California's 34th Congressional District

California's 34th Congressional District

Incumbent

Jimmy Gomez

Assumed office: July 11, 2017

California's 34th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Jimmy Gomez (D).

As of the 2020 Census, California representatives represented an average of 761,091 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 704,566 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: California's 34th Congressional District election, 2024

California's 34th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 34

Incumbent Jimmy Gomez defeated David Kim in the general election for U.S. House California District 34 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jimmy Gomez (D)	55.6	105,394
		David Kim (D)	44.4	84,020

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 189,414
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 34

Incumbent Jimmy Gomez and David Kim defeated Calvin Lee, Aaron Reveles, and David Ferrell in the primary for U.S. House California District 34 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jimmy Gomez (D)	51.2	41,611
✔		David Kim (D)	27.9	22,703
		Calvin Lee (R)	14.1	11,495
		Aaron Reveles (Peace and Freedom Party)	4.0	3,223
		David Ferrell (D)	2.8	2,312

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 81,344
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2022

See also: California's 34th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 34

Incumbent Jimmy Gomez defeated David Kim in the general election for U.S. House California District 34 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jimmy Gomez (D)	51.2	62,244
		David Kim (D)	48.8	59,223

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 121,467
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 34

Incumbent Jimmy Gomez and David Kim defeated Clifton Rio Torrado VonBuck in the primary for U.S. House California District 34 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jimmy Gomez (D)	50.7	45,376
✔		David Kim (D)	39.0	34,921
	Submit photo	Clifton Rio Torrado VonBuck (R)	10.2	9,150

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 89,447
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2020

See also: California's 34th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 34

Incumbent Jimmy Gomez defeated David Kim in the general election for U.S. House California District 34 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jimmy Gomez (D)	53.0	108,792
		David Kim (D)	47.0	96,554

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 205,346
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 34

Incumbent Jimmy Gomez and David Kim defeated Frances Yasmeen Motiwalla, Joanne Wright, and Keanakay Scott in the primary for U.S. House California District 34 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jimmy Gomez (D)	52.0	57,066
✔		David Kim (D)	21.0	23,055
		Frances Yasmeen Motiwalla (D)	13.6	14,961
		Joanne Wright (R)	7.7	8,482
		Keanakay Scott (D)	5.6	6,089

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 109,653
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Shannel Pittman (G)
• Vanessa Aramayo (D)

2018

See also: California's 34th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 34

Incumbent Jimmy Gomez defeated Kenneth Mejia in the general election for U.S. House California District 34 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jimmy Gomez (D)	72.5	110,195
		Kenneth Mejia (G)	27.5	41,711

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 151,906
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 34

Incumbent Jimmy Gomez and Kenneth Mejia defeated Angela McArdle in the primary for U.S. House California District 34 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jimmy Gomez (D)	78.7	54,661
✔		Kenneth Mejia (G)	12.9	8,987
		Angela McArdle (L)	8.4	5,804

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 69,452
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Simon Alvarez (R)

2017

See also: California's 34th Congressional District special election, 2017

U.S. House, California District 34, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jimmy Gomez	59.2%	25,569
	Democratic	Robert Lee Ahn	40.8%	17,610
Total Votes				43,179
Source: California Secretary of State

The election replaced Xavier Becerra (D), who was appointed as California's attorney general. Democrats Jimmy Gomez and Robert Lee Ahn were the top two vote-getters in a primary field of 23 candidates and advanced to the general election. Gomez and Ahn competed in the runoff election on June 6, 2017, when Gomez defeated Ahn by more than 20 percent, 60.1 percent to 30.9 percent. The previous two elections in the district have also featured a general election contest between two Democrats.

Ahn and Gomez participated in a candidate forum on May 25, 2017, where they discussed the Trump administration, infrastructure, job creation, healthcare, and local issues. During the forum, Ahn emphasized his legal and business background and knowledge of Korean relations, while Gomez highlighted his legislative experience in the California State Assembly and endorsements from progressive organizations like the Bernie Sanders-backed Our Revolution. For an overview of the forum and the candidates' responses, click here.

In the fundraising race, Ahn outpaced Gomez, raising $353,000 between April 1 and May 17. His campaign capital was boosted by an additional $195,000 personal loan. In the same time period, Gomez raised $327,000.

