California's 15th Congressional District
Currently, the district includes most of San Mateo County and the southeast side of San Francisco. Cities in the district include Daly City, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame, Hillsborough, San Mateo, Foster City, San Carlos, Belmont, Redwood City and East Palo Alto.
Prior to the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections, the district covered most of eastern and southwestern Alameda County as well as part of Contra Costa County. Cities and CDPs in the district included Castro Valley, Dublin, Hayward, Livermore, Pleasanton, Sunol, and Union City; most of San Ramon; and parts of Danville and Fremont. The new 15th district roughly corresponds to the old 14th district and vice versa.
Election results from statewide races
Year | U.S. President | U.S. Senator (Class 1) | U.S. Senator (Class 3) | Governor |
---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Clinton 46.3 – 30.3% | Feinstein 59.3 – 33.4% | Boxer 51.1 – 38.3% | |
1994 | Feinstein 52.3 – 39.2% | Wilson 51.3 – 43.3% | ||
1996 | Clinton 52.7 – 35.2% | |||
1998 | Boxer 54.5 – 41.3% | Davis 60.8 – 35% | ||
2000 | Gore 56.7 – 37.8% | Feinstein 54.6 – 39.8% | ||
2002 | Davis 55.0 – 33.4% | |||
2003 | Recall: ![]() | |||
Schwarzenegger 40.8 – 37.2% | ||||
2004 | Kerry 62.9 – 35.9% | Boxer 64.9 – 30.8% | ||
2006 | Feinstein 68.5 – 26.2% | Schwarzenegger 53.6 – 41.3% | ||
2008 | Obama 68.4 – 29.7% | |||
2010 | Boxer 61.8 – 33.0% | Brown 59.8 – 36.2% | ||
2012 | Obama 68.0 – 29.8% | Feinstein 70.7 – 29.3% | ||
2014 | Brown 69.7 – 30.3% | |||
2016 | Clinton 69.9 – 24.4% | Harris 69.8 – 30.2% | ||
2018 | Feinstein 57.3 – 42.7% | Newsom 69 – 31% | ||
2020 | Biden 71.5 – 26.4% | |||
2021 | Recall: ![]() | |||
2022 | Padilla 75.5 – 24.5% | Newsom 76.6 – 23.4% |
Composition
# | County | Seat | Population |
---|---|---|---|
81 | San Mateo | Redwood City | 737,888 |
As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 15th congressional district is part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It encompasses the east coast of San Mateo County, which is split between this district and the 16th district. They are partitioned by the San Francisquito Creek, Menalto Ave, Willow Rd, S Perimeter Rd, W Perimeter Rd, Bay Rd, Marsh Rd, Middlefield Rd, Highway 82, Highway 84, Alameda de las Pulgas, Woodhill Dr, Farm Hill Blvd, The Loop Rd, Jefferson Ave, Summit Way, California Way, Junipero Serra Freeway, and Highway 35. The 15th district takes in the cities of San Mateo, Daly City, South San Francisco, Redwood City, Burlingame, San Bruno, Millbrae, East Palo Alto, San Carlos, Foster City, and Belmont, the town of Hillsborough, as well as the census designated place North Fair Oaks.
Along with San Mateo County, the 15th district also takes in the San Francisco neighborhoods of Crocker Amazon, Excelsior, Little Hollywood, Mission Terrace, Oceanview, Outer Mission, Portola, and Visitacion Valley.
