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CA-16

Incumbent	Zoe Lofgren
Party	Democratic
Term	8th
First elected	November 8, 1994
Age on 11/02/2010	62
Seeking re-election?
Websites	Home Page Campaign Website
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile

2008 Presidential Vote	Obama (D) 69.6% McCain (R) 28.8% Others 1.6%
2008 Election Results	Lofgren (D) 71.4% Winston (R) 24.0% Wells (L) 4.6%
Voter Registration	As of 05/04/2009 Democratic: 133,819 (49.0%) Decline-to-State: 67,899 (24.8%) Republican: 61,534 (22.5%) Other: 10,035 (3.7%)
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District County	Santa Clara (part)

District Map

CA-16

District History

Representation

Counties	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes
Los Angeles	John F. Dockweiler	Democratic	03/04/1933 - 01/03/1937	New district; ran for governor
	Leland M. Ford	Republican	01/03/1939 - 01/03/1943	Lost reelection to Rogers
	Will Rogers, Jr.	Democratic	01/03/1943 - 05/23/1944	Resigned to return to active duty in the Army
	Vacant		05/23/1944 - 01/03/1945
	Ellis E. Patterson	Democratic	01/03/1945 - 01/03/1947	Lost renomination to Harold Harby
	Donald L. Jackson	Republican	01/03/1947 - 01/03/1961	Retired
	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.	Republican	01/03/1961 - 01/03/1963	Redistricted to CA-28
Fresno, Madera, Merced	Bernice F. Sisk	Democratic	01/03/1963 - 01/03/1967	Redistricted from CA-12; to CA-15
Fresno, Merced	Bernice F. Sisk	Democratic	01/03/1967 - 01/03/1975	Redistricted from CA-12; to CA-15
Western Monterey, San Benito, northern San Luis Obispo, southern Santa Cruz	Burt L. Talcott	Republican	01/03/1975 - 01/03/1977	Redistricted from CA-12; lost reelection to Panetta
	Leon Panetta	Democratic	01/03/1977 - 01/03/1983	Redistricted to CA-17
Monterey, San Benito, northern San Luis Obispo, southern Santa Cruz	Leon Panetta	Democratic	01/03/1983 - 01/03/1993	Redistricted to CA-17
Santa Clara	Don Edwards	Democratic	01/03/1993 - 01/03/1995	Redistricted from CA-10; retired
Santa Clara	Zoe Lofgren	Democratic	01/03/1995 - 01/03/2003	Incumbent
Santa Clara (San Jose)	Zoe Lofgren	Democratic	01/03/2003 - present	Incumbent

Elections

1932
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John F. Dockweiler	70,333	54.91%
	Republican	Clyde Woodworth	57,718	45.06%
	No party	Scattering	36	0.03%
Totals			128,087	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new constituency)

