California's 32nd Congressional District

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California's 32nd Congressional District

Incumbent

Brad Sherman

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

California's 32nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Brad Sherman (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

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: California's 32nd Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: California's 32nd Congressional District election, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House California District 32

The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House California District 32 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Christopher Ahuja (D)
		Dory Benami (D)
	Submit photo	Orissa Ishii (D)
	Submit photo	Wyatt Karem (D)
	Submit photo	Jake Levine (D)
	Submit photo	Mia Phillips (D)
		Josh Sautter (D)
		Anna Wilding (D)
		Larry Thompson (R)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jake Rakov (D)

See also: California's 32nd Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 32

Incumbent Brad Sherman (D) defeated Larry Thompson (R) in the general election for U.S. House California District 32 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Sherman (D)	66.2	212,934
		Larry Thompson (R)	33.8	108,711

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 321,645
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Nonpartisan primary

Nonpartisan primary election for U.S. House California District 32

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 32 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Sherman (D)	58.6	91,952
✔		Larry Thompson (R)	19.1	29,939
		James Shuster (R)	10.6	16,601
		Christopher Ahuja (D)	8.1	12,637
		Douglas Smith (D)	1.6	2,504
	Submit photo	Dave Abbitt (D)	1.1	1,665
		Trevor Witt (D)	1.0	1,635

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 156,933
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Brown (D)
• Geoffrey Wolfe (D)

See also: California's 32nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 32

Incumbent Brad Sherman (D) defeated Lucie Volotzky (R) in the general election for U.S. House California District 32 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Sherman (D)	69.2	167,411
		Lucie Volotzky (R)	30.8	74,618

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 242,029
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Nonpartisan primary

Nonpartisan primary election for U.S. House California District 32

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 32 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Sherman (D)	53.7	88,063
✔		Lucie Volotzky (R)	19.7	32,342
		Shervin Aazami (D)	9.2	15,036
		Melissa Toomim (R)	8.5	13,926
		Aarika Rhodes (D)	5.3	8,744
		Jason Potell (D)	1.8	2,943
		Raji Rab (D)	1.8	2,938

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 163,992
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mumin Khan (D)

See also: California's 32nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 32

Incumbent Grace Napolitano (D) defeated Joshua Scott (R) in the general election for U.S. House California District 32 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Grace Napolitano (D)	66.6	172,942
		Joshua Scott (R)	33.4	86,818

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 259,760
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Nonpartisan primary

Nonpartisan primary election for U.S. House California District 32

Incumbent Grace Napolitano (D) and Joshua Scott (R) defeated Emanuel Gonzales (D) and Meshal Kashifalghita (D) in the primary for U.S. House California District 32 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Grace Napolitano (D)	51.7	60,011
✔		Joshua Scott (R)	28.2	32,707
		Emanuel Gonzales (D)	12.5	14,475
		Meshal Kashifalghita (D)	7.7	8,958

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 116,151
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mary Ann Lutz (D)
• Andre Quintero (D)
• Raul Madrigal (D)

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 32

Incumbent Grace Napolitano (D) defeated Joshua Scott (R) in the general election for U.S. House California District 32 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Grace Napolitano (D)	68.8	121,759
		Joshua Scott (R)	31.2	55,272

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 177,031
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Nonpartisan primary

Nonpartisan primary election for U.S. House California District 32

Incumbent Grace Napolitano (D) and Joshua Scott (R) advanced from the primary for U.S. House California District 32 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Grace Napolitano (D)	99.9	56,674
✔		Joshua Scott (R)	0.1	42

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 56,716
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mary Ann Lutz (D)
• Andre Quintero (D)

Previous election results

2016

See also: California's 32nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Grace Napolitano (D) defeated Roger Hernandez (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Napolitano and Hernandez defeated Gordon Fisher (R) in the top-two primary on June 7, 2016.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano Incumbent	61.6%	114,926
	Democratic	Roger Hernandez	38.4%	71,720
Total Votes				186,646
Source: California Secretary of State

U.S. House, California District 32 General Primary, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano Incumbent	51.4%	54,987
	Democratic	Roger Hernandez	24.7%	26,386
	Republican	Gordon Fisher	23.9%	25,594
Total Votes				106,967
Source: California Secretary of State

2014

See also: California's 32nd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 32nd Congressional District of California held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Grace Napolitano (D) defeated Art Alas (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano Incumbent	59.7%	50,353
	Republican	Art Alas	40.3%	34,053
Total Votes				84,406
Source: California Secretary of State

2012

See also: California's 32nd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 32nd Congressional District of California held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. District 38 incumbent Grace Napolitano won election in the district.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano Incumbent	65.7%	124,903
	Republican	David Miller	34.3%	65,208
Total Votes				190,111
Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Judy Chu won election to the United States House. She defeated Edward Schmerling (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Judy Chu incumbent	71%	77,759
	Republican	Edward Schmerling	29%	31,697
Total Votes				109,456

2009 special
On July 14, 2009, Judy Chu won election to the United States House. She defeated three candidates in the special general election.

