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California's 47th congressional district

U.S. House district for California

Field	Value
state	California
district number	47
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representative
party
residence
population	756,257
population year	2024
median income	$127,773
percent white	50.2
percent hispanic	17.3
percent black	1.5
percent asian	24.8
percent more than one race	5.3
percent other race	0.6
cpvi	D+3

| |From 2023 to 2027, starting with the 2022 elections | |From 2027, starting with the 2026 elections |percent more than one race = 5.3

California's 47th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California.

Following the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district shifted to Orange County to contain Irvine, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, and Seal Beach. It is currently represented by Democrat Dave Min.

Competitiveness

The district, a Democratic-leaning swing district with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+3, includes the heavily Democratic city of Irvine, and Republican-leaning coastal cities such as Huntington Beach and Newport Beach.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
	2008	President	Obama 51% - 49%
2010	Governor	Whitman 58% - 37%
Lt. Governor	Maldonado 49% - 39%
Secretary of State	Dunn 55% - 38%
Attorney General	Cooley 61% - 31%
Treasurer	Walters 52% - 40%
Controller	Strickland 54% - 37%
	2012	President	Romney 54% - 46%
	2014	Governor	Kashkari 56% - 44%
	2016	President	Clinton 51% - 43%
2018	Governor	Newsom 52% - 48%
Attorney General	Becerra 53% - 47%
	2020	President	Biden 54% - 43%
2022	Senate (Reg.)	Padilla 51% - 49%
Governor	Dahle 50.3% - 49.7%
Lt. Governor	Kounalakis 50.3% - 49.7%
Secretary of State	Bernosky 50.05% - 49.95%
Attorney General	Hochman 51% - 49%
Treasurer	Guerrero 52% - 48%
Controller	Chen 55% - 45%
2024	President	Harris 50% - 46%
Senate (Reg.)	Garvey 50.2% - 49.8%
2025	Proposition 50	Yes 54% - 46%

Composition

FIPS County Code	County	Seat	Population
59	Orange	Santa Ana	3,135,755

Under the 2020 redistricting, California's 38th congressional district is located in Southern California, covering the South Coast Metro area of Orange County. It includes the cities of Costa Mesa, Irvine, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach; and parts of Laguna Hills and Laguna Woods.

Orange County is split between this district, the 45th district, the 46th district, the 40th district, and the 49th district. The 47th, 45th and 46th are partitioned by Highway 405, Old Ranch Parkway, Seal Beach Blvd, St Cloud Dr, Montecito Rd, Rossmoor Center Way, 12240 Seal Beach Blvd-Los Alamitos Army Airfield, Bolsa Chica Channel, Rancho Rd, Harold Pl, Springdale St, 6021 Anacapa Dr-Willow Ln, Edward St, Bolsa Ave, Goldenwest St, McFadden Ave, Union Pacific Railroad, 15241 Cascade Ln-15241 Cedarwood Ave, Highway 39, Edinger Ave, Newland St, Heil Ave, Magnolia St, Warner Ave, Garfield Ave, the Santa Ana River, MacArthur Blvd, Harbor Blvd, Sunflower Ave, Costa Mesa Freeway, E Alton Parkway, and Red Hill Ave.

The 47th, 40th and 49th are partitioned by Barranca Parkway, Jamboree Rd, Warner Ave, Harvard Ave, Myford Rd, Highway 5, Loma Ridge Nature Preserve, Bee Canyon Access Rd, Portola Parkway, Highway 133, Highway 241, Bake Parkway, San Diego Freeway, Ridge Route Dr, Moulton Parkway, Santa Maria Ave, Via Vista, Alta Vis, Santa Vittoria Dr, Avenida del Sol, Punta Alta, Galle Azul, Bahia Blanca W, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Highway S18, Aliso & Wood Canyons, Vista del Sol, Highway 1, Stonington Rd, Virginia Way, 7th Ave, and Laguna Beach.

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

Irvine - 307,670
Huntington Beach - 198,711
Costa Mesa - 111,918
Newport Beach - 85,239
Laguna Hills – 31,374
Seal Beach - 25,242
Laguna Beach - 23,032
Laguna Woods – 17,192

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Dates	Cong
ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
District created January 3, 1993
[[File:2003 Chris Cox p22.jpg	100px]]
Christopher Cox
(Newport Beach){{cite web	title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774–2005	website=govinfo.gov	access-date=19 February 2024}}		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2003		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Loretta Sanchez 113th Congress.jpg	100px]]
Loretta Sanchez
(Anaheim)		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2013		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the .	2003–2013
[[File:CA-47th.png	300px]]
Central Orange (Anaheim, Garden Grove, Santa Ana)
[[File:Alan Lowenthal 113th Congress.jpg	100px]]
Alan Lowenthal
(Long Beach)		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2023		Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the and retired.	2013–2023
[[File:California US Congressional District 47 (since 2013).tif	300px]]
Orange and Los Angeles (Long Beach)
[[File:Katie Porter, official portrait, 116th Congress (3x4).jpg	100px]]
Katie Porter
(Irvine)		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 2023 –
January 3, 2025		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.	2023–present:
[[File:California's 47th congressional district (since 2023) (new version).svg	300px]]
Coastal Orange (Irvine, Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, and Seal Beach)
[[File:Min Dave 119th Congress (cropped).jpg	100px]]
Dave Min
(Irvine)		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 2025 –
present		Elected in 2024.

Election results

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1996

1998

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2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

2024

Historical district boundaries

2003-13

From 2003 through 2013, the district included many of Orange County's central suburbs, including Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana.

2013-23

Due to redistricting after the 2010 United States census, the district moved west to parts of Los Angeles County and included Catalina and San Clemente islands. The district also retained parts of Orange County such as Garden Grove.

In popular culture

California's 47th congressional district was the scene of a congressional election (won by a deceased Democrat), and later a congressional special election (won by the Republican incumbent), featured in several episodes of the political drama The West Wing. Like the real district, the fictional one from the show is in Orange County.

References

Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District".
"2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)".
"CA 2022 Congressional".
(8 November 2022). "Supplement to Statement of Vote".
(5 November 2024). "Supplement to Statement of Vote".
"California FIPS Codes". National Weather Service.
[https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2020/117-nominations.pdf Nominations] clerk.house.gov
Washington, U. S. Capitol Room H154. "Katie Porter (California (CA)), 118th Congress Profile".
[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf 1992 election results]
[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994election.pdf 1994 election results]
[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf 1996 election results]
[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf 1998 election results]
[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000election.pdf 2000 election results]
[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2002-general/congress.pdf 2002 election results]
[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2004-general/us-reps-all-formatted.pdf 2004 election results]
[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2006-general/congress.pdf 2006 election results]
[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2008-general/23_34_us_reps.pdf 2008 election results]
[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2010-general/58-united-states-representative.pdf 2010 election results]
[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/12-us-reps.pdf 2012 election results]
[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/pdf/43-congress.pdf 2014 election results]
[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/26-us-reps-formatted.pdf 2016 election results]
[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/48-congress.pdf 2018 election results]
[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/sov/24-us-reps.pdf 2020 election results]
[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2022-general/sov/48-congress.pdf 2022 election results]
[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-general/sov/25-us-rep-congress.pdf 2024 election results]
(January 19, 2003). "Reel Life Blurs Reality in O.C.". LA Times.

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