California's 43rd Congressional District

California's 43rd Congressional District

Incumbent

Maxine Waters

Assumed office: January 3, 2013

California's 43rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Maxine Waters (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 43rd Congressional District election, 2024

California's 43rd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 43

Incumbent Maxine Waters defeated Steve Williams in the general election for U.S. House California District 43 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maxine Waters (D)	75.1	160,080
		Steve Williams (R)	24.9	53,152

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 213,232
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 43

Incumbent Maxine Waters and Steve Williams defeated David Knight, Chris B. Wiggins, and Gregory Cheadle in the primary for U.S. House California District 43 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maxine Waters (D)	69.8	54,673
✔		Steve Williams (R)	13.9	10,896
		David Knight (R)	7.2	5,647
		Chris B. Wiggins (D)	6.4	4,999
		Gregory Cheadle (D)	2.7	2,075

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,290
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Regina Simes (R)

2022

See also: California's 43rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 43

Incumbent Maxine Waters defeated Omar Navarro in the general election for U.S. House California District 43 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maxine Waters (D)	77.3	95,462
		Omar Navarro (R)	22.7	27,985

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 123,447
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 43

Incumbent Maxine Waters and Omar Navarro defeated Allison Pratt and Jean M. Monestime in the primary for U.S. House California District 43 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maxine Waters (D)	74.3	55,889
✔		Omar Navarro (R)	11.9	8,927
		Allison Pratt (R)	7.3	5,489
	Submit photo	Jean M. Monestime (D)	6.6	4,952

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 75,257
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2020

See also: California's 43rd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 43

Incumbent Maxine Waters defeated Joe Collins in the general election for U.S. House California District 43 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maxine Waters (D)	71.7	199,210
		Joe Collins (R)	28.3	78,688

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 277,898
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 43

Incumbent Maxine Waters and Joe Collins defeated Omar Navarro in the primary for U.S. House California District 43 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maxine Waters (D)	78.1	100,468
✔		Joe Collins (R)	11.0	14,189
		Omar Navarro (R)	10.8	13,939

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 128,596
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ron Kelly (Independent)
• Reginald Keys (Independent)

2018

See also: California's 43rd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 43

Incumbent Maxine Waters defeated Omar Navarro in the general election for U.S. House California District 43 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maxine Waters (D)	77.7	152,272
		Omar Navarro (R)	22.3	43,780

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 196,052
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 43

Incumbent Maxine Waters and Omar Navarro defeated Frank DeMartini, Edwin Duterte, and Miguel Angel Zuniga in the primary for U.S. House California District 43 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maxine Waters (D)	72.3	63,908
✔		Omar Navarro (R)	14.2	12,522
		Frank DeMartini (R)	7.0	6,156
		Edwin Duterte (R)	4.2	3,673
	Submit photo	Miguel Angel Zuniga (G)	2.3	2,074

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 88,333
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Forest Baker (R)
• Candance Camper (R)

2016

See also: California's 43rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Maxine Waters (D) defeated Omar Navarro (R) 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 43 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Maxine Waters Incumbent	76.1%	167,017
	Republican	Omar Navarro	23.9%	52,499
Total Votes				219,516
Source: California Secretary of State

U.S. House, California District 43 Primary, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Maxine Waters Incumbent	76.1%	92,909
	Republican	Omar Navarro	23.9%	29,152
Total Votes				122,061
Source: California Secretary of State

2014

See also: California's 43rd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 43rd Congressional District of California held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Maxine Waters (D) defeated John Wood (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 43 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Maxine Waters Incumbent	71%	69,681
	Republican	John Wood	29%	28,521
Total Votes				98,202
Source: California Secretary of State

2012

See also: California's 43rd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 43rd Congressional District of California held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. District 35 incumbent Maxine Waters won election in the district.

