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California's 29th congressional district

"CA-29" redirects here. For the state route, see California State Route 29.

California's 29th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California based in the north central San Fernando Valley. The district is represented by Democrat Luz Rivas.

It includes the city of San Fernando, as well as the Los Angeles communities of Van Nuys, Pacoima, Arleta, Panorama City, Sylmar, and parts of Sun Valley and North Hollywood.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year Office Results[3][4][5]
2008 President Obama 76% - 24%
2010 Governor Brown 69% - 25%
Lt. Governor Newsom 62% - 26%
Secretary of State Bowen 67% - 22%
Attorney General Harris 59% - 31%
Treasurer Lockyer 70% - 22%
Controller Chiang 66% - 22%
2012 President Obama 79% - 21%
2014 Governor Brown 74% - 26%
2016 President Clinton 78% - 17%
2018 Governor Newsom 78% - 22%
Attorney General Becerra 81% - 19%
2020 President Biden 75% - 23%
2022 Senate (Reg.) Padilla 76% - 24%
Governor Newsom 73% - 27%
Lt. Governor Kounalakis 72% - 28%
Secretary of State Weber 73% - 27%
Attorney General Bonta 73% - 27%
Treasurer Ma 71% - 29%
Controller Cohen 69% - 31%
2024 President Harris 66% - 31%
Senate (Reg.) Schiff 68% - 32%

Composition

FIPS County Code[6] County Seat Population
37 Los Angeles Los Angeles 9,663,345

Under the 2020 redistricting, California's 29th congressional district is within Los Angeles County, with half of it inside the City of Los Angeles. The area includes the city of San Fernando; and the northern Los Angeles neighborhoods of Van Nuys, Panorama City, Sylmar, Valley Village, Sun Valley, Pacoima, Toluca Lake, Valley Glen, Arleta, Mission Hills, part of Lake View Terrace, westside North Hollywood, and central Lake Balboa.

Los Angeles County is split between this district, the 27th district, the 30th district, and the 32nd district. The 29th and 27th are partitioned by Angeles National Forest, Soledad Canyon Road, Southern Pacific Railroad, Sand Canyon Road, Little Tujunga Canyon Road, Santa Clara Truck Trail, Veterans Memorial Park, Golden State Freeway, Devonshire Street, Blue Creek, Chatsworth Street, Balboa Boulevard, Kingsbury Street, Genesta Avenue, Aliso Canyon Wash, and Ronald Reagan Freeway. The 29th and 30th are partitioned by Angeles National Forest, NF-4N35, Gold Creek Road, Big Tujunga Canyon Road, Little Tujunga Road, Longford Street, Clybourne Avenue, Foothill Freeway, Kagel Canyon Street, Osborne Street, Terra Bella Street, Glenoaks Boulevard, Montague Street, San Fernando Road, Branford Street, Tujunga Wash, Wentworth Street, Sheldon Street, Tuxford Street, Sunland Boulevard, Golden State Freeway, Cohasset Street, Sherman Way, Vineland Avenue, Southern Pacific Railroad, Ledge Avenue, West Clark Avenue, North Clybourn Avenue, and the Los Angeles River. The 27th and 32nd are partitioned by San Diego Freeway, Roscoe Boulevard, Reseda Boulevard, Saticoy Street, Lull Street, Garden Grove Avenue, Valerio Street, Etiwanda Avenue, Gault Street, Victory Boulevard, Oxnard Street, Hazeltine Avenue, Burbank Boulevard, Tujunga Wash, Ventura Freeway, Hollywood Freeway, Whipple Street, and Lankershim Boulevard.

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

List of members representing the district

Member Party Dates Cong
ress(es) 		Electoral history Counties
District created January 3, 1953

John R. Phillips
(Banning) 		Republican January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1957 		83rd
84th 		Redistricted from the 22nd district and re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Retired. 		1953–1963
Imperial, Riverside

Dalip Singh Saund
(Westmoreland) 		Democratic January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1963 		85th
86th
87th
Elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 38th district and lost re-election.

George Brown Jr.
(Monterey Park) 		Democratic January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1971 		88th
89th
90th
91st 		Elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Retired to run for US Senator. 		1963–1969
Los Angeles
1969–1973
Los Angeles

George E. Danielson
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1975 		92nd
93rd 		Elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Redistricted to the 30th district.
1973–1975
Los Angeles

Augustus Hawkins
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1991 		94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st 		Redistricted from the 21st district and re-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.
Retired. 		1975–1983
Los Angeles
1983–1993
South Central Los Angeles

Maxine Waters
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 1993 		102nd Elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 35th district.

Henry Waxman
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2003 		103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th 		Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the 30th district. 		1993–2003
West Side Los Angeles

Adam Schiff
(Burbank) 		Democratic January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2013 		108th
109th
110th
111th
112th 		Redistricted from the 27th district and re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 28th district. 		2003–2013

Los Angeles (Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena)

Tony Cárdenas
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2025 		113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th 		Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Retired. 		2013–2023

North Central San Fernando Valley
2023–present

North Central San Fernando Valley

Luz Rivas
(Los Angeles) 		Democratic January 3, 2025 –
present 		119th Elected in 2024.

