California's 9th congressional district

California's 9th congressional district
California's 9th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative	Josh Harder; D–Tracy
Population (2024)	784,710
Median household; income	$92,036
Ethnicity	41.5% Hispanic; 28.7% White; 16.5% Asian; 7.3% Black; 4.4% Two or more races; 1.5% other;
Cook PVI	D+1

Population (2024)784,710

Median household
income$92,036^[1]

Ethnicity

41.5% Hispanic
28.7% White
16.5% Asian
7.3% Black
4.4% Two or more races
1.5% other

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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.

Currently, the district includes most of San Joaquin County and small parts of neighboring Contra Costa County and Stanislaus County. It includes the cities of Stockton, Lodi, Tracy, Manteca, and Mountain House in San Joaquin County, and the census-designated place of Discovery Bay in Contra Costa County.

The district was one of 13 congressional districts that voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election while simultaneously electing a Democrat in the 2024 House of Representatives elections.^[3]

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Year	Office	Results^[4]^[5]^[6]
2008	President	Obama 55% - 45%
2010	Governor	Brown 48% - 46%
	Lt. Governor	Maldonado 46% - 42%
	Secretary of State	Bowen 48% - 43%
	Attorney General	Cooley 49% - 41%
	Treasurer	Lockyer 51% - 41%
	Controller	Chiang 55% - 37%
2012	President	Obama 56% - 44%
2014	Governor	Brown 53% - 47%
2016	President	Clinton 54% - 41%
2018	Governor	Newsom 52% - 48%
2018	Attorney General	Becerra 54% - 46%
2020	President	Biden 55% - 43%
2022	Senate (Reg.)	Padilla 51% - 49%
	Governor	Dahle 52% - 48%
	Lt. Governor	Underwood Jacobs 51% - 49%
	Secretary of State	Bernosky 50.3% - 49.7%
	Attorney General	Hochman 50.5% - 49.5%
	Treasurer	Guerrero 51% - 49%
	Controller	Chen 53% - 47%
2024	President	Trump 49% - 48%
2024	Senate (Reg.)	Garvey 51% - 49%

FIPS County Code^[7]	County	Seat	Population
13	Contra Costa	Martinez	1,155,025
77	San Joaquin	Stockton	789,410
99	Stanislaus	Modesto	551,430

Representative	Party	Dates	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties
District created March 4, 1913
Charles W. Bell (Pasadena)	Progressive	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election.	1913–1933 Los Angeles outside Los Angeles city
Charles Hiram Randall (Los Angeles)	Prohibition	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921	64th 65th 66th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Lost re-election.
Vacant		March 4, 1921 – April 11, 1921	67th	Representative-elect Charles F. Van de Water died November 20, 1920.
Walter F. Lineberger (Long Beach)	Republican	April 11, 1921 – March 3, 1927	67th 68th 69th	Elected to finish Van de Water's term. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
William E. Evans (Glendale)	Republican	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933	70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 11th district.
Denver S. Church (Fresno)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	Elected in 1932. Retired.	1933–1943 Fresno, Kings, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus
Bertrand W. Gearhart (Fresno)	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	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.	1933–1943 Fresno, Kings, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus
Bertrand W. Gearhart (Fresno)	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th		1943–1953 Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus
Cecil F. White (Fresno)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	Elected in 1948. Lost re-election.
Allan O. Hunter (Fresno)	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953	82nd	Elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 12th district.
J. Arthur Younger (San Mateo)	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 11th district.	San Mateo
Don Edwards (San Jose)	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1975	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	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 10th district.	1963–1967 Eastern Santa Clara
					1967–1973 Southwest Alameda, most of Santa Clara
					1973–1975 Southwest Alameda, northeast Santa Clara
Pete Stark (Oakland)	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 8th district 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 13th district.	1975–1983 Alameda outside Oakland
Ron Dellums (Oakland)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – February 6, 1998	103rd 104th 105th	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Resigned.	1993–2003 Alameda (Berkeley, Oakland)
Vacant		February 6, 1998 – April 7, 1998	105th
Barbara Lee (Oakland)	Democratic	April 7, 1998 – January 3, 2013	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	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 13th district.
Barbara Lee (Oakland)	Democratic	April 7, 1998 – January 3, 2013	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th		2003–2013 Alameda (Berkeley, Oakland)
Jerry McNerney (Stockton)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 11th district 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
Josh Harder (Tracy)	Democratic	January 3, 2023 – present	118th 119th	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–present: northern San Joaquin Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles W. Bell	28,845	47.2
	Democratic	Thomas H. Kirk	14,571	23.9
	Socialist	Ralph L. Criswell	11,123	18.2
	Prohibition	George S. Yarnall	6,510	10.7
Total votes			61,049	100.0
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Prohibition	Charles Hiram Randall	28,097	30.9
	Progressive	Charles W. Bell (incumbent)	27,560	30.3
	Republican	Frank C. Roberts	25,176	27.7
	Socialist	Henry A. Hart	10,084	11.1
Total votes			90,917	100.0
Turnout
	Prohibition gain from Republican