U.S. House, California District 43 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Maxine Waters Incumbent	71.2%	143,123
	Democratic	Bob Flores	28.8%	57,771
Total Votes				200,894
Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Joe Baca won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Scott Folkens (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 43 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joe Baca incumbent	65.5%	70,026
	Republican	Scott Folkens	34.5%	36,890
Total Votes				106,916

2008
On November 4, 2008, Joe Baca won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Roberts (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 43 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joe Baca incumbent	69.1%	108,259
	Republican	John Roberts	30.9%	48,312
Total Votes				156,571

2006
On November 7, 2006, Joe Baca won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Scott Folkens (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 43 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joe Baca incumbent	64.5%	52,791
	Republican	Scott Folkens	35.5%	29,069
Total Votes				81,860

2004
On November 2, 2004, Joe Baca won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ed Laning (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 43 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joe Baca incumbent	66.4%	86,830
	Republican	Ed Laning	33.6%	44,004
Total Votes				130,834

2002
On November 5, 2002, Joe Baca won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Wendy Neighbor (R) and Ethel Mohler (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 43 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joe Baca incumbent	66.4%	45,374
	Republican	Wendy Neighbor	30.5%	20,821
	Libertarian	Ethel Mohler	3.1%	2,145
Total Votes				68,340

2000
On November 7, 2000, Ken Calvert won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bill Reed (L) and Nathaniel Adam (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 43 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ken Calvert incumbent	73.7%	140,201
	Libertarian	Bill Reed	15.6%	29,755
	Natural Law	Nathaniel Adam	10.7%	20,376
Total Votes				190,332

1998
On November 3, 1998, Ken Calvert won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mike Rayburn (D), Phill Courtney (G) and Annie Wallack (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 43 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ken Calvert incumbent	55.7%	83,012
	Democratic	Mike Rayburn	37.8%	56,373
	Green	Phill Courtney	3.7%	5,508
	Natural Law	Annie Wallack	2.8%	4,178
Total Votes				149,071

1996
On November 5, 1996, Ken Calvert won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Guy Kimbrough (D), Annie Wallack (Natural Law), Kevin Akin (P&F) and Gene Berkman (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 43 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ken Calvert incumbent	54.7%	97,247
	Democratic	Guy Kimbrough	38%	67,422
	Natural Law	Annie Wallack	3.7%	6,576
	Peace and Freedom	Kevin Akin	1.9%	3,309
	Libertarian	Gene Berkman	1.7%	3,086
Total Votes				177,640

1994
On November 8, 1994, Ken Calvert won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mark Takano (D) and Gene Berkman (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 43 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ken Calvert incumbent	54.7%	84,500
	Democratic	Mark Takano	38.4%	59,342
	Libertarian	Gene Berkman	6.2%	9,636
	N/A	Write-in	0.6%	908
Total Votes				154,386

1992
On November 3, 1992, Ken Calvert won election to the United States House. He defeated Mark Takano (D), Gary Odom (American Independent) and Gene Berkman (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 43 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ken Calvert	46.7%	88,987
	Democratic	Mark Takano	46.4%	88,468
	American Independent	Gary Odom	3.2%	6,095
	Libertarian	Gene Berkman	2.6%	4,989
	N/A	Write-in	1.1%	2,100
Total Votes				190,639

1990
On November 6, 1990, Ron Packard won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Doug Hansen (P&F) and Richard Arnold (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 43 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ron Packard incumbent	68.1%	151,206
	Peace and Freedom	Doug Hansen	18.1%	40,212
	Libertarian	Richard Arnold	13.8%	30,720
Total Votes				222,138

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.

California District 43
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California District 43
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2010-2011

This is the 43rd 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+27. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 27 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 43rd the 23rd 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 43rd the 15th 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) 80.8%-17.0%.

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 43rd 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 received 80.8% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 17.0%.

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+29. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 29 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 43rd Congressional District the 26th 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 0.97. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.97 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in California
• California's 43rd Congressional District election, 2024
• California's 43rd Congressional District election, 2022
• California's 43rd Congressional District election, 2020
• California's 43rd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 43

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)