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CA-27

Incumbent	Brad Sherman
Party	Democratic
Term	7th
First elected	November 5, 1996
Age on 11/02/2010	56
Seeking re-election?
Websites	Home Page Campaign Website
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile

2008 Presidential Vote	Obama (D) 66.1% McCain (R) 31.7% Others 2.2%
2008 Election Results	Sherman (D) 68.6% Singh (R) 24.8% Denton (L) 6.6%
Voter Registration	As of 05/04/2009 Democratic: 149,365 (49.2%) Republican: 78,358 (25.8%) Decline-to-State: 62,080 (20.4%) Other: 13,818 (4.6%)
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District County	Los Angeles (part)

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CA-27

District History

Representation

Counties	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes
San Bernardino	Harry R. Sheppard	Democratic	01/03/1953 - 01/03/1963	Redistricted from CA-21; to CA-33
Los Angeles	Everett G. Burkhalter	Democratic	01/03/1963 - 01/03/1965	Redistricted from CA-21; lost reelection to Reinecke
	Edwin Reinecke	Republican	01/03/1965 - 01/03/1969	Ran for lieutenant governor
	Barry Goldwater, Jr.	Republican	01/03/1969 - 01/03/1973	Redistricted to CA-20
Los Angeles, southern Ventura	Barry Goldwater, Jr.	Republican	01/03/1973 - 01/03/1975	Redistricted to CA-20
Los Angeles	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.	Republican	01/03/1975 - 01/03/1977	Redistricted from CA-28; ran for Senate
Los Angeles	Bob Dornan	Republican	01/03/1977 - 01/03/1983	Ran for Senate
Western Los Angeles (Manhattan/ Redondo Beach, Santa Monica)	Mel Levine	Democratic	01/03/1983 - 01/03/1993	Redistricted to CA-36; retired
Los Angeles (Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena)	Carlos Moorhead	Republican	01/03/1993 - 01/03/1997	Redistricted from CA-22; retired
	Jim Rogan	Republican	01/03/1997 - 01/03/2001	Lost reelection to Schiff
	Adam Schiff	Democratic	01/03/2001 - 01/03/2003	Redistricted to CA-29
Western Los Angeles (Northridge)	Brad Sherman	Democratic	01/03/2003 - present	Redistricted from CA-24; incumbent

