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CA-23

Incumbent	Lois Capps
Party	Democratic
Term	7th
First elected	March 10, 1998
Age on 11/02/2010	72
Seeking re-election?
Websites	Home Page Campaign Website
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile

2008 Presidential Vote	Obama (D) 65.5% McCain (R) 32.4% Others 2.1%
2008 Election Results	Capps (D) 68.1% Kokkonen (R) 31.9%
Voter Registration	As of 05/04/2009 Democratic: 151,604 (47.5%) Republican: 88,896 (27.8%) Decline-to-State: 62,982 (19.7%) Other: 15,785 (4.9%)
District Blogs
District Counties	San Luis Obispo (part), Santa Barbara (part), Ventura (part)

District Map

CA-23

District History

Representation

Counties	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes
San Diego	Edouard Izac	Democratic	01/03/1943 - 01/03/1947	Redistricted from CA-18; lost reelection to Fletcher
	Charles K. Fletcher	Republican	01/03/1947 - 01/03/1949	Lost reelection to McKinnon
	Clinton D. McKinnon	Democratic	01/03/1949 - 01/03/1953	Redistricted to CA-30
Los Angeles	Clyde Doyle	Democratic	01/03/1953 - 03/14/1963	Redistricted from CA-18; died
Los Angeles	Del M. Clawson	Republican	03/14/1963 - 01/03/1973	Redistricted to CA-33
Los Angeles, Orange	Del M. Clawson	Republican	01/03/1973 - 01/03/1975	Redistricted to CA-33
Los Angeles	Thomas M. Rees	Democratic	01/03/1975 - 01/03/1977	Redistricted from CA-26
Los Angeles (northern L.A. suburbs)	Anthony C. Beilenson	Democratic	01/03/1977 - 01/03/1993	Redistricted to CA-24
Santa Barbara (Carpinteria), Ventura	Elton Gallegly	Republican	01/03/1993 - 01/03/2003	Redistricted from CA-21; to CA-24
Coastal San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura	Lois Capps	Democratic	01/03/2003 - present	Redistricted from CA-22; incumbent

