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The partisan breakdown of this proposed map in California
Status:Tabled
partisan lean of districts:
Old map
53 districts
majority
This map
52 districts-1
There are 39 Democratic-leaning seats, 7 Republican-leaning seats and 6 highly competitive seats in this proposed map.Change from old map: -5 Democratic-leaning seats, +4 highly competitive seats.
The competitiveness and fairness of California's maps
Median seat
Difference between the partisan lean of the state’s median district and the state as a whole.
Old mapD+5.2
December 15th commission draft iterationD+3.9
December 13th commission draft iterationD+3.9
December 18th commission draft iterationD+3.8
New mapD+3.2
Commission-approved draft planD+3.1
Efficiency gap
Difference between each party’s share of “wasted votes” — those that don’t contribute to a candidate winning.
Commission-approved draft planD+7.7
Old mapD+6.1
December 13th commission draft iterationD+5.4
December 15th commission draft iterationD+5.4
December 18th commission draft iterationD+5.3
New mapD+5.3
Competitiveness
The number of districts in the state whose partisan leans are between R+5 and D+5.
Commission-approved draft plan6/52
December 13th commission draft iteration4/52
December 15th commission draft iteration4/52
December 18th commission draft iteration3/52
Old map2/53
New map2/52
The demographic and partisan breakdown of this proposed map in California
White
Black
Hispanic
Asian
Other
DistrictIncumbentPartisan leanRacial makeup
1st
Doug LaMalfaR
R+24
2nd
Jared HuffmanD
D+45
3rd
Mike ThompsonD
D+31
4th
Tom McClintockR
R+11
5th
John GaramendiD
D+51
6th
Ami BeraD
D+32
7th
Doris O. MatsuiD
D+16
8th
Jay ObernolteR
R+16
9th
Jerry McNerneyD
D+12
10th
OPEN
R+15
11th
Mark DeSaulnierD
D+33
12th
Nancy PelosiD
D+71
13th
Barbara LeeD
D+76
14th
Jackie SpeierD
D+53
15th
Eric SwalwellD
D+42
16th
Jim CostaD
Josh HarderD
D+11
17th
Ro KhannaD
D+47
18th
Anna G. EshooD
D+51
19th
Zoe LofgrenD
D+37
20th
Jimmy PanettaD
D+37
21st
David G. ValadaoR
D+3
22nd
Devin NunesR
D+5
23rd
Kevin McCarthyR
R+24
24th
Salud CarbajalD
D+24
25th
Mike GarciaR
D+8
26th
Julia BrownleyD
D+15
27th
Judy ChuD
D+24
28th
Adam SchiffD
D+48
29th
Tony CárdenasD
D+46
30th
Brad ShermanD
D+39
31st
Pete AguilarD
D+23
32nd
Grace NapolitanoD
D+39
33rd
Ted LieuD
D+37
34th
Jimmy GomezD
D+64
35th
Norma TorresD
D+27
36th
Raul RuizD
D+12
37th
Karen BassD
D+70
38th
Linda SánchezD
D+28
39th
Young KimR
D+5
40th
Lucille Roybal-AllardD
Nanette Diaz BarragánD
D+51
41st
Mark TakanoD
D+23
42nd
Ken CalvertR
R+5
43rd
Maxine WatersD
D+69
44th
Katie PorterD
R+2
45th
J. Luis CorreaD
D+29
46th
Alan LowenthalD
D+38
47th
Michelle SteelR
D+4
48th
Mike LevinD
D+3
49th
Darrell E. IssaR
R+6
50th
Juan VargasD
D+34
51st
Scott PetersD
D+35
52nd
Sara JacobsD
D+2

The racial makeup of each district is of the voting-age population.

The latest in California

Dec. 27, 2021

On Dec. 26, California’s independent citizen redistricting commission unanimously voted to certify the state’s new congressional map.

Overall, the map creates 43 Democratic-leaning seats, seven Republican-leaning seats and two highly competitive seats. That’s essentially the same mix as the current map, although California did lose one seat through reapportionment, and that seat was ultimately Democratic-leaning. Notably, too, despite being drawn by an independent commission, the new map is moderately biased toward Democrats, according to our fairness metrics.

Democrats actually lost a seat from the old map given California lost a seat in the reapportionment process, but the new map mostly offers incumbents a lifeline. For instance, in central California, Democratic Rep. Josh Harder’s district was made much redder, going from highly competitive (R+1) to solidly Republican-leaning (R+17) so he’ll now be likely to run in the neighboring 13th District instead. Democratic Rep. Katie Porter also will be running in a new district, which makes sense given her current district went from a partisan lean of D+6 to R+4. (The 47th where Porter is now running has a partisan lean of D+6.)

And yes, two Democratic representatives, Lucille Roybal-Allard and Alan Lowenthal, were drawn into the same district given California lost a district, but given the deep blue hue of that seat it will almost certainly be filled by a Democrat. (Both Lowenthal and Roybal-Allard are retiring.)

Republicans, on the other hand, face a number of districts that got a lot less friendly to them. For instance, Republican Rep. Devin Nunes’s 21st District is much bluer now, going from R+11 in the current map to D+16 in the new map, although Nunes recently announced he’s resigning from Congress at the end of the year, so that change is no longer an issue for him. Republican Rep. Tom McClintock’s district also became bluer, shifting from solidly Republican (R+15) to Republican-leaning (R+8). It’s also required Republican Reps. Michelle Steel and Young Kim to reassess where they’ll run. (Kim will run in the more Republican-leaning 40th District while Steel will run in the bluer 45th District.)

One other big takeaway from the new map is that about one-third of the new districts are majority-Hispanic — an increase of at least three districts — which makes sense because much of California’s growth over the past decade happened in Hispanic communities. That may lead to an increase in Latino representatives, and overall represents greater political power for Latino voters. According to the Los Angeles Times, advocates for Black and Asian American voters were also pleased with the results, saying that gains for Hispanic voters did not come at other minority voters’ expense.

Latest updates
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Feb. 14
The forty-five day window to challenge California's new congressional or legislative maps has expired. No lawsuits were filed, the maps will now be in place until 2031.
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Dec. 27, 2021
California Citizens Redistricting Commission delivered state congressional and legislative maps to California Secretary of State.
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Dec. 20, 2021
The California Citizen Redistricting Commission approved final maps for state legislature and congress. The final maps and data files can be found at the commission's website.
Who controls redistricting in California right now?
Neither party fully controls the congressional redistricting process. New maps are drawn and enacted by an independent commission made up of citizens.