| State: | California |
| District Number: | 20 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections) |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Bakersfield |
| Population: | 793,325 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $82,983[1] |
| Percent White: | 49.4 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 33.8 |
| Percent Black: | 3.3 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.9 |
| Percent Asian: | 7.3 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 4.6 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.8 |
| Cpvi: | R+16[2] |
California's 20th congressional district is a congressional district in California including much of the southern and southeastern part of the state's Central Valley. The district is currently represented by Republican Vince Fong. Fong was elected in a special election on May 21, 2024 after Kevin McCarthy resigned from Congress following the motion to vacate that ousted him from the office of House Speaker.[3] [4]
Redistricting in 2022 returned the district to the San Joaquin Valley. The new 20th district includes parts of Kern, Tulare, Kings, and Fresno counties. It includes the southern Sierra Nevada and western Mojave Desert, with three "fingers" extending west into the valley. Cities in the district include Clovis, Tehachapi, Ridgecrest, Taft, Lemoore, the west and northeast sides of Bakersfield, the south side of Visalia, the northeast side of Tulare, the north side of Hanford, and a sliver of northeastern Fresno including California State University, Fresno.[5] The new 20th district is the most Republican district in California, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+16.[2]
Before 2022, it encompassed much of the Central Coast region. The district included Monterey and San Benito counties, most of Santa Cruz County, and portions of Santa Clara County.
Before redistricting in 2011, the 20th district was located in the San Joaquin Valley. It covered Kings County and portions of Fresno and Kern counties, including most of the city of Fresno. That area is now largely divided between the 21st and 16th districts, while most of the current 20th was within the former 17th.
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | President | Clinton 46.9 – 37.5% |
| Senator | Herschensohn 50.2 – 40.1% | |
| Senator | Feinstein 47.4 – 44.9% | |
| 1994 | Governor | |
| Senator | ||
| 1996 | President | |
| 1998 | Governor | |
| Senator | ||
| 2000 | President[6] | Gore 49.6 – 47.6% |
| Senator[7] | Feinstein 58.4 – 35.0% | |
| 2002 | Governor[8] | Davis 53.1 – 40.6% |
| 2003 | Recall[9] [10] | align="right" Yes 50.0 – 41.0% |
| Schwarzenegger 42.7 – 40.4% | ||
| 2004 | President[11] | Kerry 50.6 – 48.5% |
| Senator[12] | Boxer 57.2 – 38.3% | |
| 2006 | Governor[13] | Schwarzenegger 53.7 – 41.5% |
| Senator[14] | Feinstein 60.5 – 33.9% | |
| 2008 | President[15] | Obama 59.6 – 38.7% |
| 2010 | Governor | Brown 55.9 – 37.1% |
| Senator | Boxer 48.3 – 43.5% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 70.9 – 26.2% |
| Senator | Feinstein 73.1 - 26.9% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 73.0 - 27.0% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 70.4 – 23.2% |
| Senator | Harris 66.2 - 33.8% | |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 70.2 - 29.8% |
| Senator | Feinstein 54.2 - 45.8% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 72.7 – 25.0% |
| 2021 | Recall[16] | align="right" No 71.5 – 28.5% |
| 2022 | Governor[17] | Dahle 69.5 - 30.5% |
| Senator | Meuser 67.7 - 32.3% |
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Fresno | Fresno | 1,015,190 | |
| 29 | Kern | Bakersfield | 916,108 | |
| 31 | Kings | Hanford | 152,981 | |
| 107 | Tulare | Visalia | 477,433 |
| Member | Party | Dates | Cong ress | Electoral history | Counties | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1933 | ||||||||
| align=left | George Burnham | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 | Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Retired. | 1933–1943 Imperial, San Diego | ||
| align=left | Edouard Izac | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 | Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | John Carl Hinshaw | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1943 – August 5, 1956 | Redistricted from the and Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Died. | 1943–1975 Los Angeles | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | August 5, 1956 – January 3, 1957 | ||||||
| align=left | H. Allen Smith | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1973 | Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Carlos Moorhead | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | Elected in 1972. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Barry Goldwater Jr. | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 | Redistricted from the and Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | 1975–1983 Southwestern Los Angeles, eastern Ventura | ||
| align=left | Bill Thomas | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | Redistricted from the and Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the . | 1983–1993 Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles (Lancaster), San Luis Obispo | ||
Cal Dooley | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005 | Redistricted from the and Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired. | 1993–2003 Western Fresno, northwestern Kern, Kings, western Tulare | ||||
| 2003–2013 Western Fresno, northwestern Kern, Kings | ||||||||
| align=left | Jim Costa | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Sam Farr | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired. | 2013–2023 Monterey and San Benito, and portions of Santa Clara and Santa Cruz | ||
| align=left | Jimmy Panetta | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023 | Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Kevin McCarthy | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2023 – December 31, 2023 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022. Resigned. | 2023–present Parts of the southern San Joaquin Valley, the Tehachapi Mountains and southern Sierra Nevada, and the northwestern Mojave Desert | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | December 31, 2023 – June 3, 2024 | 118th | |||||
| align=left | Vince Fong | Republican | nowrap | June 3, 2024 – present | Elected to finish McCarthy's term. | |||
See main article: 2024 California's 20th congressional district special election.