Election results

1952

1952 United States House of Representatives elections in California[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John J. Phillips (Incumbent) 73,144 100.0
Republican hold

1954

1954 United States House of Representatives elections in California[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John J. Phillips (Incumbent) 42,420 58.0
Democratic Bruce Shangle 30,781 42.0
Total votes 73,201 100.0
Republican hold

1956

1956 United States House of Representatives elections in California[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dalip Singh Saund 54,989 51.5
Republican Jacqueline Cochran-Odlum 51,690 48.5
Total votes 106,679 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

1958

1958 United States House of Representatives elections in California[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dalip Singh Saund (Incumbent) 64,518 62.4
Republican John Babbage 38,899 37.6
Total votes 103,417 100.0
Democratic hold

1960

1960 United States House of Representatives elections in California[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dalip Singh Saund (Incumbent) 76,139 57.1
Republican Charles H. Jameson 57,319 42.9
Total votes 133,458 100.0
Democratic hold

1962

1962 United States House of Representatives elections in California[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George Brown, Jr. 73,740 55.7
Republican H. L. Richardson, Jr. 58,760 44.3
Total votes 132,500 100.0
Democratic hold

1964

1964 United States House of Representatives elections in California[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent) 90,208 58.6
Republican Charles J. Farrington, Jr. 63,836 41.4
Total votes 154,044 100.0
Democratic hold

1966

1966 United States House of Representatives elections in California[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent) 69,115 51.1
Republican Bill Orozco 66,079 48.9
Total votes 135,194 100.0
Democratic hold

1968

1968 United States House of Representatives elections in California[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George Brown, Jr. (Incumbent) 74,807 52.3
Republican Bill Orozco 68,213 47.7
Total votes 143,020 100.0
Democratic hold

1970

1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George E. Danielson 71,308 62.6
Republican Tom McMann 42,620 37.4
Total votes 113,928 100.0
Democratic hold

1972

1972 United States House of Representatives elections in California[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George E. Danielson (Incumbent) 91,553 62.8
Republican Richard E. Ferraro 48,814 33.5
Peace and Freedom John W. Blaine 5,455 3.7
Total votes 145,822 100.0
Democratic hold

1974

1974 United States House of Representatives elections in California[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) 45,977 100.0
Democratic hold

1976

1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) 82,515 85.5
Republican Michael D. Germonprez 10,852 11.2
Independent Sheila Leburg 3,235 3.3
Total votes 96,602 100.0
Democratic hold

1978

1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) 65,214 85.0
Republican Uriah J. Fields 11,512 15.0
Total votes 76,726 100.0
Democratic hold

1980

1980 United States House of Representatives elections in California[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) 80,095 86.1
Republican Michael Arthur Hirt 10,282 11.1
Libertarian Earl Smith 2,622 2.8
Total votes 92,999 100.0
Democratic hold

1982

1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) 97,028 79.8
Republican Milton R. Mackaig 24,568 20.2
Total votes 121,596 100.0
Democratic hold

1984

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) 108,777 86.6
Republican Echo Y. Goto 16,781 13.4
Total votes 125,558 100.0
Democratic hold

1986

1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) 78,132 84.6
Republican John Van de Brooke 13,432 14.5
Libertarian Waheed R. Boctor 851 0.9
Total votes 92,415 100.0
Democratic hold

1988

1988 United States House of Representatives elections in California[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Augustus F. Hawkins (Incumbent) 88,169 82.8
Republican Reuben D. Franco 14,543 13.7
Libertarian Gregory P. Gilmore 3,724 3.5
Total votes 105,436 100.0
Democratic hold

1990

1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maxine Waters 51,350 79.4
Republican Bill DeWitt 12,054 18.6
Libertarian Waheed R. Boctor 1,268 2.0
Total votes 64,672 100.0
Democratic hold

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry Waxman (Incumbent) 160,312 61.3
Republican Mark Robbins 67,141 25.7
Independent David Davis 15,445 5.9
Peace and Freedom Susan C. Davies 13,888 5.3
Libertarian Felix Tsvi Rogin 4,699 1.8
Independent Vann (write-in) 1 0.0
Total votes 261,486 100.0
Democratic hold

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry Waxman (Incumbent) 129,413 66.1
Republican Paul Stepanek 53,801 28.1
Libertarian Mike Binkley 7,162 3.8
Total votes 190,376 100.0
Democratic hold

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry Waxman (Incumbent) 145,278 67.7
Republican Paul Stepanek 52,857 24.6
Peace and Freedom John Daley 8,819 4.1
Libertarian Mike Binkley 4,766 2.2
Natural Law Brian Rees 3,097 1.4
Total votes 214,817 100.0
Democratic hold

