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CA-17
| Incumbent | Sam Farr |
| Party | Democratic |
| Term | 9th |
| First elected | June 8, 1993 |
| Age on 11/02/2010 | 69 |
| Seeking re-election? | |
| Websites | Home Page Campaign Website |
| Other Resources | Congresspedia profile |
| 2008 Presidential Vote | Obama (D) 72.1% McCain (R) 25.8% Others 2.1% |
| 2008 Election Results | Farr (D) 73.9% Taylor (R) 25.9% Andersen (W/I) 0.2% |
| Voter Registration | As of 05/04/2009 Democratic: 150,308 (52.8%) Republican: 66,338 (23.3%) Decline-to-State: 51,968 (18.3%) Other: 15,913 (5.6%) |
| District Blogs | |
| District Counties | Monterey (part), San Benito (part), Santa Cruz (part) |
District Map
District History
Representation
| Counties | Representative | Party | Dates | Notes |
| Los Angeles | Charles J. Colden | Democratic | 03/04/1933 - 04/15/1938 | New district; died |
| Vacant | 04/15/1938 - 01/03/1939 | |||
| Lee E. Geyer | Democratic | 01/03/1939 - 10/11/1941 | Died | |
| Vacant | 10/11/1941 - 08/25/1942 | |||
| Cecil R. King | Democratic | 08/25/1942 - 01/03/1969 | Retired | |
| Glenn M. Anderson | Democratic | 01/03/1969 - 01/03/1973 | Redistricted to CA-35 | |
| Southern San Mateo, small part of northwestern Santa Clara | Pete McCloskey | Republican | 01/03/1973 - 01/03/1975 | Redistricted from CA-11; to CA-12 |
| Eastern Fresno, Kings, northwest Tulare | John Hans Krebs | Democratic | 01/03/1975 - 01/03/1979 | Redistricted from CA-18; lost reelection to Pashayan |
| Chip Pashayan | Republican | 01/03/1979 - 01/03/1983 | Lost reelection to Dooley | |
| Eastern Fresno, Kings, Kern (Bakersfield), Tulare | 01/03/1983 - 01/03/1991 | |||
| Cal Dooley | Democratic | 01/03/1991 - 01/03/1993 | Redistricted to CA-20 | |
| Monterey, San Benito, south Santa Cruz | Leon Panetta | Democratic | 01/03/1993 - 01/23/1993 | Redistricted from CA-16; appointed OMB Director |
| 01/23/1993 - 06/08/1993 | ||||
| Sam Farr | Democratic | 06/03/1993 - present | Incumbent | |
Elections
| 1932 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Charles J. Colden | 50,720 | 62.19% | |
| Republican | A. E. Henning | 26,868 | 32.94% | |
| Liberty | Ernest E. Debs | 3,965 | 4.86% | |
| No party | Scattering | 5 | 0.01% | |
| Totals | 81,558 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic win (new constituency) | ||||
| 1934 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Charles J. Colden (inc.) | 60,045 | 70.33% | |
| Republican | C. P. "Cap" Wright | 20,508 | 24.02% | |
| Socialist | Richard Pomeroy | 4,721 | 5.53% | |
| No party | Scattering | 102 | 0.12% | |
| Totals | 85,376 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Charles J. Colden (inc.) | 68,189 | 71.86% | |
| Republican | Leonard Roach | 24,981 | 26.33% | |
| Communist | John L. Leech | 1,634 | 1.72% | |
| No party | Scattering | 88 | 0.09% | |
| Totals | 94,892 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1938 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Lee E. Geyer | 56,513 | 58.58% | |
| Republican | Clifton A. Hix | 26,891 | 27.88% | |
| Townsend | Fred C. Wagner | 8,870 | 9.19% | |
| Progressive | Robert O. Bates | 3,774 | 3.91% | |
| No party | Scattering | 420 | 0.44% | |
| Totals | 96,468 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1940 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Lee E. Geyer (incumbent) | 75,109 | 65.45% | |
| Republican | Leonard Roach | 32,862 | 28.63% | |
| Progressive | Samuel C. Converse | 5,649 | 4.92% | |
| Communist | Harry L. Gray | 1,118 | 0.97% | |
| No party | Scattering | 25 | 0.02% | |
| Totals | 114,763 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1942 Special Election data not available
| 1942 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 92,260 | 99.77% | |
| No party | Scattering | 216 | 0.23% | |
| Totals | 92,476 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1944 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 147,217 | 99.83% | |
| No party | Scattering | 254 | 0.17% | |
