California's 52Nd Congressional District

California's 52nd congressional district
California's 52nd congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)
Representative
	Juan Vargas; D–San Diego
Population (2022)	749,240
Median household; income	$79,870
Ethnicity	60.1% Hispanic; 14.7% Asian; 13.4% White; 7.5% Black; 3.3% Two or more races; 1.1% other;
Cook PVI	D+18

state">U.S. state of California. The district is currently represented by Democrat Juan Vargas.

The district currently includes southwestern portions of San Diego County. Cities in the district include National City, Chula Vista and most of Imperial Beach.

Recent results from statewide elections

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Bush 36.6% – 33.8%
	Senator	Herschensohn 49.2% – 38.8%
	Senator (Special)	Seymour 46.0% – 43.0%
1994	Governor	Wilson 65.3% – 29.0%
1994	Senator	Huffington 58.1% – 31.7%
1996	President	Dole 47.6% - 41.2%
1998	Governor	Lungren 48.3% – 47.1%
1998	Senator	Fong 51.8% – 42.8%
2000	President	Bush 54.4% – 41.2%
2000	Senator	Feinstein 46.6% – 44.4%
2002	Governor	Simon 58.0% – 34.8%
2003	Recall	Yes 72.1% – 27.9%
2003	Recall	Schwarzenegger 65.5% – 17.3%
2004	President	Bush 61.4% – 37.7%
2004	Senator	Jones 51.5% – 44.4%
2006	Governor	Schwarzenegger 72.4% – 24.3%
2006	Senator	Mountjoy 49.6% – 46.0%
2008	President	McCain 53.4% – 45.0%
2010	Governor	Whitman 57.4% – 36.5%
2010	Senator	Fiorina 59.4% – 34.9%
2012	President	Obama 52.1% – 45.7%
2012	Senator	Feinstein 54.5% – 44.5%
2014	Governor	Brown 52.3% – 47.7%
2016	President	Clinton 58.1% – 35.6%
2016	Senator	Harris 63.5% – 36.5%
2018	Governor	Newsom 58.3% – 41.7%
	Lieutenant Governor	Kounalakis 67.0% – 33.0%
	Secretary of State	Padilla 60.4% – 39.6%
	Controller	Yee 60.8% – 39.2%
	Treasurer	Ma 59.5% – 40.5%
	Attorney General	Becerra 59.5% – 40.5%
	Insurance Commissioner	Poizner 51.0% – 49.0%
	Board of Equalization, 4th District	Schaefer 55.3% – 44.7%
	Senator	Feinstein 56.3% – 43.7%
2020	President	Biden 63.4% – 34.2%
2021	Recall	No 60.9% – 39.1%
2022	Governor	Newsom 63.1% – 36.9%
	Senator	Padilla 64.8% – 35.2%
	Senator (Special)	Padilla 64.5% – 35.5%

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
73	San Diego	San Diego	3,286,069

As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 52nd congressional district is located in Southern California. It encompasses the South Bay region of San Diego County.

San Diego County is split between this district, the 50th district, the 51st district, and the 48th district. The 52nd and 48th are partitioned by San Miguel Rd, Proctor Valley Rd, Camino Mojave/Jonel Way, Highway 125, Upper Otay Reservoir, Otay Lakes Rd, Otay Valley Regional Park, Alta Rd, and Otay Mountain Truck Trail.

The 52nd and 50th are partitioned by Iowa St, University Ave, Inland Freeway, Escondido Freeway, Martin Luther King Jr Freeway, John J Montgomery Freeway, and San Diego Bay.

The 52nd and the 51st are partitioned by El Cajon Blvd, 58th St, Streamview Dr, College Ave, Meridian Ave, Lemarand Ave, Highway 94, Charlene Ave, 69th St, Imperial Ave, Larwood Rd, Taft St, Lincoln Pl, Glencoe Dr, Braddock St, Carlisle Dr, Carlsbad Ct/Osage Dr, Potrero St, Carlsbad St, Innsdale Ave, Worthington St/Innsdale Ln, Brady Ct/Innsdale Ln, Parkbrook Way/Alene St, Tinaja Ln/Bluffview Rd, Highway 54, Sweetwater Rd, and Bonita Rd.

The 52nd district takes in the cities of Chula Vista, National City, Imperial Beach, as well as the census-designated place Bonita. It also encompasses the San Diego neighborhoods of Paradise Hills, Logan Heights, Encanto, Mountain View, Barrio Logan, Shelltown, Lincoln Park, Nestor, Otay Mesa, and South San Diego.

