| State: | California |
| District Number: | 27 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections) |
| Population: | 737,592 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $98,123[1] |
| Percent White: | 33.8 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 42.4 |
| Percent Black: | 9.8 |
| Percent Asian: | 9.0 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 4.0 |
| Percent Other Race: | 1.1 |
| Cpvi: | D+4[2] |
California's 27th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is currently represented by . It was one of 18 districts that would have voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Republican in 2022, and the only Republican-held congressional district to include portions of the city of Los Angeles.
The district includes most of northern Los Angeles County, including the cities of Santa Clarita, Palmdale, and Lancaster, and parts of the northwestern San Fernando Valley in the city of Los Angeles.[3] Prior to redistricting in 2022, the district was located in the San Gabriel Valley.
| Election results from statewide races | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results | |
| 1990 | Governor[4] | align=right | Feinstein 52.0% - 42.9% |
| 1992 | President[5] | align=right | Clinton 44.3% - 36.6% |
| Senator[6] | Herschensohn 47.5% - 44.9% | ||
| Senator (Special)[7] | align=right | Feinstein 50.7% - 42.1% | |
| 1994 | Governor[8] | align=right | Wilson 59.5% - 37.5% |
| Senator[9] | Huffington 47.7% - 44.6% | ||
| 1996 | President[10] | Clinton 49.1% - 40.5% | |
| 1998 | Governor[11] | Davis 56.6% - 40.3% | |
| Senator[12] | Boxer 51.1% - 45.6% | ||
| 2000 | President[13] | align=right | Gore 53.4% - 41.4% |
| Senator[14] | align=right | Feinstein 56.6% - 36.4% | |
| 2002 | Governor[15] | align=right | Davis 50.1% - 40.4% |
| 2003 | Recall[16] [17] | align="right" 56.5% - 43.5% | |
| Schwarzenegger 52.0% - 29.9% | |||
| 2004 | President[18] | align=right | Kerry 59.3% - 39.3% |
| Senator[19] | align=right | Boxer 63.7% - 31.2% | |
| 2006 | Governor[20] | Schwarzenegger 52.7% - 42.3% | |
| Senator[21] | align=right | Feinstein 63.2% - 31.3% | |
| 2008 | President[22] | align=right | Obama 66.1% - 31.7% |
| 2010 | Governor[23] | align=right | Brown 57.9% - 36.8% |
| Senator[24] | align=right | Boxer 57.6% - 36.7% | |
| 2012 | President[25] | align=right | Obama 62.6% - 35.0% |
| Senator[26] | Feinstein 65.2% - 34.8% | ||
| 2014 | Governor[27] | Brown 62.3% – 37.7% | |
| 2016 | President[28] | align=right | Clinton 66.0% - 28.4% |
| Senator[29] | Harris 62.1% - 37.9% | ||
| 2018 | Governor[30] | Newsom 65.1% – 34.9% | |
| Senator[31] | Feinstein 60.1% – 39.9% | ||
| 2020 | President[32] | align=right | Biden 67.2% - 30.8% |
| 2021 | Recall[33] | align="right" 67.1% – 32.9% | |
| 2022 | Governor[34] | Dahle 50.9 - 49.1% | |
| Senator | Padilla 51.5 - 48.5% | ||
| Member | Party | Dates | Cong ress(es) | Electoral history | Counties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created January 3, 1953 | |||||||||
| align=left | Harry R. Sheppard | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the . | 1953–1963 San Bernardino | |||
| align=left | Everett G. Burkhalter | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | Elected in 1962. Lost re-election. | 1963–1969 Los Angeles | |||
Edwin Reinecke | Republican | January 3, 1965 – January 21, 1969 | Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of California. | ||||||
| 1969–1973 Los Angeles | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 21, 1969 – April 29, 1969 | |||||||
Barry Goldwater Jr | Republican | April 29, 1969 – January 3, 1975 | Elected to finish Reinecke's term. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Redistricted to the . | ||||||
| 1973–1975 Los Angeles, Southern Ventura | |||||||||
| align=left | Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | 1975–1983 Los Angeles | |||
| align=left | Bob Dornan | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 | Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | ||||
| align=left | Mel Levine | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Retired. | 1983–1993 Western Los Angeles (Manhattan/Redondo Beach, Santa Monica) | |||
| align=left | Carlos Moorhead | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired. | 1993–2003 Los Angeles (Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena) | |||
| align=left | Jim Rogan | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 | Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Lost re-election. | ||||
| align=left | Adam Schiff | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | Elected in 2000. Redistricted to the . | ||||
| align=left | Brad Sherman | 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 Parts of Western Los Angeles County including Northridge and Reseda | |||
| align=left | Judy Chu | 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. Redistricted to the . | 2013–2023 San Gabriel Foothills including Alhambra and Pasadena | |||
| align=left | Mike Garcia | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2023 – present | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022. | 2023–present Most of northern Los Angeles County including the cities of Santa Clarita & Lancaster | |||
| align=center | 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1969 (Special) • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 • 2022 |