U.S. House, California District 34 Primary, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jimmy Gomez	25.4%	10,728
	Democratic	Robert Lee Ahn	22.3%	9,415
	Democratic	Maria Cabildo	10.1%	4,259
	Democratic	Sara Hernandez	5.6%	2,358
	Democratic	Arturo Carmona	5.2%	2,205
	Democratic	Wendy Carrillo	5.2%	2,195
	Green	Kenneth Mejia	4.6%	1,964
	Republican	William Morrison	3.2%	1,360
	Democratic	Yolie Flores	3.2%	1,368
	Democratic	Alejandra Campoverdi	2.4%	1,001
	Democratic	Tracy Van Houten	2.5%	1,042
	Democratic	Vanessa Aramayo	2%	853
	Democratic	Sandra Mendoza	1.6%	674
	Democratic	Steven Mac	1.6%	663
	Democratic	Raymond Meza	1.2%	509
	Independent	Mark Edward Padilla	1%	427
	Libertarian	Angela McArdle	0.8%	319
	Democratic	Ricardo De La Fuente	0.8%	331
	Democratic	Adrienne Nicole Edwards	0.4%	182
	Democratic	Richard Joseph Sullivan	0.4%	155
	Democratic	Armando Sotomayor	0.3%	118
	Democratic	Tenaya Wallace	0.2%	103
	Democratic	Melissa "Sharkie" Garza	0.2%	79
Total Votes				42,308
Source: California Secretary of State

2016

See also: California's 34th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Xavier Becerra (D) defeated Adrienne Nicole Edwards (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Both candidates advanced past the top-two primary on June 7, 2016, by default.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra Incumbent	77.2%	122,842
	Democratic	Adrienne Nicole Edwards	22.8%	36,314
Total Votes				159,156
Source: California Secretary of State

U.S. House, California District 34 Primary, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra Incumbent	78.6%	71,982
	Democratic	Adrienne Nicole Edwards	21.4%	19,624
Total Votes				91,606
Source: California Secretary of State

2014

See also: California's 34th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 34th Congressional District of California held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Xavier Becerra (D) defeated Adrienne Nicole Edwards (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra Incumbent	72.5%	44,697
	Democratic	Adrienne Nicole Edwards	27.5%	16,924
Total Votes				61,621
Source: California Secretary of State

2012

See also: California's 34th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 34th Congressional District of California held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. District 31 incumbent Xavier Becerra won election in the district.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra Incumbent	85.6%	120,367
	Republican	Stephen Smith	14.4%	20,223
Total Votes				140,590
Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Lucille Roybal-Allard won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Wayne Miller (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard incumbent	77.2%	69,382
	Republican	Wayne Miller	22.8%	20,457
Total Votes				89,839

2008
On November 4, 2008, Lucille Roybal-Allard won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Christopher Balding (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard incumbent	77.1%	98,503
	Republican	Christopher Balding	22.9%	29,266
Total Votes				127,769

2006
On November 7, 2006, Lucille Roybal-Allard won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Wayne Miller (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard incumbent	76.8%	57,459
	Republican	Wayne Miller	23.2%	17,359
	N/A	Write-in	0%	1
Total Votes				74,819

2004
On November 2, 2004, Lucille Roybal-Allard won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Wayne Miller (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard incumbent	74.5%	82,282
	Republican	Wayne Miller	25.5%	28,175
Total Votes				110,457

2002
On November 5, 2002, Lucille Roybal-Allard won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Wayne Miller (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard incumbent	74%	48,734
	Republican	Wayne Miller	26%	17,090
Total Votes				65,824

2000
On November 7, 2000, Grace Napolitano won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Robert Arthur Canales (R) and Julia Simon (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano incumbent	71.3%	105,980
	Republican	Robert Arthur Canales	22.5%	33,445
	Natural Law	Julia Simon	6.2%	9,262
Total Votes				148,687

1998
On November 3, 1998, Grace Napolitano won election to the United States House. She defeated Ed Perez (R), Jason Heath (L) and Walter Scott (American Independent) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano	67.6%	76,471
	Republican	Ed Perez	28.6%	32,321
	Libertarian	Jason Heath	1.9%	2,195
	American Independent	Walter Scott	1.8%	2,088
Total Votes				113,075

1996
On November 5, 1996, Esteban Edward Torres won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Nunez (R), J. Walter Scott (American Independent) and David Argall (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Esteban Edward Torres incumbent	68.4%	94,730
	Republican	David Nunez	26.6%	36,852
	American Independent	J. Walter Scott	3%	4,122
	Libertarian	David Argall	2%	2,736
Total Votes				138,440

1994
On November 8, 1994, Esteban Edward Torres won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Albert Nunez (R) and Carl Swinney (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Esteban Edward Torres incumbent	61.7%	72,439
	Republican	Albert Nunez	34.1%	40,068
	Libertarian	Carl Swinney	4.2%	4,921
	N/A	Write-in	0%	27
Total Votes				117,455

1992
On November 3, 1992, Esteban Edward Torres won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jay Hernandez (R) and Carl Swinney (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Esteban Edward Torres incumbent	61.3%	91,738
	Republican	Jay Hernandez	34%	50,907
	Libertarian	Carl Swinney	4.7%	7,072
	N/A	Write-in	0%	1
Total Votes				149,718

1990
On November 6, 1990, Esteban Edward Torres won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Eastman (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 34 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Esteban Edward Torres incumbent	60.7%	55,646
	Republican	John Eastman	39.3%	36,024
Total Votes				91,670