Elections

1942
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Edouard V. Izac (inc.)	42,864	50.46%
	Republican	James B. Abbey	42,087	49.54%
Totals			251,788	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1944
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Edouard V. Izac (inc.)	86,707	55.05%
	Republican	James B. Abbey	70,787	44.95%
Totals			157,494	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1946
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Charles K. Fletcher	69,411	56.29%
	Democratic	Edouard Izac (incumbent)	53,898	43.71%
Totals			123,309	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1948
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Clinton D. McKinnon	112,534	55.80%
	Republican	Charles K. Fletcher (inc.)	87,138	43.20%
	Progressive	Harry C. Steinmetz	2,017	1.00%
Totals			201,689	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1950
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Clinton D. McKinnon (inc.)	94,137	51.01%
	Republican	Leslie E. Gehres	90,398	48.99%
	No party	Scattering	2	0.00%
Totals			184,537	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1952
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle	138,356	87.34%
	Progressive	Olive T. Thompson	17,501	11.05%
	Republican	C. Cleveland (write-in)	2,329	1.47%
	No party	Scattering	231	0.15%
Totals			158,417	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1954
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	90,729	70.91%
	Republican	Frank G. Bussing	34,911	27.28%
	Progressive	Olive T. Thompson	2,293	1.79%
	No party	Scattering	17	0.01%
Totals			127,950	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1956
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	120,109	70.93%
	Republican	E. Elgie "Cal" Calvin	49,198	29.05%
	No party	Scattering	28	0.02%
Totals			169,335	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1958
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	140,817	99.96%
	No party	Scattering	53	0.04%
Totals			140,870	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1960
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	148,415	74.22%
	Republican	Emmett A. Schwartz	51,548	25.78%
	No party	Scattering	14	0.01%
Totals			199,977	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1962
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	83,269	64.17%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson	46,488	35.82%
	No party	Scattering	12	0.01%
Totals			129,769	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1963 Special
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Del M. Clawson	33,042	53.19%
	Democratic	Carley V. Porter	21,969	35.37%
	Democratic	Maurice H. Quigley	2,915	4.69%
	Democratic	Armand R. Porter	1,656	2.67%
	Democratic	James Earle Christo	875	1.41%
	Democratic	Lynn W. Johnston	875	1.41%
	Republican	Harry L. Butler	396	0.64%
	Republican	Harold R. "Hal" Bennett	388	0.62%
Totals			62,116	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1964
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	90,721	55.43%
	Democratic	H. O. Van Pettin	72,903	44.54%
	No party	Scattering	40	0.02%
Totals			163,664	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1966
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	93,320	67.39%
	Democratic	Ed O'Connor	45,141	32.60%
	No party	Scattering	13	0.01%
Totals			138,474	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1968
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	95,628	64.95%
	Democratic	Jim Sperrazzo	51,606	35.05%
Totals			147,234	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1970
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	77,346	63.34%
	Democratic	G. L. "Jerry" Chapman	44,767	36.66%
Totals			122,113	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1972
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	118,731	61.43%
	Democratic	Conrad G. Tuohey	74,561	38.57%
Totals			193,292	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1974
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Thomas M. Rees (inc.)	119,239	71.46%
	Republican	Jack E. Roberts	47,615	28.54%
Totals			166,854	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1976
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson	130,619	60.18%
	Republican	Thomas F. Bartman	86,434	39.82%
Totals			217,053	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1978
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	117,498	65.64%
	Republican	Joseph Barbara	61,496	34.36%
Totals			178,994	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1980
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	126,020	63.20%
	Republican	Robert "Bob" Winckler	62,742	31.47%
	Libertarian	Jeffrey P. Lieb	10,623	5.33%
Totals			199,385	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1982
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	120,788	59.55%
	Republican	Daid Armor	82,031	40.45%
Totals			202,819	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1984
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	140,461	61.57%
	Republican	Claude W. Parrish	84,093	36.86%
	Libertarian	Larry Leathers	3,580	1.57%
Totals			228,134	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1986
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	121,468	65.75%
	Republican	George Woolverton	58,746	31.80%
	Peace & Freedom	Tom Hopke	2,521	1.36%
	Libertarian	Taylor Rhodes	2,019	1.09%
Totals			184,754	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1988
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	147,858	63.49%
	Republican	Jim Salomon	77,184	33.14%
	Libertarian	John R. Vernon	4,503	1.93%
	Peace & Freedom	John Honigsfeld	3,316	1.42%
	No party	Write-ins	18	0.01%
Totals			232,879	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1990
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	103,141	61.73%
	Republican	Jim Salomon	57,118	34.18%
	Peace & Freedom	John Honigsfeld	6,834	4.09%
Totals			167,093	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1992
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	115,504	54.26%
	Democratic	Anita Perez Ferguson	88,225	41.44%
	Libertarian	Jay C. Wood	9,091	4.27%
	No party	Dunbar (write-in)	61	0.03%
Totals			212,881	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1994
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	114,043	66.17%
	Democratic	Kevin Ready	47,345	27.47%
	Libertarian	Bill Brown	6,481	3.76%
	Green	Robert T. Marston	4,457	2.59%
	No party	Nagode (write-in)	14	0.01%
Totals			172,340	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1996
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	118,880	59.59%
	Democratic	Robert Unruhe	70,035	35.10%
	Libertarian	Gail K. Lightfoot	8,346	4.18%
	Natural Law	Stephen P. Hospodar	2,246	1.13%
Totals			199,507	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1998
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	96,362	60.06%
	Democratic	Daniel "Dan" Gonzalez	64,068	39.94%
Totals			160,430	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2000
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	119,479	54.05%
	Democratic	Michael Case	89,918	40.68%
	Reform	Cary Savitch	6,473	2.93%
	Libertarian	Roger Peebles	3,708	1.68%
	Natural Law	Stephen P. Hospodar	1,456	0.66%
Totals			221,034	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2002
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	95,752	59.03%
	Republican	Beth Rogers	62,604	38.49%
	Libertarian	James E. Hill	3,866	2.38%
Totals			162,222	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2004
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	153,980	63.03%
	Republican	Don Regan	83,926	34.35%
	Libertarian	James E. Hill	6,391	2.62%
Totals			244,297	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	114,661	65.17%
	Republican	Victor G. Tognazzini	61,272	34.82%
	No party	H. A. Garner, Jr. (write-in)	18	0.01%
Totals			175,951	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2008
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	171,403	68.07%
	Republican	Matt Kokkonen	80,385	31.93%
Totals			251,788	100.00%
Voter turnout			77.41%
	Democratic hold

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