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California's 17th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)
Representative	Ro Khanna D–Fremont
Population (2023)	744,019
Median household income	$175,010
Ethnicity	56.3% Asian 20.9% White 16.3% Hispanic 3.6% Two or more races 1.9% Black 1.0% other
Cook PVI	D+23

California's 17th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that is currently represented by Ro Khanna. It is located in the South Bay and East Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area.

The district includes parts of Alameda County and Santa Clara County. It encompasses the cities of Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Newark, parts of Fremont, and the northernmost and westernmost parts of San Jose. The district includes the campus of Santa Clara University and the corporate headquarters of several Silicon Valley companies, such as Apple Inc, Intel Corp., and Yahoo. It is the only majority-Asian district in the contiguous United States. It is also the wealthiest Congressional district in the United States.

From 2003 to 2013, the district covered all of Monterey and San Benito counties, as well as part of Santa Cruz County. It included all of the coastal communities surrounding Monterey Bay, the city of Salinas, and the vast majority of the Salinas Valley. The district was mostly unchanged during the 2021 redistricting, although it now encompasses a smaller portion of Fremont.

Recent results from statewide elections

Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 52.7 – 27.3%
	Senator	Boxer 54.3 – 35.8%
	Senator	Feinstein 63.2 – 30.5%
1994	Governor	Wilson 48.2 – 47.3%
	Senator	Feinstein 51.1 – 38.8%
1996	President	Clinton 55.3 – 32.3%
1998	Governor	Davis 62.6 – 32.5%
	Senator	Boxer 57.7 – 37.9%
2000	President	Gore 59.6 – 33.0%
	Senator	Feinstein 58.3 – 32.5%
2002	Governor	Davis 55.4 – 32.3%
2003	Recall	N No 57.8 – 42.2%
		Bustamante 40.0 – 37.8%
2004	President	Kerry 65.6 – 33.0%
	Senator	Boxer 66.0 – 28.9%
2006	Governor	Schwarzenegger 48.1 – 44.6%
	Senator	Feinstein 68.8 – 24.8%
2008	President	Obama 72.1 – 25.8%
2010	Governor	Brown 63.8 – 31.3%
	Senator	Boxer 62.7 – 31.3%
2012	President	Obama 71.9 – 25.5%
	Senator	Feinstein 74.8 – 25.2%
2014	Governor	Brown 74.6 – 25.4%
2016	President	Clinton 73.9 – 20.5%
	Senator	Harris 68.0 – 32.0%
2018	Governor	Newsom 71.5 – 28.5%
	Senator	Feinstein 60.3 – 39.7%
2020	President	Biden 72.5 – 25.5%
2021	Recall	N No 74.1 – 25.9%
2022	Governor	Newsom 70.5 - 29.5%
	Senator	Padilla 71.3 - 28.7%

Composition

As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 17th congressional district takes up the Tri-City area of the San Francisco Bay Area. It takes up the western borders of Alameda and Santa Clara Counties.

Alameda County is split between this district and the 14th district. They are partitioned by Mission Peak Regional Park, Witherly Ln, Mission Blvd, Washington Blvd, Farallon Cmn, Paseo Padre Parkway, Grimmer Blvd, Blacow Rd, Omar St, Butano Park Dr, Farina Ln, Nimitz Freeway, Highway 84. The 17th district takes in the south side of the city of Fremont, and the city of Newark.

Santa Clara County is split between this district, the 16th district, and the 18th district. The 17th and 16th are partitioned by Stevens Creek Blvd, Santana Row, Olsen Dr, S Winchester Blvd, Williams Rd, Eden Ave, Lexington Dr, Valley Forge Way, Gleason Ave, Moreland Way, Payne Ave, Saratoga Ave, Doyle Rd, Highway G2, Royal Ann Dr, Wisteria Way, Rainbow Dr, Highway 85, S De Anza Blvd, Prospect Rd, Fremont Older Open Space, Permanente Creek, Highway 280, N Foothill Blvd, Homestead Rd, Stevens Creek, W EL Camino Real, Magritte Way, Highway G6, Highway 101, and Enterprise Way. The 17th and 18th are partitioned by Steven's Creek Blvd, Di Salvo Ave, Bellerose Dr, Forest Ave, Wabash Ave, W San Carlos St, Race St, The Alameda, University Ave, Elm St, Highway 82, Newhall St, Morse St, Idaho St, Alameda Ct, Sherwood Ave, Hamline St, Highway 880, Highway 101, McKee Rd, Toyon Ave, Penitencia Creek Rd, Canon Vista Ave, Crothers Rd, Alum Rock Park, Sierra Rd, Felter Rd, Weller Rd. The 17th district takes in the north side of the city of San Jose, part of the census designated place Alum Rock, and the cities of Milpitas, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and Cupertino.

