Jr.
votes = 2,991
percentage = 1.52Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Reform Party (United States)
candidate = Raymond O. Mills
votes = 1,369
percentage = 0.70Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Paul Fisher
votes = 1,307
percentage = 0.67Election box total no change
votes = 196,316
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 = Chris Cox (incumbent)
votes = 181,365
percentage = 65.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John Graham
votes = 83,186
percentage = 30.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = David F. Nolan
votes = 8,081
percentage = 2.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Iris Adam
votes = 3,769
percentage = 1.3Election box total no change
votes = 276,401
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 = Loretta Sanchez (incumbent)
votes = 42,501
percentage = 60.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Lawrence R. Wiesner
votes = 24,346
percentage = 34.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Paul Marsden
votes = 2,944
percentage = 4.2Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
candidate = Kenneth M. Valenzuela-Fisher (write-in)
votes = 382
percentage = 0.5Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
candidate = Michael J. Monge (write-in)
votes = 5
percentage = 0.0Election box total no change
votes = 70,178
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 = Loretta Sanchez (incumbent)
votes = 65,684
percentage = 60.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Alexandria A. "Alex" Coronado
votes = 43,099
percentage = 39.6Election box total no change
votes = 108,783
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 = Loretta Sanchez (incumbent)
votes = 47,134
percentage = 62.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Tan D. Nguyen
votes = 28,485
percentage = 37.6Election box total no change
votes = 75,619
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=47 California's 47th 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/CD47.pdf California Voter Foundation map - CD47]