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California's 46th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries from January 3, 2023
Representative	Lou Correa D–Santa Ana
Population (2023)	746,079
Median household income	$81,916
Ethnicity	65.2% Hispanic 15.4% Asian 14.8% White 1.9% Two or more races 1.8% Black 0.9% other
Cook PVI	D+15

California's 46th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California.

It has been represented by Democrat Lou Correa since 2017, when he succeeded Loretta Sanchez, who retired to run for the U.S. Senate. The district is based in Orange County and includes the communities of Anaheim, Santa Ana, and Stanton, as well as parts of Orange and Fullerton. It is both the most Democratic-leaning and most Latino congressional district in Orange County.

The congressional district contains the theme park Disneyland and Angel Stadium.

From 2003 to 2013 the district covered part of Los Angeles County and Orange County. It included Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa and Rancho Palos Verdes.

Recent results in statewide elections

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Bush 39.9% – 37.1%
	Senator	Herschensohn 53.1% – 36.2%
	Senator (Special)	Seymour 45.7% – 42.6%
1994	Governor	Wilson 60.1% – 34.1%
	Senator	Huffington 54.2% – 33.2%
1996	President	Clinton 48.3% – 40.8%
1998	Governor	Davis 55.9% - 39.6%
	Senator	Boxer 49.9% – 44.2%
2000	President	Gore 54.1% – 42.3%
	Senator	Feinstein 49.9% – 44.2%
2002	Governor	Simon 55.8% – 36.4%
2003	Recall	Yes 70.0% – 30.0%
		Schwarzenegger 62.2% – 17.8%
2004	President	Bush 56.9% – 41.6%
	Senator	Jones 48.6% – 45.5%
2006	Governor	Schwarzenegger 68.9% – 26.3%
	Senator	Feinstein 47.9% – 47.1%
2008	President	McCain 49.8% – 48.0%
2010	Governor	Whitman 55.8% – 38.8%
	Senator	Fiorina 56.4% – 38.4%
2012	President	Obama 61.4% – 36.2%
	Senator	Feinstein 63.0% – 37.0%
2014	Governor	Brown 59.5% – 40.5%
2016	President	Clinton 66.3% – 27.9%
	Senator	Sanchez 58.7% – 41.3%
2018	Governor	Newsom 63.8% – 36.2%
	Lieutenant Governor	Hernandez 52.8% – 47.2%
	Secretary of State	Padilla 67.1% – 32.9%
	Controller	Yee 67.0% – 33.0%
	Treasurer	Ma 65.9% – 34.1%
	Attorney General	Becerra 66.2% – 33.8%
	Insurance Commissioner	Lara 59.9% – 40.1%
	Board of Equalization, 4th District	Schaefer 63.4% – 36.6%
	Senator	Feinstein 52.8% – 47.2%
2020	President	Biden 64.3% – 33.5%
2021	Recall	No 64.3% – 35.7%
2022	Governor	Newsom 59.6% - 40.4%
	Senator	Padilla 60.6% - 39.4%
	Senator (Special)	Padilla 60.4% – 39.6%

Composition

As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 38th congressional district is located in Southern California. It is entirely within western Orange County.

Orange County is split between this district, the 40th district, the 45th district, and the 47th district. The 46th and 40th are partitioned by E La Palma Ave, E Jackson Ave, E Frontera St, Santa Ana River, Riverside Freeway, Costa Mesa Freeway, N Tustin St, E Meats Ave, N Orange Olive Rd, Garden Grove Freeway, 16909 Donwest-16791 E Main St, E Chestnut Ave, 16282 E Main St-717 S Lyon St, E McFadden Ave, Warner Ave, and Red Hill Ave.

The 46th, 45th, and 47th are partitioned by Red Hill Ave, E Alton Parkway, Costa Mesa Freeway, Sunflower Ave, Harbor Blvd, MacArthur Blvd, Santa Ana River, W Lehnhardt Ave, Gloxinia Ave, Lilac Way, Edinger Ave, Pebble Ct, 10744 W Lehnhardt Ave-10726 Kedge Ave, 724 S Sail St-5641 W Barbette Ave-407 S Starboard St, Starboard St/S Cooper St, Taft St, Hazard Ave, N Euclid St, Westminster Ave, Clinton St, 14300 Clinton St-1001 Mar Les Dr, Mar Les Dr, 2729 Huckleberry Rd, N Fairview St, Fairview St, 13462 Garden Grove Blvd-13252 Marty Ln, Townley St/Siemon Ave, W Garden Grove Blvd, S Lewis St, W Chapman Ave, E Simmons Ave, S Haster St, Ascot Dr, W Orangewood Ave, S 9th St, 2209 S Waverly Dr-11751 S Waverly Dr, Euclid St, Haven Ln, W Dudley Ave, S Euclid St, Katella Ave, Dale St, Rancho Alamitos High School, Orangewood Ave, Barber City Channel, Arrowhead St, Del Rey Dr, Westcliff Dr, Lampson Ave, Fern St, Garden Glove Blvd, Union Pacific Railroad, 7772 W Chapman Ave-Bently Ave, Highway 39, Western Ave, Stanton Storm Channel, Knott Ave, 6970 Via Kannela-6555 Katella Ave, Cerritos Ave, 10490 Carlotta Ave-Ball Rd, John Beat Park, S Knott Ave, Solano Dr, Monterra Way, Campesina Dr, Holder Elementary School, W Orange Ave, 6698 Via Riverside Way-Orangeview Junior High School, W Lincoln Ave, 195 N Western Ave-298 N Western Ave, 3181 W Coolidge Ave-405 N Dale St, W Crescent Ave, N La Reina St, W La Palma Ave, Boisseranc Park, I-5 HOV Lane, Orangethorpe Ave, Fullerton Creek, Whitaker St, Commonwealth Ave, Los Angeles County Metro, W Malvern Ave, W Chapman Ave, E Chapman Ave, S Placentia Ave, Kimberly Ave, E Orangethorpe Ave, and 2500 E Terrace St-Highway 57.