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

• San Jose – 1,013,240
• Fremont – 230,504
• Sunnyvale – 155,805
• Santa Clara – 127,647
• Milpitas – 80,273
• Cupertino – 60,381
• Newark – 47,529
• Alum Rock – 12,042

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
District created March 4, 1933
Charles J. Colden (Los Angeles)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – April 15, 1938	73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Died.	Los Angeles
Vacant		April 15, 1938 – January 3, 1939	75th
Lee E. Geyer (Gardena)	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – October 11, 1941	76th 77th	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Died.
Vacant		October 11, 1941 – August 25, 1942	77th
Cecil R. King (Los Angeles)	Democratic	August 25, 1942 – January 3, 1969	77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th	Elected to finish Geyer's term. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Retired.
Glenn M. Anderson (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973	91st 92nd	Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 35th district.
Pete McCloskey (Portola Valley)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1972. Redistricted to the 12th district	Southern San Mateo, small part of northwestern Santa Clara
John Hans Krebs (Fresno)	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979	94th 95th	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Lost re-election.	Eastern Fresno, Kings, northwestern Tulare
Chip Pashayan (Fresno)	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1991	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election.
					Eastern Fresno, Kings, Kern (Bakersfield), Tulare
Cal Dooley (Visalia)	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993	102nd	Elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 20th district.
Leon Panetta (Carmel Valley)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 23, 1993	103rd	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1992. Resigned after being appointed Director of the OMB.	Monterey, San Benito, southern Santa Cruz
Vacant		January 23, 1993 – June 8, 1993
Sam Farr (Carmel)	Democratic	June 8, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected to finish Panetta's term. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 20th district.
					2003–2013 Monterey, San Benito, southern Santa Cruz
Mike Honda (San Jose)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Lost re-election.	2013–2023 Southern Alameda, western Santa Clara
Ro Khanna (Fremont)	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
					2023–present

Election results

1932

1934

1936

1938

1940

1942 (Special)

Democrat Cecil R. King won the special election to replace fellow Democrat Lee E. Geyer, who died in office. Data for this special election is not available.

1942

1944

1946

1948

1950

1952

1954

1956

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1993 (Special)

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2014

2016

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2020

2022

Historical district boundaries

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• California's congressional districts

References

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21. 1932 election results
22. 1934 election results
23. 1936 election results
24. 1938 election results
25. 1940 election results
26. 1942 special election results
27. 1942 election results
28. 1944 election results
29. 1946 election results
30. 1948 election results
31. 1950 election results
32. 1952 election results
33. 1954 election results
34. 1956 election results
35. 1958 election results
36. 1960 election results
37. 1962 election results
38. 1964 election results
39. 1966 election results
40. 1968 election results
41. 1970 election results
42. 1972 election results
43. 1974 election results
44. 1976 election results
45. 1978 election results
46. 1980 election results
47. 1982 election results
48. 1984 election results
49. 1986 election results
50. 1988 election results
51. 1990 election results
52. 1992 election results
53. 1993 special election results
54. 1994 election results
55. 1996 election results
56. 1998 election results
57. 2000 election results
58. 2002 general election results Archived February 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
59. 2004 general election results Archived August 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
60. 2006 general election results Archived November 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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64. "U.S. House of Representatives District 17 - Districtwide Results". Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.

External links

• GovTrack.us: California's 17th congressional district
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
• California Voter Foundation map - CD17

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• Congressional districts of California
• Government of Monterey County, California
• Government of San Benito County, California
• Government of Santa Cruz County, California
• Constituencies established in 1933
• 1933 establishments in California