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California's 16th congressional district
Area	232 mi²
Distribution	98.7% urban, 1.3% rural
Population (2000)	639,088
Median income	$67,689
Ethnic composition	31.9% White, 3.4% Black, 23.4% Asian, 37.6% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American
Cook Partisan Voting Index	D+16

California's 16th congressional district covers part of Santa Clara County including much of central San Jose. The current Representative for this district is Democrat Zoe Lofgren.

Contents 1 Voting 2 Election Results 2.1 2006 2.2 2004 2.3 2002 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Voting

John Kerry received 63% of the vote in this district in 2004; George W. Bush received 36%.^[1] The district voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger 50-46% in 2006,^[2] Dianne Feinstein 70-25% in 2006,^[3] Barbara Boxer 67-29% in 2004,^[4] keeping Gray Davis 57-43%^[5] and Cruz Bustamante 41-39%^[6] in 2003, and Davis 56-31% in 2002.^[7]

[edit] Election Results

[edit] 2006

United States House election, 2006: California District 16[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	98,929	72.8	+1.9
	Republican	Charel Winston	37,130	27.2	+0.8
Majority			61,799	45.6	+1.1
Turnout			136,059
	Democratic hold		Swing	+1.1

[edit] 2004

United States House election, 2004: California District 16[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	129,222	70.9	+3.8
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	47,992	26.4	-3.4
	Libertarian	Markus Welch	5,067	2.7	-0.4
Majority			81,230	44.5	+7.2
Turnout			182,281
	Democratic hold		Swing	+7.2

[edit] 2002

United States House election, 2002: California District 16[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	72,370	67.1
	Republican	Douglas Adams McNea	32,182	29.8
	Libertarian	Dennis Michael Umphress	3,434	3.1
Majority			40,198	37.3
Turnout			104,556
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] External links

• GovTrack.us: California's 16th congressional district
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
• Zoe Lofgren's Official Website: http://lofgren.house.gov

[edit] References

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