U.S. House, California District 32 Special election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Judy Chu	61.9%	16,194
	Republican	Betty Chu	33%	8,630
	Libertarian	Christopher M. Agrelia	5.2%	1,356
	Write-in	Eleanor Garcia	0%	2
Total Votes				26,182
Source: Results via California State Board of Elections

2008
On November 4, 2008, Hilda Solis won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Innocent Osunwa (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Hilda Solis incumbent	100%	130,142
	Write-in	Innocent Osunwa	0%	8
Total Votes				130,150

2006
On November 7, 2006, Hilda Solis won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Leland Faegre (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Hilda Solis incumbent	83%	76,059
	Libertarian	Leland Faegre	17%	15,627
Total Votes				91,686

2004
On November 2, 2004, Hilda Solis won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Leland Faegre (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Hilda Solis incumbent	85%	119,144
	Libertarian	Leland Faegre	15%	21,002
Total Votes				140,146

2002
On November 5, 2002, Hilda Solis won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Emma Fischbeck (R) and Michael McGuire (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Hilda Solis incumbent	68.8%	58,530
	Republican	Emma Fischbeck	27.5%	23,366
	Libertarian	Michael McGuire	3.7%	3,183
Total Votes				85,079

2000
On November 7, 2000, Julian Dixon won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kathy Williamson (R), Bob Weber (L) and Rashied Jibri (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Julian Dixon incumbent	83.5%	137,447
	Republican	Kathy Williamson	12.1%	19,924
	Libertarian	Bob Weber	2.4%	3,875
	Natural Law	Rashied Jibri	2%	3,281
Total Votes				164,527

1998
On November 3, 1998, Julian Dixon won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Laurence Ardito (R) and Velko Milosevich (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Julian Dixon incumbent	86.7%	112,253
	Republican	Laurence Ardito	11.3%	14,622
	Libertarian	Velko Milosevich	2%	2,617
Total Votes				129,492

1996
On November 5, 1996, Julian Dixon won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Larry Ardito (R), Neal Donner (L) and Rashied Jibri (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Julian Dixon incumbent	82.4%	124,712
	Republican	Larry Ardito	12.4%	18,768
	Libertarian	Neal Donner	4.2%	6,390
	Natural Law	Rashied Jibri	1%	1,557
Total Votes				151,427

1994
On November 8, 1994, Julian Dixon won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ernie Farhat (R) and John Honigsfeld (P&F) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Julian Dixon incumbent	77.6%	98,017
	Republican	Ernie Farhat	17.6%	22,190
	Peace and Freedom	John Honigsfeld	4.8%	6,099
Total Votes				126,306

1992
On November 3, 1992, Julian Dixon won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bob Weber (L) and William Williams (P&F) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Julian Dixon incumbent	87.2%	150,644
	Libertarian	Bob Weber	7.2%	12,384
	Peace and Freedom	William Williams	5.7%	9,782
	N/A	Write-in	0%	2
Total Votes				172,812

1990
On November 6, 1990, Glenn Anderson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Sanford Kahn (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 32 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Glenn Anderson incumbent	61.5%	68,268
	Republican	Sanford Kahn	38.5%	42,692
Total Votes				110,960

District map

Redistricting

2025-2026

See also: Redistricting in California ahead of the 2026 elections

After Texas Republicans launched their congressional redistricting effort, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) tweeted on July 15, 2025, "two can play that game." In August 2025, California began taking official action toward congressional redistricting ahead of the 2026 elections. Redistricting in California required the passage of a constitutional amendment in a November special election to permit the adoption of a replacement map through 2030. On August 21, 2025, the California Legislature passed a redistricting plan setting a special election for a constitutional amendment to redraw the state's congressional district boundaries. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed the two bills and scheduled a Nov. 4, 2025, special election. Voters approved the proposition by a 65%-35% vote, allowing the map that would make five districts more favorable to Democrats to take effect.

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in California after the 2020 census

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.

2020

2024

2010-2011

This is the 32nd 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+17. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 17 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 32nd the 79 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+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 32nd the 68th 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) 69.5%-28.7%.

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+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 32nd the 67th 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 69.5% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 28.7%.

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+17. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 17 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 32nd Congressional District the 77th 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 0.85. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.85 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in California
• California's 32nd Congressional District election, 2024
• California's 32nd Congressional District election, 2022
• California's 32nd Congressional District election, 2020
• California's 32nd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 32

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)