California's 44th Congressional District

California's 44th Congressional District

Incumbent

Nanette Barragán

Assumed office: January 3, 2017

California's 44th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Nanette Barragán (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 44th Congressional District election, 2024

California's 44th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 44

Incumbent Nanette Barragán defeated Roger Groh in the general election for U.S. House California District 44 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nanette Barragán (D)	71.4	164,765
		Roger Groh (R)	28.6	66,087

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 230,852
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 44

Incumbent Nanette Barragán and Roger Groh advanced from the primary for U.S. House California District 44 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nanette Barragán (D)	70.8	63,622
✔		Roger Groh (R)	29.2	26,188

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 89,810
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2022

See also: California's 44th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 44

Incumbent Nanette Barragán defeated Paul Irving Jones in the general election for U.S. House California District 44 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nanette Barragán (D)	72.2	100,160
		Paul Irving Jones (R)	27.8	38,554

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 138,714
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 44

Incumbent Nanette Barragán and Paul Irving Jones defeated Morris Griffin in the primary for U.S. House California District 44 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nanette Barragán (D)	68.7	58,594
✔		Paul Irving Jones (R)	24.1	20,569
		Morris Griffin (D)	7.2	6,110

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 85,273
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2020

See also: California's 44th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 44

Incumbent Nanette Barragán defeated Analilia Joya in the general election for U.S. House California District 44 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nanette Barragán (D)	67.8	139,661
	Submit photo	Analilia Joya (D)	32.2	66,375

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 206,036
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 44

Incumbent Nanette Barragán and Analilia Joya defeated Billy Earley and Morris Griffin in the primary for U.S. House California District 44 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nanette Barragán (D)	63.5	57,033
✔	Submit photo	Analilia Joya (D)	14.5	13,032
	Submit photo	Billy Earley (R)	13.2	11,846
		Morris Griffin (D)	8.8	7,901

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 89,812
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nanci Nohely Navarro Serratos (D)
• William Raymond Orton (R)
• Annette McDonald Trani (D)
• Aaron Nettles (D)

2018

See also: California's 44th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 44

Incumbent Nanette Barragán defeated Aja Brown in the general election for U.S. House California District 44 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nanette Barragán (D)	68.3	97,944
	Submit photo	Aja Brown (D)	31.7	45,378

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 143,322
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 44

Incumbent Nanette Barragán and Aja Brown defeated Jazmina Saavedra and Stacey Dash in the primary for U.S. House California District 44 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nanette Barragán (D)	65.5	39,453
✔	Submit photo	Aja Brown (D)	17.0	10,257
		Jazmina Saavedra (R)	10.2	6,153
		Stacey Dash (R)	7.2	4,361

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 60,224
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Isadore Hall, III (D)
• Ashley Wright (Independent)

2016

See also: California's 44th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Janice Hahn (D) did not seek re-election in 2016. Nanette Barragan (D) defeated Isadore Hall (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Hall and Barragan defeated Martha DelGadillo (D), Morris Griffin (D), Marcus Musante (D), Sylvia Ortiz (D), Armando Sotomayor (D), Christopher Castillo (R), Ronald Siegel (R), and Michael De Mauricio (Independent) in the top-two primary on June 7, 2016.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Nanette Barragan	52.2%	93,124
	Democratic	Isadore Hall	47.8%	85,289
Total Votes				178,413
Source: California Secretary of State

U.S. House, California District 44 Primary, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Isadore Hall	40.1%	40,200
	Democratic	Nanette Barragan	22%	22,031
	Democratic	Armando Sotomayor	10.1%	10,087
	Democratic	Sylvia Ortiz	6%	6,062
	Democratic	Martha DelGadillo	5.8%	5,771
	Republican	Ronald Siegel	5.5%	5,565
	Republican	Christopher Castillo	3.6%	3,651
	Democratic	Morris Griffin	3.6%	3,624
	Democratic	Marcus Musante	2.4%	2,366
	Independent	Michael De Mauricio	0.9%	919
Total Votes				100,276
Source: California Secretary of State

2014

See also: California's 44th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 44th Congressional District of California held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Janice Hahn (D) defeated Adam Shbeita (P&F) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Janice Hahn Incumbent	86.7%	59,670
	Peace and Freedom	Adam Shbeita	13.3%	9,192
Total Votes				68,862
Source: California Secretary of State