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in California after the 2020 census

The California Citizens Redistricting Commission voted 14-0 in favor of a new congressional district map on December 20, 2021, and delivered those maps to the secretary of state on December 27, 2021. California was apportioned 52 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, a net loss of one seat compared to apportionment after the 2010 census. This map took effect for California's 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in California work? In California, a non-politician commission draws both congressional and state legislative district lines. Established in 2008 by ballot initiative, the commission comprises 14 members: five Democrats, five Republicans, and four belonging to neither party. A panel of state auditors selects the pool of nominees from which the commissioners are appointed. This pool comprises 20 Democrats, 20 Republicans, and 20 belonging to neither party. The majority and minority leaders of both chambers of the state legislature may each remove two members from each of the aforementioned groups. The first eight commission members are selected at random from the remaining nominees. These first eight comprise three Democrats, three Republicans, and two belonging to neither party. The first eight commissioners appoint the remaining six, which must include two Democrats, two Republicans, and two belonging to neither party.

Commissioners must meet the following requirements in order to serve:

1. Members must have voted in at least two of the last three statewide elections.
2. Members cannot have switched party affiliation for at least five years.
3. "Neither commissioners nor immediate family may have been, within 10 years of appointment, a candidate for federal or state office or member of a party central committee; an officer, employee, or paid consultant to a federal or state candidate or party; a registered lobbyist or paid legislative staff; or a donor of more than $2,000 to an elected candidate."
4. Members cannot be "staff, consultants or contractors for state or federal government" while serving as commissioners. The same prohibition applies to the family of commission members.

In order to approve a redistricting plan, nine of the commission's 14 members must vote for it. These nine must include three Democrats, three Republicans, and three belonging to neither party. Maps drawn by the commission may be overturned by public referendum. In the event that a map is overturned by the public, the California Supreme Court must appoint a group to draw a new map.

The California Constitution requires that districts be contiguous. Further, the state constitution mandates that "to the extent possible, [districts] must ... preserve the geographic integrity of cities, counties, neighborhoods and communities of interest." Districts must also "encourage compactness." State Senate and Assembly districts should be nested within each other where possible.

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2010-2011

This is the 34th Congressional District of California after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in California after the 2010 census

In 2011, the California State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+28. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 28 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 34th the 18th most Democratic district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+32. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 32 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 34th the 14th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 81.0%-16.7%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+32. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 32 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 34th the 13th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 81.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 16.7%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+35. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 35 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 34th Congressional District the 12th most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.01. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.01 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in California
• California's 34th Congressional District election, 2024
• California's 34th Congressional District election, 2022
• California's 34th Congressional District election, 2020
• California's 34th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 34

Footnotes

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California's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Alex Padilla (D)

Adam Schiff (D)

Representatives

District 1

Doug LaMalfa (R)

District 2

Jared Huffman (D)

District 3

Kevin Kiley (R)

District 4

Mike Thompson (D)

District 5

Tom McClintock (R)

District 6

Ami Bera (D)

District 7

Doris Matsui (D)

District 8

John Garamendi (D)

District 9

Josh Harder (D)

District 10

Mark DeSaulnier (D)

District 11

Nancy Pelosi (D)

District 12

Lateefah Simon (D)

District 13

Adam Gray (D)

District 14

Eric Swalwell (D)

District 15

Kevin Mullin (D)

District 16

Sam Liccardo (D)

District 17

Ro Khanna (D)

District 18

Zoe Lofgren (D)

District 19

Jimmy Panetta (D)

District 20

Vince Fong (R)

District 21

Jim Costa (D)

District 22

David Valadao (R)

District 23

Jay Obernolte (R)

District 24

Salud Carbajal (D)

District 25

Raul Ruiz (D)

District 26

Julia Brownley (D)

District 27

George Whitesides (D)

District 28

Judy Chu (D)

District 29

Luz Rivas (D)

District 30

Laura Friedman (D)

District 31

Gil Cisneros (D)

District 32

Brad Sherman (D)

District 33

Pete Aguilar (D)

District 34

Jimmy Gomez (D)

District 35

Norma Torres (D)

District 36

Ted Lieu (D)

District 37

Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D)

District 38

Linda Sánchez (D)

District 39

Mark Takano (D)

District 40

Young Kim (R)

District 41

Ken Calvert (R)

District 42

Robert Garcia (D)

District 43

Maxine Waters (D)

District 44

Nanette Barragán (D)

District 45

Derek Tran (D)

District 46

Lou Correa (D)

District 47

Dave Min (D)

District 48

Darrell Issa (R)

District 49

Mike Levin (D)

District 50

Scott Peters (D)

District 51

Sara Jacobs (D)

District 52

Juan Vargas (D)

Democratic Party (45)

Republican Party (9)