California's 13th congressional district

California's 13th congressional district
California's 13th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative	Adam Gray; D–Merced
Population (2024)	790,923
Median household; income	$68,434
Ethnicity	65.9% Hispanic; 22.5% White; 6.2% Asian; 2.8% Black; 2.5% Two or more races; 1.2% other;
Cook PVI	R+1

Population (2024)790,923

Median household
income$68,434^[1]

Ethnicity

65.9% Hispanic
22.5% White
6.2% Asian
2.8% Black
2.5% Two or more races
1.2% other

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California's 13th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. Adam Gray, a Democrat, has represented this district since January 2025.

The 13th district is located in the San Joaquin Valley, comprising all of Merced County; most of the population of Madera County; and parts of Stanislaus, Fresno, and San Joaquin counties. Cities in the district include Merced, Madera, Ceres, Patterson, Lathrop, Chowchilla, Atwater, Coalinga, and Mendota; as well as the southern parts of both Modesto and Turlock.^[3] The 13th is considered a swing district and 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.^[4]

Prior to the 2022 redistricting, the 13th district contained cities in the northwestern portion of Alameda County including Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, Piedmont, and San Leandro.^[5] This area is now covered by the 12th district.

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Year	Office	Results^[6]^[7]^[8]
2008	President	Obama 54% - 45%
2010	Governor	Whitman 47.0% - 46.5%
	Lt. Governor	Maldonado 51% - 39%
	Secretary of State	Bowen 46% - 45%
	Attorney General	Cooley 50% - 41%
	Treasurer	Lockyer 51% - 41%
	Controller	Chiang 52% - 40%
2012	President	Obama 55% - 45%
2014	Governor	Brown 51% - 49%
2016	President	Clinton 53% - 41%
2018	Governor	Newsom 52% - 48%
2018	Attorney General	Becerra 55% - 45%
2020	President	Biden 54% - 43%
2022	Senate (Reg.)	Meuser 51% - 49%
	Governor	Dahle 54% - 46%
	Lt. Governor	Underwood Jacobs 53% - 47%
	Secretary of State	Bernosky 52% - 48%
	Attorney General	Hochman 53% - 47%
	Treasurer	Guerrero 53% - 47%
	Controller	Chen 55% - 45%
2024	President	Trump 51% - 46%
2024	Senate (Reg.)	Garvey 52% - 48%

FIPS County Code^[9]	County	Seat	Population
19	Fresno	Fresno	1,017,162
39	Madera	Madera	162,858
47	Merced	Merced	291,920
77	San Joaquin	Stockton	800,965
99	Stanislaus	Modesto	551,430

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties
District created March 4, 1933
Charles Kramer (Los Angeles)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Lost re-election.	1933–1943 [data missing]
Norris Poulson (Los Angeles)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	Elected in 1942. Lost re-election.	1943–1953 [data missing]
Ned R. Healy (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	Elected in 1944. Lost re-election.
Norris Poulson (Los Angeles)	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	80th 81st 82nd	Elected again in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 24th district.
Ernest K. Bramblett (Pacific Grove)	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	83rd	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1952. Retired.	1953–1963 Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Charles M. Teague (Santa Paula)	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 1, 1974	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Elected in 1954. Re-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. Re-elected in 1972. Died.
					1963–1967 Santa Barbara, Ventura
					1967–1973 Southwestern Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura
					1973–1975 Most of Santa Barbara and Ventura
Vacant		January 1, 1974 – March 5, 1974	93rd
Robert J. Lagomarsino (Ojai)	Republican	March 5, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Elected to finish Teague's term. Redistricted to the 19th district.
Norman Mineta (San Jose)	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	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 15th district.	1975–1983 Santa Clara
Norman Mineta (San Jose)	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd		1983–1993 Santa Clara (western San Jose)
Pete Stark (Fremont)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 9th district 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. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 15th district and lost re-election.	1993–2003 Western Alameda, small part of northern Santa Clara
Pete Stark (Fremont)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th		2003–2013 Southwestern Alameda
Barbara Lee (Oakland)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 12th district.	2013–2023 Northern Alameda
John Duarte (Modesto)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025	118th	Elected in 2022. Lost re-election.	2023–present San Joaquin Valley, all of Merced County; including all of Madera parts of Stanislaus, Fresno, and San Joaquin
Adam Gray (Merced)	Democratic	January 3, 2025 – present	119th	Elected in 2024.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Kramer	65,261	52.7
	Republican	Charles H. Randall	53,449	43.1
	Liberty	George D. Higgins	5,237	4.2
Total votes			123,947	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Kramer (Incumbent)	83,384	62.5
	Republican	Thomas K. Case	27,993	21.0
	Prohibition	Charles H. Randall	18,760	14.1
	Socialist	Michael S. Kerrigan	2,113	1.6
	Communist	John J. Graham	1,268	0.9
Total votes			133,518	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