Cities & CDP with 10,000 or more people
- San Mateo - 105,661
- Daly City - 104,901
- Redwood City - 84,292
- South San Francisco - 66,105
- San Bruno - 43,908
- Foster City - 33,805
- Burlingame - 31,386
- San Carlos - 30,722
- East Palo Alto - 30,034
- Belmont - 28,335
- Millbrae - 23,216
- North Fair Oaks - 14,027
- Hillsborough - 11,387
List of members representing the district
Election results
1932
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William I. Traeger | 67,390 | 52.8 | ||
Democratic | John M. Costello | 57,518 | 45.1 | ||
No party | Errol Shour (write-in) | 2,721 | 2.1 | ||
Total votes | 127,663 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican win (new seat) |
1934
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John M. Costello | 67,247 | 50.5 | |||
Republican | William I. Traeger (Incumbent) | 65,858 | 49.5 | |||
Total votes | 133,161 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1936
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John M. Costello (Incumbent) | 99,107 | 69.0 | |
Republican | Ernest Sawyer | 44,559 | 31.0 | |
Total votes | 143,718 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1938
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John M. Costello (Incumbent) | 83,086 | 60.1 | |
Republican | O. D. Thomas | 51,483 | 37.3 | |
Communist | Emil Freed | 2,951 | 2.1 | |
Total votes | 138,132 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1940
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John M. Costello (Incumbent) | 94,435 | 56.2 | |
Republican | Norris Nelson | 71,667 | 42.6 | |
Communist | Emil Freed | 2,004 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 168,155 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1942
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John M. Costello (Incumbent) | 88,798 | 86.1 | |
Prohibition | B. Tarkington Dowden | 10,185 | 9.9 | |
Communist | Philip Gardner | 3,989 | 3.9 | |
Total votes | 103,094 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1944
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough | 100,305 | 56.6 | |||
Democratic | Hal Styles | 73,655 | 41.6 | |||
Prohibition | Johannes Nielson-Lange | 2,694 | 1.5 | |||
Total votes | 177,081 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1946
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 106,020 | 99.4 | |
Turnout | 106,628 | |||
Republican hold |
1948
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 131,933 | 83.0 | |
Progressive | Maynard Omerberg | 27,007 | 17.0 | |
Total votes | 159,031 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1950
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 112,704 | 87.1 | |
Progressive | Jeanne Cole | 16,559 | 12.8 | |
Total votes | 129,352 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 142,545 | 99.7 | |
Turnout | 142,932 | |||
Republican hold |
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 77,651 | 56.9 | |
Democratic | Frank O'Sullivan | 58,785 | 43.1 | |
Total votes | 136,445 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1956
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 97,182 | 57.9 | |
Democratic | Emery Petty | 70,681 | 42.1 | |
Total votes | 167,865 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 77,267 | 52.0 | |
Democratic | Emery Petty | 71,192 | 48.0 | |
Total votes | 148,482 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1960
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (Incumbent) | 89,234 | 51.3 | |
Democratic | Norman Martell | 84,650 | 48.5 | |
Total votes | 174,035 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John J. McFall (Incumbent) | 97,322 | 70 | |
Republican | Clifford B. Bull | 41,726 | 30 | |
Total votes | 139,048 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John J. McFall (Incumbent) | 109,560 | 70.9 | |
Republican | Kenneth Gibson | 44,977 | 29.1 | |
Total votes | 154,537 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John J. McFall (Incumbent) | 81,733 | 57 | |
Republican | Sam Van Dyken | 61,550 | 43 | |
Total votes | 143,283 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John J. McFall (Incumbent) | 85,761 | 53.8 | |
Republican | Sam Van Dyken | 73,685 | 46.2 | |
Total votes | 159,446 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John J. McFall (Incumbent) | 98,442 | 63.1 | |
Republican | Sam Van Dyken | 55,546 | 35.6 | |
American Independent | Francis E. "Gill" Gillings | 1,994 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 155,982 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John J. McFall (Incumbent) | 145,273 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (Incumbent) | 80,205 | 72 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 31,361 | 28 | |
Total votes | 111,566 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (Incumbent) | 92,735 | 72.2 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 35,700 | 27.8 | |
Total votes | 128,435 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Tony Coelho | 75,212 | 60.1 | |
Republican | Chris Patterakis | 49,914 | 39.9 | |
Total votes | 125,126 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Tony Coelho (Incumbent) | 108,072 | 71.8 | |
Republican | Ron Schwartz | 37,895 | 25.2 | |
Libertarian | Michael L. Pullen | 4,524 | 3.0 | |
Total votes | 150,491 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Tony Coelho (Incumbent) | 86,022 | 63.7 | |
