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CA-15

Incumbent	Mike Honda
Party	Democratic
Term	5th
First elected	November 7, 2000
Age on 11/02/2010	69
Seeking re-election?
Websites	Home Page Campaign Website
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile

2008 Presidential Vote	Obama (D) 68.4% McCain (R) 29.7% Others 1.9%
2008 Election Results	Honda (D) 71.7% Cordi (R) 23.3% Myers (G) 5.0%
Voter Registration	As of 05/04/2009 Democratic: 135,794 (44.8%) Decline-to-State: 83,339 (27.5%) Republican: 73,534 (24.2%) Other: 10,740 (3.5%)
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District County	Santa Clara (part)

District Map

CA-15

District History

Representation

Counties	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes
Los Angeles	Thomas F. Ford	Republican	03/04/1933 - 01/03/1935	New district; lost reelection to Costello
	John M. Costello	Democratic	01/03/1935 - 01/03/1945	Lost renomination to Hal Styles
	Gordon L. McDonough	Republican	01/03/1945 - 01/03/1963	Redistricted to CA-30; lost reelection to Edward R. Roybal
San Joaquin, Stanislaus	John J. McFall	Democratic	01/03/1963 - 01/03/1967	Redistricted from CA-11; to CA-14
Northeastern Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus			01/03/1967 - 01/03/1973
Eastern Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus			01/03/1973 - 01/03/1975
Western Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus	Berncie F. Sisk	Democratic	01/03/1975 - 01/03/1979	Redistricted from CA-16; retired
Western Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus	Tony Coelho	Democratic	01/03/1979 - 01/03/1983	Resigned
Western Fresno, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus	Tony Coelho	Democratic	01/03/1983 - 06/15/1989	Resigned
	Vacant		06/15/1989 - 09/12/1989
	Gary Condit	Democratic	09/12/1989 - 01/03/1993	Redistricted to CA-18
Western Santa Clara, northern Santa Cruz	Norman Mineta	Democratic	01/03/1993 - 10/10/1995	Redistricted from CA-13; appointed Commerce Secretary
			10/10/1995 - 12/12/1995
	Tom Campbell	Republican	12/12/1995 - 01/03/2001	Ran for Senate
	Mike Honda	Democratic	01/03/2001 - 01/03/2003	Incumbent
West/northwest Santa Clara	Mike Honda	Democratic	01/03/2003	Incumbent

Elections

1932
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	William I. Traeger (inc.)	170,977	73.94%
	Democratic	John M. Costello	57,518	24.87%
	No party	Errol Shour (write-in)	2,721	1.18%
	No party	Scattering	34	0.01%
Totals			231,250	100.00%
Voter turnout			.%
	Republican win (new constituency)

1934
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John M. Costello	67,247	50.50%
	Republican	William I. Traeger (incumbent)	65,858	49.46%
	No party	Scattering	56	0.04%
Totals			133,162	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1936
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John M. Costello (inc.)	99,107	68.96%
	Republican	Ernest Sawyer	44,559	31.00%
	No party	Scattering	52	0.04%
Totals			143,718	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1938
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John M. Costello (inc.)	83,086	60.15%
	Republican	O. D. Thomas	51,483	37.27%
	Communist	Emil Freed	2,951	2.14%
	No party	Scattering	612	0.44%
Totals			138,132	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1940
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John M. Costello (inc.)	94,435	56.16%
	Republican	Norris Nelson	71,667	42.62%
	Communist	Emil Freed	2,004	1.19%
	No party	Scattering	49	0.03%
Totals			168,155	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1942
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John M. Costello (inc.)	88,798	86.13%
	Prohibition	B. Tarkington Dowden	10,185	9.88%
	Communist	Philip Gardner	3,989	3.87%
	No party	Scattering	122	0.12%
Totals			103,094	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1944
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough	100,305	56.63%
	Democratic	Hal Styles	73,655	41.59%
	Prohibition	Johannes Nielson-Lange	2,694	1.52%
	No party	Scattering	460	0.26%
Totals			177,114	100.00%
Voter turnout			.%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1946
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	106,020	99.43%
	No party	Scattering	608	0.57%
Totals			106,628	100.00%
Voter turnout			.%
	Republican hold

1948
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	131,933	82.96%
	Progressive	Maynard Omerberg	27,007	16.98%
	No party	Scattering	91	0.06%
Totals			159,031	100.00%
Voter turnout			.%
	Republican hold

1950
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	112,704	87.13%
	Progressive	Jeanne Cole	16,559	12.80%
	No party	Scattering	89	0.07%
Totals			129,352	100.00%
Voter turnout			.%
	Republican hold

1952
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	142,545	99.73%
	No party	Scattering	387	0.27%
Totals			142,932	100.00%
Voter turnout			.%
	Republican hold

1954
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	77,651	56.91%
	Democratic	Frank O'Sullivan	58,785	43.08%
	No party	Scattering	9	0.01%
Totals			136,445	100.00%
Voter turnout			.%
	Republican hold

1956
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	97,182	57.89%
	Democratic	Emery Petty	70,681	42.11%
	No party	Scattering	2	0.00%
Totals			167,865	100.00%
Voter turnout			.%
	Republican hold

1958
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	77,267	52.04%
	Democratic	Emery Petty	71,192	47.95%
	No party	Scattering	23	0.02%
Totals			148,482	100.00%
Voter turnout			.%
	Republican hold

