| State: | California |
| District Number: | 9 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections). After the 2020 redistricting cycle, this district will include the California cities of Tracy and Manteca, but will not include Brentwood nor Lathrop. |
| Representative: | Josh Harder |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Tracy |
| Population: | 769,426 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $86,062[1] |
| Percent White: | 28.7 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 41.5 |
| Percent Black: | 7.3 |
| Percent Asian: | 16.5 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 4.4 |
| Percent Other Race: | 1.5 |
| Cpvi: | D+5[2] |
California's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. Josh Harder, a Democrat, has represented the district since January 2023.
Prior to redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission of 2011, the 9th district encompassed part of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Cities in the district included Oakland, Berkeley and Castro Valley. Most of that area became parts of 13th district, while the 9th district in 2012 through 2022 was primarily made up of portions of the 18th and 11th districts from the 2002 through 2012.
Since the redistricting prior to the 2012 election, the 9th district centered on Stockton. It consisted of most of San Joaquin County and portions of Contra Costa and Sacramento counties. Cities in the district include Galt, Oakley, Lodi, Mountain House, and Stockton.[3]
With the redistricting in advance of the 2022 elections in California, the 9th district is still centered on Stockton. However, Tracy, Manteca, and Ripon, which were formerly in California's 10th congressional district, are now part of this district, while Antioch, Lathrop and Brentwood are no longer in the district. Antioch and Brentwood are part of the new 10th district, which is now west of the 9th district (as opposed to south).[4] Lathrop will be part of the new 13th district.[5]
John Kerry won the penultimate version of the district in 2004 with 85.9% of the vote. Barack Obama swept the same district in 2008 with 88.13% of the vote while John McCain received 9.87% of the vote, making it Obama's best and McCain's worst performance in California. The latter version of the 9th district (starting in 2012) was substantially more competitive, though it also favored the Democratic Party. According to poll-aggregation website FiveThirtyEight, the 2022 version of the district leans toward the Democratic Party.[6]
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | President | Clinton 78.7 - 12.4% |
| U.S. Senator | Boxer 80.5 - 14.5% | |
| U.S. Senator | Feinstein 82.9 - 13.0% | |
| 1994 | Governor | |
| U.S. Senator | ||
| 1996 | President | |
| 1998 | Governor | |
| U.S. Senator | ||
| 2000 | President[7] | Gore 78.6 - 12.0% |
| Senator[8] | Feinstein 73.1 - 12.2% | |
| 2002 | Governor[9] | Davis 67.5 - 12.8% |
| 2003 | Recall[10] [11] | 82.1 - 17.9% |
| Bustamante 66.2 - 14.7% | ||
| 2004 | President[12] | Kerry 85.9 - 12.6% |
| Senator[13] | Boxer 84.4 - 11.1% | |
| 2006 | Governor[14] | Angelides 67.3 - 24.0% |
| Senator[15] | Feinstein 81.4 - 8.3% | |
| 2008 | President[16] | Obama 88.1 - 9.9% |
| 2010 | Governor | Brown 85.1 - 11.4% |
| Senator | Boxer 84.8 - 11.7% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 58.2 - 40.0% |
| Senator | Feinstein 59.6 - 40.4% | |
| 2014 | Governor[17] | Brown 55.1 - 44.9% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 56.6 - 38.0% |
| Senator | Harris 59.0 - 41.0% | |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 53.9 - 46.1% |
| Senator | de Leon 51.2 - 48.8% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 57.9 - 39.9% |
| 2021 | Recall[18] [19] | 55.2 - 44.8% |
| align="right" | Elder 52.5 - 6.5% | |
| 2022 | Governor[20] | Dahle 52.5 - 47.5% |
| Senator | Padilla 50.8 - 49.2% |
San Joaquin County is split between this district and the 13th district. They are partitioned by Union Pacific, Highway 380, S Tracy Blvd, the California Aqueduct, S Banta Rd, Highway 5, Paradise Cut, S Manthey Rd, Walthall Slough, E West Ripon Rd, Kincaid Rd, Hutchinson Rd, and Stanislaus River. The 9th district takes in the cities of Stockton, Tracy, Manteca, and Lodi.
Contra Costa County is split between this district and the 10th district. They are partitioned by Old River, Italian Slough, Western Farms Ranch Rd, Rankin Rd, Highway J14, Byron Hot Springs Rd, Camino Diablo, Kellogg Creek, Sellers Ave, Brentwood Blvd, Alloro Dr, Ghiggeri Dr, Emilio Dr, Guthrie Ln, Balfour Rd, Chestnut St, Byron Highway, Orwood Rd, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Werner Dredger Cut, and Rock Slough. The 9th district takes in the census-designated place Discovery Bay.
Stanislaus County is split between this district and the 13th district. Lon Dale Rd, Highway J9, Highway J14, River Rock Rd, Lesnini Creek, Sonora Rd, and Stanislaus River. The 9th district takes in the Woodward Reservoir, and the only census-designated place within it is Valley Home.
| Representative | Party | Dates | Cong ress | Electoral history | Counties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1913 | |||||||||
| align=left | Charles W. Bell | Progressive | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | Elected in 1912. Lost re-election. | Los Angeles outside Los Angeles city | |||
| align=left | Charles Hiram Randall | Prohibition | nowrap | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921 | Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Lost re-election. | ||||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1921 – April 11, 1921 | Representative-elect Charles F. Van de Water died November 20, 1920. | ||||||
| align=left | Walter F. Lineberger | Republican | nowrap | April 11, 1921 – March 3, 1927 | Elected to finish Van de Water's term. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | ||||
| align=left | William E. Evans | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933 | Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the . | ||||
| align=left | Denver S. Church | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | Elected in 1932. Retired. | 1933–1943 Fresno, Kings, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus | |||
Bertrand W. Gearhart | Republican | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949 | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Lost re-election. | ||||||
| 1943–1953 Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus | |||||||||
| align=left | Cecil F. White | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | Elected in 1948. Lost re-election. | ||||
| align=left | Allan O. Hunter | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | Elected in 1950. Redistricted to the . | ||||
| align=left | J. Arthur Younger | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 | Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the . | San Mateo | |||
Don Edwards | Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1975 | Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Redistricted to the . | 1963–1967 Eastern Santa Clara | |||||
| 1967–1973 Southwest Alameda, most of Santa Clara | |||||||||
| 1973–1975 Southwest Alameda, northeast Santa Clara | |||||||||
| align=left | Pete Stark | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the . | 1975–1983 Alameda outside Oakland | |||
| align=left | Ron Dellums | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – February 6, 1998 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Resigned. | 1993–2003 Alameda (Berkeley, Oakland) | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | February 6, 1998 – April 7, 1998 | |||||||
Barbara Lee | Democratic | April 7, 1998 – January 3, 2013 | Elected to finish Dellums's term. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the . | ||||||
| 2003–2013 Alameda (Berkeley, Oakland) | |||||||||
| align=left | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retired. | 2013–2023 Central Valley including San Joaquin Delta and Stockton | |||
| align=left | Josh Harder | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2023 – present | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022. | 2023–present: northern San Joaquin Valley | |||
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Republican Walter F. Lineberger won the special election to replace fellow Republican Charles F. Van de Water, who won the election but died before the 67th Congress convened. Data for this special election is not available.[21]