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Encyclopedia > California's 9th congressional district

The 9th Congressional District of California is a Congressional District that currently covers a significant portion of the East Bay portion of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. It includes the cities of Oakland and Berkeley, among others. The district has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by Barbara Lee since 1998. Prior to Lee, the 9th District had been represented by Ron Dellums since 1971. The district is highly racially diverse and heavily left-leaning, typically voting for Democratic candidates. Congressional districts for representation in the United States House of Representatives are determined after each census. ... The East Bay, in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, lies on the east shores of the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay, and includes Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. ... USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is a major American city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. ... Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve. ... The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. This photograph shows a rare glimpse of the four vote tallying boards (the blackish squares across the top), which display each members name and vote as... Barbara Lee Barbara Lee (born July 16, 1946), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing the 9th District of California (map). ... Dellums memoirs were published in 2000 Ronald Vernie Dellums (born November 24, 1935), U.S. Democratic Party politician, was a U.S. Representative from California from 1971 until 1999. ... In politics, left-wing, the political left or simply The Left are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, communism, social democracy or social liberalism, and defined in contradistinction to its polar opposite, the right. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...

Map of the 9th Congressional District of California
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Map of the 9th Congressional District of California



Election results

2004

United States House election, 2004: California District 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Barbara Lee 215,630 84.6 +3.2
Republican Claudia Bermudez 31,278 12.3 -2.7
Libertarian James M. Eyer 8,131 3.1 -0.4
Majority 184,352 72.3
Turnout 255,039
Democratic hold Swing +3.0
California's congressional districts
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See also: Current California delegation - Past & present California delegations - California government category
United States congressional districts - Congressional apportionment - Redistricting - Gerrymandering


 

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