| Totals | 147,471 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1946 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 110,654 | 99.35% | |
| No party | Scattering | 720 | 0.65% | |
| Totals | 111,374 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 194,782 | 99.89% | |
| No party | Scattering | 205 | 0.11% | |
| Totals | 194,987 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1950 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 166,334 | 99.92% | |
| No party | Scattering | 134 | 0.08% | |
| Totals | 166,468 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 114,650 | 54.59% | |
| Republican | Robert H. Finch | 92,587 | 44.08% | |
| Progressive | Loyd C. Seelinger | 2,739 | 1.30% | |
| No party | Scattering | 45 | 0.02% | |
| Totals | 210,021 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1954 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 97,828 | 60.09% | |
| Republican | Robert H. Finch | 64,967 | 39.90% | |
| No party | Scattering | 18 | 0.01% | |
| Totals | 162,813 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 157,270 | 64.94% | |
| Republican | Charles A. Franklin | 84,900 | 35.06% | |
| No party | Scattering | 11 | 0.00% | |
| Totals | 242,181 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1958 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 182,965 | 75.30% | |
| Republican | Charles A. Franklin | 59,973 | 24.68% | |
| No party | Scattering | 42 | 0.02% | |
| Totals | 242,980 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 206,620 | 6.771% | |
| Republican | Tom Coffee | 98,510 | 32.28% | |
| No party | Scattering | 9 | 0.00% | |
| Totals | 305,139 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1962 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 74,964 | 67.15% | |
| Republican | Ted Bruinsma | 36,663 | 32.84% | |
| No party | Scattering | 5 | 0.00% | |
| Totals | 111,632 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1964 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 95,640 | 67.66% | |
| Republican | Robert Muncaster | 45,688 | 32.32% | |
| No party | Scattering | 20 | 0.01% | |
| Totals | 141,348 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1966 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 76,962 | 60.80% | |
| Republican | Don Cortum | 49,615 | 39.20% | |
| No party | Scattering | 7 | 0.01% | |
| Totals | 126,584 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson | 75,070 | 50.75% | |
| Republican | Joe Blatchford | 71,174 | 48.11% | |
| Peace & Freedom | Ben Dobbs | 1,685 | 1.14% | |
| Totals | 147,929 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1970 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (inc.) | 83,739 | 62.24% | |
| Republican | Vernon E. Brown | 47,778 | 35.51% | |
| American Ind. | Robert W. Copeland | 1,724 | 1.28% | |
| Peace & Freedom | Thomas E. Mathews | 1,292 | 0.96% | |
| Totals | 134,533 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Pete McCloskey (inc.) | 110,098 | 60.21% | |
| Democratic | James Stewart | 72,759 | 39.79% | |
| Totals | 182,857 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 1974 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | John Hans Krebs | 66,082 | 51.90% | |
| Republican | Bob Mathias (incumbent) | 61,242 | 48.10% | |
| Totals | 127,324 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | John Hans Krebs (inc.) | 103,898 | 65.69% | |
| Republican | Henry J. Andreas | 54,270 | 34.31% | |
| Totals | 158,168 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1978 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Charles Pashayan | 81,296 | 54.49% | |
| Democratic | John Hans Krebs (inc.) | 67,885 | 45.51% | |
| Totals | 149,181 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
| 1980 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Charles Pashayan (inc.) | 129,159 | 70.60% | |
| Democratic | Willard H. "Bill" Johnson | 53,780 | 29.40% | |
| Totals | 182,939 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 1982 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Charles Pashayan (inc.) | 80,271 | 54.01% | |
| Democratic | Gene Tackett | 68,364 | 45.99% | |