2012

See also: California's 44th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 44th Congressional District of California held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. District 36 incumbent Janice Hahn won election in the district.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Janice Hahn Incumbent	60.2%	99,909
	Democratic	Laura Richardson Incumbent	39.8%	65,989
Total Votes				165,898
Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Ken Calvert won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bill Hedrick (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ken Calvert incumbent	55.6%	107,482
	Democratic	Bill Hedrick	44.4%	85,784
Total Votes				193,266

2008
On November 4, 2008, Ken Calvert won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bill Hedrick (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ken Calvert incumbent	51.2%	129,937
	Democratic	Bill Hedrick	48.8%	123,890
Total Votes				253,827

2006
On November 7, 2006, Ken Calvert won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Louis Vandenberg (D) and Kevin Akin (P&F) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ken Calvert incumbent	60%	89,555
	Democratic	Louis Vandenberg	37%	55,275
	Peace and Freedom	Kevin Akin	3%	4,486
Total Votes				149,316

2004
On November 2, 2004, Ken Calvert won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Louis Vandenberg (D) and Kevin Akin (P&F) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ken Calvert incumbent	61.6%	138,768
	Democratic	Louis Vandenberg	35%	78,796
	Peace and Freedom	Kevin Akin	3.4%	7,559
Total Votes				225,123

2002
On November 5, 2002, Ken Calvert won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Louis Vandenberg (D) and Phillip John Courtney (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ken Calvert incumbent	63.7%	76,686
	Democratic	Louis Vandenberg	31.6%	38,021
	Green	Phillip John Courtney	4.8%	5,756
Total Votes				120,463

2000
On November 7, 2000, Mary Bono won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Ron Oden (D), Gene Smith (Reform) and Jim Meuer (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mary Bono incumbent	59.2%	123,738
	Democratic	Ron Oden	37.9%	79,302
	Reform	Gene Smith	2%	4,135
	Natural Law	Jim Meuer	1%	2,012
Total Votes				209,187

1998
On November 3, 1998, Mary Bono won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Ralph Waite (D) and Jim Meuer (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mary Bono incumbent	60.1%	97,013
	Democratic	Ralph Waite	35.7%	57,697
	Natural Law	Jim Meuer	4.2%	6,818
Total Votes				161,528

1996
On November 5, 1996, Sonny Bono won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Anita Rufus (D), Donald Cochran (American Independent) and Karen Wilkinson (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sonny Bono incumbent	57.8%	110,643
	Democratic	Anita Rufus	38.6%	73,844
	American Independent	Donald Cochran	2%	3,888
	Natural Law	Karen Wilkinson	1.6%	3,143
Total Votes				191,518

1994
On November 8, 1994, Sonny Bono won election to the United States House. He defeated Steve Clute (D) and Donald Cochran (American Independent) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sonny Bono	55.6%	95,521
	Democratic	Steve Clute	38.1%	65,370
	American Independent	Donald Cochran	6.3%	10,885
Total Votes				171,776

1992
On November 3, 1992, Al McCandless won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Georgia Smith (D) and Phil Turner (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Al McCandless incumbent	54.2%	110,333
	Democratic	Georgia Smith	40.1%	81,693
	Libertarian	Phil Turner	5.7%	11,515
Total Votes				203,541

1990
On November 6, 1990, Randy Cunningham won election to the United States House. He defeated Jim Bates (D), Donna White (P&F) and John Wallner (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 44 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Randy Cunningham	46.3%	50,377
	Democratic	Jim Bates incumbent	44.8%	48,712
	Peace and Freedom	Donna White	4.8%	5,237
	Libertarian	John Wallner	4%	4,385
Total Votes				108,711

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 44
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California District 44
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2010-2011

This is the 44th 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+19. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 19 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 44th the 61st 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+24. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 24 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 44th the 41st 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) 72.9%-24.7%.

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+24. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 24 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 44th the 43rd 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 72.9% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 24.7%.

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 44th Congressional District the 13th 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 0.79. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.79 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in California
• California's 44th Congressional District election, 2024
• California's 44th Congressional District election, 2022
• California's 44th Congressional District election, 2020
• California's 44th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 44

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)