California's 11th Congressional District

California's 11th Congressional District

Incumbent

Nancy Pelosi

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

California's 11th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Nancy Pelosi (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 11th Congressional District election, 2024

California's 11th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 11

Incumbent Nancy Pelosi defeated Bruce Lou in the general election for U.S. House California District 11 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Pelosi (D)	81.0	274,796
		Bruce Lou (R)	19.0	64,315

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 339,111
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 11

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 11 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Pelosi (D)	73.3	138,285
✔		Bruce Lou (R)	8.6	16,285
		Marjorie Mikels (D)	5.0	9,363
		Bianca Von Krieg (D)	4.0	7,634
		Jason Zeng (R)	3.5	6,607
	Submit photo	Jason Boyce (D)	2.3	4,325
	Submit photo	Larry Nichelson (R)	1.8	3,482
	Submit photo	Eve Del Castello (R)	1.5	2,751

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 188,732
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Elijah Lewis Blue (L)

2022

See also: California's 11th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 11

Incumbent Nancy Pelosi defeated John Dennis in the general election for U.S. House California District 11 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Pelosi (D)	84.0	220,848
		John Dennis (R)	16.0	42,217

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 263,065
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 11

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 11 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Pelosi (D)	71.7	133,798
✔		John Dennis (R)	10.7	20,054
		Shahid Buttar (D)	10.4	19,471
	Submit photo	Eve Del Castello (R)	3.9	7,319
		Jeffrey Phillips (D)	1.9	3,595
		Bianca Von Krieg (D)	1.3	2,499

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 186,736
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2020

See also: California's 11th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 11

Incumbent Mark DeSaulnier defeated Nisha Sharma in the general election for U.S. House California District 11 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark DeSaulnier (D)	73.0	271,063
		Nisha Sharma (R)	27.0	100,293

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 371,356
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 11

Incumbent Mark DeSaulnier and Nisha Sharma defeated Michael Ernest Kerr in the primary for U.S. House California District 11 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark DeSaulnier (D)	71.2	151,544
✔		Nisha Sharma (R)	21.4	45,606
		Michael Ernest Kerr (G)	7.4	15,697

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 212,847
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matthew Doyle (D)

2018

See also: California's 11th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 11

Incumbent Mark DeSaulnier defeated John Fitzgerald in the general election for U.S. House California District 11 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark DeSaulnier (D)	74.1	204,369
		John Fitzgerald (R)	25.9	71,312

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 275,681
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 11

Incumbent Mark DeSaulnier and John Fitzgerald defeated Dennis Lytton and Chris Wood in the primary for U.S. House California District 11 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark DeSaulnier (D)	68.3	107,115
✔		John Fitzgerald (R)	23.1	36,279
		Dennis Lytton (D)	5.5	8,695
	Submit photo	Chris Wood (Independent)	3.1	4,789

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 156,878
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2016

See also: California's 11th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Mark DeSaulnier (D) defeated Roger Allen Petersen (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 11 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark DeSaulnier Incumbent	72.1%	214,868
	Republican	Roger Petersen	27.9%	83,341
Total Votes				298,209
Source: California Secretary of State

U.S. House, California District 11 Primary, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark DeSaulnier Incumbent	75.3%	133,317
	Republican	Roger Allen Petersen	24.7%	43,654
Total Votes				176,971
Source: California Secretary of State

2014

See also: California's 11th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 11th Congressional District of California held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Mark DeSaulnier (D) defeated Tue Phan-Quang (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 11 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark DeSaulnier	67.3%	117,502
	Republican	Tue Phan-Quang	32.7%	57,160
Total Votes				174,662
Source: California Secretary of State

2012

See also: California's 11th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 11th Congressional District of California held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. The incumbent from the 7th District, George Miller, won the election in the district.

U.S. House, California District 11 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	George Miller Incumbent	69.7%	200,743
	Republican	Virginia Fuller	30.3%	87,136
Total Votes				287,879
Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Jerry McNerney won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Harmer (R) and David Christensen (American Independent) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 11 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jerry McNerney incumbent	48%	115,361
	Republican	David Harmer	46.9%	112,703
	American Independent	David Christensen	5.2%	12,439
Total Votes				240,503

2008
On November 4, 2008, Jerry McNerney won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dean Andal (R) and David Christensen (American Independent) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 11 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jerry McNerney incumbent	55.3%	164,500
	Republican	Dean Andal	44.7%	133,104
	American Independent	David Christensen	0%	12
Total Votes				297,616

2006
On November 7, 2006, Jerry McNerney won election to the United States House. He defeated incumbent Richard Pombo (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 11 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jerry McNerney	53.3%	109,868
	Republican	Richard Pombo incumbent	46.7%	96,396
Total Votes				206,264

2004
On November 2, 2004, Richard Pombo won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jerry McNerney (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 11 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Richard Pombo incumbent	61.2%	163,582
	Democratic	Jerry McNerney	38.8%	103,587
Total Votes				267,169

2002
On November 5, 2002, Richard Pombo won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Elaine Shaw (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 11 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Richard Pombo incumbent	60.3%	104,921
	Democratic	Elaine Shaw	39.7%	69,035
Total Votes				173,956

2000
On November 7, 2000, Richard Pombo won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tom Santos (D), Kathryn Russow (L) and Jon Kurey (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 11 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Richard Pombo incumbent	57.8%	120,635
	Democratic	Tom Santos	38.1%	79,539
	Libertarian	Kathryn Russow	2.4%	5,036
	Natural Law	Jon Kurey	1.6%	3,397
Total Votes				208,607

1998
On November 3, 1998, Richard Pombo won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Robert Figueroa (D) and Jesse Baird (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 11 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Richard Pombo incumbent	61.4%	95,496
	Democratic	Robert Figueroa	36.2%	56,345
	Libertarian	Jesse Baird	2.3%	3,608
Total Votes				155,449

1996
On November 5, 1996, Richard Pombo won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jason Silva (D), Kelly Rego (L) and Selene Bush (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 11 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Richard Pombo incumbent	59.3%	107,477
	Democratic	Jason Silva	36.2%	65,536
	Libertarian	Kelly Rego	2.8%	5,077
	Natural Law	Selene Bush	1.7%	3,006
Total Votes				181,096

1994
On November 8, 1994, Richard Pombo won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Randy Perry (D) and Joseph Miller (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 11 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Richard Pombo incumbent	62.1%	99,302
	Democratic	Randy Perry	34.9%	55,794
	Libertarian	Joseph Miller	3%	4,718
Total Votes				159,814

1992
On November 3, 1992, Richard Pombo won election to the United States House. He defeated Patricia Garamendi (D) and Christine Roberts (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 11 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Richard Pombo	47.6%	94,453
	Democratic	Patricia Garamendi	45.6%	90,539
	Libertarian	Christine Roberts	6.8%	13,498
Total Votes				198,490

1990
On November 6, 1990, Tom Lantos won election to the United States House. He defeated Bill Quraishi (R) and June Genis (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, California District 11 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tom Lantos	65.9%	105,029
	Republican	Bill Quraishi	28.8%	45,818
	Libertarian	June Genis	5.3%	8,518
Total Votes				159,365

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 11
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2010-2011

This is the 11th 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+36. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 36 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 11th the 6th 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+37. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 37 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 11th the 5th 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) 86.3%-11.7%.

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+37. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 37 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 11th the 5th 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 86.3% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 11.7%.

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+21. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 21 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 11th Congressional District the 60th 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 1.00. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.00 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in California
• California's 11th Congressional District election, 2024
• California's 11th Congressional District election, 2022
• California's 11th Congressional District election, 2020
• California's 11th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 11

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)