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California[30]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry Waxman (Incumbent) 131,561 73.9
Republican Mike Gottlieb 40,282 22.6
Libertarian Mike Binkley 3,534 2.0
Natural Law Karen Blasdell-Wilkinson 2,717 1.5
Total votes 178,094 100.0
Democratic hold

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry Waxman (Incumbent) 180,295 75.7
Republican Jim Scileppi 45,784 19.3
Libertarian Jack Anderson 7,944 3.3
Natural Law Bruce Currivan 4,178 1.7
Total votes 238,201 100.0
Democratic hold

2002

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff (Incumbent) 76,036 62.6
Republican Jim Scileppi 40,676 33.4
Libertarian Ted Brown 4,889 4.0
Total votes 121,541 100.0
Democratic hold

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff (Incumbent) 133,670 64.7
Republican Harry Frank Scolinos 62,871 30.4
Green Philip Koebel 5,715 2.7
Libertarian Ted Brown 4,570 2.2
Independent John Burton (write-in) 6 0.0
Total votes 206,832 100.0
Democratic hold

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California[34]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff (Incumbent) 91,014 63.5
Republican William J. Bodell 39,321 27.5
Green William M. Paparian 8,197 5.7
Peace and Freedom Lynda L. Llamas 2,599 1.8
Libertarian Jim Keller 2,258 1.5
Independent John Burton (write-in) 15 0.0
Total votes 143,404 100.0
Democratic hold

2008

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California[35]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff (Incumbent) 146,198 68.9
Republican Charles Hahn 56,727 26.7
Libertarian Alan Pyeatt 9,219 4.4
Democratic hold

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Schiff (Incumbent) 104,374 64.8
Republican John P. Colbert 51,534 32.0
Libertarian William P. Cushing 5,218 3.2
Democratic hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tony Cardenas 111,287 74.1
No party preference David R. Hernandez 38,994 25.9
Total votes 150,281 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California[38]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tony Cardenas (Incumbent) 50,096 74.6
Republican William O'Callaghan Leader 17,045 25.4
Total votes 67,141 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in California[39]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tony Cardenas (Incumbent) 128,407 74.7
Democratic Richard Alarcon 43,417 25.3
Total votes 171,824 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California[40]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tony Cardenas (Incumbent) 124,697 80.6
Republican Benito Benny Bernal 29,995 19.4
Total votes 154,692 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tony Cárdenas (incumbent) 119,420 56.6
Democratic Angélica Dueñas 91,524 43.4
Total votes 210,944 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tony Cárdenas (incumbent) 69,915 58.5
Democratic Angélica Dueñas 49,520 41.5
Total votes 119,435 100.0
Democratic hold

2024

California's 29th congressional district, 2024[41][42]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Luz Rivas 40,096 49.3
Republican Benito Bernal 21,446 26.4
Democratic Angelica Dueñas 19,844 24.4
Total votes 81,386 100.0
General election
Democratic Luz Rivas 146,312 69.8
Republican Benito Bernal 63,374 30.2
Total votes 209,686 100.0
Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

  • 2013–2023
    2013–2023

From 2003 to 2013, the district consisted of parts of northern Los Angeles, including Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena. Due to redistricting after the 2010 United States census, the district shifted northwest within Los Angeles County and includes the northern San Fernando Valley.

See also

References

  1. ^ US Census
  2. ^ "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  3. ^ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::fc9d2d06-7c7f-451c-92cb-122127a79c29
  4. ^ "Supplement to Statement of Vote" (PDF). November 8, 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  5. ^ "Supplement to Statement of Vote" (PDF). November 5, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  6. ^ "California FIPS Codes". National Weather Service. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  7. ^ 1952 election results
  8. ^ 1954 election results
  9. ^ 1956 election results
  10. ^ 1958 election results
  11. ^ 1960 election results
  12. ^ 1962 election results
  13. ^ 1964 election results
  14. ^ 1966 election results
  15. ^ 1968 election results
  16. ^ 1970 election results
  17. ^ 1972 election results
  18. ^ 1974 election results
  19. ^ 1976 election results
  20. ^ 1978 election results
  21. ^ 1980 election results
  22. ^ 1982 election results
  23. ^ 1984 election results
  24. ^ 1986 election results
  25. ^ 1988 election results
  26. ^ 1990 election results
  27. ^ 1992 election results
  28. ^ 1994 election results
  29. ^ 1996 election results
  30. ^ 1998 election results
  31. ^ 2000 election results
  32. ^ 2002 election results
  33. ^ 2004 election results
  34. ^ 2006 election results
  35. ^ 2008 election results
  36. ^ 2010 election results
  37. ^ 2012 election results
  38. ^ 2014 election results
  39. ^ 2016 election results
  40. ^ 2018 election results
  41. ^ Cite error: The named reference primaryresults was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  42. ^ Cite error: The named reference genr1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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