California's 9th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative	Josh Harder D–Tracy
Population (2024)	784,710
Median household income	$92,036^[1]
Ethnicity	41.5% Hispanic 28.7% White 16.5% Asian 7.3% Black 4.4% Two or more races 1.5% other
Cook PVI	D+1^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Prohibition	Charles Hiram Randall (Incumbent)	58,826	57.8
	Independent	Charles W. Bell	33,270	32.7
	Socialist	Ralph L. Criswell	9,661	9.5
Total votes			101,757	100.0
Turnout
	Prohibition hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Prohibition	Charles Hiram Randall (Incumbent)	38,782	53.0
	Republican	Montaville Flowers	31,689	43.3
	Socialist	Grace Silver Henry	2,718	3.7
Total votes			73,189	100.0
Turnout
	Prohibition hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles F. Van de Water	62,952	59.7
	Prohibition	Charles Hiram Randall (Incumbent)	36,675	34.8
	Socialist	Mary E. Garbutt	5,819	5.5
Total votes			105,446	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Prohibition

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter F. Lineberger (Incumbent)	66,265	59.1
	Prohibition	Charles Hiram Randall	45,794	40.9
Total votes			112,059	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter F. Lineberger (Incumbent)	119,993	63.9
	Prohibition	Charles Hiram Randall	67,735	36.1
Total votes			187,728	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Evans (incumbent)	102,270	59.5
	Prohibition	Charles Hiram Randall	61,719	35.9
	Socialist	Charles F. Conley	7,943	4.6
Total votes			171,932	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Evans (incumbent)	222,261	77.0
	Democratic	James B. Ogg	58,263	20.2
	Socialist	Christian Sorenson	8,090	2.8
Total votes			288,614	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Evans (incumbent)	182,176	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Denver S. Church	50,125	61.6
	Republican	Henry E. Barbour (Incumbent)	31,209	38.4
Total votes			81,334	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	123,837	72.3
	Republican	Herb Smith	43,134	25.2
	American Independent	Edmon V. Kaiser	4,403	2.5
Total votes			171,374	100
Turnout
	Democratic hold

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	88,179	65.4
	Republican	Robert S. Allen	41,138	30.5
	Peace and Freedom	Lawrance J. Phillips	5,562	4.1
Total votes			134,879	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	90,504	55.3
	Republican	William J. "Bill" Kennedy	67,265	41.1
	Libertarian	Steven W. Clanin	5,823	3.6
Total votes			163,592	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bertrand W. Gearhart	77,650	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bertrand W. Gearhart (Incumbent)	82,360	97
	Communist	Carl B. Patterson	2,571	3
Total votes			84,931	100
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bertrand W. Gearhart (Incumbent)	91,128	96.3
	No party	George H. Sciaroni (write-in)	3,536	3.7
Total votes			94,664	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bertrand W. Gearhart (Incumbent)	99,708	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bertrand W. Gearhart (Incumbent)	65,791	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bertrand W. Gearhart (Incumbent)	66,845	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bertrand W. Gearhart (Incumbent)	50,171	53.7
	Democratic	Hubert Phillips	43,244	46.3
Total votes			93,415	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecil F. White	72,826	51.3
	Republican	Bertrand W. Gearhart (Incumbent)	66,563	46.9
	Progressive	Josephine F. Daniels	2,573	1.8
Total votes			141,962	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Allan O. Hunter	76,015	52
	Democratic	Cecil F. White (incumbent)	70,201	48
Total votes			146,216	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Arthur Younger (incumbent)	71,426	53.1
	Democratic	Harold F. Taggart	61,028	45.3
	Progressive	Charles S. Brown	2,140	1.6
Total votes			134,594	100.0
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Arthur Younger (incumbent)	60,648	54.5
	Democratic	Harold F. Taggart	50,619	45.5
Total votes			111,267	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Arthur Younger (incumbent)	96,388	60.3
	Democratic	James T. McKay	63,504	39.7
Total votes			159,892	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Arthur Younger (incumbent)	90,735	58.8
	Democratic	Elma D. Oddstad	63,597	41.2
Total votes			154,332	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Arthur Younger (incumbent)	116,589	59.2
	Democratic	John D. Kaster	80,227	40.8
Total votes			196,816	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards	79,616	66
	Republican	Joseph F. Donovan	41,104	34
Total votes			120,720	100
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	115,954	69.8
	Republican	Joseph F. Donovan	50,261	30.2
Total votes			166,215	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	97,311	63.2
	Republican	Wilbur G. Durkee	56,784	36.8
Total votes			154,095	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	100,891	56.5
	Republican	Larry Fargher	77,521	43.5
Total votes			178,412	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	120,041	69.1
	Republican	Mark Guerra	49,556	28.5
	American Independent	Edmon V. Kaiser	4,009	2.3
Total votes			173,606	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	87,854	70.6
	Republican	Edson Adams	36,522	29.4
Total votes			124,376	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold