California's 26th congressional district

California 26th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California currently represented by Democrat Julia Brownley.

California's 26th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)
Representative	Julia Brownley D–Westlake Village
Population (2023)	739,517
Median household income	$113,750[1]
Ethnicity	42.9% Hispanic 42.4% White 8.3% Asian 3.8% Two or more races 1.7% Black 0.9% other
Cook PVI	D+8[2]

The district is located on the South Coast, comprising most of Ventura County as well as a small portion of Los Angeles County. Cities in the district include Camarillo, Oxnard, Santa Paula, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Moorpark, and part of Simi Valley. In 2022, the district lost Ojai and most of Ventura and added Calabasas, Agoura Hills, and the sparsely populated northern half of Ventura County.^[3]

From 2003 to 2013, the district spanned the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley from La Cañada Flintridge to Rancho Cucamonga. David Dreier, a Republican, represented the district during this period.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[4][5][6]
2008	President	Obama 55% - 44%
2010	Governor	Whitman 51% - 44%
	Lt. Governor	Maldonado 45% - 43%
	Secretary of State	Dunn 47% - 45%
	Attorney General	Cooley 55% - 38%
	Treasurer	Lockyer 50% - 44%
	Controller	Strickland 47% - 45%
2012	President	Obama 53% - 47%
2014	Governor	Brown 52% - 48%
2016	President	Clinton 56% - 38%
2018	Governor	Newsom 55% - 45%
	Attorney General	Becerra 56% - 44%
2020	President	Biden 59% - 39%
2022	Senate (Reg.)	Padilla 55% - 45%
	Governor	Newsom 54% - 46%
	Lt. Governor	Kounalakis 54% - 46%
	Secretary of State	Weber 54% - 46%
	Attorney General	Bonta 53% - 47%
	Treasurer	Ma 53% - 47%
	Controller	Cohen 50.1% - 49.9%
2024	President	Harris 55% - 42%
	Senate (Reg.)	Schiff 54% - 46%

Composition

FIPS County Code[7]	County	Seat	Population
37	Los Angeles	Los Angeles	9,663,345
111	Ventura	Ventura	829,590

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

• Oxnard – 202,063
• Thousand Oaks – 126,966
• Simi Valley – 126,356
• Ventura – 110,763
• Camarillo – 70,741
• Moorpark – 36,284
• Santa Paula – 30,657
• Calabasas – 23,241
• Port Hueneme – 21,954
• Agoura Hills – 20,299
• Fillmore – 16,419
• Oak Park – 13,898

2,500 – 10,000 people

• Westlake Village – 8,029
• El Rio – 7,037
• Casa Conejo – 3,627
• Santa Rosa Valley – 3,312
• Channel Islands Beach – 2,870
• Piru – 2,587

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Term	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
District created January 3, 1953
Sam Yorty (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	83rd	Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1952. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	Los Angeles
James Roosevelt (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – September 30, 1965	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Resigned to become U.S. delegate to UNESCO.
Vacant		September 30, 1965 – December 15, 1965	89th
Thomas M. Rees (Los Angeles)	Democratic	December 15, 1965 – January 3, 1975	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Elected to finish Roosevelt's term. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968 Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Redistricted to the 23rd district.
John H. Rousselot (San Marino)	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 30th district and lost.
Howard Berman (Los Angeles)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 28th district.	Los Angeles (central San Fernando Valley)
		January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th		Los Angeles (San Fernando)
David Dreier (San Dimas)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 28th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired.	2003–2013 Los Angeles (eastern suburbs), San Bernardino (western suburbs)
Julia Brownley (Westlake Village)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2013–2023 Central Coast including Oxnard and Thousand Oaks
					2023–present

Election results

1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1965 (Special) • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 • 2022

1952

1952 election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Yorty (incumbent)	157,973	88
	Progressive	Horace V. Alexander	21,465	12
Total votes			179,438	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1954

1954 election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Roosevelt	94,261	60.1
	Republican	Theodore R. "Ted" Owings	62,585	39.9
Total votes			156,856	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1956

United States House of Representatives elections, 1956^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Roosevelt (incumbent)	133,036	68.8
	Republican	Edward H. Gibbons	60,230	31.2
Total votes			193,266	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1958

1958 election^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Roosevelt (incumbent)	125,495	72.2
	Republican	Crispus Wright	48,248	27.8
Total votes			173,743	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1960

1960 election^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Roosevelt (incumbent)	150,318	73.4
	Republican	William E. McIntyre	54,540	26.6
Total votes			204,818	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1962

1962 election^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Roosevelt (incumbent)	112,162	68.3
	Republican	Daniel Beltz	52,063	31.7
Total votes			164,225	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1964

1964 election^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Roosevelt (incumbent)	136,025	70.3
	Republican	Gil Seton	57,209	29.7
Total votes			193,234	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1965 (Special)

1965 special election^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Rees		59.4
	Republican	Edward M. Marshall		40.6
Total votes			{{{votes}}}	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1966

1966 election^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Rees (incumbent)	103,289	62.3
	Republican	Irving Teichner	62,441	37.7
Total votes			165,730	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1968

1968 election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Rees (incumbent)	132,447	65.5
	Republican	Irving Teichner	63,393	31.3
	Peace and Freedom	Jack Weinberg	6,394	3.2
Total votes			202,234	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1970

1970 election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Rees (incumbent)	130,499	71.3
	Republican	Nathaniel Jay Friedman	47,260	25.8
	Peace and Freedom	Lewis B. McCammon	3,677	2.0
	American Independent	Howard E. Hallinan	1,639	0.9
Total votes			183,075	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1972

1972 election^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Rees (incumbent)	160,932	68.6
	Republican	Philip Robert Rutta	65,473	27.9
	Peace and Freedom	Mike Timko	8,094	3.5
Total votes			234,499	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1974

1974 election^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (inc.)	80,782	58.9
	Democratic	Paul A. Conforti	56,487	41.1
Total votes			137,269	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1976

1976 election^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (inc.)	112,619	65.6
	Democratic	Latta Bruce	59,093	34.4
Total votes			171,712	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1978

1978 election^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (inc.)	113,059	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1980

1980 election^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (inc.)	116,715	70.9
	Democratic	Joseph Louis Lisoni	40,099	24.4
	Libertarian	William "B. J." Wagener	7,700	4.7
Total votes			164,514	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1982

1982 election^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman	97,383	59.6
	Republican	Hal Phillips	66,072	40.4
Total votes			163,455	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

1984

1984 election^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	117,080	62.8
	Republican	Miriam Ojeda	69,372	37.2
Total votes			186,452	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1986

1986 election^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	98,091	65.1
	Republican	Robert M. Kerns	52,662	34.9
Total votes			150,753	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1988

1988 election^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	126,930	70.3
	Republican	Gerald C. "Brodie" Broderson	53,518	29.7
Total votes			180,448	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1990

1990 election^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	78,031	61.1
	Republican	Roy Dahlson	44,492	34.8
	Libertarian	Bernard Zimring	5,268	4.1
Total votes			127,791	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1992

1992 election^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	73,807	61.0
	Republican	Gary E. Forsch	36,453	30.2
	Peace and Freedom	Margery Hinds	7,180	5.9
	Libertarian	Bernard Zimring	3,468	2.9
Total votes			120,908	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1994

1994 election^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	55,145	62.57
	Republican	Gary E. Forsch	28,423	32.25
	Libertarian	Erich D. Miller	4,570	5.19
Total votes			88,138	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1996

1996 election^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	67,525	65.9
	Republican	Bill Glass	29,332	28.7
	Libertarian	Scott Fritschler	3,539	3.4
	Natural Law	Gary Hearne	2,119	2.0
Total votes			195,545	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1998

1998 election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	69,000	82.47
	Libertarian	Juan Carlos Ros	6,556	7.84
	Green	Maria Armoudian	4,858	5.81
	Natural Law	David L. Cossak	3,248	3.88
Total votes			83,662	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2000

2000 election^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	96,500	84.1
	Libertarian	Bill Farley	13,052	11.4
	Natural Law	David L. Cossak	5,229	4.5
	No party	Robert Edwards (write-in)	5	0.0
Total votes			114,786	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2002

2002 election^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	95,360	63.8
	Democratic	Marjorie Musser Mikels	50,081	33.5
	Libertarian	Randall Weissbuch	4,089	2.7
Total votes			149,530	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

2004 election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	134,596	51.6
	Democratic	Cynthia Matthews	107,522	46.8
	Libertarian	Randall Weissbuch	9,089	1.6
Total votes			251,207	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

2006 election^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	102,028	48.29%
	Democratic	Cynthia Matthews	99,878	47.27%
	Libertarian	Ted Brown	5,887	2.79%
	American Independent	Elliott Graham	3,503	1.65%
Total votes			211,296	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

2008 election^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	140,615	52.7
	Democratic	Russ Warner	108,039	40.4
	Libertarian	Ted Brown	18,476	6.9
Total votes			267,130	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

2010 election^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	112,774	54.13
	Democratic	Russ Warner	76,093	36.52
	American Independent	David L. Miller	12,784	6.14
	Libertarian	Randall Weissbuch	6,696	3.21
Total votes			208,347	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012

2012 election

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Strickland	49,043	44.1
	Democratic	Julia Brownley	29,892	26.9
	No party preference	Linda Parks	20,301	18.3
	Democratic	Jess Herrera	7,244	6.5
	Democratic	David Cruz Thayne	2,809	2.5
	Democratic	Alex Maxwell Goldberg	1,880	1.7
Total votes			111,169	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Julia Brownley	139,072	53%
	Republican	Tony Strickland	124,863	47%
Total votes			263,935	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2014

2014 election^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Brownley (incumbent)	87,176	51%
	Republican	Jeff Gorell	82,653	49%
Total votes			169,829	100%
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Brownley (incumbent)	169,248	60%
	Republican	Rafael A. Dagnesses	111,059	40%
Total votes			280,307	100%
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 election^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Brownley (incumbent)	110,804	60%
	Republican	Antonio Sabato Jr.	73,416	39%
Total votes			184,220	100%
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Brownley (incumbent)	208,856	60.6
	Republican	Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy	135,877	39.4
Total votes			344,733	100.0

2022

2022 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Brownley (incumbent)	134,575	54.5
	Republican	Matt Jacobs	112,214	45.5
Total votes			246,789	100.0

2024

2024 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Brownley (incumbent)	187,393	56.1
	Republican	Micheal Koslow	146,913	43.9
Total votes			334,306	100.0

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

2013 - 2023

See also

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

• United States portal
• California portal