California's 14th Congressional District

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California's 14th Congressional District

Incumbent

Eric Swalwell

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

California's 14th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Eric Swalwell (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 14th Congressional District election, 2024

California's 14th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 14

Incumbent Eric Swalwell defeated Vin Kruttiventi in the general election for U.S. House California District 14 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eric Swalwell (D)	67.8	187,263
		Vin Kruttiventi (R)	32.2	89,125

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 276,388
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 14

Incumbent Eric Swalwell and Vin Kruttiventi defeated Alison Hayden and Luis Reynoso in the primary for U.S. House California District 14 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eric Swalwell (D)	66.7	84,075
✔		Vin Kruttiventi (R)	17.6	22,134
		Alison Hayden (R)	9.5	11,948
		Luis Reynoso (R)	6.2	7,812

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 125,969
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steve Iyer (R)
• Joseph Grcar (R)

2022

See also: California's 14th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 14

Incumbent Eric Swalwell defeated Alison Hayden in the general election for U.S. House California District 14 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eric Swalwell (D)	69.3	137,612
		Alison Hayden (R)	30.7	60,852

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 198,464
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 14

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 14 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eric Swalwell (D)	63.6	77,120
✔		Alison Hayden (R)	10.3	12,503
		Tom Wong (R)	9.4	11,406
		Steve Iyer (R)	8.9	10,829
		James Peters (D)	5.1	6,216
		Major Singh (Independent)	2.1	2,495
	Submit photo	Liam Miguel Simard (Independent)	0.5	657

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 121,226
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2020

See also: California's 14th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 14

Incumbent Jackie Speier defeated Ran Petel in the general election for U.S. House California District 14 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jackie Speier (D)	79.3	278,300
		Ran Petel (R)	20.7	72,705

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 351,005
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 14

Incumbent Jackie Speier and Ran Petel defeated Cristos Goodrow (Unofficially withdrew) and Eric Taylor in the primary for U.S. House California District 14 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jackie Speier (D)	77.3	158,158
✔		Ran Petel (R)	15.9	32,447
	Submit photo	Cristos Goodrow (D) (Unofficially withdrew)	3.8	7,843
		Eric Taylor (Independent)	3.0	6,081

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 204,529
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2018

See also: California's 14th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 14

Incumbent Jackie Speier defeated Cristina Osmeña in the general election for U.S. House California District 14 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jackie Speier (D)	79.2	211,384
		Cristina Osmeña (R)	20.8	55,439

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 266,823
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 14

Incumbent Jackie Speier and Cristina Osmeña advanced from the primary for U.S. House California District 14 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jackie Speier (D)	79.4	123,900
✔		Cristina Osmeña (R)	20.6	32,054

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 155,954
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2016

See also: California's 14th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Jackie Speier (D) defeated Angel Cardenas (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Speier was the only candidate listed on the primary ballot. Cardenas won the second spot on the general election ballot by being the write-in candidate who received the most votes.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jackie Speier Incumbent	80.9%	231,630
	Republican	Angel Cardenas	19.1%	54,817
Total Votes				286,447
Source: California Secretary of State

U.S. House, California District 14 Primary, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jackie Speier Incumbent	99%	144,719
	Republican (Write-in)	Angel Cardenas	1%	1,400
Total Votes				146,119
Source: California Secretary of State

2014

See also: California's 14th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 14th Congressional District of California held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Jackie Speier (D) defeated Robin Chew (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jackie Speier Incumbent	76.7%	114,389
	Republican	Robin Chew	23.3%	34,757
Total Votes				149,146
Source: California Secretary of State

2012

See also: California's 14th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 14th Congressional District of California held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. The incumbent from the 12th District, Jackie Speier, won election in the district.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jackie Speier Incumbent	78.9%	203,828
	Republican	Deborah Bacigalupi	21.1%	54,455
Total Votes				258,283
Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Anna Eshoo won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Dave Chapman (R) and Paul Lazaga (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo incumbent	69.1%	151,217
	Republican	Dave Chapman	27.8%	60,917
	Libertarian	Paul Lazaga	3.1%	6,735
Total Votes				218,869