Elections

1952
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	68,773	55.02%
	Republican	Carl B. Hilliard	56,202	44.97%
	No party	Scattering	11	0.01%
Totals			124,986	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1954
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	65,389	64.75%
	Republican	Martin K. Barrett	35,594	35.25%
	No party	Scattering	3	0.00%
Totals			100,986	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1956
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	124,662	99.79%
	No party	Scattering	266	0.21%
Totals			124,928	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1958
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	105,062	72.26%
	Republican	Robert M. Castle	40,317	27.73%
	No party	Scattering	11	0.01%
Totals			145,390	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1960
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (inc.)	123,645	66.78%
	Republican	Robert M. Castle	61,484	33.21%
	No party	Scattering	11	0.01%
Totals			185,140	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1962
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Everett G. Burkhalter	66,979	52.10%
	Republican	Edgar W. Hiestand (inc.)	61,538	47.86%
	No party	Scattering	49	0.04%
Totals			128,566	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1964
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Edwin Reinecke	83,141	51.72%
	Democratic	Tom Bane	77,587	48.27%
	No party	Scattering	15	0.01%
Totals			160,749	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1966
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Edwin Reinecke (inc.)	93,890	65.33%
	Democratic	John A. "Jack" Howard	49,785	34.64%
	No party	Scattering	42	0.03%
Totals			143,717	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1968
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Edwin Reinecke (inc.)	185,309	75.29%
	Democratic	John T. Butchko	60,808	24.71%
Totals			246,117	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1969 Special
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Barry Goldwater, Jr.	64,734	56.93%
	Democratic	John K. Van de Kamp	48,983	43.07%
Totals			113,717	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1970
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Barry Goldwater, Jr. (inc.)	93,890	62.75%
	Democratic	John T. Butchko	49,785	33.27%
	Peace & Freedom	Edwad Richner	3,306	2.21%
	American Ind.	John H. Hind	2,642	1.77%
Totals			149,623	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1972
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Barry Goldwater, Jr. (inc.)	117,622	57.40%
	Democratic	Mark S. Novak	87,295	42.60%
Totals			204,917	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1974
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (inc.)	99,645	63.83%
	Democratic	John Dalessio	50,919	32.62%
	Peace & Freedom	Jerry Rubin	5,547	3.55%
Totals			156,111	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1976
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bob Dornan	114,623	54.68%
	Democratic	Gary Familian	94,988	45.32%
Totals			209,611	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1978
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bob Dornan (incumbent)	89,392	51.00%
	Democratic	Carey Peck	85,880	49.00%
Totals			175,272	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1980
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bob Dornan (incumbent)	109,807	51.00%
	Democratic	Carey Peck	100,061	46.47%
	Libertarian	Jerome L. "Jerry" Sievers	5,448	2.53%
Totals			215,316	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1982
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mel Levine	108,347	59.46%
	Republican	Bart W. Christensen	67,479	37.03%
	Libertarian	Zack Richardson	6,391	3.51%
Totals			182,217	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1984
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mel Levine (incumbent)	116,933	54.95%
	Republican	Robert B. Scribner	88,896	41.78%
	Peace & Freedom	Thomas L. O'Connor, Jr.	3,815	1.79%
	Libertarian	Jeff Avrech	3,137	1.47%
Totals			212,781	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1986
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mel Levine (incumbent)	110,403	63.70%
	Republican	Robert B. Scribner	59,410	34.28%
	Peace & Freedom	Thomas L. O'Connor, Jr.	2,078	1.20%
	Libertarian	Larry Leathers	1,429	0.82%
Totals			173,320	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1988
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mel Levine (incumbent)	148,814	67.54%
	Republican	Dennis Galbraith	65,307	29.64%
	Libertarian	Larry Leathers	6,214	2.82%
Totals			220,335	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1990
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mel Levine (incumbent)	90,857	58.21%
	Republican	David Barrett Cohen	58,140	37.25%
	Peace & Freedom	Edward E. Ferrer	7,101	4.55%
Totals			156,098	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1992
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Carlos J. Moorhead (inc.)	105,521	49.67%
	Democratic	Doug Kahn	83,805	39.45%
	Green	Jesse A. Moorman	11,003	5.18%
	Peace & Freedom	Margaret L. Edwards	7,329	3.45%
	Libertarian	Dennis Decherd	4,790	2.25%
	No party	Ballantyne (write-in)	2	0.00%
Totals			212,450	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1994
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Carlos J. Moorhead (inc.)	88,341	52.97%
	Democratic	Doug Kahn	70,267	42.13%
	American Ind.	Bill Gibbs	4,328	2.60%
	Libertarian	Dennis Decherd	3,838	2.30%
Totals			166,774	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1996
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Jim Rogan	95,310	50.18%
	Democratic	Doug Kahn	82,014	43.18%
	Libertarian	Elizabeth Michael	6,645	3.50%
	Green	Walt Sheasby	4,195	2.21%
	Natural Law	Martin Zucker	1,766	0.93%
Totals			189,930	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

1998
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Jim Rogan (incumbent)	80,702	50.73%
	Democratic	Barry A. Gordon	73,875	46.44%
	Libertarian	Bob New	4,489	2.82%
Totals			159,066	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2000
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Adam Schiff	113,708	52.70%
	Republican	Jim Rogan (incumbent)	94,518	43.80%
	Natural Law	Miriam R. Hospodar	3,873	1.79%
	Libertarian	Ted Brown	3,675	1.70%
Totals			215,774	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2002
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	79,815	61.96%
	Republican	Robert M. Levy	48,996	38.04%
Totals			128,811	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2004
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	125,296	62.27%
	Republican	Robert M. Levy	66,946	33.27%
	Green	Eric J. Carter	8,956	4.45%
Totals			201,198	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	92,650	68.77%
	Republican	Peter Hankwitz	42,074	31.23%
Totals			134,724	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2008
	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	145,812	68.51%
	Republican	Navraj Singh	52,852	24.83%
	Libertarian	Tim Denton	14,171	6.66%
Totals			251,788	100.00%
Voter turnout			70.78%
	Democratic hold

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