| State: | California |
| District Number: | 5 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections) |
| Representative: | Tom McClintock |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Elk Grove |
| Population: | 778,853 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $84,734[1] |
| Percent White: | 59.2 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 25.6 |
| Percent Black: | 2.2 |
| Percent Asian: | 6.0 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 5.3 |
| Percent Other Race: | 1.8 |
| Cpvi: | R+9[2] |
California's 5th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California.
The district is located in the northern San Joaquin Valley and central Sierra Nevada. The district includes all of Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties, western El Dorado County, and eastern Stanislaus, Madera and Fresno counties. Cities in the district include most of Modesto, northern Turlock, northern Fresno, Oakdale, Hughson, Riverbank, Sonora, Jackson, and Placerville. It also includes the census-designated places of Mariposa, the County seat of Mariposa County, and El Dorado Hills. It also includes Yosemite National Park and part of Kings Canyon National Park. It is represented by Republican Tom McClintock.[3]
From 2013 to 2023, the district was located in the northern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, including Santa Rosa, Vallejo, and most of Wine Country. The district was represented by Mike Thompson, a Democrat.
| Year | U.S. President | U.S. Senator (Class 1) | U.S. Senator (Class 3) | Governor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Clinton (D) 50.9–31.1% | Feinstein (D) 59.8–32.6% | Boxer (D) 55.2–35.3% | — | |||
| 1994 | — | — | Brown (D) 48.6–47.2% | ||||
| 1996 | Clinton (D) 57.1–33.8% | — | — | — | |||
| 1998 | — | — | |||||
| 2000 | Gore (D) 57.1–37.0%[4] | Feinstein (D) 61.6–31.1%[5] | — | — | |||
| 2002 | — | — | — | Davis (D) 50.4–35.3%[6] | |||
| 2003 | — | — | — | Recall | |||
| Schwarzenegger (R) 43.1–35.4% | |||||||
| 2004 | Kerry (D) 61.1–37.9%[9] | — | Boxer (D) 68.3–27.5%[10] | — | |||
| 2006 | — | Feinstein (D) 66.7–27.1%[11] | — | Schwarzenegger (R) 49.6–43.8% | |||
| 2008 | Obama (D) 69.5–28.4%[12] | — | — | — | |||
| 2010 | — | — | Boxer (D) 62.2–33.3%[13] | Brown (D) 68.1–27.1%[14] | |||
| 2012 | Obama (D) 69.7–27.4%[15] | Feinstein (D) 72.5–27.5%[16] | — | — | |||
| 2014 | — | — | — | Brown (D) 72.6–27.4%[17] | |||
| 2016 | Clinton (D) 69.4–22.2%[18] | — | Harris (D) 73.0–27%[19] | — | |||
| 2018 | — | Feinstein (D) 56.3–43.7%[20] | — | Newsom (D) 70.0–30.0%[21] | |||
| 2020 | Biden (D) 72.4–25.3%[22] | — | — | — | |||
| 2021 | — | — | — | Recall No 72–28%[23] | |||
| 2022 | — | — | Meuser (R) 60.3–39.7% | Dahle (R) 62.7–37.3%[24] |
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress(es) | Electoral history | Counties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1885 | |||||||||
| align=left | Charles N. Felton | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired. | 1885–1893 San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | |||
| align=left | Thomas J. Clunie | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | Elected in 1888. Retired. | ||||
Eugene F. Loud | Republican | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1903 | Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Lost re-election. | ||||||
| 1893–1913 San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara | |||||||||
| align=left | William J. Wynn | Democratic-Union Labor | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | Elected in 1902. Lost re-election. | ||||
| align=left | Everis A. Hayes | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913 | Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the . | ||||
| align=left | John I. Nolan | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – November 18, 1922 | Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Died. | 1913–1967 San Francisco | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | November 18, 1922 – January 23, 1923 | |||||||
| align=left | Mae Nolan | Republican | nowrap | January 23, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | Elected only to finish her husband's term. Retired. | ||||
| align=left | Lawrence J. Flaherty | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1925 – June 13, 1926 | Elected in 1924. Died. | ||||
| Vacant | nowrap | June 13, 1926 – August 31, 1926 | |||||||
| align=left | Richard J. Welch | Republican | nowrap | August 31, 1926 – September 10, 1949 | Elected to finish Flaherty's term. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-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. Re-elected in 1948. Died. | ||||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 10, 1949 – November 8, 1949 | |||||||
| align=left | John F. Shelley | Democratic | nowrap | November 8, 1949 – January 7, 1964 | Elected to finish Welch's term. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Resigned to become Mayor of San Francisco. | ||||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 7, 1964 – February 18, 1964 | |||||||
Phillip Burton | Democratic | February 18, 1964 – January 3, 1975 | Elected to finish Shelley's term. Re-elected later in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Redistricted to the . | ||||||
| Eastern San Francisco | |||||||||
| align=left | John Burton | Democratic | 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. | 1975–1983 Marin, northwestern San Francisco | |||
| align=left | Phillip Burton | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – April 10, 1983 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982. Died. | 1983–1993 Western San Francisco | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | April 10, 1983 – June 21, 1983 | |||||||
| align=left | Sala Burton | Democratic | nowrap | June 21, 1983 – February 1, 1987 | Elected to finish her husband's term. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Died. | ||||
| Vacant | nowrap | February 1, 1987 – June 2, 1987 | |||||||
| align=left | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | nowrap | June 2, 1987 – January 3, 1993 | Elected to finish Burton's term. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the . | ||||
Bob Matsui | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 1, 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. Re-elected in 2004, but died before his term began. | 1993–2003 Sacramento (Sacramento city) | |||||
| 2003–2013 Sacramento (Sacramento city) | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 1, 2005 – March 8, 2005 | |||||||
| align=left | Doris Matsui | Democratic | nowrap | March 8, 2005 – January 3, 2013 | Elected to finish her husband's term. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the . | ||||
| align=left | Mike Thompson | 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 North Bay area including Napa, Santa Rosa, and Vallejo | |||
| align=left | Tom McClintock | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2023 – present | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022. | 2023–present Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne. Mariposa, western El Dorado, eastern Stanislaus, Madera and Fresno. | |||
| align=center class="small" | 1884 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 • 1892 • 1894 • 1896 • 1898 • 1900 • 1902 • 1904 • 1906 • 1908 • 1910 • 1912 • 1914 • 1916 • 1918 • 1920 • 1922 • 1923 (Special) • 1924 • 1926 (Special) • 1926 • 1928 • 1930 • 1932 • 1934 • 1936 • 1927 (Special) • 1938 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1949 (Special) • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1983 (Special) • 1984 • 1986 • 1987 (Special) • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2005 (Special) • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 • 2022 |
Republican Mae Nolan won the special election to replace her husband John I. Nolan, who won re-election but died before the 68th Congress convened. Data for this special election is not available.[25]
Republican Richard J. Welch won the special election to replace fellow Republican Lawrence J. Flaherty, who died in office. Data for this special election is not available.[26]
Democrat John F. Shelley won the special election to replace Republican Richard J. Welch, who died in office. Data for this special election is not available.[27]
Incumbent Robert Matsui died January 1, 2005. In a special election held on March 8, 2005, to fill the vacancy, Matsui's widow, Doris, won the seat with almost 68% of the vote. She was sworn in on March 10, 2005.
The following timeline depicts the progression of the representatives and their political affiliation at the time of assuming office.