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CA-21

Incumbent	Devin Nunes
Party	Republican
Term	4th
First elected	November 5, 2002
Age on 11/02/2010	37
Seeking re-election?	Probably
Websites	Home Page Campaign Website
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile

Possible Challengers

Potential Challenger	Larry Johnson
Party	Democratic
Status	Speculative
Campaign Website
Campaign Finance Reports

District Profile

2008 Presidential Vote	McCain (R) 56.3% Obama (D) 42.1% Others 1.6%
2008 Election Results	Nunes (R) 68.4% Johnson (D) 31.6%
Voter Registration	As of 05/04/2009 Republican: 141,028 (46.8%) Democratic: 105,236 (34.9%) Decline-to-State: 40,518 (13.4%) Other: 14,806 (4.9%)
District Blogs
District Counties	Fresno (part), Tulare

District Map

CA-21

District History

Representation

Counties	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes
Northern Los Angeles, San Bernardino	Harry R. Sheppard	Democratic	01/03/1943 - 01/03/1953	Redistricted from CA-19; to CA-27
Los Angeles	Edgar W. Hiestand	Republican	01/03/1953 - 01/03/1963	New district; redistricted to CA-27
	Augustus F. Hawkins	Democratic	01/03/1963 - 01/03/1975	New district; redistricted to CA-30
	James C. Corman	Democratic	01/03/1975 - 01/03/1981	Redistricted from CA-22; lost reelection to Fiedler
	Bobbi Fiedler	Republican	01/03/1981 - 01/03/1983	Ran for Senate
Los Angeles (western San Fernando Valley), southeastern Ventura	Bobbi Fiedler	Republican	01/03/1983 - 01/03/1987	Ran for Senate
	Elton Gallegly	Republican	01/03/1987 - 01/03/1993	Redistricted to CA-23
Kern, eastern Tulare	Bill Thomas	Republican	01/03/1993 - 01/03/2003	Redistricted from CA-27; to CA-26; ran for Senate
Eastern Fresno, Tulare	Devin Nunes	Republican	01/03/2003 - present	New district; incumbent

Elections

1942
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	38,419	96.43%
	Republican	Arthur E. Isham (write-in)	1,350	3.39%
	No party	Scattering	72	0.18%
Totals			39,841	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1944
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	48,539	58.51%
	Republican	Earl S. Webb	34,409	41.48%
	No party	Scattering	7	0.01%
Totals			82,955	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1946
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	37,229	52.69%
	Republican	Lowell E. Lathrop	33,395	47.27%
	No party	Scattering	30	0.04%
Totals			70,654	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1948
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	61,383	55.19%
	Republican	Lowell E. Lathrop	47,411	42.63%
	Prorgessive	Howard J. Louks	2,422	2.18%
	No party	Scattering	4	0.00%
Totals			111,220	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1950
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	62,994	57.43%
	Republican	R. E. Reynolds	46,693	42.57%
	No party	Scattering	3	0.00%
Totals			109,690	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1952
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Edgar W. Hiestand	112,100	53.59%
	Democratic	Everett G. Burkhalter	97,007	46.37%
	No party	Scattering	77	0.04%
Totals			209,184	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican win (new constituency)

1954
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Edgar W. Hiestand (inc.)	100,258	58.71%
	Democratic	William E. "Bill" Roskam	70,486	41.28%
	No party	Scattering	12	0.01%
Totals			170,756	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1956
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Edgar W. Hiestand (inc.)	153,679	62.63%
	Democratic	W. C. "Bill" Stethem	91,683	37.37%
	No party	Scattering	4	0.00%
Totals			245,366	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1958
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Edgar W. Hiestand (inc.)	127,238	51.85%
	Democratic	Mrs. Rudd Brown	118,141	48.14%
	No party	Scattering	10	0.00%
Totals			245,389	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1960
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Edgar W. Hiestand (inc.)	179,376	58.43%
	Democratic	Mrs. Rudd Brown	127,591	41.56%
	No party	Scattering	3	0.00%
Totals			306,970	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1962
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins	73,465	84.54%
	Republican	Herman Smith	13,371	15.39%
	No party	Scattering	68	0.08%
Totals			86,904	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new constituency)

