California's 24Th Congressional District

California's 24th congressional district
California's 24th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)
Representative
	Salud Carbajal; D–Santa Barbara
Population (2022)	750,711
Median household; income	$91,784
Ethnicity	49.7% White; 38.6% Hispanic; 5.0% Asian; 4.1% Two or more races; 1.5% Black; 0.7% other;
Cook PVI	D+13

state">U.S. state of California. The district is currently represented by Salud Carbajal. It contains all of Santa Barbara County, most of San Luis Obispo County, and part of Ventura County. Cities in the district include Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, and Ojai.

Prior to redistricting in 2011, the district covered the inland portions of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, as well as a sparsely-populated portion of the Ventura County coast. Redistricting in 2021 removed the northern part of San Luis Obispo County and added the cities of Ojai and Ventura.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 48–30%
	Senator	Boxer 50–43%
	Senator	Feinstein 57–37%
1994	Governor	[data missing]
1994	Senator	Feinstein
1996	President	Clinton
1998	Governor	[data missing]
1998	Senator	[data missing]
2000	President	Gore 57–38%
2000	Senator	Feinstein 59–35%
2002	Governor	Simon 52–39%
2003	Recall	Yes 67–33%
2003	Recall	Schwarzenegger 55–20%
2004	President	Bush 56–43%
2004	Senator	Jones 48–47%
2006	Governor	Schwarzenegger 66–30%
2006	Senator	Feinstein 49–46%
2008	President	Obama 52–46%
2010	Governor	Whitman 54–41%
2010	Senator	Fiorina 55–40%
2012	President	Obama 54–43%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 56–44%
2014	Governor	Brown 57–43%
2016	President	Clinton 57–37%
2016	Senator	Harris 62–38%
2018	Governor	Newsom 57–43%
2018	Senator	Feinstein 53–47%
2020	President	Biden 61–37%
2021	Recall	No 57.7–42.3%
2022	Governor	Newsom 58.8 - 41.2%
2022	Senator	Padilla 60.8 - 39.2%

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
79	San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	283,159
83	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	446,475

As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 24th congressional district is located on the southern edge of the Central Coast. It encompasses Santa Barbara County, most of San Luis Obispo County and part of Ventura County. The district also takes in six of the Channel Islands.

San Luis Obispo County is split between this district and the 19th district. They are partitioned by Highway 1, Cayucos Creek Rd, Thunder Canyon Rd, Old Creek Rd, Santa Rita Rd, Tara Creek, Fuentes Rd, Highway 41, San Miguel Rd, Palo Verde Rd, Old Morro Rd, Los Osos Rd, San Rafael Rd, Atascadero Ave, San Antonio Rd, N Santa Margarita Rd, Santa Clara Rd, Rocky Canyon Truck Trail, Highway 229, Lion Ridge Rd, O'Donovan Rd, Highway 58, Calf Canyon Highway, La Panza Rd, Upton Canyon Rd, Camatta Creek Rd, San Juan Creek, and Bitterwater Rd. The 24th district takes in the cities of San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande, Morro Bay, and Grover Beach, as well as the census-designated places Nipomo and Los Osos.

Ventura County is split between this district and the 26th district. They are partitioned by Highway 150, Los Padres National Park, Highway 33, Cozy del, Cozy Ojai Rd, Shelf Road Trail, Gridley Rd, Grand Ave, Thatcher Creek, Boardman Rd, Sulphur Mountain Rd, Cahada Larga Rd, Highway 33, Shell Rd E, Manuel Canyon Rd, Aliso St, Willoughby Rd, Aliso Canyon Rd, Foothill Rd, N Wells Rd, Highway 126, Highway 118, Brown Barranca, Montgomery Ave, Telephone Rd, Ramelin Ave, Harmon Barranca, Johnson Dr, S Victoria Ave, Highway 101, E Harbor Blvd, and Olivias Park Dr. The 24th district takes in the city of Ventura.

Cities & CDP with 10,000 or more people

Ventura - 110,763
Santa Maria - 109,707
Santa Barbara - 88,665
Lompoc - 44,444
Orcutt - 35,262
Goleta - 32,690
Arroyo Grande - 18,441
Nipomo - 18,182
Los Osos - 16,533
Isla Vista - 15,500
Grover Beach - 13,459
Carpinteria - 13,264
Morro Bay - 10,757