2008
On November 4, 2008, Anna Eshoo won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Ronny Santana (R), Brian Holtz (L) and Carol Brouillet (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo incumbent	69.8%	190,301
	Republican	Ronny Santana	22.2%	60,610
	Libertarian	Brian Holtz	4.4%	11,929
	Green	Carol Brouillet	3.6%	9,926
Total Votes				272,766

2006
On November 7, 2006, Anna Eshoo won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Rob Smith (R), Brian Holtz (L) and Carol Brouillet (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo incumbent	71.1%	141,153
	Republican	Rob Smith	24.2%	48,097
	Libertarian	Brian Holtz	2.4%	4,692
	Green	Carol Brouillet	2.3%	4,633
Total Votes				198,575

2004
On November 2, 2004, Anna Eshoo won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Chris Haugen (R) and Brian Holtz (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo incumbent	69.8%	182,712
	Republican	Chris Haugen	26.6%	69,564
	Libertarian	Brian Holtz	3.7%	9,588
	N/A	Write-in	0%	24
Total Votes				261,888

2002
On November 5, 2002, Anna Eshoo won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Joseph Henry Nixon (R) and Andrew Barnard Carver (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo incumbent	68.2%	117,055
	Republican	Joseph Henry Nixon	28.2%	48,346
	Libertarian	Andrew Barnard Carver	3.7%	6,277
Total Votes				171,678

2000
On November 7, 2000, Anna Eshoo won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Bill Quraishi (R), Joseph Dehn, III (L) and John Black (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo incumbent	70.2%	161,720
	Republican	Bill Quraishi	25.8%	59,338
	Libertarian	Joseph Dehn, III	2%	4,715
	Natural Law	John Black	1.9%	4,489
Total Votes				230,262

1998
On November 3, 1998, Anna Eshoo won re-election to the United States House. She defeated John C. Haugen (R), Joseph Dehn, III (L), Anna Currivan (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo incumbent	68.6%	129,663
	Republican	John C. Haugen	28.4%	53,719
	Libertarian	Joseph Dehn, III	1.7%	3,166
	Natural Law	Anna Currivan	1.3%	2,362
Total Votes				188,910

1996
On November 5, 1996, Anna Eshoo won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Ben Brink (R), Timothy Thompson (P&F), Joseph Dehn, III (L) and Robert Wells (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo incumbent	64.8%	148,773
	Republican	Ben Brink	31.2%	71,571
	Peace and Freedom	Timothy Thompson	1.6%	3,653
	Libertarian	Joseph Dehn, III	1.5%	3,492
	Natural Law	Robert Wells	0.9%	2,144
Total Votes				229,633

1994
On November 8, 1994, Anna Eshoo won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Ben Brink (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo incumbent	60.6%	120,713
	Republican	Ben Brink	39.4%	78,475
Total Votes				199,188

1992
On November 3, 1992, Anna Eshoo won election to the United States House. She defeated Tom Huening (R), Chuck Olson (L) and David Wald (P&F) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo	56.7%	146,873
	Republican	Tom Huening	39%	101,202
	Libertarian	Chuck Olson	2.8%	7,220
	Peace and Freedom	David Wald	1.5%	3,912
	N/A	Write-in	0%	15
Total Votes				259,222

1990
On November 6, 1990, John Doolittle won election to the United States House. He defeated Patricia Malberg (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 14 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Doolittle	51.5%	128,309
	Democratic	Patricia Malberg	48.5%	120,742
Total Votes				249,051

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 14
until January 2, 2023

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California District 14
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2010-2011

This is the 14th 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+20. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 20 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 14th the 59th 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+22. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 22 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 14th the 57th 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) 71.7%-26.2%.

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+22. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 22 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 14th the 57th 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 71.7% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 26.2%.

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+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 14th Congressional District the 37th 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 0.83. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.83 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in California
• California's 14th Congressional District election, 2024
• California's 14th Congressional District election, 2022
• California's 14th Congressional District election, 2020
• California's 14th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 14

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)