California's 38th congressional district

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1 Representation
2 Demographics
3 Election results
- 3.1 2006
- 3.2 2004

[edit] Representation

The 38th District of California is a U.S. Congressional district centered around suburban Los Angeles. This seat is held by Democrat Grace Flores Napolitano.

[edit] Demographics

The district covers several cities in the Southeast and San Gabriel Valley areas including Norwalk, Pomona, Santa Fe Springs, La Puente, the City of Industry, Montebello, and Pico Rivera, plus the unincorporated communities of Avocado Heights, Hacienda Heights, West Puente Valley, and parts of Whittier, East Los Angeles, Rowland Heights, South San Gabriel, and Valinda.

In 2000, the two dominant parties in the state of California co-operatively redrew both state and federal legislative districts to preserve the status quo, ensuring the electoral safety of the politicians, thereby reducing the amount of influence the electorate have over elections. Therefore, the 38th district is gerrymandered. However, the Voting Rights Act directs districts to be created to increase minority representation. According to the Almanac of American Politics, one of the reasons the 38th District is so shaped is to have a majority of Hispanics. The major cities of East Los Angeles, Montebello, Norwalk, and Pomona are all majority Latino enclaves surrounded on the east, north, and south by majority white and Asian communities, many of whom vote Republican.^{[citation needed]}

George W. Bush received 34% of the vote in this district in 2004. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of D +20.

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2006

United States House election, 2006: California District 38
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Grace Flores Napolitano	75,181	75.4
	Republican	Sidney W. Street	24,620	24.6
Majority			50,561	50.8
Turnout			99,801
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 2004

United States House election, 2004: California District 38
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Grace Flores Napolitano	116,851	100.0	+28.7
Majority			116,851	100.0
Turnout			116,851
	Democratic hold		Swing	+27.4

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