Republican | Ed Bates | 45,948 | 34.0 | |
Libertarian | Stephen L. Gerringer | 3,073 | 2.3 | |
Total votes | 135,043 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Tony Coelho (Incumbent) | 109,590 | 65.5 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 54,730 | 32.7 | |
Libertarian | Richard M. Harris | 3,086 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 167,406 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Tony Coelho (Incumbent) | 93,600 | 71.0 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 35,793 | 27.2 | |
Libertarian | Richard M. Harris | 2,382 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 131,775 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Tony Coelho (Incumbent) | 118,710 | 69.8 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 47,957 | 28.2 | |
Libertarian | Richard M. Harris | 3,526 | 2.1 | |
Total votes | 170,193 | 100.0 | ||
Total votes | 70,753 | 41.6 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1989 (Special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Gary Condit | 57.1 | ||
Republican | Claire L. Berryhill | 35.0 | ||
Republican | Robert J. Weimer | 3.3 | ||
Republican | Cliff Burris | 2.6 | ||
Libertarian | Roy Shrimp | 0.9 | ||
Republican | Chris Patterakis | 0.4 | ||
Republican | David M. "Dave" Williams | 0.4 | ||
Republican | Jack E. McCoy | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Gary Condit (Incumbent) | 97,147 | 66.2 | |
Republican | Cliff Burris | 49,634 | 33.8 | |
Total votes | 146,781 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Norm Mineta (Incumbent) | 168,617 | 63.5 | |
Republican | Robert Wick | 82,875 | 31.2 | |
Libertarian | Duggan Dieterly | 13,293 | 5.0 | |
No party | Futrell (write-in) | 585 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 265,370 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Norm Mineta (Incumbent) | 119,921 | 59.90 | |
Republican | Robert Wick | 80,266 | 40.09 | |
No party | Liu (write-in) | 17 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 200,204 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
1995 (Special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom Campbell | 54,372 | 58.85 | |||
Democratic | Jerry Estruth | 33,051 | 35.77 | |||
Independent | Linh Kieu Dao | 4,922 | 5.33 | |||
Reform | Connor Vlakancic (write-in) | 42 | 0.05 | |||
Total votes | 92,387 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom Campbell (Incumbent) | 132,737 | 58.6 | |
Democratic | Dick Lane | 79,048 | 34.9 | |
Reform | Valli Sharpe-Geisler | 6,230 | 2.7 | |
Libertarian | Ed Wimmers | 5,481 | 2.4 | |
Natural Law | Bruce Currivan | 3,372 | 1.4 | |
Republican | Linh Dao (write-in) | 9 | 0.0 | |
Republican | Connor Vlakancic (write-in) | 9 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 226,886 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom Campbell (Incumbent) | 111,876 | 60.54 | |
Democratic | Dick Lane | 70,059 | 37.91 | |
Natural Law | Frank Strutner | 2,843 | 1.54 | |
Republican | Constant Vlakancic (write-in) | 8 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 184,786 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mike Honda | 128,545 | 54.3 | |||
Republican | Jim Cunneen | 99,866 | 42.2 | |||
Libertarian | Ed Wimmers | 4,820 | 2.0 | |||
Natural Law | Douglas C. Gorney | 3,591 | 1.5 | |||
No party | Phillip Kronzer (write-in) | 82 | 0.0 | |||
Total votes | 236,904 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mike Honda (Incumbent) | 87,482 | 65.8 | |
Republican | Linda Rae Hermann | 41,251 | 31.0 | |
Libertarian | Jeff Landauer | 4,289 | 3.2 | |
Total votes | 133,022 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mike Honda (Incumbent) | 154,385 | 72.1 | |
Republican | Raymond Chukwu | 59,953 | 27.9 | |
Total votes | 214,338 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mike Honda (Incumbent) | 115,532 | 72.4 | |
Republican | Raymond Chukwu | 44,186 | 27.6 | |
Total votes | 186,718 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mike Honda (Incumbent) | 170,977 | 71.66 | |
Republican | Joyce Stoer Cordi | 55,489 | 23.26 | |
Green | Peter Myers | 12,123 | 5.08 | |
Total votes | 238,589 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mike Honda (Incumbent) | 126,147 | 67.60 | |
Republican | Scott Kirkland | 60,468 | 32.40 | |
Total votes | 186,615 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eric Swalwell | 120,388 | 52.1 | |
Democratic | Pete Stark (Incumbent) | 110,646 | 47.9 | |
Total votes | 231,034 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eric Swalwell (Incumbent) | 99,756 | 69.8 | |
Republican | Hugh Bussell | 43,150 | 30.2 | |
Total votes | 142,906 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eric Swalwell (Incumbent) | 198,578 | 73.8 | |
Republican | Danny R. Turner | 70,619 | 26.2 | |
Total votes | 269,197 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eric Swalwell (Incumbent) | 177,989 | 73.0 | |
Republican | Rudy L. Peters Jr. | 65,940 | 27.0 | |
Total votes | 243,929 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eric Swalwell (incumbent) | 242,991 | 70.9 | |
Republican | Alison Hayden | 99,710 | 29.1 | |
Total votes | 342,701 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kevin Mullin | 108,077 | 55.5 | |
Democratic | David Canepa | 86,797 | 44.5 | |
Total votes | 194,874 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |