California House
District 44
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Sonny Bono |
Republican |
110,643 |
57.8% |
| Anita Rufus |
Democratic |
73,844 |
38.6% |
| Donald Cochran |
Amer indep |
3,888 |
2.0% |
| Karen Wilkinson |
Natural law |
3,143 |
1.6% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Mary Bono |
Republican |
97,013 |
60.1% |
| Ralph Waite |
Democratic |
57,697 |
35.7% |
| Jim J. Meuer |
Natural law |
6,818 |
4.2% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Mary Bono |
Republican |
123,738 |
59.2% |
| Ron Oden |
Democratic |
79,302 |
37.9% |
| Gene Smith |
Reform |
4,135 |
2.0% |
| Jim Meuer |
Natural law |
2,012 |
1.0% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ken Calvert |
Republican |
76,686 |
63.7% |
| Louis Vandenberg |
Democratic |
38,021 |
31.6% |
| Phill Courtney |
Green |
5,756 |
4.8% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ken Calvert |
Republican |
138,768 |
61.6% |
| Louis Vandenberg |
Democratic |
78,796 |
35.0% |
| Kevin Akin |
Peace & freedom |
7,559 |
3.4% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ken Calvert |
Republican |
89,555 |
60.0% |
| Louis Vandenberg |
Democratic |
55,275 |
37.0% |
| Kevin Akin |
Peace & freedom |
4,486 |
3.0% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ken Calvert |
Republican |
129,937 |
51.2% |
| Bill Hedrick |
Democratic |
123,890 |
48.8% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
639,088 |
| Percentage White |
65.1% |
| Percentage Black |
5.7% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
1.0% |
| Percentage Asian |
4.9% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.3% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
4.6% |
| Percentage Other Race |
18.3% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
35.0% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
51.3% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
5.5% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
24.3% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$51,578 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
34.1% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
12.1% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
53.4% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
14.9% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
81.8% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
0.0% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
8.3% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
43.0% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
21.1% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
31.9% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
27.4% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
15.1% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
57.8% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
31.9% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.3% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.3% |

Last updated 8:16pm August 13, 2009