| Totals | 148,635 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Charles Pashayan (inc.) | 128,802 | 72.49% | |
| Democratic | Simon Lakritz | 48,888 | 27.51% | |
| Totals | 177,690 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 1986 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Charles Pashayan (inc.) | 88,787 | 60.21% | |
| Democratic | John Hartnett | 58,682 | 39.79% | |
| Totals | 147,469 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Charles Pashayan (inc.) | 129,568 | 71.47% | |
| Democratic | Vincent J. Lavery | 51,730 | 28.53% | |
| Totals | 181,298 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 1990 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Cal Dooley | 82,611 | 54.54% | |
| Republican | Charles Pashayan (inc.) | 68,848 | 45.46% | |
| Totals | 151,459 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Leon Panetta (incumbent) | 151,565 | 72.05% | |
| Republican | Bill McCampbell | 49,947 | 23.74% | |
| Peace & Freedom | Maureen Smith | 4,804 | 2.28% | |
| Libertarian | John D. Wilkes | 4,051 | 1.93% | |
| Totals | 210,367 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1993 Special | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr | 53,675 | 52.25% | |
| Republican | Bill McCampbell | 43,774 | 42.61% | |
| American Ind. | Jerome N. McCready | 1,689 | 1.64% | |
| Green | Kevin Gary Clark | 1,226 | 1.19% | |
| Libertarian | Richard J. Quigley | 948 | 0.92% | |
| Independent | Peter James | 943 | 0.92% | |
| Independent | James Ogle | 444 | 0.43% | |
| No party | Tom Shannon (write-in) | 33 | 0.03% | |
| Totals | 102,732 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1994 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 87,222 | 52.03% | |
| Republican | Bill McCampbell | 74,830 | 44.64% | |
| Green | E. Craig Coffin | 5,591 | 3.34% | |
| Totals | 167,643 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 115,116 | 58.87% | |
| Republican | Jess Brown | 73,856 | 37.77% | |
| Natural Law | John Black | 6,573 | 3.36% | |
| Totals | 195,545 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 1998 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 103,719 | 64.55% | |
| Republican | Bill McCampbell | 52,470 | 32.65% | |
| Libertarian | Rick Garrett | 2,791 | 1.74% | |
| Natural Law | Scott R. Hartley | 1,710 | 1.06% | |
| Totals | 160,690 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 143,219 | 68.60% | |
| Republican | Clint Engler | 51,557 | 24.70% | |
| Green | E. Craig Coffin | 8,215 | 3.94% | |
| Libertarian | Rick S. Garrett | 2,510 | 1.20% | |
| Reform | Larry Fenton | 2,263 | 1.08% | |
| Natural Law | Scott R. Hartley | 996 | 0.48% | |
| Totals | 208,760 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 2002 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 101,632 | 68.07% | |
| Republican | Clint Engler | 40,334 | 27.02% | |
| Green | Ray Glock-Grueneich | 4,885 | 3.27% | |
| Libertarian | Jascha Lee | 2,418 | 1.62% | |
| No party | Alan Shugart (write-in) | 27 | 0.02% | |
| Totals | 149,296 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 148,958 | 66.73% | |
| Republican | Mark Risley | 65,117 | 29.17% | |
| Green | Ray Glock-Grueneich | 3,645 | 1.63% | |
| Peace & Freedom | Joe Williams | 2,823 | 1.26% | |
| Libertarian | Joel Smolen | 2,607 | 1.17% | |
| No party | David Mauricio Munoz (W/I) | 75 | 0.03% | |
| Totals | 223,225 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 2006 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 120,750 | 75.80% | |
| Republican | Anthony R. DeMaio | 35,932 | 22.56% | |
| No party | Jeff Edward Taylor (write-in) | 2,611 | 1.64% | |
| Totals | 159,293 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Sam Farr (incumbent) | 168,907 | 73.88% | |
| Republican | Jeff Edward Taylor | 59,037 | 25.82% | |
| Independent | Peter Andresen (write-in) | 682 | 0.30% | |
| Totals | 228,626 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | 79.72% | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
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