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 Results2008 PresidentObama 51% - 49%2010 GovernorWhitman 58% - 37% Lt. GovernorMaldonado 49% - 39% Secretary of StateDunn 55% - 38% Attorney GeneralCooley 61% - 31% TreasurerWalters 52% - 40% ControllerStrickland 54% - 37%2012 PresidentRomney 54% - 46%2014 GovernorKashkari 56% - 44%2016 PresidentClinton 51% - 43%2018 GovernorNewsom 52% - 48% Attorney GeneralBecerra 53% - 47%2020 PresidentBiden 54% - 43%2022 Senate (Reg.)Padilla 51% - 49% GovernorDahle 50.3% - 49.7% Lt. GovernorKounalakis 50.3% - 49.7% Secretary of StateBernosky 50.05% - 49.95% Attorney GeneralHochman 51% - 49% TreasurerGuerrero 52% - 48% ControllerChen 55% - 45%2024 PresidentHarris 50% - 46% Senate (Reg.)Garvey 50.2% - 49.8%2025 Proposition 50Yes 54% - 46%
Composition 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 Congress(es) Electoral history Counties District created January 3, 1993 Christopher CoxRepublican 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 . 1993–2003South-Central Orange Loretta SanchezDemocratic 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 . 2003–2013Central Orange (Anaheim, Garden Grove, Santa Ana) Alan LowenthalNominations clerk.house.govDemocratic 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. 2013–2023Orange and Los Angeles (Long Beach) Katie Porter Democratic January 3, 2023 –January 3, 2025 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022.Retired to run for U.S. senator. 2023–present: Coastal Orange (Irvine, Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, and Seal Beach)Dave Min Democratic January 3, 2025 –present Elected in 2024.
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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.
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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.
See also List of United States congressional districts California's congressional districts
References
External links GovTrack.us: California's 47th congressional district RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions California Voter Foundation map - CD47