1934
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John F. Dockweiler (inc.)	119,332	98.78%
	No party	Scattering	1,468	1.22%
Totals			120,800	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1936
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John F. Dockweiler (inc.)	90,986	57.66%
	Republican	Raymond V. Darby	66,583	42.20%
	No party	Scattering	218	0.14%
Totals			157,787	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1938
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Leland M. Ford	97,407	62.78%
	Democratic	John F. Dockweiler (write-in)	32,863	21.18%
	Townsend	Ted E. Felt	16,045	10.34%
	Progressive	J. Barton Huthins	6,643	4.28%
	Communist	Le Rue McCormick	2,070	1.33%
	No party	Scattering	133	0.09%
Totals			155,161	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1940
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Leland M. Ford (incumbent)	188,049	96.22%
	Communist	George C. Sandy	7,017	3.59%
	No party	Scattering	368	0.19%
Totals			195,434	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1942
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Will Rogers, Jr.	61,437	53.65%
	Republican	Leland M. Ford (incumbent)	52,023	45.43%
	Communist	Allen L. Ryan	1,043	0.91%
	No party	Scattering	14	0.01%
Totals			114,517	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1944
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Ellis E. Patterson (inc.)	105,835	54.10%
	Republican	Jesse Randolph Kellems	89,700	45.85%
	No party	Scattering	109	0.06%
Totals			195,644	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1946
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson	78,264	53.87%
	Democratic	Harold Harby	45,951	31.63%
	Democratic	Ellis E. Patterson (write-in)	20,945	14.42%
	No party	Scattering	133	0.09%
Totals			145,293	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1948
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (inc.)	121,198	57.02%
	Democratic	Ellis E. Patterson	91,268	42.94%
	No party	Scattering	87	0.02%
Totals			212,553	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1950
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (inc.)	115,970	59.24%
	Democratic	S. Mark Hogue	79,744	40.74%
	No party	Scattering	39	0.02%
Totals			195,753	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1952
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (inc.)	79,127	59.70%
	Democratic	S. Mark Hogue	53,337	40.24%
	No party	Scattering	81	0.06%
Totals			132,545	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1954
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (inc.)	63,124	60.81%
	Democratic	S. Mark Hogue	40,659	39.17%
	No party	Scattering	28	0.03%
Totals			103,811	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1956
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (inc.)	84,050	61.05%
	Democratic	G. Robert "Bob" Fleming	53,624	38.95%
	No party	Scattering	7	0.01%
Totals			137,681	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1958
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Donald L. Jackson (inc.)	70,724	57.81%
	Democratic	Melvin Lennard	51,616	42.19%
	No party	Scattering	5	0.00%
Totals			122,345	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1960
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.	83,601	55.39%
	Democratic	Jerry Pacht	67,318	44.60%
	No party	Scattering	9	0.01%
Totals			150,928	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1962
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (inc.)	108,339	71.87%
	Republican	Arthur L. Selland	42,401	28.13%
	No party	Scattering	11	0.01%
Totals			150,751	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1964
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (inc.)	117,727	66.76%
	Republican	David T. Harris	58,604	33.23%
	No party	Scattering	9	0.01%
Totals			176,340	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1966
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (inc.)	118,063	71.30%
	Republican	Cecil F. White	47,329	28.58%
	No party	Scattering	187	0.11%
Totals			165,579	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1968
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (inc.)	97,473	62.46%
	Republican	David T. Harris	55,192	35.37%
	American Ind.	John P. Carroll	3,390	2.17%
Totals			156,055	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1970
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (inc.)	95,118	66.42%
	Republican	Phillip V. Sanchez	43,843	30.62%
	American Ind.	James W. Scott	4,237	2.96%
Totals			143,198	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1972
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (inc.)	134,079	79.12%
	Republican	Carol Harner	35,384	20.88%
Totals			169,463	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1974
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)	76,084	49.19%
	Democratic	Julian Camacho	74,018	47.85%
	American Ind.	D. Jeff Mauro	4,576	2.96%
Totals			154,678	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1976
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Leon Panetta	104,545	53.42%
	Republican	Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)	91,160	46.58%
Totals			195,705	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1978
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	104,550	61.37%
	Republican	Eric Seastrand	65,808	38.63%
Totals			170,358	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1980
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	158,360	71.00%
	Republican	W. A. "Jack" Roth	54,675	24.51%
	Libertarian	Kenton H. Bowers	6,802	3.05%
	Peace & Freedom	D. Jeff Mauro	3,198	1.43%
Totals			223,035	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1982
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	142,630	85.37%
	Republican	Gary Richard Arnold	24,448	14.63%
Totals			167,078	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1984
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	153,377	70.78%
	Republican	Patricia Smith Ramsey	60,065	27.72%
	Libertarian	Bill Anderson	3,245	1.50%
Totals			216,687	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1986
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	128,151	78.38%
	Republican	Louis Darrigo	31,386	19.20%
	Peace & Freedom	Ron Wright	2,017	1.23%
	Libertarian	Bill Anderson	1,944	1.19%
Totals			163,498	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1988
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	117,452	70.83%
	Republican	Stanley K. Monteith	48,375	29.17%
Totals			165,827	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1990
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	134,236	74.16%
	Republican	Jerry M. Reiss	39,885	22.04%
	Libertarian	Brian H. Tucker	6,881	3.80%
Totals			181,002	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1992
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	96,661	62.01%
	Republican	Ted Bundesen	49,843	31.97%
	Peace & Freedom	Amani S. Kummba	9,370	6.01%
	No party	Hunt (write-in)	5	0.00%
	No party	Loeber (write-in)	3	0.00%
	No party	James (write-in)	1	0.00%
Totals			155,883	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1994
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren	74,935	64.96%
	Republican	Lyle J. Smith	40,409	35.03%
	No party	Barrazza (write-in)	8	0.01%
Totals			115,352	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1996
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	94,020	65.65%
	Republican	Chuck Wojslaw	43,197	30.16%
	Libertarian	David Bonino	4,124	2.88%
	Natural Law	Abaan Abu-Shumays	1,866	1.30%
Totals			143,207	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1998
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	85,503	72.82%
	Republican	Horace Eugene Thayn	27,494	23.42%
	Natural Law	John H. Black	4,417	3.76%
Totals			117,414	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2000
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	115,118	72.06%
	Republican	Horace "Gene" Thayn	37,213	23.30%
	Libertarian	Dennis Michael Umphress	4,742	2.97%
	Natural Law	Edward J. Klein	2.673	1.67%
Totals			159,746	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2002
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	72,370	67.02%
	Republican	Douglas Adams McNea	32,182	29.80%
	Libertarian	Dennis Michael Umphress	3,434	3.18%
Totals			107,986	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2004
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	129,222	70.89%
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	47,992	26.33%
	Libertarian	Markus Welch	5,067	2.78%
Totals			182,281	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	98,929	72.71%
	Republican	Charel Winston	37,130	27.29%
Totals			136,059	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2008
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	146,481	71.34%
	Republican	Charel Winston	49,399	24.06%
	Libertarian	Steven Wells	9,447	4.60%
Totals			205,327	100.00%
Voter turnout			75.75%
	Democratic hold

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