1960
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (inc.)	89,234	51.27%
	Democratic	Norman Martell	84,650	48.64%
	No party	Scattering	151	0.09%
Totals			174,035	100.00%
Voter turnout			.%
	Republican hold

1962
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	97,322	69.99%
	Republican	Clifford B. Bull	41,726	30.01%
	No party	Scattering	5	0.00%
Totals			139,053	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1964
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	109,560	70.89%
	Republican	Kenneth Gibson	44,977	29.10%
	No party	Scattering	15	0.01%
Totals			154,552	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1966
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	81,733	57.04%
	Republican	Sam Van Dyken	61,550	42.96%
	No party	Scattering	5	0.00%
Totals			143,288	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1968
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	85,761	53.79%
	Republican	Sam Van Dyken	73,685	46.21%
Totals			159,446	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1970
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	98,442	63.11%
	Republican	Sam Van Dyken	55,546	35.61%
	American Ind.	Francis E. "Gill" Gillings	1,994	1.28%
Totals			155,982	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1972
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	145,273	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1974
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	80,205	71.89%
	Republican	Carol Harner	31,361	28.11%
Totals			111,566	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1976
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	92,735	72.20%
	Republican	Carol Harner	35,700	27.80%
Totals			128,435	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1978
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Tony Coelho	75,212	60.11%
	Republican	Chris Patterakis	49,914	39.89%
Totals			125,126	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1980
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	108,072	71.81%
	Republican	Ron Schwartz	37,895	25.18%
	Libertarian	Michael L. Pullen	4,524	3.01%
Totals			150,491	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1982
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	86,022	63.70%
	Republican	Ed Bates	45,948	34.02%
	Libertarian	Stephen L. Gerringer	3,073	2.28%
Totals			150,491	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1984
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	109,590	65.46%
	Republican	Carol Harner	54,730	32.69%
	Libertarian	Richard M. Harris	3,086	1.84%
Totals			167,406	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1986
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	93,600	71.03%
	Republican	Carol Harner	35,793	27.16%
	Libertarian	Richard M. Harris	2,382	1.81%
Totals			131,775	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1988
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	118,710	69.75%
	Republican	Carol Harner	47,957	28.18%
	Libertarian	Richard M. Harris	3,526	2.07%
Totals			170,193	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1989 Special
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Gary Condit	51,543	57.15%
	Republican	Clare L. Berryhill	31,592	35.03%
	Republican	Robert J. Weimer	2,939	3.26%
	Republican	Cliff Burris	2,385	2.64%
	Libertarian	Roy Shrimp	781	0.87%
	Republican	David M. "Dave" Williams	381	0.42%
	Republican	Chris Patterakis	344	0.38%
	Republican	Jack E. McCoy	225	0.25%
Totals			90,190	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1990
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Gary Condit (incumbent)	97,147	66.18%
	Republican	Cliff Burris	49,634	33.82%
Totals			146,781	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1992
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (incumbent)	168,617	63.54%
	Republican	Robert Wick	82,875	31.23%
	Libertarian	Duggan Dieterly	13,293	5.01%
	No party	Futrell (write-in)	585	0.22%
Totals			265,370	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1994
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (incumbent)	119,921	59.90%
	Republican	Robert Wick	80,266	40.09%
	No party	Liu (write-in)	17	0.01%
Totals			200,204	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1995 Special
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Tom Campbell	54,372	58.85%
	Democratic	Jerry Estruth	33,051	35.77%
	Independent	Linh Kieu Dao	4,922	5.33%
	No party	Connor Vlakancic (write-in)	42	0.05%
Totals			92,387	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1996
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Tom Campbell (incumbent)	132,737	58.50%
	Democratic	Dick Lane	79,048	34.84%
	Reform	Walli Sharpe-Geisler	6,230	2.75%
	Libertarian	Ed Wimmers	5,481	2.42%
	Natural Law	Bruce Currivan	3,372	1.49%
	Republican	Linh Dao (write-in)	9	0.00%
	Republican	Connor Vlakancic (write-in)	9	0.00%
Totals			226,886	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1998
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Tom Campbell (incumbent)	111,876	60.54%
	Democratic	Dick Lane	70,059	37.91%
	Natural Law	Frank Strutner	2,843	1.54%
	Republican	Constant Vlakancic (write-in)	8	0.00%
Totals			184,786	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2000
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mike Honda	128,545	54.26%
	Republican	Jim Cunneen	99,866	42.15%
	Libertarian	Ed Wimmers	4,820	2.03%
	Natural Law	Douglas C. Gorney	3,591	1.52%
	No party	Phillip Kronzer (write-in)	82	0.03%
Totals			236,904	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2002
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mike Honda (incumbent)	87,482	65.77%
	Republican	Linda Rae Hermann	41,251	31.01%
	Libertarian	Jeff Landauer	4,289	3.22%
Totals			133,022	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2004
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mike Honda (incumbent)	154,385	72.03%
	Republican	Raymond Chukwu	59,953	27.97%
Totals			214,338	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mike Honda (incumbent)	115,532	72.33%
	Republican	Raymond Chukwu	44,186	27.67%
Totals			159,718	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2008
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mike Honda (incumbent)	170,977	71.66%
	Republican	Joyce Stoer Cordi	55,489	23.26%
	Green	Peter Myers	12,123	5.08%
Totals			238,589	100.00%
Voter turnout			78.78%
	Democratic hold

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