List of members representing the district

Representatives from California's 24th congressional district
Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties
District created January 3, 1953
Norris Poulson (Los Angeles)	Republican	January 3, 1953 – June 11, 1953	83rd	Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1952. Resigned to become Mayor of Los Angeles.	1953–1963 Los Angeles
Vacant		June 11, 1953 – November 10, 1953	83rd
Glenard P. Lipscomb (Los Angeles)	Republican	November 10, 1953 – February 1, 1970	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	Elected to finish Poulson's term. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Died.
Glenard P. Lipscomb (Los Angeles)	Republican	November 10, 1953 – February 1, 1970	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st		1967–1973 Los Angeles, southwestern San Bernardino
Vacant		February 1, 1970 – June 30, 1970	91st
John H. Rousselot (San Marino)	Republican	June 30, 1970 – January 3, 1975	91st 92nd 93rd	Elected to finish Lipscomb's term. Re-elected later in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Redistricted to the 26th district.
John H. Rousselot (San Marino)	Republican	June 30, 1970 – January 3, 1975	91st 92nd 93rd		1973–1983 Los Angeles
Henry Waxman (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 29th district.	1973–1983 Los Angeles
Henry Waxman (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd		1983–1993 North central Los Angeles (Hollywood)
Anthony C. Beilenson (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997	103rd 104th	Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired.	1993–2003 Southwestern Los Angeles, southeastern Ventura (Thousand Oaks)
Brad Sherman (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 27th district.
Elton Gallegly (Simi Valley)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired.	2003–2013 Inland Santa Barbara, most of Ventura
Lois Capps (Santa Barbara)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired.	2013–2023 Central Coast including San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara
Salud Carbajal (Santa Barbara)	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.
Salud Carbajal (Santa Barbara)	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th 117th 118th		2023–present

Election results

1952 • 1953 (Special) • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 (Special) • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 • 2022

1952

United States House of Representatives elections, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norris Poulson (incumbent)	119,799	87.4
	Progressive	Bertram L. Sharp	17,307	12.6
Total votes			137,106	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

1953 (Special)

Republican Glenard P. Lipscomb won the special election to replace fellow Republican Norris Poulson, who was elected Mayor of Los Angeles. Data for this special election is not available.

1954

United States House of Representatives elections, 1954
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenard P. Lipscomb (inc.)	65,431	56.9
	Democratic	George Arnold	49,592	43.1
Total votes			115,023	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

1956

United States House of Representatives elections, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenard P. Lipscomb (inc.)	84,120	61.9
	Democratic	Fay Porter	51,692	38.1
Total votes			135,812	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

1958

United States House of Representatives elections, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenard P. Lipscomb (inc.)	68,184	56.4
	Democratic	William H. Ware, Jr.	52,804	43.6
Total votes			120,988	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

1960

United States House of Representatives elections, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenard P. Lipscomb (inc.)	82,497	59.7
	Democratic	Norman Hass	55,613	40.3
Total votes			138,110	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

1962

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenard P. Lipscomb (inc.)	120,884	70.3
	Democratic	Knox Mellon	50,970	29.7
Total votes			171,854	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

1964

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenard P. Lipscomb (inc.)	139,784	67.9
	Democratic	Bryan W. Stevens	65,967	32.1
Total votes			205,751	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

1966

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenard P. Lipscomb (inc.)	148,190	76.3
	Democratic	Earl G. McNall	46,115	23.7
Total votes			194,305	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

1968

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenard P. Lipscomb (inc.)	152,180	72.8
	Democratic	Fred Warner Neal	56,723	27.2
Total votes			208,903
	Republican hold

1970 (Special)

1970 special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Rousselot	62,749	68.2
	Democratic	Myrlie B. Evers	29,248	31.8
Total votes			91,997	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (inc.)	124,071	65.1
	Democratic	Myrlie B. Evers	61,777	32.4
	American Independent	Brian Scanlon	3,018	1.6
	Peace and Freedom	Harold Kaplan	1,858	1.0
Total votes			190,724	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (inc.)	141,274	70.1
	Democratic	Luther Mandell	60,170	29.9
Total votes			201,444
	Republican hold