1964
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (inc.)	106,231	90.27%
	Republican	Rayfield Lundy	11,374	9.67%
	No party	Scattering	72	0.06%
Totals			117,677	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1966
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (inc.)	74,216	84.80%
	Republican	Rayfield Lundy	13,294	15.19%
	No party	Scattering	12	0.01%
Totals			87,522	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1968
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (inc.)	87,205	91.60%
	Republican	Rayfield Lundy	7,995	8.40%
Totals			95,200	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1970
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (inc.)	75,127	94.53%
	Republican	Southy M. Johnson	4,349	5.47%
Totals			79,476	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1972
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (inc.)	92,799	82.87%
	Republican	Rayfield Lundy	19,187	17.13%
Totals			111,986	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1974
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	James C. Corman (inc.)	86,778	73.45%
	Republican	Mel Dadell	31,365	26.55%
Totals			118,143	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1976
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	James C. Corman (inc.)	101,837	66.51%
	Republican	Erwin Ed Hogan	44,094	28.80%
	Peace & Freedom	Bill Hill	7,178	4.69%
Totals			153,109	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1978
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	James C. Corman (inc.)	73,869	59.51%
	Republican	Rod Walsh	44,519	35.86%
	Peace & Freedom	Bill Hill	5,750	4.63%
Totals			124,138	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1980
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bobbi Fiedler	74,674	48.68%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (inc.)	73,898	48.17%
	Libertarian	George J. Lehmann	2,790	1.82%
	Peace & Freedom	Jan B. Tucker	2,038	1.33%
Totals			153,400	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1982
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bobbi Fiedler (incumbent)	138,474	71.83%
	Democratic	George Henry Margolis	46,412	24.08%
	Libertarian	Daniel Wiener	7,881	4.09%
Totals			192,767	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1984
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bobbi Fiedler (incumbent)	173,504	72.30%
	Democratic	Charles "Charlie" Davis	62,085	25.87%
	Libertarian	Robert Townsend Leet	4,379	1.82%
Totals			239,968	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1986
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Elton Gallegly	132,090	68.41%
	Democratic	Gilbert R. Saldana	54,497	28.22%
	Libertarian	Daniel Wiener	6,504	3.37%
Totals			193,091	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1988
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	181,413	69.06%
	Democratic	Donald E. Stevens	75,739	28.83%
	Libertarian	Robert Jay	5,519	2.10%
Totals			262,671	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1990
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	118,326	58.40%
	Democratic	Richard D. Freiman	68,921	34.02%
	Libertarian	Peggy L. Christensen	15,364	7.58%
Totals			202,611	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1992
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	127,758	65.19%
	Democratic	Deborah A. Vollmer	68,058	34.73%
	Libertarian	Mike Hodges (write-in)	149	0.08%
Totals			195,965	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1994
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	116,874	68.10%
	Democratic	John L. Evans	47,517	27.69%
	Libertarian	Mike Hodges	6,899	4.02%
	No party	Deborah Vollmer (write-in)	339	0.20%
Totals			171,629	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1996
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	125,916	65.81%
	Democratic	Deborah Vollmer	50,694	26.50%
	Reform	John Evans	8,113	4.24%
	Natural Law	Jane Bialosky	3,380	1.77%
	Libertarian	Mike Hodges	3,049	1.59%
	Republican	Karen Gentry (write-in)	172	0.09%
Totals			191,324	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1998
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	115,989	78.91%
	Democratic	John L. Evans	30,994	21.09%
Totals			146,983	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2000
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	142,539	71.59%
	Democratic	Pedro "Pete" Martinez	49,318	24.77%
	Libertarian	James R. S. Manion	7,243	3.64%
Totals			199,100	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2002
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Devin Nunes	87,544	71.06%
	Democratic	David G. LaPere	32,584	26.45%
	Libertarian	Jonathan Richter	3,070	2.49%
Totals			123,198	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican win (new constituency)

2004
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Devin Nunes (incumbent)	140,721	73.17%
	Democratic	David G. LaPere	51,594	26.83%
Totals			192,315	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2006
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Devin Nunes (incumbent)	95,214	66.74%
	Democratic	Steven Haze	42,718	29.94%
	Green	John Roger Miller	4,729	3.31%
Totals			142,661	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2008
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Devin Nunes (incumbent)	143,498	68.39%
	Democratic	Larry Johnson	66,371	31.61%
Totals			209,815	100.00%
Voter turnout			69.40%
	Republican hold

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