| State: | California |
| District Number: | 47 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Population: | 752,940 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $117,944[1] |
| Percent White: | 50.2 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 17.3 |
| Percent Black: | 1.5 |
| Percent Asian: | 24.8 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 5.3 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.6 |
| Cpvi: | D+3[2] |
California's 47th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California.
Following the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district shifted to Orange County to contain Irvine, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and Seal Beach. It is currently represented by Democrat Katie Porter.
The district, a Democratic-leaning swing district with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+3, includes the heavily Democratic city of Irvine, and Republican-leaning coastal cities such as Huntington Beach and Newport Beach.
| Election results from statewide races | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results | |
| 1992 | President[3] | Bush 45.9% – 31.0% | |
| Senator[4] | Herschensohn 58.7% – 33.7% | ||
| Senator (Special) | Seymour 52.3% – 39.9% | ||
| 1994 | Governor[5] | Wilson 65.5% – 27.1% | |
| Senator[6] | Huffington 58.6% – 33.1% | ||
| 1996 | President[7] | align=right | Dole 54.0% – 36.2% |
| 1998 | Governor[8] | Lungren 54.0% – 43.1% | |
| Senator[9] | Fong 58.9% – 37.5% | ||
| 2000 | President[10] | Bush 57.5% – 38.8% | |
| Senator[11] | Campbell 52.2% – 41.2% | ||
| 2002 | Governor[12] | Davis 50.8% – 40.3% | |
| 2003 | Recall[13] [14] | align="right" Yes 61.7% – 38.3% | |
| Schwarzenegger 48.9% – 31.1% | |||
| 2004 | President[15] | Bush 50.0% – 48.6% | |
| Senator[16] | Boxer 57.5% – 35.4% | ||
| 2006 | Governor[17] | Schwarzenegger 53.6% – 40.3% | |
| Senator[18] | Feinstein 59.5% – 33.8% | ||
| 2008 | President[19] | Obama 60.1% – 37.8% | |
| 2010 | Governor[20] | Brown 54.4% – 37.8% | |
| Senator[21] | Boxer 55.7% – 37.0% | ||
| 2012 | President[22] | Obama 60.0% – 37.5% | |
| Senator[23] | Feinstein 61.4% – 38.6% | ||
| 2014 | Governor[24] | Brown 56.5% – 43.5% | |
| 2016 | President[25] | Clinton 62.6% – 31.0% | |
| Senator[26] | Harris 57.7% – 42.3% | ||
| 2018 | Governor[27] | Newsom 61.7% – 38.3% | |
| Lieutenant Governor[28] [29] | Kounalakis 54.8% – 45.2% | ||
| Secretary of State | Padilla 64.1% – 35.9% | ||
| Controller | Yee 65.1% – 34.9% | ||
| Treasurer | Ma 63.8% – 36.2% | ||
| Attorney General | Becerra 63.5% – 36.5% | ||
| Insurance Commissioner | Lara 54.2% – 45.8% | ||
| Board of Equalization, 3rd District | Vazquez 67.6% – 32.4% | ||
| Board of Equalization, 4th District | Anderson 51.5% – 48.5% | ||
| Senator[30] | Feinstein 55.3% – 44.7% | ||
| 2020 | President[31] | Biden 62.4% – 35.3% | |
| 2021 | Recall[32] | align="right" No 62.5% – 37.5% | |
| 2022 | Governor[33] | Dahle 50.3 - 49.7% | |
| Senator[34] | Padilla 50.8 - 49.2% | ||
| Senator (Special)[35] | Padilla 50.8% – 49.2% | ||
Orange County is split between this district, the 45th district, the 46th district, the 40th district, and the 49th district. The 47th, 45th and 46th are partitioned by Highway 405, Old Ranch Parkway, Seal Beach Blvd, St Cloud Dr, Montecito Rd, Rossmoor Center Way, 12240 Seal Beach Blvd-Los Alamitos Army Airfield, Bolsa Chica Channel, Rancho Rd, Harold Pl, Springdale St, 6021 Anacapa Dr-Willow Ln, Edward St, Bolsa Ave, Goldenwest St, McFadden Ave, Union Pacific Railroad, 15241 Cascade Ln-15241 Cedarwood Ave, Highway 39, Edinger Ave, Newland St, Heil Ave, Magnolia St, Warner Ave, Garfield Ave, the Santa Ana River, MacArthur Blvd, Harbor Blvd, Sunflower Ave, Costa Mesa Freeway, E Alton Parkway, and Red Hill Ave.
The 47th, 40th and 49th are partitioned by Barranca Parkway, Jamboree Rd, Warner Ave, Harvard Ave, Myford Rd, Highway 5, Loma Ridge Nature Preserve, Bee Canyon Access Rd, Portola Parkway, Highway 133, Highway 241, Bake Parkway, San Diego Freeway, Ridge Route Dr, Moulton Parkway, Santa Maria Ave, Via Vista, Alta Vis, Santa Vittoria Dr, Avenida del Sol, Punta Alta, Galle Azul, Bahia Blanca W, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Highway S18, Aliso & Wood Canyons, Vista del Sol, Highway 1, Stonington Rd, Virginia Way, 7th Ave, and Laguna Beach.
The 47th district takes in the cities of Costa Mesa, Irvine, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, and Laguna Beach.
| Member | Party | Dates | Cong ress(es) | Electoral history | Counties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created January 3, 1993 | |||||||||
| align=left | Christopher Cox [36] | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the . | 1993–2003 South-Central Orange | |||
| align=left | Loretta Sanchez | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted from the and 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 Central Orange (Anaheim, Garden Grove, Santa Ana) | |||
| align=left | Alan Lowenthal [37] | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023 | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the and retired. | 2013–2023 Orange and Los Angeles (Long Beach) | |||
| align=left | Katie Porter [38] | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2023 – present | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022. Retiring at end of term to run for U.S. senator. | 2023–present: Coastal Orange (Irvine, Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, and Seal Beach) | |||
From 2003 through 2013, the district included many of Orange County's central suburbs, including Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana.
Due to redistricting after the 2010 United States census, the district moved west to parts of Los Angeles County and included Catalina and San Clemente islands. The district also retained parts of Orange County such as Garden Grove.
California's 47th congressional district was the scene of a congressional election (won by a deceased Democrat), and later a congressional special election (won by the Republican incumbent), featured in several episodes of the political drama The West Wing. Like the real district, the fictional one from the show is in Orange County.[39]