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman	85,343	64.0
	Republican	Elliott Stone Graham	43,680	33.0
	American Independent	David E. Davis	3,980	3.0
Total votes			133,003	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	108,296	67.8
	Republican	David Irvins Simmons	51,478	32.2
Total votes			159,774	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	85,075	62.7
	Republican	Howard G. Schaefer	44,243	32.6
	Peace and Freedom	Kevin Casey Peters	6,453	4.8
Total votes			135,771	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	93,569	63.8
	Republican	Roland Cayard	39,744	27.1
	Peace and Freedom	Margaret "Maggie" Feigin	5,905	4.0
	Libertarian	Robert E. Lehman	5,172	3.5
	American Independent	Jack Smilowitz	2,341	1.6
Total votes			146,731	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	88,516	65.1
	Republican	Jerry Zerg	42,133	31.0
	Libertarian	Jeff Mandel	5,420	1.8
Total votes			136,069	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	97,340	63.4
	Republican	Jerry Zerg	51,010	33.2
	Peace and Freedom	James Green	2,780	1.8
	Libertarian	Tim Custer	2,477	1.6
Total votes			153,607	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	103,914	87.9
	Libertarian	George Abrahams	8,871	7.5
	Peace and Freedom	James Green	5,388	4.6
Total votes			118,173	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	112,038	72.2
	Republican	John N. Cowles	36,835	23.8
	Peace and Freedom	James Green	3,571	2.3
	Libertarian	George Abrahams	2,627	1.7
Total votes			155,071	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	71,562	68.9
	Republican	John N. Cowles	26,607	25.6
	Peace and Freedom	Maggie Phair	5,706	5.5
Total votes			103,875	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	141,742	55.5
	Republican	Tom McClintock	99,835	39.1
	Peace and Freedom	John Paul Lindblad	13,690	5.4
Total votes			255,267	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	95,342	49.35
	Republican	Rich Sybert	91,806	47.52
	Libertarian	John C. Koehler	6,031	3.12
Total votes			193,179	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Sherman	106,193	49.5
	Republican	Rich Sybert	93,629	43.6
	Peace and Freedom	Ralph Shroyer	6,267	2.9
	Libertarian	Erich Miller	5,691	2.6
	Natural Law	Ron Lawrence	3,068	1.4
Total votes			214,848	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	103,491	57.31
	Republican	Randy Hoffman	69,501	38.49
	Natural Law	Catherine Carter	3,033	1.68
	Libertarian	Erich D. Miller	2,695	1.49
	Peace and Freedom	Ralph Shroyer	1,860	1.03
Total votes			180,580	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	155,398	66.1
	Republican	Jerry Doyle	70,169	29.8
	Libertarian	Juan Carlos Ros	6,966	2.9
	Natural Law	Michael Cuddehe	2,911	1.2
Total votes			235,444	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	120,585	65.2
	Democratic	Fern Rudin	58,755	31.8
	Libertarian	Gary Harber	5,666	3.0
Total votes			185,006	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	178,660	62.9
	Democratic	Brett Wagner	96,397	33.9
	Green	Stuart A. Bechman	9,321	3.2
Total votes			284,378	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	129,812	62.1
	Democratic	Jill M. Martinez	79,461	37.9
	No party	Michael Kurt Stettler (write-in)	16	0.0
	No party	Henry Nicolle (write-in)	3	0.0
Total votes			209,292	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	174,492	58.20
	Democratic	Marta Ann Jorgensen	125,560	41.80
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	144,055	59.94
	Democratic	Timothy J. Allison	96,279	40.06
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

2012

California's 24th congressional district election, 2012
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	72,356	46.4
	Republican	Abel Maldonado	46,295	29.7
	Republican	Chris Mitchum	33,604	21.5
	No party preference	Matt Boutté	3,832	2.5
Total votes			156,087	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	156,749	55.1
	Republican	Abel Maldonado	127,746	44.9
Total votes			284,495	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

California's 24th congressional district election, 2014
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	45,482	44.5
	Republican	Christopher Mitchum	15,927	15.6
	Republican	Justin Donald Fareed	15,013	14.7
	Republican	Dale Francisco	12,256	12.0
	Republican	Bradley Allen	6,573	6.4
	Democratic	Sandra J. Marshall-Eminger	3,675	3.6
	Democratic	Paul H. Coyne, Jr.	1,753	1.7
	No party preference	Steve Isakson	947	0.9
	Republican	Alexis Stuart	527	0.5
Total votes			102,153	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	103,228	52%
	Republican	Christopher Mitchum	95,566	48%
Total votes			198,794	100%
	Democratic hold

2016

California's 24th congressional district election, 2016
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Salud Carbajal	66,402	31.9
	Republican	Justin Fareed	42,521	20.5
	Republican	Katcho Achadjian	37,716	18.1
	Democratic	Helene Schneider	31,046	14.9
	Democratic	William "Bill" Ostrander	12,657	6.1
	Republican	Matt T. Kokkonen	11,636	5.6
	No party preference	John Uebersax	2,188	1.1
	No party preference	Steve Isakson	2,172	1.0
	Democratic	Benjamin Lucas	1,568	0.8
Total votes			207,906	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Salud Carbajal	166,034	53.4
	Republican	Justin Fareed	144,780	46.6
Total votes			310,814	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

California's 24th congressional district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Salud Carbajal (incumbent)	94,558	53.6
	Republican	Justin Fareed	64,177	36.4
	Republican	Michael E. Woody	17,715	10.0
General election
	Democratic	Salud Carbajal (incumbent)	166,550	58.6
	Republican	Justin Fareed	117,881	41.4
Total votes			284,431	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Salud Carbajal (incumbent)	139,973	57.8
	Republican	Andy Caldwell	92,537	38.2
	No party preference	Kenneth Young	9,650	4.0
Total votes			242,160	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Salud Carbajal (incumbent)	212,564	58.7
	Republican	Andy Caldwell	149,781	41.3
Total votes			362,345	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Salud Carbajal (incumbent)	111,199	60.0
	Republican	Brad Allen	57,532	31.0
	No party preference	Michele R. Weslander Quaid	13,880	7.5
	No party preference	Jeff Frankenfield	2,732	1.5
Total votes			185,343	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Salud Carbajal (incumbent)	159,019	60.6
	Republican	Brad Allen	103,533	39.4
Total votes			262,552	100.0
	Democratic hold

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