Cities & CDP with 10,000 or more people

San Diego - 1,386,932
Chula Vista - 275,487
National City - 61,394
Imperial Beach - 27,440
Bonita - 12,917

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
District created January 3, 1993
Duncan L. Hunter (Alpine)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2009	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Redistricted from the 45th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Retired.	1993–2003 Imperial Eastern San Diego
Duncan L. Hunter (Alpine)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2009	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th		2003–2013 Eastern San Diego
Duncan D. Hunter (Alpine)	Republican	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013	111th 112th	Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 50th district.	2003–2013 Eastern San Diego
Scott Peters (San Diego)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 50th district.	2013–2023 Coastal San Diego (La Jolla and Poway)
Juan Vargas (San Diego)	Democratic	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Redistricted from the 51st district and re-elected in 2022.	2023–present: Southwestern San Diego County

Election results

1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 • 2022

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	112,995	52.9
	Democratic	Janet M. Gastil	88,076	41.2
	Libertarian	Joe Shea	6,977	3.3
	Peace and Freedom	Dennis P. Gretsinger	5,734	2.7
Total votes			213,784	100.0
	Republican hold

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	109,201	64.0
	Democratic	Janet M. Gastil	53,024	31.1
	Libertarian	Joe Shea	5,240	3.0
	Peace and Freedom	Art Edelman	3,221	1.9
Total votes			170,686	100.0
	Republican hold

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	116,746	65.5
	Democratic	Darity Wesley	53,104	29.8
	Peace and Freedom	Janice Jordan	3,649	2.1
	Libertarian	Dante Ridley	3,329	1.8
	Natural Law	Peter Ballantyne	1,493	0.8
Total votes			178,321	100.0
	Republican hold

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	116,251	75.7
	Libertarian	Lynn Badler	21,933	14.3
	Natural Law	Adrienne Pelton	15,380	10.0
	Republican	Bill Warren (write-in)	4	0.0
Total votes			153,568	100.0
	Republican hold

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	131,345	64.8
	Democratic	Craig Barkacs	63,537	31.3
	Libertarian	Michael Benoit	5,995	2.9
	Natural Law	Robert A. Sherman	2,117	1.0
Total votes			202,994	100.0
	Republican hold

2002

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	118,561	70.2
	Democratic	Peter Moore-Kochlacs	43,526	25.8
	Libertarian	Michael Benoit	6,923	4.0
Total votes			169,010	100.0
	Republican hold

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	187,799	67.0
	Democratic	Brian S. Keliher	74,857	27.7
	Libertarian	Michael Benoit	8,782	3.3
Total votes			271,438	100.0
	Republican hold

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	123,696	64.7
	Democratic	John Rinaldi	61,208	32.0
	Libertarian	Michael Benoit	6,465	3.3
Total votes			191,369	100.0
	Republican hold

2008

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan D. Hunter	160,724	56.4
	Democratic	Mike Lumpkin	111,051	39.0
	Libertarian	Michael Benoit	13,316	4.6
Total votes			285,091	100.0
	Republican hold

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan D. Hunter (incumbent)	139,437	63.1
	Democratic	Ray Lutz	70,860	32.1
	Libertarian	Michael Benoit	10,731	4.8
Total votes			221,028	100.0
	Republican hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Peters	151,451	51.2
	Republican	Brian Bilbray (Incumbent)	144,459	48.8
Total votes			295,910	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Peters (Incumbent)	98,826	51.6
	Republican	Carl DeMaio	92,746	48.4
Total votes			191,572	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Peters (incumbent)	181,253	56.5
	Republican	Denise Gitsham	139,403	43.5
Total votes			320,656	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Peters (incumbent)	188,992	63.8
	Republican	Omar Qudrat	107,015	36.2
Total votes			296,007	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Peters (incumbent)	244,145	61.6
	Republican	Jim DeBello	152,350	38.4
Total votes			396,495	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Vargas (incumbent)	100,686	66.7
	Republican	Tyler Geffeney	50,330	33.3
Total votes			151,016	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

From 2003 through 2013, the district consisted of many of San Diego's northern and eastern suburbs, including Lakeside, Poway, Ramona, La Mesa, and Spring Valley. Due to redistricting after the 2010 United States census, much of this area is now in the 50th district.

2003-13

2013-23

References

External links

District information at GovTrack.us

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