California's 13th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative	Adam Gray D–Merced
Population (2024)	790,923
Median household income	$68,434^[1]
Ethnicity	65.9% Hispanic 22.5% White 6.2% Asian 2.8% Black 2.5% Two or more races 1.2% other
Cook PVI	R+1^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Kramer (Incumbent)	119,251	90.0
	No party	Floyd Seaman (write-in)	6,946	5.2
	Communist	Emma Cutler	6,362	4.8
Total votes			132,559	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Kramer (Incumbent)	96,258	65.9
	Republican	K. L. Stockton	44,808	30.7
	Communist	Louis Baron	5,104	3.4
Total votes			146,170	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Kramer (Incumbent)	127,167	75.7
	Prohibition	Charles H. Randall	36,406	21.7
	Communist	Celeste Strack	4,434	2.6
Total votes			168,007	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norris Poulson	38,577	49.5
	Democratic	Charles Kramer (Incumbent)	33,060	42.4
	Townsend	Calvert S. Wilson	6,306	8.1
Total votes			77,943	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ned R. Healy	66,854	55
	Republican	Norris Poulson (Incumbent)	54,792	45
Total votes			121,646	100
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norris Poulson	48,071	51.8
	Democratic	Ned R. Healy (Incumbent)	44,712	48.2
Total votes			92,783	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norris Poulson (Incumbent)	62,951	52.6
	Democratic	Ned R. Healy	56,624	47.4
Total votes			119,575	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norris Poulson (Incumbent)	83,296	84.9
	Progressive	Ellen P. Davidson	14,789	15.1
Total votes			98,085	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ernest K. Bramblett (Incumbent)	79,496	51
	Democratic	Will Hays	76,516	49
Total votes			156,012	100
Turnout
	Republican hold

1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (Incumbent)	125,507	58.2
	Democratic	Gary K. Hart	87,980	40.8
	American Independent	Maude I. Jordet	2,339	1.0
Total votes			215,826	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1974 California's 13th congressional district special election^[31]
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Robert J. Lagomarsino	53.7
	Democratic	James D. Loebl	18.8
	Democratic	James A. Browning Jr.	7.8
	Democratic	Roger A. Ikola	6.3
	Democratic	E.T. "Tom" Jolicoeur	6.0
	Democratic	David H. Miller	3.2
	Democratic	R.W. Handley	2.4
	Democratic	F. Joe Deauchamp	1.9
Total votes			100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (Incumbent)	135,291	66.8
	Republican	Ernie Konnyu	63,130	31.2
	American Independent	William Pollock Herrell	4,190	2.1
Total votes			202,611	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (Incumbent)	100,809	57.5
	Republican	Dan O'Keefe	69,306	39.5
	Peace and Freedom	Robert Goldsborough III	5,246	3.0
Total votes			175,361	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague	69,287	52.5
	Democratic	Timothy I. O'Reilly	62,786	47.5
Total votes			132,073	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (Incumbent)	104,009	59.6
	Democratic	William Kirk Stewart	70,567	40.4
Total votes			174,576	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (Incumbent)	98,381	57
	Democratic	William Kirk Stewart	74,160	43
Total votes			172,541	100
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (Incumbent)	146,072	65
	Democratic	George J. Holgate	78,597	35
Total votes			224,669	100
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (Incumbent)	84,743	64.9
	Democratic	George J. Holgate	45,746	35.1
Total votes			130,489	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (Incumbent)	104,744	57.4
	Democratic	George E. Taylor	77,763	42.6
Total votes			182,507	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (Incumbent)	116,701	67.5
	Democratic	Charles A. Storke	56,240	32.5
Total votes			172,941	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (Incumbent)	148,357	65.9
	Democratic	Stanley K. Sheinbaum	76,928	34.1
Total votes			225,285	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (Incumbent)	153,723	73.9
	Democratic	Lester Dean Cleveland	54,237	27.1
Total votes			207,960	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta	78,649	52.6
	Republican	George W. Milias	63,381	42.4
	Peace and Freedom	Elizabeth Cervantes Barron	3,846	2.6
	American Independent	Floyd S. Stancliffe	3,738	2.5
Total votes			149,614	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (Incumbent)	132,246	58.9
	Republican	W. E. "Ted" Gagne	79,766	35.5
	Libertarian	Ray Strong	8,806	3.9
	Peace and Freedom	Robert Goldsborough	3,791	1.7
Total votes			224,609	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (Incumbent)	110,805	65.9
	Republican	Tom Kelly	52,806	31.4
	Libertarian	Al Hinkle	4,553	2.7
Total votes			168,164	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (Incumbent)	139,851	65.2
	Republican	John D. "Jack" Williams	70,666	33.0
	Libertarian	John R. Redding	3,836	1.8
Total votes			214,353	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (Incumbent)	107,696	69.7
	Republican	Bob Nash	46,754	30.3
Total votes			154,450	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (Incumbent)	143,980	67.1
	Republican	Luke Somner	63,959	29.8
	Libertarian	John H. Webster	6,583	3.1
Total votes			214,522	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (Incumbent)	97,286	58.0
	Republican	David E. Smith	59,773	35.7
	Libertarian	John H. Webster	10,587	6.3
Total votes			167,646	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (Incumbent)	123,795	60.2
	Republican	Verne W. Teyler	64,953	31.6
	Peace and Freedom	Roslyn A. Allen	16,768	8.2
Total votes			205,516	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (Incumbent)	97,344	64.62
	Republican	Larry Molton	45,555	30.24
	Libertarian	Robert "Bob" Gough	7,743	5.14
Total votes			150,642	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (Incumbent)	114,408	65.2
	Republican	James Fay	53,385	30.4
	Libertarian	Terry Savage	7,746	4.4
Total votes			176,539	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (Incumbent)	101,671	71.20
	Republican	James R. Goetz	38,050	26.65
	Natural Law	Karnig Beylikjian	3,066	2.15
Total votes			142,787	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold