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CA-18

Incumbent	Dennis Cardoza
Party	Democratic
Term	4th
First elected	November 5, 2002
Age on 11/02/2010	51
Seeking re-election?
Websites	Home Page Campaign Website
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile

2008 Presidential Vote	Obama (D) 59.2% McCain (R) 38.9% Others 1.9%
2008 Election Results	Cardoza (D) (unopposed)
Voter Registration	As of 05/04/2009 Democratic: 126,907 (48.7%) Republican: 86,311 (33.1%) Decline-to-State: 37,516 (14.4%) Other: 9,766 (3.8%)
District Blogs
District Counties	Fresno (part), Madera (part), Merced, San Joaquin (part), Stanislaus (part)

District Map

CA-18

District History

Representation

Counties	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes
Los Angeles	John H. Hoeppel	Democratic	03/04/1933 - 01/03/1935	Redistricted from CA-10; retired
	Jerry Voorhis	Democratic	01/03/1935 - 01/03/1949	Lost reelection to Eaton
	Richard Nixon	Republican	01/03/1939 - 09/16/1939	Died
	Vacant		09/16/1939 - 01/03/1941
	Patrick J. Hillings	Republican	01/03/1941 - 01/03/1945	Lost reelection to Eaton
	Clyde Doyle	Democratic	01/03/1945 - 01/03/1947	Lost reelection to Eaton
	Willis W. Bradley	Republican	01/03/1947 - 01/03/1949	Lost reelection to Eaton
	Clyde Doyle	Democratic	01/03/1949 - 01/03/1953	Redistricted to CA-23
	Craig Hosmer	Republican	01/03/1953 - 01/03/1963	New district; redistricted to CA-32
Kern, Kings, Tulare	Harlan Hagen	Democratic	01/03/1963 - 01/03/1967	Redistricted from CA-14; lost reelection to Mathias
Kern, Tulare	Bob Mathias	Republican	01/03/1967 - 01/03/1973	Lost reelection to John Krebs; redistricted to CA-17
Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Kern, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Tulare, Tuolumne	Bob Mathias	Republican	01/03/1973 - 01/03/1975	Lost reelection to John Krebs; redistricted to CA-17
Inyo, Kern, northern Los Angeles, Tulare	William M. Ketchum	Republican	01/03/1975 - 06/24/1978	Redistricted from CA-36; died
	Vacant		06/24/1978 - 08/15/1978
	Bill Thomas	Republican	08/15/1978 - 01/03/1983	Redistricted to CA-20
Calaveras, Fresno (Fresno), Madera, Mono, eastern San Joaquin, Tuolumne	Richard Lehman	Democratic	01/03/1983 - 01/03/1993	New district; redistricted to CA-19
Northwest Fresno, W. Madera, Merced, southwest San Joaquin, Stanislaus	Gary Condit	Democratic	01/03/1993 - 01/03/2003	Redistricted from CA-15; lost primary to Cardoza
Small part of western Fresno, Merced, San Joaquin (Stockton), west Stanislaus	Dennis Cardoza	Democratic	01/03/2003 - present	Incumbent

Elections

1932
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John H. Burke	48,179	53.24%
	Republican	Robert Henderson	33,817	37.37%
	Independent	William E. Hinshaw	8,399	9.28%
	No party	Scattering	102	0.11%
Totals			90,497	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new constituency)

1934
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Byron N. Scott	52,377	56.27%
	Republican	William Brayton	40,179	43.17%
	Communist	Clyde Champion	507	0.54%
	No party	Scattering	11	0.01%
Totals			93,074	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1936
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Byron N. Scott (incumbent)	61,415	58.94%
	Republican	James F. Collins	42,748	41.03%
	No party	Scattering	32	0.03%
Totals			104,195	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1938
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Thomas M. Eaton	52,216	48.52%
	Democratic	Byron N. Scott (incumbent)	51,874	48.20%
	Progressive	Solomon Carr	3,384	3.14%
	No party	Scattering	146	0.14%
Totals			107,620	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1940
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	William Ward Johnson (inc.)	73,932	54.32%
	Democratic	Byron N. Scott	60,764	44.64%
	Communist	George R. Ashby	1,355	1.00%
	No party	Scattering	55	0.04%
Totals			136,106	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1942
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	William Ward Johnson (inc.)	53,136	56.83%
	Democratic	Francis H. Gentry	40,339	43.14%
	No party	Scattering	32	0.03%
Totals			93,507	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1944
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle	95,090	55.63%
	Republican	William Ward Johnson (inc.)	75,749	44.32%
	No party	Scattering	87	0.05%
Totals			170,926	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1946
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Willis W. Bradley	67,363	52.79%
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	60,218	47.19%
	No party	Scattering	31	0.02%
Totals			127,612	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1948
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle	105,687	51.14%
	Republican	Willis W. Bradley (inc.)	92,721	44.87%
	Progressive	Stanley Moffatt	8,232	3.98%
	No party	Scattering	15	0.01%
Totals			206,655	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1950
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	97,177	50.48%
	Republican	Craig Hosmer	95,308	49.51%
	No party	Scattering	7	0.00%
Totals			192,492	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1952
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Craig Hosmer	90,438	55.51%
	Democratic	Joseph M. Kennick	72,457	44.47%
	No party	Scattering	33	0.02%
Totals			162,928	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican win (new constituency)

1954
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Craig Hosmer (incumbent)	71,731	55.01%
	Democratic	Joseph M. Kennick	58,647	44.98%
	No party	Scattering	14	0.01%
Totals			130,392	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1956
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Craig Hosmer (incumbent)	103,108	59.25%
	Democratic	Raymond C. "Ray" Simpson	70,911	40.75%
	No party	Scattering	6	0.00%
Totals			174,025	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1958
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Craig Hosmer (incumbent)	95,682	60.03%
	Democratic	Harry S. May	63,684	39.95%
	No party	Scattering	28	0.02%
Totals			159,394	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1960
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Craig Hosmer (incumbent)	129,851	69.95%
	Democratic	D. Patrick Ahern	55,735	30.02%
	No party	Scattering	56	0.03%
Totals			185,642	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1962
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Harlan Hagen (incumbent)	91,684	58.88%
	Republican	G. Ray Arnett	64,037	41.12%
	No party	Scattering	4	0.00%
Totals			155,725	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1964
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Harlan Hagen (incumbent)	121,304	66.71%
	Republican	James E. Williams, Jr.	60,523	33.28%
	No party	Scattering	12	0.01%
Totals			181,839	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1966
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bob Mathias	96,699	55.88%
	Democratic	Harlan Hagen (incumbent)	76,346	44.12%
	No party	Scattering	13	0.01%
Totals			173,058	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1968
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bob Mathias (incumbent)	100,008	65.17%
	Democratic	Harlan Hagen	51,274	33.41%
	American Ind.	Edward Calvin Williams	2,186	1.42%
Totals			153,468	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1970
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bob Mathias (incumbent)	86,071	63.20%
	Democratic	Milton Spartacus Miller	48,415	35.55%
	American Ind.	Nora E. Hensley	1,709	1.25%
Totals			136,195	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1972
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bob Mathias (incumbent)	109,993	66.47%
	Democratic	Vincent J. Lavery	55,484	33.53%
Totals			165,477	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1974
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	William M. Ketchum (inc.)	66,603	52.64%
	Democratic	George A. Seielstad	59,931	47.36%
Totals			126,534	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1976
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	William M. Ketchum (inc.)	101,658	64.20%
	Democratic	Dean Close	56,683	35.80%
Totals			158,341	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1978
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bill Thomas	85,663	59.26%
	Democratic	Bob Sogge	58,900	40.74%
Totals			144,563	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1980
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	126,046	71.03%
	Democratic	Mary Pat Timmermans	51,415	28.97%
Totals			177,461	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1982
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Richard H. Lehman	92,762	59.49%
	Republican	Adrian C. Fondse	59,664	38.26%
	Libertarian	Marshall William Fritz	3,501	2.25%
Totals			155,927	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new constituency)

1984
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Richard H. Lehman (inc.)	128,186	67.28%
	Republican	Dale L. Ewen	62,339	32.72%
Totals			190,525	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1986
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Richard H. Lehman (inc.)	101,480	71.27%
	Republican	David C. Crevelt	40,907	28.73%
Totals			142,387	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1988
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Richard H. Lehman (inc.)	125,715	69.94%
	Republican	David A. Linn	54,034	30.06%
Totals			179,749	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1990
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Richard H. Lehman (inc.)	98,804	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1992
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Gary Condit (incumbent)	139,704	84.66%
	Libertarian	Kim R. Almstrom	25,307	15.34%
Totals			165,011	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1994
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Gary Condit (incumbent)	91,106	65.52%
	Republican	Tom Carter	44,046	31.68%
	Libertarian	James B. Morzella	3,902	2.81%
Totals			139,054	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1996
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Gary Condit (incumbent)	108,827	65.72%
	Republican	Bill Conrad	52,695	31.82%
	Libertarian	James B. Morzella	2,233	1.35%
	Natural Law	Page Roth Riskin	1,831	1.11%
Totals			165,586	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1998
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Gary Condit (incumbent)	118,842	86.79%
	Libertarian	Linda M. Degroat	18,089	13.21%
Totals			136,931	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2000
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Gary Condit (incumbent)	118,842	66.70%
	Republican	Steve R. Wilson	56,465	31.69%
	Natural Law	Page Roth Riskin	2,860	1.61%
Totals			178,167	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2002
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Dennis Cardoza	56,181	51.26%
	Republican	Dick Monteith	47,528	43.37%
	American Ind.	Kevin H. Cripe	3,641	3.32%
	Libertarian	Linda De Groat	2,194	2.00%
	No party	Donna Crowder (write-in)	49	0.04%
Totals			109,593	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2004
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Dennis Cardoza (inc.)	103,732	67.49%
	Republican	Charles F. Pringle, Sr.	49,973	32.51%
Totals			153,705	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Dennis Cardoza (inc.)	71,182	65.48%
	Republican	John A. Kanno	37,531	34.52%
Totals			108,713	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2008
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Dennis Cardoza (inc.)	130,192	100.00%
Voter turnout			48.61%
	Democratic hold

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