The 46th district takes in the cities of Santa Ana, Stanton, most of Anaheim, southern Fullerton, and western Orange.

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

• Anaheim - 346,824
• Santa Ana - 306,457
• Fullerton - 143,617
• Orange - 139,911
• Stanton - 37,962

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
District created January 3, 1993
Bob Dornan (Garden Grove)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997	103rd 104th	Redistricted from the 38th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Lost re-election.	1993–2003 Orange (Garden Grove, Santa Ana)
Loretta Sanchez (Anaheim)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 47th district.
Dana Rohrabacher (Costa Mesa)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 45th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 48th district.	2003–2013 Los Angeles (Long Beach, Palos Verdes), Orange (Huntington Beach)
Loretta Sanchez (Santa Ana)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Redistricted from the 47th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	2013–2023 Orange County (Anaheim and Santa Ana)
Lou Correa (Santa Ana)	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 Orange County (Anaheim and Santa Ana)

Election results

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

Historical district boundaries

2003-13

The 2003–2013 iteration of the district was commonly considered to be typical of gerrymandering. It covered some or all of the following cities in Orange County: Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, and Westminster. In Los Angeles County, the district covered Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Palos Verdes Estates part of Long Beach, and a very small portion of the San Pedro neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, and Santa Catalina Island, on which Avalon was the only city. The district also included the whole of the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

2013-23

Due to redistricting after the 2010 United States census, the district moved East to parts of Orange County such as Anaheim and Santa Ana.

See also

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

References

1. "My Congressional District".
2. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
3. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
4. Statement of Vote (1992 President)
5. ^ Statement of Vote (1992 Senate)
6. Statement of Vote (1994 Governor)
7. Statement of Vote (1994 Senate)
8. Statement of Vote (1996 President)
9. "Statement of Vote (1998 Governor)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2011.
10. "Statement of Vote (1998 Senate)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2011.
11. Statement of Vote (2000 President)
12. Statement of Vote (2000 Senator)
13. Statement of Vote (2002 Governor)
14. Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question)
15. Statement of Vote (2003 Governor)
16. Statement of Vote (2004 President)
17. Statement of Vote (2004 Senator)
18. Statement of Vote (2006 Governor)
19. Statement of Vote (2006 Senator)
20. Statement of Vote (2008 President)
21. Statement of Vote (2010 Governor)
22. Statement of Vote (2010 Senator)
23. Statement of Vote (2012 President)
24. Statement of Vote (2012 Senate)
25. Statement of Vote (2014 Governor)
26. Statement of Vote (2016 President)
27. Statement of Vote (2016 Senate)
28. Statement of Vote (2018 Governor)
29. ^ Orange County Elections
30. Statement of Vote (2018 Senator)
31. "Statement of Votes" (PDF). OCVote. Orange County Registrar of Voters. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
32. "Counties by Congressional District for Recall Question" (PDF). sos.ca.gov. September 14, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
33. "Counties by Congressional Districts for Governor" (PDF). sos.ca.gov. November 8, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
34. Statement of Vote (2022 Senator)
35. Statement of Vote (2022 Senator)
36. ^ "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774–2005" (PDF). govinfo.gov. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
37. "2nd Revised Edition Congressional Pictorial Directory: 112th Congress" (PDF). July 25, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
38. "Nominations" (PDF). clerk.house.gov.
39. Washington, U. S. Capitol Room H154; p:225-7000, DC 20515-6601. "J. Luis Correa (California (CA)), 118th Congress Profile". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved January 18, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
40. 1992 election results
41. 1994 election results
42. 1996 election results
43. 1998 election results
44. 2000 election results
45. 2002 election results
46. 2004 election results
47. 2006 election results
48. 2008 election results
49. 2010 election results
50. 2012 election results
51. 2014 election results
52. 2016 election results
53. 2018 election results
54. 2020 election results
55. 2022 election results
56. Patrick McGreevy (December 19, 2010). "New redistricting panel takes aim at bizarre political boundaries". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 23, 2010.

External links

• GovTrack.us: California's 46th congressional district
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
• California Voter Foundation map - CD46

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• Congressional districts of California
• Anaheim, California
• Garden Grove, California
• Orange, California
• Santa Ana, California
• Government of Orange County, California
• Constituencies established in 1993
• 1993 establishments in California